Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarous Chakwera, who is also leader of opposition in parliament, has summed up President Peter Mutharika;s leadership as a failure, saying the country is in crisis . In a strongly worded statement, Chakwera lashed out at President Mutharika for failing the country. “Our nation is in crisis. And in times […]
Government should present a comprehensive report from 1994 up to now on how much it has borrowed and the impact of the loans have had to the intended beneficiary, opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has demanded. MCP has been accusing the government of high levels of borrowing, saying there is dismal impact on the ground. […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) querried the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for sidiling northern city of Mzuzu in the intended implementation of the National Fibre Backbone Project. Commenting on the motion under Bill Number 31 of 2016 seeking Parliament approval and authorisation to lend K16.5 billion from Export and Import Bank of China moved […]
Police have told opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislators Jessie Kabwila, Peter Chakhwantha, and another official Ulemu Msungama, accused of treason, that their bail has been extended to 31st January 2017 on the prevailing original conditions. Lawyer for the three, Gustav Kaliwo told journalists in Lilongwe on Monday after they appeared before the head of the […]
President of the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Professor Lazarus Chakwera has called on all party members within and outside the country to join hands in rebuilding the once mighty party headquarters in order to propel the legacy and agenda of founding president late Hastings Kamuzu Banda, who died in 1997. Chakwera said this in Lilongwe during […]
Newly-elected Mchinji West member of Parliament (Malawi Congress Party -MCP) Jephter Fackson Mwale decided to devote his first speech to Parliament to highlight critical issues currently affecting the people of of his constituency from food insecurity, education, health, water and sanitation, road networks and general security. His address which Nyasa Times has christened State Of the […]
Top members of the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) on Thursday exchanged bitter words on Facebook following a post by Salima Central Member of Parliament (MP) Felix Jumbe. Jumbe, who was fired from MCP and is now associating with the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), had posted that Malawi practices politics that is informed by poverty (envy) […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Lilongwe Msozi South MP, Vitus Dzoole Mwale raised a Point of Order in Parliament accusing fired MCP lawmaker Felix Jumbe of misleading the House that Salima Central is an Island. Jumbe was fired from MCP for bringing the party and its leadership into disrepute. He relocated to Independents benches in the House but […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Member of Parliament for Lilongwe South, Peter Dimba on Thursday successfully tabled his motion seeking Parliament permission to bring a private member’s Bill to support the electoral reforms. The Bill seeks to shiftingto 50-plus-one system of electing a State President from the current first-past-the-post and the amendment of electoral laws. […]
Malawi opposition will introduce a Bill to discuss all electoral reforms during private members motion day on Thursday after government is reluctant to bring to parliament all relevant electoral reforms Bills. Malawi Congress Party (MCP), the official opposition in Parliament, which threatened to call for ‘peaceful’ civil disobedience if government would not table electoral reforms […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarous Chakwera, who is also a leader of opposition , has survived an assassination attempt after armed thugs tried to broke into his house Tuesday night. Chakwera, a former president of Assemblies of God Church in Malawi, confirmed in a brief interview with Nyasa Times that armed thugs attacked his […]
The newly elected member of parliament for Mchinji West Jepther Mwale of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) was on Monday sworn in at when Parliament started meeting. Mwale won the recent the by-elections following the death of the former MP, Kanjira Banda. The newly elected MP was escorted to the Parliament by a group of jubilant […]
Former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson Jesse Kabwira has agreed to appear before a party’s disciplinary committee but on conditions following her suspension from the position. Kabwila and others were alledgedly suspended from their positions in August for sowing divisions in the party and also for allegedly plotting to torch MCP structures at the headquaters. […]
The main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), has said President Peter Mutharika and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government has no love for Malawians and do not care despite their suffering. The party has since warned that it will hold peaceful civil unrest against the poor governance which has left ordinary people in unrelenting poverty […]
A grouping of rebels in the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) branded ‘Nkholokolo’ have casted their eyes on social commentator and comedian Michael Manganya Usi in a bid to wrestle power from current leader Lazarus Chakwera. MCP has recently been in and out of court for sorts of reasons as party trusted generals continue wrestling […]
Malawi Police has been urged to arrest Moses Kuchingale, a personal assistant to the Vice President, who is accused of impersonating a Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) official in the just-ended Mchinji West by-election. Kuchingale is alleged to have visited a number of polling centres, namely; Mzura Full Primary School, Mchinji Community Day Secondary School, Mchinji […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarous Chakwera, a presidential hopeful for 2019 elections, has said he can pull a ‘Trump-inspired’ victory if there will be no rigging or maladministration of the polls. Chakwera was defeated by President Peter Mutharika in 2014 elections but claimed the incumbent won on a stolen vote. Reacting to the victory […]
The main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera on Friday attacked the country’s President Peter Mutharika of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for setting the maize price in state grain trader ADMARC, saying its a violation of his power. The MCP leader made the remarks at a political rally held at Mlare primary school […]