He assisted as an advisor in the campaign for his brother, Bingu wa Mutharika, for re-election as President in 2009.[1] In 1995 he argued for limiting presidential powers in Malawi.[6] He then entered Malawian politics where he became a Minister in a cabinet he helped to create.[6] He also continued to serve as an adviser to the President until the President's death in 2012 in issues of foreign and domestic policy.[6]