Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) official has given the party’s former deputy secretary general Salim Bagus a week to surrender 400 000 pieces of party cloth and t-shirts or he faces a vigil at his residence in Nchalo. First deputy director of Women in MCP Florence Kanyoni said Bagus is yet to surrender the […]
South African based Malawian billionaire Simbi Phiri never gave opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera cash amounting to R1 million as per rumours circulating in various social media platforms, Nyasa Times has established. Social media has for the past days been awash with reports contending that Chakwera went to South Africa where he […]
The main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera is courting the UTM party led by Vice-president Saulos Chilima and the People’s Party (PP) of former president Joyce Banda to discuss a possible electoral alliance to fight May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections against President Peter Mutharika and his governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and its […]
Salima north west legislator Jessie Kabwila has said she would win the highly contentious November 17 primary elections in her constituency only if the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) would use original party structures. MCP is set to hold the primary elections in her constituency and in Dedza east whose MP is Juliana Lungudzi after initial […]
Ntcheu district hospital administration has rebuffed main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to visit the hospital in order to cheer the sick. A letter from health services manager to the district chairman says the rejection is for the interest of patients’ welfare. “We regret to inform you that Ntcheu district hospital cannot accommodate your […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) campaign director Moses Kunkuyu has made a stinging attack on the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and UTM party, alleging they are in alliance to frustrate the MCP. Speaking at a political rally at Chibavi on Sunday, Kunkuyu said the DPP deliberately allowed the vice president SaulosChilima to form […]
The main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has challenged youths in the country to rise and fight for the country by voting for new leadership in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. MCP national youth director Richard Chimwendo Banda made the call on Saturday in karonga during a conference that the party held for […]
Abida Mia, wife to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Vice President Muhammad Sidik Mia says she is set to contests for parliamentary seat in Chikwawa Mkombedzi constituency despite cultural norms posing as a threat to women candidates in the lower shire district. Mia was speaking at a rally on Sartuday at Nkomaniza Primary School ground in […]
Lilongwe-based Hellen Chabunya has resigned as Director of Recruitment in the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and withdrawn her membership to join newly formed UTM of State Vice-President Saulos Chilima. “Chilima’s solid performance and proven leadership skills coupled with his policies and proposed solutions for resonate well with my vision of the Malawi I […]
Former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) regional chairperson Daniel Mlomo is now in the newly formed UTM party of State Vice-President Saulos Chilima and is now the party’s regional governor for the centre. Mlomo, who was leading a group of disgruntled former regional and district chairpersons who took MCP to court for the ouster of its […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Vice-President Sidik Mia has described rumours that he is switching from MCP to join the ruling Democratic Progressive Part (DPP), saying he is waiting the time when Lazarus Chakwera will rule this country because currently the DPP has completely failed. Mia was speaking at Mtsimude School Ground in the area of Senior Chief Msamala […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) second deputy secretary general Salim Bagus who last week announced his resignation from the post and twithdrew his membership from party has rejoined the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) which he left more than a year ago. When he dumped MCP, Nyasa Times reported that Bagus was heading back to DPP […]
Newly-formed UTM party led by Vice President Saulos Chilima has said it values the public-opinion survey research conducted by Malawi’s Institute of Public Opinion Research (Ipor) which shows the party is third in voting intentions after the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP). UTM spokesman Joseph Chidanti Malunga said the […]
Malawi’s Institute of Public Opinion Research (Ipor) research reveals that main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is “clearly ahead” of all political parties as party perceived as “best capable of resolving what most Malawians consider to be the most important national problem – food shortage.” The survey, dated October 2018 had a national representative final sample […]
Public opinion survey conducted by Malawi’s Institute of Public Opinion Research (IPOR) indicates the Malawi May 21 2019 elections remains too close to call as the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is the biggest loser in the current political climate with the coming of new party UTM led by Vice President Saulos Chilima as the ruling […]
The director of strategy for the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Dr Ken Zikhale Ngoma has claimed that he is certain the main opposition and oldest party will win next year’s tripartite elections and that Lazarus Chakwera will be the next President. Zikhale made the claims in an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times reporter when he visited United Kingdom. […]
Main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has come under intense fire from some aspiring candidates for the party failure to resolve primary polls concerns in some areas. Some of the candidates, who asked to be anonymous, said the party is keeping the parliamentary candidates in suspense and urged the party leadership to resolve the […]
Political nomad Salim Bagus has quit main opposition, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) as second deputy secretay general and withdrew his membership from the oldest party barely a year he had joined it. In a brief statement, Bagus said he has quit MCP on “personal grounds.” In an interview later, Bagus, who won party primaries to […]