It’s a fact that Malawians who are agitating for change in this country want a grand opposition alliance to boot out the besieged Democratic Progressive Party. In this grand alliance, they mostly want the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to partner with UTM. In the meantime, both parties have officially announced to the nation that they […]
Daud Suleman, Anthony Bendulo and Peter Lackson gained the as they appeared as witnesses for the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in the presidential election petition case and have now decided to utilise their new found fame to sensitize the youth on the need for them to get involved in politics. Travelling across the country […]
UTM Party national executive committee special team mandated to look into if there is need for the party to form an alliance with the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) meets Monday in Lilongwe. UTM secretary general Patricia Kaliati is leading the team which is expected to scrutinize offers from the MCP on the possibility of the […]
Cracks are emerging in the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) over an electoral alliance with UTM Party which has opened multiple fronts, seriously threatening the existence of country’s oldest party. On Friday, MCP national executive committee met in Lilongwe where tempers flared and the divisions deepened over the issue. On the agenda was the […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) national executive committee meeting in Lilongwe on Friday night agreed to have talks with UTM Party team on a possible electoral alliance for the forthcoming first ever Malawi fresh elections but with a condition that MCP presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera be torch bearer. MCP executive members pointed out that the party […]
Attempts to form an electoral alliance between UTM Party and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) are in a deadlock because the two parties don’t trust each other and there is no give and take, Nyasa Times understands. A UTM pexecutive meeting told party president Saulos Chilima on Friday that if he forms an alliance with MCP, […]
And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” – John 8:7 In last week’s column, entitled “Calling for respect for the principle of separation of power in Malawi,” drew some ripples of reaction. […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson on Finance in Parliament Cornelius Mwalwanda has accused the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration of making “many empty promises” on new road projects, particularly in the Northern and Central Region. Mwalwanda said this Parliament when he gave an official response to the Mid-Term Budget Statement presented by Minister of Finance, […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has claimed that government has appointed Mackford Somanje, a well known Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) cadet as Chief Director for the National Registration Bureau (NRB). The appointment has raised eyebrows with suspicion that Somanje, an IT expert has been sent to NRB to manipulate figures in the registration of […]
UTM Party says it has embarked on an exercise to seek opinions and suggestions on how the party can go into a possible political alliance with the Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Spokesperson for UTM, Joseph Chidanti Malunga, has said that his party has set up a team to go into negotiations with the MCP on […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has asked the government to prioritise ending preventable deaths of Malawians and prioritise access to healthcare for mothers, new-born babies and children, noting that there is appalling state of hospitals in the country, at all levels as well as lack of medicine. MCP spokesperson on Finance in Parliament Cornelius Mwalwanda said this in […]
State vice-president and UTM leader Saulos Chilima says talks with the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) are in progress, saying there is a team working on the alliance options. The UTM president said this on Tuesday as political analysts have proposed an electoral alliance between Chilima and MCP presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera as a combined presidential […]
Three Malawi Congress Party (MCP) key witnesses during the presidential petition case, Peter Lackson, Anthony Bendulo, and Daudi Suleman are on a country wide tour campaigning for the party ahead of fresh elections which Constitution Court sanctioned after nullifying the May last year’s presidential elections. The three have already toured north and central region and […]
A political commentator has said Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM need to work together in alliance if they have to form the next government. UTM president Saulos Chilima on Sunday in Lilongwe at a rally cast doubt over a political alliance with the MCP, saying UTM might go alone in the Constitutional Court sanctioned […]
About 32 members of Parliament from Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and independent benches have met Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima asking him to lead a grand coalition in a fresh presidential poll ordered by the Constitutional Court, Nyasa Times understand. The members of parliament were led by Deputy Speaker Madalitso Kazombo and Kasungu South East […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera is finally back in the August house to take part in parliamentary proceedings ending his boyctt after the Constitutional Court overturned last May’s presidential elections. This is the first time since Chakwera decided to abscond Parliamentary sitting to allow for Constitutional Court hearing where he together with UTM […]
UTM Party has distanced itself from outbursts its director of strategic planning Norman Nyirenda said at a political rally on Sunday in Mzuzu that the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) remains a party of blood and darkness. Nyirenda, at a rally held by the party secretary general Patricia Kaliati, said the MCP remains unpopular in […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) politburo has settled to dump its vice President Sidik Mia for state vice president Saulosi Chilima in a decision reached on Thursday this week, Nyasa Times understand as Deputy Speaker of parliament Madalitso Kazombo has joined growing voices in MCP calling on party president Lazarus Chakwera to speedily seal a political […]