Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Vice President Sidik Mia has denies as report by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) stringer’s report that he endorsed Member of Parliament (MP) Dr Jessie Kabwira as the party’s candidate for Salima North West Constituency in the forthcoming tripartite elections. According to MEC Stringer in Salima, while introducing Kabwira as the party’s […]
Monica Chakwera, wife to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera was happy with the success of the pilot phase of her tailoring project in Lilongwe North West constituency. As one way of empowering women, thus to ensure that they are self-reliant, Madam Chakwera started a tailoring project in July to mid-September this year. She […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says it is in the right path to have president Lazarus Chakwera pick his runningmate and all candidates ready for nomination process for th May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. Pollsters, the Malawi Electoral Commisison (MEC) has announced that candifdates should start collecting nomination papers from January 4 for presentation between February […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Lakeshore regional chairperson Augustine Chidzanja on Tuesday rubbished talks that MCP would form an electoral alliance, arguing that that the country’s oldest party is very powerful and capable of dislodging the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) from power in 2019. Chidzanja made the remarks during an impromptu rally the party’s […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and Peoples Party (PP) have authorized the OPEC Fund for International Development Nkhatabay Town Water Supply and Sanitation Project Loan Bill. The Bill number 25 of 2018 Opec Fun for International Development (Ofid) was read for the first time by Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Goodall Gondwe on Tuesday […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Vice President Sidik Mia has declared his support for Jesse Kabwira as the party’s legislator for Salima North West Constituency during the2019 tripartite elections and urged her and other aspirant members of parliament from other constituencies and councilors respectively to work in unity and make the party strong. Speaking during a […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has hinted that his second-in-command Mohammed Sidik Mia may be chosen as running mate in the 2019 presidential elections and that the two have the ability to wrestle power from Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Speaking during a rally he addressed in Mchinji on Sunday televised live on Times […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) torchbearer in the May 21 2019 tripartite elections Lazarus Chakwera and his deputy Sidik Mia on Saturday conducted whistle stop tours in Dowa where the main message was focussed on assuring people that once voted into power the party is geared to change living standards of Malawians. Chakwera took time […]
Firstly, this article is not meant to discourage or encourage any political party anywhere to go into, or withdraw from any political formation, alliance, party or grouping, rather, it seeks to contribute to the thought process on political formations in general. The article is academic in nature, and some of the principles are vicarious knowledge […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has for the second time called off primaries elections scheduled to take place on Saturday at Nkombozi School ground citing logistic challenges and that the party will announce new date for the polls after officials from both the region and district make recommendations. Presiding officers for the polls which are Members […]
UTM party leader and State Vice Presudent Saulos Chilima says there have never been talks with the main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) on an electoral alliance. Speaking in an interview with Nyasa Times on Friday, Chilima said he was surprised of the reports of the alliance with MCP, saying the reports might been […]
Senior officials in both Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and People’s Party (PP) have rejected the proposal by their leaders for their parties to enter into electoral partnership with the new kid on the block, UTM. Both groups of officials fear UTM leader Saulos Chilima wants to use the two parties to ascend to the top […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) the biggest opposition to President Peter Mutharika’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has said there are no discussions for a possible electoral partnership with the former governing People’s Party (PP) and the new party UTM ahead of May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. MCP publicity secretary the Reverend Maurice Munthali said his party […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has declared former cabinet minister Ulemu Chilapondwa winner in the party primary elections in Ntchisi south. This means incumbent member of parliament Langton Nkhosa Kamwendo has lost. There was no immediate comment from Kamwendo but Chilapondwa said he was excited with the news. “I am very satisfied, this is […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says it has instructed its lawyers to take pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission to court over its failure to reopen some registration centres in central region which faced low turn up in the first phase of the exercise. MCP spokesperson Maurice Munthali said the figures released by MEC shows […]
Main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is now sharply divided than ever before following reports that its leader Lazarus Chakwera has been holding talks with UTM for a possible electoral alliance. Director of youth in the party, RichardChimwendo Banda, in a social media post, said he would oppose the alliance, saying MCP cannot work […]
The May 21 2019 presidential elections will be a three-horse race between incumbent President Peter Mutharika, leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera and State Vice-President Saulos Chilima, an analyst has said. Governance expert and commentator Makhumbi Munthali cited the recent survey conducted by the Zomba-based Institute of Public Opinion and Research (Ipor) between August and September […]
There is great possibility of electoral partnerships in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections but analysts have doubted the possibility of opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and and the newly registered party, UTM led by Vice-President Saulos Chilima, working together. The analysts were commenting on reports confirmed by MCP publicity secretary the Reverend Maurice Munthali […]