Outspoken Member of Parliament (MP) for Salima North West Jessie Kabwila (Malawi Congress Party-MCP) has faulted the government for putting the portrait of President Peter Mutharika and a dorminant blue, a colour politically associated with the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), on the special cloth for 53 d Independence anniversary. Kabwira said by putting the President’s face […]
Marginalized Malawi Congress Party (MCP) parliamentarian, Jessie Kabwila has questioned the party’s extension of an olive branch to rebelling factions, arguing they should stop cheating the nation. MCP president Lazarus Chakwera a week ago met National Executive Committee (NEC) in Lilongwe where among other things they agreed to call for the convention next year and […]
The country’s water crisis remains sarcastic towards addressing waterborne disease with fresh revelation that about 7,000 household in Salima North-West Constituency are wrestling for one borehole. This is a typical example on how the water crisis has reached in the country after 53 years of the Malawi’s independent The visit to the area during the […]
Finance, Economic Planning and Development Minister Goodall Gondwe on Monday assured opposition legislatures that there has been a solution to pay teachers arrears and leave grants at a right time. Gondwe said this in Parliament after opposition legislatures wondered why his ministry is failing to end the teachers strike by paying them their arrears and leave grants, […]
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government has been accused of “sleepwalking” in power while the country is facing huge challenges. The accusations were made in parliament by opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) member f parliament for Salima North East, Jessie Kabwila. “I am actually saying as the representatives of Malawians, there is something that should […]
The High Court in Blantyre has dismissed a treason case against three senior opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP)officials. Judge Healey Potani has dismissed the treason case of former party publicist Jessie Kabwila, MCP legislator Louis Chakwantha and member Ulemu Msungama after the State failed to provide evidence. Malawi police in February 2016 arrested the three over […]
Salima Central parliamentarian, Felix Jumbe, on Wednesday took to social networking site Facebook in defense of re-instated but fired Malawi Congress Party (MCP) publicity secretary, Jessie Kabwila, saying the party’s leadership had lost direction in as far as adherence to the constitution is concerned. Jumbe was also fired from the MCP for insubordination and belonging […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) former fiery spokeswoman Jessie Kabwila is accusing her party of hypocricy and bad sinister, saying it is sending people to start campaigning in her Salima north west constituency ahead of 2019 parliamentary elections. Kabwila, who was recently reinstated as member of the party but lost her position as publicity secretary, […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) member of parliament in Salima North-West Constituency, Jessie Kabwila has welcomed over 120 women members of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) who has defected and joined the main opposition MCP in her constituency. The women said they have dumped DPP because of poor leadership and Kabwira said the move demonstrated […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) former publicist Jessie Kabwila says party president Lazarus Chakwera and the national executive committee have no powers to strip off her position as spokesperson for the main opposition. At a rally she held in her Salima North West constituency, the outspoken Kabwila said it is only the national convention which […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislator has asked the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government to resign. The Salima north west MP said the Peter Mutharika administration has failed Malawians with the way it handled the procurement of maize from Zambia. She said this as the parliamentarians made contributions to a parliamentary inquiry report on […]
Opposition Salima north west lawmaker Jessie Kabwila on Wednesday asked that searches be done in houses of cabinet ministers for stashes of money. Kabwila, an opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislator, said some cabinet ministers are keeping huge sums of money in their homes when the majority of Malawians are suffering. Her remarks follow the […]
The High Court in Blantyre has ruled that Salima north west MP Jessie Kabwila and two other officials of opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) should stop reporting to Area 30 police headquarters as fulfillment of their bail condition. Gustave Kaliwo, lawyer for Kabwila, Peter Chakhwantha MP and Ulemu Msungama said the court has discontinued the […]
Salima North West Member of Parliament (MP) Jessie Kabwila (Malawi Congress Party-MCP) has questioned the appointment by President Peter Mutharika of Kondwani Nankhumwa the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, as Leader of the House, saying he does not have the integrity required to lead parliament. Mutharika has replaced beset Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, […]
The Malawi Police in Lilongwe on Tuesday, for the ninth time extended bail for opposiiton Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislators Jessie Kabwila, Peter Chakhwantha, and another official Ulemu Msungama, accused of treason, to June 30, 2017 pending thorough investigations on the matter. Gustav Kaliwo, lawyer representing the three, said in an interview with Nyasa Times in Lilongwe […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) publicist Jessie Kabwila and party official Ulemu Msungama are in court seeking a judicial review so that they should throw out treason case hanging on their heads for lack of evidence. Gustave Kaliwo, lawyer for the two MCP officials, said he would be going to court this week to trigger […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) publicist Jessie Kabwila has accused the ruling Democratic Progressive Party(DPP) operatives of petrol bombing her Fortuner vehicle, saying this is the very reason why the police are failing to trace those behind it five months after the car was torced. However, DPP spokesman has denied the allegations of his party […]
Salima North-West Member of Parliament Jessies Kabwila on Thursday justified the tag of “inept” being used for President Peter Mutharika and his administration, saying Malawi faces an unprecedented number of serious challenges, and Malawians are struggling to make ends meet. Kabwila was speaking in parliament after standing on a point of order when Democratic Progressive Party […]