Former spokesperson for United Transformation Movement (UTM) Frank Tumpale Mwenifumbo has been appointed as the board chairperson for Northern region Water Board.

This comes barely few weeks after he announced his resignation form the UTM, one of the key partners in the Tonse Alliance.

In his resignation letter, Mwenifumbo said he wants to focus on his private adding that he has no intentions of joining any political party.

Reports also indicating that Reverend Billy Gama General Secretary for Blantyre Synod Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP).