Mo Sidik Mia and Abida Mia has become the first husband and wife to sit in the Tonse Alliance government Cabinet as the country in previous administrations had couples serving in Cabinet. President Lazarus Chakwera appointed the Mia couple in his Cabinet on Wednesday night. Sidik Mia, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) first deputy president, […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Member of Parliament for Kasungu Central Ken Kandodo was on Friday caught on camera falling asleep during President Peter Mutharika State of the Nation address (Sona) in Parliament via video link. And this was not just a quick shutting of the eyes, Kandodo, who is also parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) […]
Family and relations of founding president late Hastings Kamuzu Banda have said they are disappointed that the government continues to ignore invitations to organise Kamuzu Day events. May 14 is Kamuzu Day, a public holiday in Malawi set aside to remember and celebrate the life of Kamuzu. Family representative, Ken Kandodo, said this during special […]
Members of Parliament’s crucial parliamentary committee, Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday started an orientation on how best to make checks and balances on public finances. Chairperson of PAC Ken Kandodo said there is high expectation from the public on the committee, saying people see the committee as an answer to a system that has […]
Malawi Congress Party(MCP) aspiring Member of Parliament for Kasungu Central constituency Ken Kandodo has assured people of the area of more developmental projects once voted into power during the May 21 tripartite elections. Kandodo made the remarks when he addressed a campaign rally at Kapiri School ground. He observed that the area is lacking tangible […]
The family of Malawi founding presudent Ngwazi Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda has asked the government and the people of this county to preserve the legacy more lasting than bronze that he left. Kamuzu’s grandnephew Ken Kandodo said this at Kamuzu Mausoleum in Lilongwe on Monday during the memorial service for the Ngwazi. Kandodo accused the […]
Former president Kamuzu Banda’s great grand-niece on Thursday sailed through the contentious Malawi Congress Party (MCP) primary elections in her Kasungu south east constituency where she is the legislator and immediately burst into uncontrollable tears of joy. Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, a sister to Ken Kandodo who has won the Kasungu central MCP primary elections, could […]
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 […]
Family members of the country’s founding president the late Hastings Kamuzu Banda and officials from Malawi Congress Party (MCP) on Monday honoured the man regarded as the founder of the modern nation of Malawi while government officials and other political parties stayed away from the function. MCP president Lazarus Chakwera fresh from being re-newed as […]
Delegates for the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) convention have started arriving in Lilongwe, and there is seemingly a flurry of feathers on people that are interested for different positions in the country’s longest serving party. Most of the delegates that have arrived seem excited about the indaba, and the euphoria revolves around strategic positions. […]
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has just welcomed back Ken Kandodo, a prodigal son whose political journey has taken him from MCP to DPP , PP and finally back to MCP. I have noted that this move has caused a lot of excitement among MCP supporters. Of course who wouldn’t be excited? Kandodo is […]
Ken Kandodo—who once served in Democratic Progress Party (DPP) and People’s Party (PP) governments as a Cabinet minister—has rejoined Malawi Congress Party (MCP), he has confirmed to Nyasa Times . Kandodo is expected to be unveiled Wednesday at Mtunthama grounds in Kasungu where MCP district committee will hold a political rally. In an interview, Kandodo confirmed […]
Former Finance Ministers and a relation to founding president Kamuzu Banda, Ken Kandodo and People’s Party (PP) legislator Wakuda Kamanga on Saturday joined a politicall rally in Kasungu addressed by Malawi Congress Party president Lazarus Chakwera who vowed to unseat Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the 2019 elections, arguing that the ruling party and its […]
President of the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Professor Lazarus Chakwera has called on all party members within and outside the country to join hands in rebuilding the once mighty party headquarters in order to propel the legacy and agenda of founding president late Hastings Kamuzu Banda, who died in 1997. Chakwera said this in Lilongwe during […]
Former cabinet minister in Democratic Progress Party (DPP) and People’s Party (PP) governments Ken Kandodo who was expected to rejoin Malawi Congress Party (MCP) on Sunday failed to attend the rally at Mtunthama grounds in Kasungu which was addressed by MCP president Lazarus Chakwera. MCP sources told Nyasa Times that Kandodo is already working with […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) continue to gain more ground and attract more members with the latest being former cabinet minister in Democratic Progress Party (DPP) and People’s Party (PP) governments Ken Kandodo. According to published reports, Kandodo is expected to be unveiled tomorrow at Mtunthama grounds in Kasungu where MCP president Lazarus Chakwera will hold […]
Times Media Group, the country’s oldest publishing house and well known for declaring employees redundant, has fired its Times TV’s Head of Programmes Affairs, Gracian Tukula, five months after he was poached from their rivals Nation Publications Limites (NPL). The company, which publishes The Daily Times, Malawi News, The Sunday Times, and recently purchased Matindi Radio, has […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president and leader of the opposition Lazarous Chakwera visited affected people in Kauma Township in Lilongwe after a ferocious storm wreaked havoc and affected some 1 100 families during a downpour soon after midnight on Friday. Chakwera also comforted the family that lost a 10-year-old girl Shakila Banda through electrocution by a […]