President Joyce Banda’s one year in power, which over the weekend coincided with the recollection of late president Bingu wa Mutharika’s legacy, has historically heralded the beginning of what is going to be one of the most treacherous elections. If Mutharika’s repressive record was the only determinant, Banda should at the moment be having a […]
Malawi’s governing Peoples Party (PP) top brass, Cassim Chilumpha and Uladi Mussa on Sunday said at a political rally commemorating the party’s one year rule that opposition leader Atupele Muluzi and Peter Mutharika are “not fit” for State House. Malawi goes to general elections in May next year. Atupele Muluzi will represent United Democratic Front […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says its convention next month in Lilongwe will go ahead as scheduled and that party president John Tembo is barred by the Constitution to seek a third term. MCP spokesperson Jolly Kalelo said the convention is on from April 27 to 29 and it is taking place at Natural Resource […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) h Secretary General Chris Daza told journalists in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, on Saturday that he is expected to garner enough support to be elected presidential candidate at the MCP convention slated for April 27 to April 29 2013. Daza is challenging John Tembo for the MCP’s presidency and nomination to lead it […]
Veteran politician and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo has challenged his critics that he cannot quit politics on the basis of old age, saying that he is “fit as a fiddle”. Tembo has again hinted on his desire to lead MCP in next year’s election if it amends its constitution paving way for […]
Speaker of Parliament, Henry Chimunthu Banda has clarified that a written speech which Leader of Opposition John Tembo failed to deliver in response to President Joyce Banda’s opening speech was on record and part of the House’s Hansard. Tembo’s prepared speech among several issues talked about rampant corruption and abuse of national resources, the floatation of […]
Nomadic politician Gwanda Chakuamba has hit back at Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo’s refusal to accept him rejoin the party after dissing him that he is a political vagabond. Chakuamba announced Thursday that he has rejoined MCP, a party he ditched in 2004 following leadership disputes in the party to form the Republican […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo has rejected the renewal of membership of Gwanda Chakuamba, saying he is not welcomed in the party’s rank and file. Reacting to Chakuamba’s announcement that he was rejoining the country’s oldest party, Tembo said Chakuamba was not welcomed in the party’s rank and file because he was a […]
Malawi’s renowned veteran politician and a key political ally of the country’s former president Hastings Kamuzu Banda, has rejoined Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Chakuamba was president of the New Republican Party (NRP) and said on Thursday that his entire party executive has agreed to work and support the MCP. “I am back home in MCP,” […]
Veteran politician and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo has again hinted on his desire to lead the party in next year’s election if it amends its constitution paving way for his third-time lucky in the presidential race. The 80-year-old veteran politician is barred by the party constitution to contest for the presidency under […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo says members of the party will decide on the leadership contest during the party national convention this year and that he will not dictate the terms. “The choice of candidates is the responsibility of the convention. It’s not, therefore, my responsibility to break the rules, regulations and tradition of […]
A relative quiet prevails before the storm on the competitive political scene in Malawi. Unobserved, however, the likely players are jostling for position and jockeying for advantage as the calendar advances inexorably towards May, 2014, the date of presidential, parliamentary and local assembly elections. There are upwards of 30 registered political entities, some of them […]
By Collins Mtika, Nyasa Times The High Court in the northern Malawi city of Mzuzu has stopped Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo and other members of the party from expelling 30 members of the party’s Mzuzu district committee and ordered to recognize them. The party leadership fired the members after the committee aligned […]
The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has thrown its weight behind the calls for Speaker of Parliament, Henry Chimunthu Banda to invoke Section 65 on all Members of Parliament who crossed the floor and defected to ruling Peoples Party (PP). The party’s stand came about following the meeting Public Affairs Committee (Pac) had with the Speaker […]
The fight between Shareworld Open University (Blantyre campus) and Matindi Business College over Malawi Congress Party building in Blantyre has taken another twist with the former obtaining a court injunction to stop the latter from occupying the premises. Shareworld had no choice but to seek court intervention on Thursday to enable classes for the weekend. […]
Malawi’s oldest political party, the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), has embarked on a campaign for revival by injecting new blood as it strategizes for next year’s elections. The party is on a membership recruitment drive, with the youth being main target, to get its old glory back. “We have to hit the ground running,” said MCP’s senior official and […]
Drama erupted Monday afternoon in Blantyre when two tenants, Shareworld Open University and Matindi Business College fought over tenancy of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) building. The building, which used to be MCP Southern Region offices situated at Chichiri, has for the past 20 years, been used as Shareworld Open University campus. However, the university management […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo has declared that he is ready to retire from front-line politics and pave way for a new leader to guide the party to 2014 three-tier polls, Nyasa Times understands. MCP sources say Tembo has hinted to party inner circle that the party national convention slated for early next […]