Malawi Congress Party(MCP) has maintained its that its parliamentary candidate for Chikwawa East constituency, Foster Thiphiwa never lost during the 2019 tripartite elections but that his victory was robbed. Speaking when he conducted some whistle stop campaign tours at Kasokeza and Bodza Primary School ground on Sunday, Kondi Msungama who is the MCP campaign team leader […]
President Lazarus Chakwera on Thursday appeared before Parliament to answer questions from lawmakers in accordance with the Constitution and his campaign promises, saying the Tonse Alliance—which took over government after winning the court-sanctioned June 23 2020 Fresh Presidential Election — will deliver its electoral pledge to Malawians despite the impact of Covid-19 frustrating achievement of […]
Parliament has successfully muzzled Mulanje south west parliamentarian George Chaponda who wanted to ask president Lazarus Chakwera reports that his Malawi Congress Party (MCP) was training 75 youth league members at police training school on the use of firearms. Before Chaponda could press the question, leader of the House, Richard Chimwendo Banda sprung up swiftly, […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is pushing the blame on political violence that erupted on Sunday in Nsanje central to the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Six people were seriously injured when MCP and DPP supporters were engaged in political violence in the area ahead of the highly contested March 30 by-election. MCP campaign director Moses […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) secretary general Eisenhower Mkaka has fired two regional party officials for the south over the party’s property rental money. The two; Robson Kaferapanjira and Phillip Thondoya have been expelled from the party for collecting rentals from MCP Chichiri offices in Blantyre in defiance of clear directive from the party’s Headquarters. They […]
As the 30th March 2021 by-election draws closer, two candidates in Nsanje district have pulled out of the race. One of the candidates from Nsanje North constituency Kennedy Jailosi who was representing UTM Party said he has pulled out of the race because of financial problems. Jailosi said since the party is silent on the […]
Malawi’s President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera is in many ways like Spanish International football star and Liverpool’s marque signing central midfield maestro, Thiago Alcantara. When the multi-trophy winning footballing wizard signed for the Merseyside based club and the current English Premier League Champions, Liverpool from Buyers Munich, last year, the football world, particularly Liverpool supporters went […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) parliamentary candidate for by-elections Lilongwe Msinja South Francis Belekanyama has launched his March 30 election bid with a donation to Chiunjiza health centre in the constituency. Belekanyama, son to the departed Local Government Minister Lingson Belekanyama who was a member of parliament for the area, told constituents he was there to […]
Daniel Chitonya Mwanyongo the owner of Interline Bus company has been elected as Malawi Congress Party (MCP) candidate for Karonga northwest constituency by-election after winning the party’s primary elections with a landslide. Mwanyongo, who also represented MCP in the same constituency in the 2019 elections, won with 436 votes while his sole opponent, Abraham Mwakhwawa […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) member of Parliament for Mulanje South, George Chaponda, on Tuesday alleged that the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has recruited dozens of its party youth into the Malawi Police Service and the military. Chaponda made the allegations during his contribution to the Mid-Year Budget Review currently underway at the National Assembly in […]
Ruling Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is not fielding a candidate in Zomba Changalume by-election asofficials say the party will instead be supporting a People’s Party (PP) candidate. A list of candidates from Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) shows that the party does not have a candidate in the by election. This means UTM Party will battle […]
Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda has insisted that the election campaign promise of non-renewable passport at K14 000 will still be implemented but that government has delayed because the new administration found a passport deal worth $60 billion (K90 billion) which the DPP administration signed with a passport supplier; hence, is waiting for […]
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Monday responded to the Mid-Term Budget Review Statement presented by Minister of Finance Felix Mlusu which has increased the fiscal plan by K144 billion, saying Malawians voters who ushered President Lazarus Chakwera into power feel betrayed and are hopeless. DPP spokesperson of Finance in Parliament Joseph Mwanamvekha said the budget […]
Francis Berekanyama, 36, son to the late Lingsron Belekanyama, who until his death was Lilongwe Msinja South constituency legislator and also served as the Minister of Local Government, has won primaries for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to represent the party during the by-elections scheduled for March 30. During the polls Francis Belekanyama polled 393 , Jones […]
Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) Head of News and Current Affairs, Gabriel Kamlomo, has not given up his ambition to represent the people of Ntchisi North Constituency. Nyasa Times has confirmed that Kamlomo is one of the nine candidates to battle it out in the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) primary elections ahead of the by-election to […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has announced that it will hold primary elections to elect its flag-bearer in Lilongwe Msinja South constituency on Saturday, 27 February. The primary elections will be held at Kalesi primary school and eleven candidates will battle it out in a bid to represent the ruling party in the by-election slated for […]
People’s Party (PP) says it will do everything possible to retain Zomba Changalume Parliamentary seat, which fell vacant following the death of John Chikalimba, who was the party’s Chief Whip in Parliament while Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says its management team will decide this week how it feature candidates in the forthcoming by-elections. The Malawi […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) director of campaign Moses Kunkuyu has said the party appreciates the devastation and discomfort that Covid-19 has caused but they are ready for by-elections in the seven constituencies and two wards where it will champion a “safe citizens’ agenda” campaign. There are seven seats in Parliament that needs to be filles—three […]