00:01At 84, Malawi's former president, Peter Muthuka, is making a dramatic comeback,
00:07set to take on incumbent Lazaro Chacrera in a high-stakes showdown.
00:13Mutharika, who ruled for six years and once hinted he was done with politics,
00:18now says Chacrera has ruined the country and he's ready to fix it.
00:23His supporters are fired up and nostalgic for the Mutharika era.
00:30When Peter Mutharika was in power, he reduced the price of fertilisers so everyone had the opportunity to farm.
00:39Everyone harvested their maize. People were able to buy and sell food.
00:44This empowered people to have what they wanted, but this is not the case now, because people are scrambling to buy maize.
00:52Peter Mutharika was unseated by Lazaro Chacrera in a historic rerun after Malawi's top court
00:58throughout the 2019 results, citing massive irregularities.
01:04They ruled there was ballot tampering and even tip-ex used to alter votes.
01:08Judges said Mutharika's win was void, marking a first in Malawi's history.
