Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has hinted he would appoint a 20 member cabinet or less once voted into power on May 20 and that his party would make it constitutional for the next presidents not to exceed the number on cabinet appointments. He said this will be a way of saving public […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Presidential candidate Dr Lazarus Chakwera has said he will not do what the DPP regime did under late president Bingu WA Mutharika to sideline and isolate his vice-president. Chakwera addressing a campaign rally in Mzuzu on Sunday said he will not victimise his vice president Richard Msowoya once voted in power […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) have dismissed the controversial opinion poll by the US-based Afrobarometer opinion poll released Friday night as flawed and not credible. In the poll, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate 74-year-old Peter Mutharika commanded 27 percent of the vote followed by Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and President […]
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) claims there is a ploy to bus in about a million Zimbabweans to vote in the May 20 tripartite polls. The party has since called on its supporters and well-wishers countrywide to be vigilant and expose the electoral fraud. MCP Vice president and vice presidential running mate Richard Msowoya […]
The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says it is not aware of Vice-president Khumbo Kachali’s interest to come back into its fold after cutting ties with President Joyce Banda and her ruling People’s Party (PP). Kachali on Wednesday informed President Joyce Banda of his decision to resign from the party National Executive Committee (NEC) with […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Dr Lazarus Chakwera told a rally in Zomba on Thursday that the tendency of giving out freebies to people only breeds laziness among them arguing, it cannot lift them from the dungeons of poverty. Chakwera said when voted into power, his government will embark on programmes beneficial to Malawians, […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful in the coming elections, Dr Lazarus Chakwera, says Malawi will continue to be among the least developed nations in the world unless there is leadership change. He said this in Blantyre on Wednesday as he addressed supporters during a campaign rally the MCP conducted at Njamba Freedom Park […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has said its presidential hopeful Dr Rev Lazarous Chakwera would accept the result of the May 20 elections, even if they don’t go his way and would not back post-election violence. MCP spokeswoman Dr Jessie Kabwila told Nyasa Times that Chakwera will be committed to move forward and he has to […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters in England have organised a fundraising barbaeque on Saturday May 10 in Nothampton to help support the party’s last days campaign to the May 20 tripartite elections. According to the organisers of the event, Kondi Bowoyoke Munthali and Henry Dokowe Ngwira, it will be held at Kass Grill Bar, 272 […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Dr Lazaraus Chakwera promises to move Malawi from aid dependency to trade and investment. Chakwera made the remarks when he held campaign meetings on Friday in the area of Chiuzira, Kang’oma, Mpeya, Matapila, Chowe and Chiwamba in the eastern side of the Capital City Lilongwe. “I am not trying […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Peter Mutharika has said his party has more statistical chances of forming government than Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Mutharika speaking in Ntchisi on Friday during a whistle-stop campaign tour, said central region which had traditionally been regarded as MCP stronghold will guarantee DPP considerable votes and that MCP president Lazarus […]
“I am publishing this memoir after more than twenty years of my incarceration, not because I want to take my revenge on Banda and his inner circle for permanently shattering my academic career. I left vengeance to the Lord, who knows my opponents better than I do. Nor do I want to be a spoiler […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Presidential Candidate for the May 20 Tripartite Elections, Dr. Lazarous Chakwera has said time is now ripe to create a new Malawi by being independent and wean herself from donor dependence. Speaking at the headquarters of Traditional Authority Nankumba in Mangochi, Chakwera said God has blessed Malawi with abundant resources such […]
As Malawians vote on May 20th, it will be the 31st anniversary of central region minister Aaron Gadama’s death. He died gruesomely along with two other cabinet ministers and one mere Member of Parliament. By all accounts the death of the Mwanza Four, as the victims have come to be known, was authored by the […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarous Chakwera said on Tuesday that voters should consider to vote for him on May 20 elections for the country’s most prestigious political job, saying he has what it takes to be Head of State. Chakwera speaking during the second presidential debate held in Lilongwe pointed out that if Malawians […]
The Youth Network for Peace and Reconciliation has expressed concern over what they call continued silence of government over what they call constitutional violation by the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) on the use of the National Flag. The group’s National Coordinator George Kusamale says in a statement that for a long time they have […]
Former Leader of the Opposition who is also former president of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) John Tembo has vowed to give his full political weight to his successor Dr Lazarus Chakwera as he seeks election of the Head of State in the May 20 elections. Chakwera’s campaign is expected to gain much-needed financial clout and […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) deputy president Richard Msowoya delivered a public lecture at University of Livingstonia (Unilia) of the CCAP Livingstonia Synod in Rumphi. He assured students of a good learning environment if MCP wins the 20 May Tripartite Elections. Msowoya said MCP recognises education as human investment for the nation. During the lecture, Msowoya said […]