Leader of opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Dr Lazarous Chakwera and former party president John Tembo on Wednesday December 3 led tribute to founding president Ngwazi Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda at a memorial ceremony on his mausoleum in the capital Lilongwe. Chakwera paid an emotional tribute to “a visionary and legendary leader.” The […]
A group of councillors are working on plans to unseat Lilongwe City Mayor WillieChapondera. According to information sourced from Lilongwe council chamber, councillors are not happy with the performance of their Mayor. “We are not doing this for the sake of politics but our Mayor is almost passive and not active,” said one of the […]
Malawi’s first head of state Ngwazi Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda, reviled as a dictator and murderer when he was swept from office in 1994, continue to get political rehabilitation posthumously with President Peter Mutharika honouring him on Tuesday to mark 17 years since his death. Mutharika, in a statement made available to Nyasa Times, proclaimed […]
President for Malawi’s leading opposition party in parliament MCP, Dr Lazarus Chakwera says his party is yet to make its position on the ongoing debate about the introduction of federal systems of governed as opposed to the current unitary government. Chakwera said although MCP has no stand on federal system of government, its members are free […]
Members of the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in the parliamentary committee on agriculture, have ganged up against their fellow lawmaker who chairs the committee Felix Jumbe by conspiring to ‘impeach’ him from his position. Inside sources in the committee told Nyasa Times that three MCP members proposed to the committee to have Jumbe removed from […]
Malawi’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has his back at opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) for their criticism to Peter Mutharika administration on governance concerns. MCP president and leader of opposition in Parliament, Rev Dr Lazarous Chakwera told a news conference in Lilongwe that the six months of the DPP and Mutharika leadership has been […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has called on the Peter Mutharika government to resolve quickly the industrial strike by the support staff of Malawi’s judiciary system has paralyzed the courts, causing overcrowding in police cells and the indefinite suspension of major cases – including government corruption trials. Court marshals, clerks and messengers are demanding the 30 percent […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislature Joseph Njobvuyalema is leading a SADC Parliamentary Forum in Namibia’s elections observer mission. Nine presidential candidates and 16 political parties are expected to take part in the elections to be held on November 28 and will be the first in Africa that ballots will be cast electronically. Speaking during the launch of […]
President Peter Mutharika and his ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) face leadership questions from main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) on a number of governance issues. MCP president and leader of opposition in Parliament, Rev Dr Lazarous Chakwera told a news conference in Lilongwe that the six months of the DPP and Mutharika leadership has […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Dr Lazarus Chakwera has said he is not bothered with the conduct of President Peter Mutharika who snubbed him at the opening of the HTD’s Abdul Majid Motor City in Blantyre . During the function, President Mutharika reportedly ignored Chakwera twice. The MCP president is also leader of opposition in parliament […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says the party leadership has never bribed anybody to speak against federalism. DPP Publicity Secretary Francis Lazaro Kasaila was commenting on what opposition Malawi Congress Paryy (MCP) spokeswoman Dr Jessie Kabwila said last week that those who are eating the money are the ones rejecting federalism. Kabwila was trashing […]
President Peter Mutharika on Thursday revealed his cold side when he snubbed leader of opposition in parliament Lazarus Chakwera during official opening of Hard to Defeat (HTD)-Abdul Majid Motor City at Ginnery Corner in the commercial capital Blantyre. Chakwera was among the invited guests who included former president Bakili Muluzi, Mayor for Blantyre City Assembly Noel Chalamanda, […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has commended people of Ntcheu North East for electing the party’s councillor Harlod Liwonde, saying MCP is the real winner in elections that are transparent and credible. Liwonde won after flooring the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidates in the recent by-elections. Speaking during the swearing […]
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has maintain its stand that it is federal system of government which can help to achieve equitable distribution of resources in the country. MCP publicity secretary Dr Jessie Kabwila, whose party has officially stated it is for federalism, told Nyasa Times in a telephone interview on Friday tin reaction […]
As battle of who is the legitimate winner of Lilongwe City South East Constituency rages on, it has emerged that the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) candidate, Ulemu Msungama is receiving death threats through short messages and phones calls. Recently, the High Court in Lilongwe ordered the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to conduct fresh elections in […]
Lilongwe Magistrate Court has found Malawi Congress Party (MCP) deputy director of youth Wyson Zinyemba Soko guilty of theft and money laundering for his involvement in the ongoing financial scandal dubbed “Cashgate” that saw millions of dollars looted from the impoverished country’s government. Soko becomes the third person to be convicted in many Cashgate cases […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislature Joseph Njobvuyalema has been elected as vice chairperson for SADC parliamentary forum in the elections which took place in Zimbabwe. Annie Makinda from Tanzania was elected Chairperson while Galley Mkombo from Zambia is the new treasurer. In an interview with Nyasa Times, Njobvuyalema said he is humbled for being elected […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmaker for Lilongwe City South East constituency Bentley Namasasu is challenging a High Court ruling ordering Malawi Electoral Commission to conduct fresh elections in the constituency where a Malawi Congress Party (MCP) candidate Ulemu Msungama challenged the results. High Court Judge Esmie Chombo nullified the parliamentary election in which MEC Namasasu […]