Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Lower Shire political giant Mohammed Sidik Mia has said the country’s oldest party is set to win the 2019 elections with its leader Lazarus Chakwera set to be Head of State. Mia said this in a political rally Chakwera conducted in Mzuzu on Saturday. He said the 2019 e lections will be […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has said his party is now a united and organised, saying they are committed to serve the people of Malawi and liberate them from inept leadership of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Chakwera said this at a rally in Mzuzu and Chitipa on Saturday and Sunday. He has been […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) spokesperson Francis Kasaila who is also Minister of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development has been told that his so called evidence which he presented to Parliament chronicling abuses and killings of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in Nsanje when it was ruling in one party state is not credible and has […]
Members of Parliament (MPs) from Malawi Congress Party (MCP) on Tuesday decided to end the boycott of the parliament after government promised to table Electoral Reforms Bill in earnest. MCP led by its president who is also Leader of Opposition in Parliament Lazarus Chakwera Monday afternoon walked out of the House in protest against the missing of […]
Opposition Parliamentarians led by leader of opposition in the national assembly Dr. Lazarus Chakwera Monday afternoon walked out the august House in protest over the missing of electoral reforms bill on the agenda; other opposition members followed him. In his reaction Speaker Richard Msowoya said IT was their right in a democracy. However, deliberations continued […]
Leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera has issued a stern warning to the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to bring during the current Parliamentary sitting the Electoral Reforms Bills as well as the Local Government Reforms Bills or face revolt. Chakwera said government should table the bills to uphold the will of Malawians. In a statement made […]
Transformation Alliance (TA) has commended Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and its entire leadership for making efforts to unite the different factions that have been emerging in the party. Lately there have been noticeable divisions in the party with some members siding with the party’s Leader Dr Lazarus Chakwera while others have been calling for a […]
Runner up in the 2014 parliamentary elections for Mzuzu City Constituency, Bennex Mwamlima Saturday dumped the People’s Party (PP) and joined Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Mwamlima, who was one of PP’s heavy weights in the city, was officially welcomed to MCP in company of 20 other members who followed him from the PP. Speaking during […]
I can be safe to say that I am no predictor of elections and neither can I claim to have prophetic powers to pick who will win the next general election in Malawi in 2019. One thing I know though, is that any political party going into battle with divisions within itself , will suffer […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera on Saturday reached out to his pafrty deputy and Richard Msowoya andy Secretary General Gustav Kaliwo and agreed to bury any political differences and work together, saying the prty is now ‘on the threshold of power’. Addressing a new conference at party headquarters in Lilongwe, while flanked by Msowoya, […]
I have always known and regarded Democratic Progressive Party spokesperson Francis Kasaila as one of the very few people in DPP who use their brains more than their emotions when making decisions. He is cool, cautious and invests a lot sense in what he says. He is a huge contrast with the party’s vocal secretary […]
President Peter Mutharika on Wednesday visited former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader, John Zenasi Ungapake Tembo, at his residence at Area 10 in Lilongwe on Wednesday. But MCP Deputy Secretary General , Elsenhower Mkala said the party is surprised with the visit saying they were not informed of the same . Mkaka said Mutharika was […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party’ (MCP) involvement in defrauding water supplier, Lilongwe Water Board and the subsequent defence they have offered on the same is a cause for grave concern for a party that play-acts to stand on high moral ground on issues of fraud, corruption and theft of public resources. These bashing sentiments are contained […]
Minister of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development Francis Kasaila has tendered what he calls his evidence to Parliament chronicling abuses and killings of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in Nsanje when it was ruling in one party state. Kasaila had claimed in the House last week that during MCP regin Nsanje was not developed but […]
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has been implicated in illegal water connection which has forced service provider the Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) to disconnect water supply and slap the party with K106 million penalty. LWB discovered the illegal connection at MCP headquarters in Lilongwe and subsequently disconnected water supply on Thursday November 24th, 2017. […]
Mchinji North East member of Parliament (MP) Alex Chitete (Malawi Congress Party –MCP) courted controversy in Parliament when he referred Malawi as “hell” and not its standing as the Warm Heart of Africa. The country markets itself as the Warm Heart of Africa but it has been subject of depressing news such as rampant corruption; attacks on […]
Kasungu South-East member of Parliament (MP) Khumbize Kandodo-Chiponda (Malawi Congress Party-MCP) has decried the poor state of the national economy and the rising poverty level in the country. Kandodo-Chiponda despite the government claiming positive ecomonic data such as reduction of inflation to single digit, there is no real effect trickling down to the citizenry. “The difference between 24 per cent to […]
Lilongwe City Mayor Desmond Bikoko is reportedly keen to withdraw his membership from opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and be independent or align himself to the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Nyasa Times understands. Bikoko is said to have some disagreements with members of the party and that his post on Facebook triggered outburst from […]