Moses Kunkuyu MP | |
Office: | Advisor to The President on Traditional Affairs |
President: | Lazarus Chakwera |
Term Start: | 23 September 2020 |
Office2: | Minister of Information and Civic Education |
President2: | Joyce Banda |
Term Start2: | 10 April 2012 |
Term End2: | 24 May 2014 |
Predecessor: | Patricia Kaliati |
Office3: | Member of Parliament Blantyre South |
Term Start3: | 19 May 2009 |
Nationality: | Malawian |
Party: | People's Party (Malawi) (2012-present) Democratic Progressive Party (2009–2012) |
Profession: | Politician |
Cabinet: | Member, Cabinet of Malawi 2012- |
Moses Kunkuyu is a Malawi politician who currently serves as the Minister of Information and Civic Education. He is also a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Malawi.[1]
Kunkuyu is one of the youngest politicians in the country. In 2009, he was elected Member of Parliament for the Blantyre south constituency on a Democratic Progressive Party ticket. Following the unpopularity of the Bingu wa Mutharika administration, Kunkuyu alleged in an interview for Zodiak Radio, Malawi that the advisors to the Party leadership were "too timid" to face him to Mutharika, and that the Party was living a lie.[2] He subsequently formed the Hope Alliance, a pressure group within the Party seeking to influence change from within to the Mutharika government. This led to a hostile response from the government.[3] Following the succession of Joyce Banda to the Malawi Presidency, Kunkuyu was appointed Minister of Information and Civic Education.[4]