The internal squabbles currently taking place in the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) are at once an indication that the party has not yet shed its old spots and a reflection of gross misunderstanding of its responsibility to the people of Malawi. It was widely expected when the new leadership took over that it would rebuild […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works, who is also the national campaign director for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) , has said the President Peter Muhtarika’s led party is in government for a long haul and that it wants to control power for 31 years just the same as how the main opposition Malawi […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislator Richard Chimwendo Banda has charged that those who dented the image on the party in one-party dictatorship are now serving the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) at ministerial and presidential advisory level. DPP through Minister of Information, Communication and ICT, Nicholous Dausi has been demonising the MCP. Member of Parliament […]
Speaker Richard Msowoya faces impeachment over his alleged association with the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and causing friction in the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) where he serves as first-vice president, the House has been told. Chitipa South Constituency Member of Parliament (MP) Welani Chilenga claimed in Parliament that work on the street is that […]
The photo caption story, which appeared on Wednesday in the front-page of Malawi’s flagship newspaper, the Daily Times, depicting governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) youth who are painting their faces and bodies in party colours and main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) youth in berets in revolutionary red has triggered a debate on social media. Making […]
Former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) deputy director of youth Wyson Dzinyemba Soko who was convicted and has been serving a seven years imprisonment with hard labour for the theft and money laundering K40 million (US$85 471) from government in 2015 will walk free after the High Court in Lilongwe overturned the Cashgate conviction and sentencing for theft. […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has written the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) expressing concern that the tax-funded Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC)) is still refusing to open up the airwaves for the opposition parties and that its content is largely biased towards the ruling party. MCP also complains that the tax-funded station has rolled out propaganda […]
Minister of Information and Communications Technology Nicholas Dausi, who is also government spokesperson, on Sunday disclosed that the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will use the 1992 Malawi Congress Party’s (MCP) violent recorded clips in order to destroy its image in the next year’s elections. Dausi made the remarks during DPP political rally held at […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Sunday ferried hundreds of villagers rom their—the Lomwe Belt—to Nchalo in Chikwawa where President Peter Mutharika was addressing a political rally to prop up an image of popularity. Most attendants were carrying bags as they came from such far away districts as Phalombe, Mulanje, Chiradzulo and Thyolo. DPP […]
Since winning the by-elections in October last year, the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has been behaving like it is already in government. The party’s youths have been behaving like hysterical rabbits; they are all over the place, and on social media trumpeting the win as a precursor to what they say will be […]
A man with conviction is a hard man to change. Tell him you disagree and he turns away. Show him facts or figures and he questions your sources. Appeal to logic and he fails to see your point, so wrote the celebrated Stanford University psychologist Leon Festinger. Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera is […]
“If they don’t invite you to the party today; strive to be the reason they “try” to celebrate with you tomorrow!” -Qwana Reynolds-Fraiser-USA Author In my last entry I pointed out that democracy is an expensive undertaking that requires not only financial resources but also personal sacrifices. I said people who subscribe to ethos of […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) first-vice president Richard Msowoya together with party secretary general Gustav Kaliwo and three other executive members who were suspended last Sunday, have gone to court for a relief after obtaining an injunction stopping the main opposition party from implementing the decision of the national executive committee (NEC). Former Attorney General Kalekeni […]
Malawi Police on Wednesday summoned Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Secretary General Elsenhower Mkaka in order to ask him to explain what he knows about the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) missing drone. Mkaka confirmed to Nyasa Times that he was indeed summoned to appear before Area 18 Police station. “Yes its true that I was indeed […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has confirmed that its national executive committee (NEC) dismissed spokesperson Jessie Kabwila for alleged misconduct and that first-vice president Richard Msowoya and Secretary General Gustavo Kaliwo have been suspended. Addressing a news conference at the party headquarters in Lilongwe on Tuesday, newly appointed MCP Publicity Secretary, Ezekiel Ching’oma said NEC has also […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) district chairpersons in the northern region on Monday addressed a news conference where they registered their support to party President Lazarus Chakwera, saying they will still vote for MCP and Chakwera even if he does not choose a running mate from the region. The chairpersons called the news conference in Mzuzu […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) national executive committee (NEC) has resolved To home elective convention first week of April in Mzuzu amd thrash out new policies with a new leadership core. MCP deputy publicity secretary Ezekiel Ching’oma confirmed the convention is one of the resolutions NEC agreed at its Sunday NEC meeting at MCP National Headquarters in […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) national executive committee (NEC) has resolved to suspend the party’s first vice president Richard Msowoya and Secretary General (SG) pending disciplinary action for causing “confusion” in the main opposition party. The party suspended Msowoya and Kaliwo who stayed away from the meeting despite being invited to attend. The MCP NEC has […]