Former Deputy Minister and member of parliament for Blantyre west cum business man, Samuel Kaphuka has quit Joyce Banda’s ruling People’s Party (PP) to join Malawi Congress Party. Kaphuka, the former Member of Parliament for Blantyre West besides being the proprietor of Kaphuka Private Schools said: “I have made the decision to join the Malawi […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president and 2014 torch bearer Dr Lazarous Chakwela has said Malawi need statesmen and not politicians for economic transformation. Speaking in Lilongwe on Sunday during the whistle stop tours he conducted in the city, Chakwela said Malawians are in the current economic and leadership mess due to selfish political leaders who do not […]
Former Secretary General of Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Chris Daza and veteran politician Beston Majoni have claimed that thousands of MCP members will follow them in the ruling People’s Party (PP). The two politicians were speaking in Lilongwe on Sunday at Kalambo School Ground where President Joyce Banda held a political rally. Majoni said by […]
The new leadership of opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) continue to attract reputable people despite the defections of some opportunistic members, with the latest to join the party being former Malawi Ambassador to Japan Dr John Chikago. Chikango who was a key member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) announced on Friday that he has […]
Fresh calls have come from the University Council asking University of Malawi’s (UNIMA) Chancellor College Senior Lecturer, Dr. Jessie Kabwila to resign following her appointment as Publicity Secretary for the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP). University Council spokesperson Akuzike Maliwichi said University employees are not allowed to practise active politics because doing so amounts to […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Dr Lazarus Chakwera has expressed the hope that his party will regain the momentum and support it used to have during the days of the late Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda. He was speaking over the weekend during a marathon of whistle-stop tours the party had in Zomba City, Mayaka, […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera’s whistle-stop meetings in the eastern region attracted handful of supporters but the presidential hopeful went on to deliver his message that he will ensure sound economic management and better standard of living for Malawians if elected into power. MCP torchbearer was in Zomba on Saturday, the home […]
Understandably, Dr Lazarus Chakwera and the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) are shaken over the sudden departure of their secretary general, Dr. Christopher Theophilus Daza, who has gravitated to orange pastures. While this is expected in team formation – if our study of group dynamics is anything to go by, it can destabilize the crystalization of […]
Former deputy Speaker of Parliament who once served as Malawi Congress Party (MCP) secretary-general, Beston Majoni has resigned from the party to join the ruling People’s Party (PP) following the resignation of MCP secretary general Chris Daza. Majoni told Nyasa Times on Friday evening that he had resigned purely on principle and conviction. “It is […]
Many members of opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) are linked with possible move to join the ruling People’s Party (PP) following the defection of former secretary-general Chris Daza. Daza is reported to have enticed about 15 prominent members of the MCP including members of parliament plus hundreds of ordinary members to follow him to PP. […]
The ruling People’s Party (PP) on Thursday, officially welcomed four prominent political leaders from the opposition parties who have joined the party. These included Dr Chris Daza who was the Secretary General for the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), veteran politician Elias Katola Phiri also from MCP, Dr Isaac Lamba from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Secretary-General Chris Daza has resigned from the party and joined People’s Party in government. Daza informed MCP president Dr. Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday about his resignation. But MCP administrative secretary Portipher Chidaya said he was not aware about the resignation. While Daza himself referred Nyasa Times to the MCP spokesman. But […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has maintained his call for President Joyce Banda to apologise to the nation at large for the financial malfeasance at Capital Hill – dubbed as cashgate – saying the way government I tackling the matter is cosmetic. Chakwera on Saturday during a rally at Daka, in Lilongwe repeated […]
Scores of opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters turned out to welcome their party president Dr Lazarous Chakwera at Kamuzu International Airport on Friday when he returned from a 15-day visit of the United States of America. Chakwera said he has a number of various meetings with potential investors and other top level officials as part […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president, Lazarus Chawera who is on a 15 – day visit to the United states of America, has won US investors’ hearts describing him as ‘…the most impressive individual’. Addressing his colleagues in an e-mail soon after meeting Chakwera in Washington DC, President and CEO of CFNA, John Costello last Friday […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters in Blantyre on Saturday held a fundraising braai to help support the party’s campaign to the 2014 tripartite elections. The fundraiser comes after MCP adopted US’s Barack Obama’s people-funded campaign technique by calling on followers to contribute K100 or more. The braai in Blantyre attracted a good turn up by […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) on Friday said they have appointed into its national executive committee another Ahmed Dassu after a UK based governance campaigner Ahmed Dassu told Nyasa Times that he declined the appointment by the party’s president Lazarous Chakwera. MCP said their new NEC member Ahmed Dassu stays in Blantyre. Dassu- one of the […]
UK based governance campaigner Ahmed Dassu has said he will focus on activism role and thus has declined the appointment as a member of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) national executive committee to which he was appointed by the party’s president Lazarous Chakwera. Dassu- one of the frontline pro-democracy activists who helped late Chakufwa Chihana to […]