Chaos erupted in Malawi’s Parliament on Friday as two MPs were unceremoniously marched out of the chamber — all over their choice of trousers. Second Deputy Speaker Esther Jolobala ordered Edward Chileka Banda of Lilongwe Mapuyu South (Malawi Congress Party) and Morris Harrison Chikafa of Dedza Dzalanyama (Independent) to be escorted out after a fellow […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has declared 37-year-old civil society player Edward Chileka-Banda as dully elected as parliamentary candidate for the party after winning in the controversial Lilongwe Mapuyu South primary elections against incumbent Joseph Njobvuyalema. Njobvuyalema, who has been a Member of Parliament for the constituency since 1999, disputed the results and Makala Ngozo was […]
There is total confusion in Malawi Congress Party (MCP) following the primary elections for Lilongwe Mapuyu South constituency as the election’s returning officer Makala Ngozo MP has declared incumbent legislator Joseph Njobvuyalema duelly elected to be the pafrty’s candidate, disputing earlier results that indicated his main challenger Edward Chileka-Banda had won. Njobvuyalema, who has a […]
Incumbent Lilongwe Mapuyu South legislator Joseph Njobvuyalema has vehemently disputed the Thursday Malawi Congress Party (MCP) primary election results which put a political new comer, Edward Chileka Banda as winner, saying they were fraudulent. In an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times Friday morning, Njobvuyaema said the tabulation of the figures clearly indicate that the 37-year-old […]
Veteran politician and incumbent legislator for Lilongwe Mapuyu South, Joseph Njobvuyalema, on Thursday became the first big casualty of main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to lose in the ongoing primary elections to identify candidates to represent the party in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. Njobvuyalema lost the primary elections to youth activist Edward […]
Owen Khamula – Nyasa Times Civil Society’s Action Week kicked off on Monday and will run until May 27 with strong warning to people with albinism killers and a petition to parliament to legislate laws that would protect people with albinism wherever they can be, any time. Edward Chileka Banda, chairman of Citizen Alliance, organizers […]