An Afrobarometer opinion poll released Tuesday has revealed that President Mrs Joyce Banda could win the elections and that her People’s Party (PP) is enjoying popular support across the nation. Afrobarometer is a comparative series of public opinion surveys that measures public attitudes towards democracy, the economy, governance, leadership, identity and other related issues. According to lead investigators […]
Member of Parliament for NkhotaKota Central, Edwin Banda , has challenged Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Zenus Ungapake (JZU) Tembo, saying he will finish him at the forth coming elective conference. Banda has emerged as a courageous politician in MCP to openly dare the 78-year old veteran politician who has been in politics longer […]
The High Court in Lilongwe on Friday has granted an injunction to Dr Chris Daza stopping the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) from continuing to suspend him both as a member and as secretary-general. Daza was suspended just after a month when the High Court ordered the party to reinstate him after he was expelled last […]
Malawi’s 2014 ‘tripartite’ general election mood is building up, with parties preparing for their conventions here and there, flexing political muscles here and there and face-lifting their parties with head-start projections on popularity and member’s population. All these things are good, but Malawians will be the better judges at the ballot box. Making an analysis […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Nkhotakota Central Member of Parliament, Edwin Banda, who has expressed interest to contest in the 2014 presidential race, has called on the party’s veteran leader John Tembo to retire peacefully before he is forced out. Banda, speaking on Capital FM’s Straight Talk interview programme monitored by Nyasa Times on Tuesday, said […]
Convicted opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader John Tembo’s aide Portipher Chidaya, and his bodyguard-cum-driver William Phakamisa have paid their fines to court totalling K120 000 (about $480) imposed to them to avoid jail term. Chidaya who is MCP administrative secretary , Phakamisa, Patrick Moyo, Grace Masamba and Potipher Kachitsa were convicted by the Lilongwe […]
Lilongwe Magistrate Court has found guilty opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader John Tembo’s aide Portipher Chidaya, and his bodyguard-cum-driver William Phakamisa for assaulting Lilongwe North MP Titus Malipa on July 1 2009 at MCP headquarters in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe. The court also found guilty Patrick Moyo, Grace Masamba and Potipher Kachitsa on charges of unlawful wounding and malicious […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) parliamentarian for Lilongwe Mapuyu South , Joseph Njobvuyalema , says the party’s president John Tembo is striving to promote young blood in its rank and file in abid to rejuvenate it for 2014 elections. But Njobvuyalema said MCP still needs the existence of longest serving members to ensure smooth transition of […]
The High Court in Lilongwe on Friday shifted to Monday, August 13 to deliver its ruling in a case in which Malawi Congress Party (MCP) secretary-general Dr Chris Daza is challenging his suspension from the party. According to Daza’s lawyer Wesley Namasala the ruling which has been shifted because the presiding judge Chifundo Kachale was […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president and Leader of Opposition in Parliament, John Tembo, has resounded his call for a universal fertilizer subsidy, saying it could be the possible solution for the country‘s agriculture production. Speaking at a public meeting he held in Dedza North West constituency, the veteran politician said it does not make sense “for […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Member of Parliament for Nkhotakota Central constituency Edwin Banda has expressed interest to contest in the 2014 presidential race. Asked on whether his dream was achievable in the face of other veteran members of his party’s political interest, the MP had this to say: “Being a Malawian citizen and a lawyer, […]
Malawi’s leader of opposition John Zenus Ungapake (JZU) Tembo has hinted that he would seek a third run for the country’s presidency in the 2014 General Elections. Tembo, speaking on Capital Radio’s Straight Talk programme monitored by Nyasa Times on Tuesday evening, blasted journalist Rhodes Msokho for his probing questions, calling him “rude.” 2nd Veep Msonkho asked Tembo on reports that […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has expressed disappointment with President Joyce Banda and her People’s Party government for showing lack of political will to hold the long-awaited Local Government Election (LGE) in 2014. Malawi was expected, for the first time since the re-introduction of multiparty politics in 1994, to hold tripartite elections in 2014 […]
Leader of opposition and president of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) John Tembo has described as a “useless exercise” the grilling of finance minister Ken Lipenga by opposition legislators in the current 2012/2013 budget deliberations, arguing that the new administration of President Joyce Banda should not be answerable to the “mess” of the former DPP regime […]
Malawi opposition lawmaker has strongly persuaded government not to offload the presidential jet which was bought by the late President Bingu wa Mutharika . Mutharika, who died in April, bought the French-made presidential jet Dassault Falcon 900 EX in 2009 for K3.4 billion (about $22.4 million) with projected maintenance and insurance costs at US$300, 000 per […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) MP for Lilongwe Mpenu, Watson Makala Ngozo, (MCP) has asked government to completely suspend the use of fertilizer subsidy coupons which targets the most vulnerable households in communities. Ngozo told parliament that the coupons which are being used are causing a lot of problems including corruption. “There is too much corruption […]
Former diplomat Tony Kandiero has been appointed as the new spokesman of opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Kandiero has been appointed to the position which was held by Nancy Tembo, currently the commissioner at the Malawi Electoral Commission. “MCP’s news spokesman is Mr Tony Kandiero,” confirmed secretary general Beston Majoni. Kandiero has served Malawi in […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP), financial spokesperson Joseph Njovuyalema has gone against the undertaking by his party president John Tembo not oppose current government when he accused President Joyce Banda of travelling too much at the expense of tax payers . MP for Lilongwe-Mapuyu South, who also tore apart government’s financial plan for 2012/13 unveiled last Friday, […]