The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has disclosed that the party’s convention will now be held this month of June in readiness for the tripartite polls next year. MCP last month cancelled its long-awaited convention which attracted about 10 contestants for the party’s presidency including retired Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo, former Malawi Assemblies of God president […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) on Monday tore apart the 2013/14 National Budget, describing it as lacking hope for Malawians and a “lifeless document”. In its response to the budget Finance Minister Ken Lipenga presented in Parliament last Friday, MCP said Lipenga presented a budget that has political rhetoric other than a financial plan. MCP […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has condemned government’s plans to export 100, 000 youths to work in South Korea, saying the Joyce Banda administration’s is offering “false promises” to end unemployment and ease on poverty. MCP spokesperson on finance in Parliament Joseph Njobvuyalema said this when he was responding to the 2013/14 budget statement that was […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Member of Parliament for Mchinji North East Alex Chitete has told parliament that he has a vision for the country and that there will new government after next year’s tripartite elections. “Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have a vision for Malawians. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I see Malawi with a new regime in 2014,”said Chitete contributing to the […]
The outcome of The Sunday Times opinion poll published on May 5, 2013 speaks volumes about the aspirations and frustrations of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) followers that participated in the poll. It should be said however, that opinion polls, have oftentimes proved to be misleading and this could apply to this poll. In the […]
Three old timers in the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Vitus Dzoole Mwale, Joseph Njobvuyalema and Portipher Chidaya have been accused of trying to frustrate new blood to contest for the presidency of the party with their insistence that aspirants should have at least five years working in the party. Some national executive committee (Nec) have […]
Minister of Justice Ralph Kasambara and also de facto kingmaker in the Peoples Party (PP) government reportedly sought an appointment with Rev. Dr Lazarus Chakwera, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential aspirant but he was turned down, Nyasa Times understands. Nyasa Times learnt Chakwera categorically turned down the request for the meeting whose agenda was unclear. […]
Browsing Malawi Facebook pages and posts, there are some postings and comments that imply that some people see something wrong with “Men of God” seeking to serve in public offices, especially and surprisingly after Dr Lazarous Chakwera’s offer to serve Malawi. I do not want to believe that we should restrict “men and women of the […]
Religious groups and Churches in Malawi have backed long time Evangelist and Christian leader Reverend Dr Lazarus Chakwera for his decision to join politics and contest for the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidency, where if he wins it will enable him to contest for the country’s presidency in 2014. Chakwera resigned as President of the […]
As if the late submission of nomination papers by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo was not enough, more ghostly spanners have been thrown into the party’s much awaited convention. Just in the past few days, we have seen a series of classic staged acts listed onto MCP’s strained presidential circus. Tembo, the self-acclaimed […]
Malawi Assemblies of God announced on Friday that it has appointed its Deputy President, Rev. Nelson Banda to serve as acting president following an early retirement of Malawi Congress Party presidential hopeful, Rev. Dr. Lazarus Chakwera. In a statement made available to Nyasa Times, the church’s secretary general Rev. Benitto Chisamba, confirmed that Chakwera has […]
Man of the moment, Rev. Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has stepped down as president of the Malawi Assemblies of God to concentrate on front-line politics as he is aspiring to lead Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Chakwera confirmed that he formally relinquishes his post on May 14 after serving on that role for 24 years. “ I […]
The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has insisted that it will shortlist the candidates eligible to run for the party’s presidency and other executive posts at the party’s convention which was postponed last week in Lilongwe but has been postponed to an indefinite date. But the party’s national convention chair Joseph Njobvuyalema has dismissed reports doing […]
Man of the moment, Rev. Dr. Lazarus Chakwera, president of the Malawi Assemblies of God, who is aspiring to lead Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has resigned from his position as chairman of Malawi National Council of Sports, Nyasa Times understands. Chakwera was appointed into the Sports Council board by President Joyce Banda last year. But […]
The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) ‘renaissance’ is gaining ground with more youth gunning for positions in the party’s national executive committee (NEC) at the forthcoming convention, which was postponed last week. Lawyer Louis Peter Chakhwantha, is among the youths belonging to the country’s oldest political party, who has joined the race for leadership position. Chakhwantha, […]
The Republic of Malawi will hold general elections in May 2014. As this all-important day of reckoning approaches, there are only two matters that seem to be dominating Malawian minds. They are the dire economic situation that the country is going through, and an obsession with politics. The obsession with politics stems from the […]
“Am I the only one who feels underwhelmed by the coming on the scene the Reverend Lazarus Chakwera as one of the wannabes for the top post in the oldest party in the land.” In his column column of Sunday April 21, 2015 the Muckraker responded to the rhetorical question above in a manner that […]
The Basics: John Zenus Ungapake Tembo, popularly known as JZU, is the longest serving politician in the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and in Malawi. He was born on Sept. 14, 1932 in the central region district of Dedza. His father, Zenus Ungapake Tembo, was a minister of the Church of Central African Presbyterian (CCAP). By […]