Another opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Member of Parliament (MP) has joined the chorus advocating for a federal government for the Central Region. First MCP lawmaker on record to back the calls for federism in National Assembly was Alekeni Menyani. On Monday MP for Kasungu East Madalitso Kazombo contributing to the 2014/15 debate started advocating […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson Jessie Kabwila has branded the Peter Mutharika led government as incompetent and out-of-touch. Kabwila said in parliament when lawmakers from across the political divide expressed dismay that ministers were undermining the National Assembly by not answering questions tabled by MPs in the august House. Former vice president Khumbo Kachali also voiced […]
Burial of veteran broadcaster-cum-politician James Chimera who died on Saturday at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre, at age of 72, will take place on Tuesday. According to a programme released by the family, Chimera’s body will be buried at HHI cemetery in Blantyre. “Burial will be held on Tuesday at HHI cemetery in […]
The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Rev Dr Lazarous Chakwera, who is also leader of opposition, on Wednesday gave a critique to the zero-aid budget, questioning government for proposing tax breaks for commercial banks. Chakwera in his take to examine the K742.6 billion 2014/15 national budget said zero-aid budget promotes consumption and offers the working class […]
Communities from Lilongwe Msozi North constituency are calling for the removal of their legislator Highton Jiya who was elected on a Malawi Congress Party (MCP) ticket barely three months after Malawi went to the polls in a tripartite election on 20th May, by among things accusing him of not representing their interests. The call was […]
Exactly 50 years ago, in the first week of September 1964, barely two months after July 6 independence, serious disagreements between Prime Minister, Dr Banda and his Cabinet Minister exploded into the historic Cabinet Crisis on 8 and 9 September. The disagreements began after Dr Banda’s release from Gweru Prison in 1960, and his subsequent […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says it ready to support the 2014/15 national budget so long it is pro-poor. The budget has to protect and advance people’s welfare, according to MCP Spokesperson Jessie Kabwila. Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe is expected to present a K743 billion zero-aid budget to Parliament. Kabwila therefore said the current administration […]
Malawi National Assembly Speaker ,Richard Msowoya h as maintained that he will not resign from his position as vice president of the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Some quarters have been calling the Speaker to resign from the positions to avoid conflict of interest when discharging his duties in the Chamber. But Msowoya argued […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) outspoken spokesperson Jessie Kabwila on Sunday addressed her constituents in Salima North west how she found herself in the delegation to the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) Summit in Zimbabwe, arriving back in the country on the President Peter Mutharika’s chartered jet. Speaking during the special meeting with her constituency, Kabwila said she […]
The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has maintained its dispute of the May 20 presidential elections and said the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) robbed it of victory. Speaking at Masintha Freedom Park during a political rally, MCP Regional Chairman for centre, Daniel Mlomo, said the party’s leader Dr Lazarous Chakwera who came second to DPP’s Peter […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Rev Dr Lazarus Chakwera has welcomed the desire by the Peter Mutharika administration to increase the number of universities as a positive step in ending the controversial education quota system. Chakwera, who attended the graduation at Mzuzu University as Leader of Opposition in Parliament, said in an interview after President […]
Leader of opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Rev Dr Lazarous Chakwera has said his party will take the Peter Mutharika government to task during next month parliament sitting over the unprocedural removal of some top officials in the civil service. Chakwera said government has flouted some set rule by removing officers , saying […]
President Peter Mutharika has come under fierce criticism again from Malawi Congress Party (MCP) over continuous use of private chartered jet as “senseless extravagance”. In an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times, MCP parliamentary finance spokesperson Joseph Jobvuyalema disclosed that his party will keep checks to financial recklessness and wants Minister of Finance to explain in […]
Outspoken Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson Dr. Jessie Kabwira has maintained that she will maintain her criticism to the DPP-led administration, despite accepting a controversial “lift” in a charted presidential jet from President Peter Mutharika.. Kabwira has granted interviews to almost all media houses in Malawi, but there are sharp contradictions on how she accepted […]
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has urged political leaders to work together and avoid divisive politics so as to serve Malawians effectively and build the country. MCP’s parliamentary financial spokesperson Joseph Njobvuyalema made the call when he spoke in Kasungu West on Saturday where the party held a rally. The party has been labelling the Democratic […]
The main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has called on government to redesign the Farm Inputs Subsidy Program (FISP). MCP parliamentary spokesperson on finance Joseph Njobvuyalema said the way the program was designed is failing short to meet its goals of having a food secured nation but rather enrich some sections of the business community […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has said it will add its weight in pushing for amending the electoral law on electing a Head of State from the current first-past-the-post and adopt a 50 per cent plus one law to ensure that the winner of presidential elections enjoyed majority support. MCP spokesperson Jessie Kabwila said the party will […]
Before and immediately after May 20, the supposedly re-branded Malawi Congress Party (MCP) was full of Wise Men and Women from the East, who never wasted time in throwing their ‘wise counsel’, to anyone who cared. Until recently, party President and retired Assemblies of God cleric, Dr. Lazarus Chakwera, Spokesperson and former academician, Jessie Kabwila, […]