Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says it will review all laws and policies pertaining to minerals and other resources so that Malawians benefit once it forms the next government after the May 20 polls. MCP also said it will also review legislation and policies on land to ensure equity and productive usage. MCP Vice President Richard Msowoya said […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) torch bearer for the 2014 tripartite elections Dr Lazarus Chakwera risks being jailed for disobeying a court order that restrained him and his agents from presenting nomination papers for Jean Sendeza legislator for Lilongwe South West until the primary elections are heard. According to court documents in our possession filled at […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Dr Lazarous Chakwera on Tuesday filed his nomination papers for the May 20 Tripartite Elections. Chakwera, accompanied by his running mate Richard Msowoya, thousands of MCP top officials and supporters including former party leader John Tembo, former official hosted Mama Cecilia Kadzamira presented his nomination papers to Malawi Electoral […]
Former Anti Corruption Bureau director Gustave Kaliwo has been appointed secretary general of the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) replacing Chris Daza who joined Peoples Party and was appointed minister of Good Governance MCP president Lazarus Chakwera made the appointment after announcing vice president Richard Msowoya as his running mate in the May 20 presidential […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Dr Lazarus Chakwera has settled for the youthful Richard Msowoya—a former Cabinet minister in the Bingu wa Mutharika government— to be his running mate in the May 20 elections. Chakwera, a pastor throughout his adult life, has picked Msowoya according to MCP hierarchy where Msowoya is his elected vice […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is demanding a probe into the alleged disappearance of hundreds of tonnes of maize that was declared rotten and unfit for both human and animal consumption but is not accounted for to date. MCP deputy president Richard Msowoya said this during whistle stop tours he conducted at Iponga, Chakwera Village, Mwenilondo, […]
President Joyce Banda and her People’s Party (PP) led government are running Malawi in a “mafia way of governing” according to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera. Chakwera made the accusations during a Tambala Night at Sunbird Mzuzu on Friday, Chakwera said people have suffered under the PP administration. He promised to end the […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has indicated that it will immediately remove the controversial quota system for entrance into the University of Malawi saying it is discriminatory and a disservice to Malawians. MCP vice president Richard Msowoya said this during whistle-stop tours at Misuku, Kapoka and Chitipa Boma. Msowoya, a former minister of education in the […]
The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) must incorporate locals so that Malawians must benefit from their own resources. MCP President Dr Lazarus Chakwera said this during whistle stop tours held in northern Mzimba district at Ekwendeni, Euthini and Mzimba Boma on Saturday. Chakwera is also scheduled to hold similar meetings in […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Presidential hopeful Dr Lazarus Chakwera has said his government will allow Malawians to express their discontent if there is a problem and will not resort to killing its citizens for exercising that right. Chakwera said this in Mzuzu at Zolozolo cemetery where he went to lay a wreath on the graves […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Dr Lazarous Chakwera has travelled to the north where he will address a couple of political meetings calling on Malawians to vote for the party in elections so May polls that it should return to power. Addressing supporters in Mzuzu on Thursday when he arrived in the northern city, Chakwera […]
On the very first day of this year, I suggested that as Malawians, our hope for the future, politically and economically, lay in understanding the role that President Joyce Banda has played in destroying the economic and political fabric of our country. As I reflected on the trials and hardships that Malawians have had to […]
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) have moved to cool speculation linking the former transport minister Sidik Mia becoming a running mate of Dr Lazarous Chakwera but said the party was flattered that the Lower Shire political giant is linked with join it. MCP spokesperson Dr Jessie Kabwila said the party’s president has not picked […]
Nomadic politician and former Malawi’s head of government intelligence, Binton Kutsaira has for the second time ditched the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to join the ruling People’s Party (PP). Kutsaira, a former Secretary General for Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), was formally welcomed into the party during a political rally conducted by President Joyce Banda at […]
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has been told by the governing People’s Party (PP) to stop using National flag colours of black, red and green on its party materials. PP asked MCP to revert to their original flag of green with a black cok which its former president John Tembo and his colleagues were […]
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has observed that the root cause for the country’s distressing poverty is the trend by leaders who look upon themselves as gods. Chakwera made the remarks Sunday at Nathenje in Lilongwe when the party’s members welcomed him from his week-long Southern Region campaign trail. “The problem is that the […]
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) continued with its parliamentary primary elections during the week which saw vice Public Relations Officer Ezekiel Ching’oma winning with all votes in Lilongwe East and veteran parliamentarian Watson Makala Ngozo making it into the final race. There was laughter and jubilation in Lilongwe east when two candidates, former MP […]
Former Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo has disclosed that he declined a position in the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) national executive committee (NEC) because he felt the request from party leader Lazarus Chakwera vague and the offer was like for “a student picked for second selection after failing initial exams.” Munlo, who fought against Chakwera during […]