Submitting his presidential nomination papers at UTM Party headquarters, Newton Kambala mentioned his choice to contest is pushed by a need to serve the celebration in order that it varieties the following authorities, after triumphing within the September 2025 normal elections.

He added that Malawians name for him to contest for President add credence to his need.

“I know I cannot entirely fit into the shoes of our fallen UTM party founder and leader Saulos Klaus Chilima, but I will try. The late Chilima left me with some of the skills to push the party and country to greater heights,” mentioned Kambala.

He urged the celebration’s supporters and officers to unite and prioritize servant management forward of the delegates convention scheduled for seventeenth November in Mzuzu.

“I was very close to the late Chilima. Malawians and UTM Party are safe with me as President, after the general election for I will help spearhead the implementation of the Chilima policies aimed at transforming the country,” he mentioned.