The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has accused the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) of launching a new wave of terror in Central Region attacking villagers looking to benefit from Malawi Enterprises Development Fund Limited (Medf) loans, and targeting DPP leaders in Dedza and Lilongwe districts. President Peter Mutharika recently launched a loan programme under Medf to target […]
Most Malawians on Friday went about their businesses as usual, ignoring a call for a stay away from work by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and its alliance partner, UTM Party, was a monumental failure, as civil servants reported for duty, as well as shops and banks were open as usual. MCP-UTM alliance called for ‘day […]
Livingstonia Synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) has endorses the plan by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and its alliance partner, UTM Party, against Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah and other commissioners to step aside as the court declared them incompetent to manage an election, but are proceeding to do just […]
Commentators have described as cheer hypocrisy assertions by the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) that a call by opposition alliance partners MCP and UTM Party for workers to boycott work on Friday in protest against Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah and the commissioners to administer the […]
Firebrand politician Dr Jessie Kabwila has said ‘fake news’ should be criminalised as it tends to destroy the fabric of Malawi society. She was reacting to social media stories that she had been beaten up after she collected huge sums of money from State House in Lilongwe on Monday to put spanners in the newly […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party electoral alliance says it is optimistic about securing more than 50 per cent of the votes to be cast in the forthcoming fresh presidential election set for July 2 thereby avoiding a possible run-off. Speaking when the two parties addressed journalists in Lilongwe on Tuesday, the MCP-UTM […]
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party alliance and its partners has claimed that President Peter Mutharika was trying to stay in power by ‘hook or crook’ and to do so the Malawi leader was stooping to any level. UTM spokesperson Joseph Chidanti Malunga said at a news conference in Lilongwe reading […]
Malawians are bracing for fresh unrest as opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party alliance and its partners have declared Friday 27th March 2020 as a ‘day of rage’ to force Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah and other commissioners resign. Opposition accuse Ansah and MEC of presiding over a fraudulent poll in […]
Nicholas Dausi in his capacity as spokesperson of the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has launched a stinging verbal attack on the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party electoral alliance ahead of the Constitutional Court ordered fresh presidential election, saying it is a “blessing in disguise” for DPP and UDF alliance torchbearer President […]
UTM Party and its alliance partner Malawi Congress Party (MCP) have asked the youth in the country who have reached the age of 18 and above, to register so that they can vote for a president of their choice during the forthcoming fresh presidential election. The two political parties made the appeal after the official […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera will likely lead the opposition ‘grand alliance’ in the forthcoming fresh presidential elections, according to political analyst at Chancellor College of the University of Malawi , Happy Kayuni. During the signing of an agreement on the electoral alliance MCP and UTM Party of State vice-president Saulos Chilima […]
State Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima has said the UTM-MCP alliance marks the start of a new journey to State House. Chilima said this on Thursday during the UTM-MCP alliance signing ceremony at Kamuzu Institute for Sports in Lilongwe. The UTM leader said the alliance has the welfare of people at heart and has the […]
State vice-president and UTM leader Saulos Chilima together with Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera on Thursday unveiled an electoral alliance but have not disclosed who will be the torchbearer for the alliance in the fresh elections. Chilima spoke earlier before Chakwera concluded the rally with his speech, giving an indication that the […]
Former president Joyce Banda and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera on Thursday paid tribute to Sidik Mia, MCP’s deputy president for displaying statesmanship of such levels which this country has never witnessed for decades when he sacrificed from being Chakwera’s runningmate paving way for alliance as Malawi comes first. The remarks were made […]
Livingstonia Synod of Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) says it has endorsed he Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM alliance saying there is a need for change of government. The synod’s general secretary the Reverend Levi Nyondo said on Thursday that they are putting its weight behind the grand opposition alliance. Nyondo, who is attending […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM are launching the electoral alliance they have formed in preparation for the forthcoming fresh presidential election slated for May 19, 2020 as governance and political analysts have urged leaders to harmonise their party manifestos. UTM Party president Saulos Chilima and MCP presidential hopeful Lazraus Chakwera together with leaders of […]
The day is tomorrow, Thursday, 19th March, 2020. Business is set to come to a standstill in Malawi’s capital city of Lilongwe. It will be a day to remember. A day that will go down into the annals of the country’s politics as a defining moment, a turning point. Two of nation’s major political parties […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says it is ready to take on the much touted Malawi Congress Party (MCP)/UTM alliance during the Constitutional Court sanctioned fresh presidential election this year. DPP spokesperson Nicholas Dausi said the ruling party would crash the alliance at the ballot box. “We are not moved, we are not shaken […]