Three sitting members of parliament for main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) have lost in primary elections in Kasungu where former Head of State Kamuzu Banda’s nephew Ken Kandodo and sports journalist Mike Bango are among the winners. Kasungu central MP Amon Nkhata, who contested in Kasungu west and Kasungu west MP Alex Major lost […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has declared 37-year-old civil society player Edward Chileka-Banda as dully elected as parliamentary candidate for the party after winning in the controversial Lilongwe Mapuyu South primary elections against incumbent Joseph Njobvuyalema. Njobvuyalema, who has been a Member of Parliament for the constituency since 1999, disputed the results and Makala Ngozo was […]
The leader of opposition in Parliament and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has commended the role the influential Catholic Church plays in development in the country. Chakwera said this after he attended the inauguration of St Mary’s Catholic Parish at Kasitu in Nkhotakota on Saturday He said: “What we have noticed, particularly the Catholic […]
Some Malawi Congress Party (MCP) members in Mchinji have asked Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to be presiding over all elections in the country including party primaries to select candidates for national polls. This was said during MCP primary elections in Mchinji south west constituency in Mchinji where it is alleged that there were a lot […]
The main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) aspirant Member of Parliament for Mangochi Monkey Bay Constituency, Gerald Kazembe has pledged to donate his entire salary towards constituency development once elected into power. He made the vow on Saturday during a political rally held at Masasa Village in Monkey Bay soon after donating assorted items to […]
A former diplomat John Tembo Jnr who is a son to immediate past president of Malawi Congress Party (MCP), John Zenus Ungapake Tembo, popularly known as JZU , on Friday suffered a humiliating defeat in the primary elections underway to identify candidates to represent the party in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. In the […]
There is total confusion in Malawi Congress Party (MCP) following the primary elections for Lilongwe Mapuyu South constituency as the election’s returning officer Makala Ngozo MP has declared incumbent legislator Joseph Njobvuyalema duelly elected to be the pafrty’s candidate, disputing earlier results that indicated his main challenger Edward Chileka-Banda had won. Njobvuyalema, who has a […]
Two aspiring Malawi Congress Party (MCP) parliamentary candidates are battling for the ownership of Blantyre city constituency; with another saying she had formed party structures from a scratch. Martha Mwamondwe wants Kondi Msungama out of the constituency primary polls, saying she had formed at least 100 party areas which is no mean achievement. “Mr Msungama […]
Incumbent Lilongwe Mapuyu South legislator Joseph Njobvuyalema has vehemently disputed the Thursday Malawi Congress Party (MCP) primary election results which put a political new comer, Edward Chileka Banda as winner, saying they were fraudulent. In an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times Friday morning, Njobvuyaema said the tabulation of the figures clearly indicate that the 37-year-old […]
Veteran politician and incumbent legislator for Lilongwe Mapuyu South, Joseph Njobvuyalema, on Thursday became the first big casualty of main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to lose in the ongoing primary elections to identify candidates to represent the party in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. Njobvuyalema lost the primary elections to youth activist Edward […]
Former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) member Margaret Asalele Mbilizi Sawelengera who is wife to Malawi diplomat in Washington DC, Edward Sawelengela, has withdrawn her membership from the governing party to join the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Mbilizi-Sawerengela has cited good leadership in the MCP and supposedly opportunity for leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera to form government in the […]
Main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has singled out the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for the escalating political violence in the country. MCP spokesperson Maurice Munthali said the DPP-led government has completely failed to control political violence, saying the utterances of President Peter Mutharika is also fueling the violence. “The word uttered by […]
Two Malawi Congress Party (MCP) members of Parliament, Sosten Gwengwe and Peter Dimba on Saturday became the first to sail through in the primary process to become the party candidates during the forth coming 2019 general elections. Gwengwe comes from Lilongwe Msozi North while Dimba comes from Lilongwe South. In March 2017, Gwengwe floored down […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Vice-president Sidik Mia is expected to grace a fundraising and networking barbcue which has been organised by the party’s Southern Region Youth League to be held at Regional Offices at Chichiri in Blantyre on Saturday, September 1. Chris Chilembwe, chairperson for MCP Southern Region Youth Groups cordinating team, confirmed […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has come the first MCP president to visit Thambani memorial pillar in Mwanza where three powerful and influential Cabinet ministers were murdered in 1983 for being critical of founding president Ngwazi Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda. The four cabinet ministers; Aaron Sangala, Dick Matenje, Twaibu Sangala and member of […]
A political commentator has told aspiring candidates of the ruling and the main opposition parties to refuse signing an agreement which commits them to their respective parties even after they lose primary elections. The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the main opposition, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) are bonding the aspiring candidates to sign the […]
Officials and supporters of the main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in the north are asking the party to adopt a secret ballot method during primary elections to avert political violence. The party is expected to hold party primaries for aspiring members of parliament and councilors next week. The officials in the region said […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has said his party is ready to take Malawians to another level because it has in the pipeline a national development plan which can be ascribed to by everyone. Chakwera said this during a whistle-stop tour MCP had on Tuesday in Mwanza district at Mwanza Turn-off, Chimulangi Trading Centre, […]