Former vice-president Khumbo Kachali has announced that his Freedom Party (FP) has entered into an electoral alliance with main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and has endorsed the candidature of Lazarus Chakwera and his running mate Sidik Mia. Kachali said on Sunday at a news conference that he backs MCP torchbearer in the watershed May 21 […]
Leader of opposition, who is also presidential candidate of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has resigned as Member of Parliament according to law as he will on Monday lead the hopefuls in presenting nomination papers at Comesa Hall in Blantyre. Chakwera tendered his resignation letter to Speaker of Parliament Richard Msowoya on Friday 1st […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera with just four months to convince voters he should be their next Head of State , is in favour of outlining his vision of the future of Malawi, promising the youth that the party will introduce National Youth Service which aims at empowering them economically. Speaking on Saturday […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) national campaign director Moses Kunkuyu has said the party’s presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera and his running mate Sidik Mia in the May 21 Tripartite Election are ready to govern the country and bring hope of prosperity. Kunkuyu said at a news conference in Blantyre on Thursday that after completing its primary elections, […]
Political and governance experts have spoken on the criteria that presidential candidates should use to pick their runningmates in the May 21 Tripartite Electiosn and speculations countinue on who incumbent President Peter Mutharika leading the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and estranged Vice-President Saulos Chilima of UTM Party will pair with. Henry Chingaipe, a political […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful, Lazarus Chakwera, has hit at government saying it has excessively failed to protect people with albinism in the country but said his administration will “hunt and deal with the serial killers.” Chakwera announced that the MCP government would care of persons with albinism when they take over […]
The High Court in Lilongwe on Thursday ruled in favour of incumbent member of Parliament for Dedza East (MCP) Juliana Lunguzi after her opponent in the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) primary elections, Patrick Bandawe failed to commence a case against the decision to declare her winner. Bandawe obtained an injunction restraining MCP from declaring Lunguzi winner […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) director of research Dr. John Paul has said he will stand as an independent parliamentary candidate in Mchinji central during the May 21 tripartite elections, after the party failed to resolve a disputed primary poll. Paul said the party has just imposed a candidate on the people, saying this culture has […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera has said the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is responsible of masterminding rising cases of political violence and that it should not deny this. Chakwera, who said is pushing for a peaceful campaign to the May 21 Tripartite Election, condemned DPP’s “culture of violence,” saying his is […]
Wife to State vice-president Mrs Mary Chilima has told women politicians to protect each other in the wake of attacks by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) youth cadets against the opposition as women politicians are demanding the immediate arrest of the regime thugs. Mary Chilima said this on Tuesday morning when she attended a crisis meeting […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has said once voted into power, the main opposition would improve the early childhood development (ECD) by changing its policy. Chakwera said this when he held a political rally on Sunday in Zomba. “Once voted into the government, we would review the early childhood education policy. It is […]
Suspected governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) youth cadets severely beat up a Malawi Congress Party (MCP) member Edward Govati in Blantyre, the matter was reported to Police before taking him to the hospital. MCP spokesman Reverend Maurice Munthali confirmed that regime thugs flogged Govati to within an inch of his life for the mere reason that […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has has urged its members to practice clean politics ahead of the May 21 Tripartite Elections. MCP regional chairman for the central Patrick Zebron Chilondola said the party is for peaceful elections . Chilondola said this at Jenjewa ground when he attended a joint meeting organised by Mchinji central […]
Former president Joyce Banda says opposition parties should select a joint candidate in this year’s presidential election to unseat President Peter Mutharika and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and that she would be ready to “turn the page” and let anyone lead. If this happens, that alliance could pose the most credible challenge to President […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) torch bearer in May 21 Tripartite elections, Lazarus Chakwera has said the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration has “miserably failed” to deliver on its socio-economic promises to Malawians and sad his party is ready to deliver on economic transformation. Chakwera made the remarks on Saturday held a political rally at Gymkhana […]
High Court Judge Justice Kenyatta Nyirenda on Thursday reserved a ruling on the request by the complainant, Member of Parliament for Lilongwe Msozi South, Vitus Dzoole Mwale in which he is praying to the court not to recognize Liana Kakhobwe who is said to have won the primaries which took place on September 29, 2018 […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has said its president Lazarus Chakwera and his running mate Mohammed Sidik Mia had to return “a kilometre away” from at Providence Industrial Mission (PIM) headquarters in Chiradzulu, where the Chilembwe Day commemorations were held, following a tip-off from the party’s intelligence team that he would not be safe there. […]
Aspiring Member of Parliament for Chikhwawa Nkombedzi Constituency representing the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) for the May 21elections, Abida Mia, over the weekend donated an ambulance and another small vehicle which she said will be used for driving school purposes. The ambulance donation was fulfilling a pledge she made during the time she […]