President Peter Mutharika has hit back at opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera for seeking to “score cheap political gains” over the crisis of killings and abductions of persons with albinism in the country. Chakwera, who recently resigned as Leader of Opposition in Parliament to pave the way for his presidential candidature, told […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera says if voted into power during the May 21 elections, he will end attacks on people with albinism within a month. Chakwera said this at a news conference at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe on the recent attacks on people with albinism. The MCP leader said the Democratic Progressive […]
One of the Thyolo-based politician Babu Khamisa, a former Member of Parliament, has endorsed Malawi Congress Party (MCP) candidate, Dr Lazarus Chakwera, for Malawi Presidency in the forthcoming watershed election. He was speaking during a campaign strategy formulation session the party vice president and running mate Sidik Mia organized for southern region parliamentary candidates in […]
Clerk of Parliament Fiona Kalemba says the National Assembly will ask the main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to appoint another leader of opposition ahead of the Mid-Year Budget Review Meeting of the National Assembly which traditionally takes place from mid-February. This follows the decision by Lazarus Chakwera to resign as Leader of Opposition […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has replaced Hassan Bashir Goba, a parliamentary candidate who died in a car accident last week. Filmon Thom, party secretary said Goba has now been replaced with Joseph Mtopa, an entrepreneur and educationist for the Chikhwawa central parliamentary race. “As a party we vetted him, scrutinized him and came up with […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has infiltrated running of affairs at Malawi’s giant media house, The Times Group, widely seen to be controlled by the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP). DPP influence on how the media house should be run started showing last week when top management suspended Sunday Times Editor Mabvuto Banda for […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) aspiring councilor for Chimutu ward and member of parliament for Lilongwe City Centre have predicted that they will win because according to them voters are disenchanted. The aspiring ward councilor Esther Sagawa and aspiring Member of Parliament Alfred Jiya told Nyasa Times in an interview that the area despite having over […]
Lanky Shadow Member of Parliament for Mangochi Monkey-Bay Constituency representing the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Gerald Kazembe, said the party is making inroads in the areas and poised to win the seat because of of the fail grade he has given incumbent legislator Ralph Jooma of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Kazembe […]
Dedza east independent aspiring candidate Patrick Bandawe, who recently took the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to court over chaotic primary polls, says he remains MCP and endorsed Lazarus Chakwera presidency. His decision puts him on collision course with Juliana Lunguzi, the party recognized candidate for the May 21 polls and might confuse people as well […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Member of Parliament (MP) aspirant for Zomba Central, Stephen Burges says he will advocate for the protection of vulnerable people including those with albinism who are currently being murdered and tortured. Burges, who is also a person with albinism, said this at Mponda Teacher Development Centre Thursday when he presented his […]
Bennex Mwamlima, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Candidate for Mzuzu City Constituency has appealed for tolerance among political parties ahead of the official campaign period which the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is scheduled to open on March 19. Mwamlima made the appeal after presenting his nomination papers to MEC officials at Mzuzu City Council on […]
A Lilongwe prominent based lawyer, Gift Nankhuni Friday presented his nomination papers to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Returning Officer to stand as an independent Member of Parliament (MP) in the hotly contested Lilongwe City Centre Constituency. He presented his nomination papers at Chimutu Teacher Development Centre (TDC) in Lilongwe at around 2: 30 pm and […]
There is a potent political trait of running ethnic groupings, disguised as political parties, which represents what is wrong with Malawi’s politics. Lazarus Chakwera’s MCP is a political grouping captured by parochial interests of few Chewa elites whose primary urge is to take over government and share the spoils. Truth be told, the only reason […]
Jovial, pomp and cheers were the predominant moods on Thursday as former Vice President Khumbo Kachali presented his parliamentary nomination papers for Mzimba South West constituency at Edingeni Primary School in Mzimba. Initially, the presentation of his nomination papers for the constituency he currently represents in Parliament comes barely days after Kachali endorsed Dr. Lazarus […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has been forced to recognize those who lost in primary elections on condition that they campaign for party president Lazarus Chakwera as president. MCP publicity secretary Maurice Munthali has confirmed that there is an agreement with veteran politicians who lost during the chaotic MCP primary elections. “The independents are still the […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader and presidential candidate in the May 21 2019 election, Lazarus Chakwera , is this Thursday attending the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC, United States of America after an invitation. Chakwera is among other high profile signatories that have been invited. As an Evengelical Christian he has attended these events every year. […]
Two Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Nsanje South aspirants have failed to present their nominations in Nsanje South Constituency after they claimed that they are all bonafide candidates to represent the main opposition party in Malawi Parliament in the forth coming elections. The incident occurred on Tuesday as the two, Maxon Kadalinga and Bester Hassan Chiungano […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera has declared that he is ready to bail Malawians out of poverty and corruption, saying President Peter Mutharika and vice-president Saulos Chilima are “packing because change has come.” Displaying high confidence that he would win the May 21 2019 presidential elections, Chakwera flanked by his running mate […]