Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Vice President for the northern region Harry Mkandawire has endorsed the party’s director of economic planning Dr. Cornelius Mwalwanda as shadow MP for Karonga Nyungwe constituency. The endorsement took place on Sunday afternoon at a political rally the VP held at the party’s historical office at Karonga boma when the party’s […]
I would like to humbly applaud the State President, Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika for allowing citizens of this country to ask him questions on issues of national interest. Having seen a promotional video clip on the program “Talk to The President” last week, I eagerly waited for days to watch my President respond to the […]
Firebrand political operative Abida Mia, wife to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) vice-president Sidik Mia, on Saturday pledged that it is only MCP which can restore developments in Chikwawa Mkombezi constituency where she is aspiring to contest as Member of Parliament during next years tripartite general elections. Chikwawa Nkombezi is the constituency which has all along been manned […]
The promise for the restoration of better students welfare has been made to students of the Malawi College of Accountancy (MCA) by the wife to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) first vice president, Abida Sidik Mia. During her visit to the college where she had a special interation with the students through MCP Students Wing, Abida […]
President Peter Mutharika has vowed never to allow the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) back in government, describing the veteran opposition as a party of darkness and murderers. In a Talk to the President program to be aired on Thursday on State-controlled MBC, Mutharika said as long as he is alive, the main opposition in parliament […]
The great moment of jubilation had on Wednesday encompassed the home of veteran Malawi Congress Party (MCP) member, Mayi Dinala, in Chitawira Township in Blantyre when she celebrated her 80th birthday in style. The celebration which was organised by MCP Young Patriots from the Southern Region, had seen the wife to the MCP First Vice President, […]
Leader of opposition in parliament Lazarus Chakwera says the 68 per cent electricity tariff hike is to pay for inefficiencies at the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) and asked the government to halt it. Chakwera, who is also the president of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says the tariff hike would harm ordinary Malawians than […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has promised people in Chitipa that it will construct a tarmacked road from the district T-junction to Tunduma in Tanzania once voted into power in the forthcoming 2019 general elections then apply a pothole-resistant coating . Speaking during a political rally held on Saturday in the north constituency, in the area […]
Leader of opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate for May 2019 Tripartite Election, Lazarus Chakwera plans to launch his political mission to win the race to State House by inviting Malawians to an engagement to come up with his party’s pact with the electorate. Chakwera said the engagement will culminate in conversations, dialogue and […]
Main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) starts its primary elections for members of parliament and councilor candidates this month and have vowed never to impose candidates on the people. Director of Elections in the MCP Elias Chakwera said the party will conduct the party primary elections in all the 193 constituents. “We resolved at […]
Main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera on Thursday took time off to go on whistle stop tour in Lilongwe to urge people to go and register for the forthcoming elections. Chakwera told the people that they can kick out the corrupt ad thieving government of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) only if […]
Salima North West Constituency legislator, Jessie Kabwila, is back—being featured heavily in media—and has, for the past few days, called for collective effort from the populace to end the quagmire that has “dangerously” rocked the country. Kabwila said in Point Blank—a Times Television program—that the levels of corruption in Malawi are disheartening and, that leaders […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) youthful aspiring Parliamentarian for Blantyre City South East Constituency Innocent Mitembo has expressed worry over poor development in the area saying despite Malawi clocking 54 years of independence people still fetch water from streams and hospitals are hard to reach. Currently represented by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator Victor Mbewe, the […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has said it is backing Human Rights Defenders (HRD) bid for Speaker of Parliament Richard Msowoya to summon an emergency Parliament meeting to consider impeaching President Peter Mutharika following his alleged involvement in the K2.7 billion Malawi Police Service (MPS) fraud. MCP Secretary General Eisenhower Mkaka said the party is ready […]
In phone-in programme on Times Radio presented by Brian Banda, a certain Mr Chipwete who gave his address as “at the barbershop, Thunga, Thyolo” had interesting things to say. Don’t shoot the messenger. Various parties can see what they take away from this and retool their messages accordingly. MR CHIPWETE: Let’s just give the keys […]
Leader of opposition and presidential candidate of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Lazarus Chakwera on Tuesday travelled to his home village Malembo in Lilongwe where he registered his name with Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) during the ongoing voter registration exercise. MEC is in thethird phase of registration following the expiry of the first phase which took place in […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP), through its Youth Coordinating Committee, is on a strong drive to mobilise young supporters across the country to strengthen the party’s resolve ahead of next year’s national general elections and over the weekend the committee sponsored football bonanzas in five constituencies of Blantyre City. This is quite a huge contrast to what […]
Over one hundred seventy-eight thousand eligible voters have registered in the lakeshore district of Nkhotakota—representing over 82.03 percent—a development that has impressed Malawi Congress Party (MCP) vice president Sidik Mia and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) secretary general, Greseilder wa Jeffrey. Nkhotakota district elections clerk, Gideon Kanjirawaya, confirmed the figures saying despite a number of challenges […]