Former president Joyce Banda is in Copenhagen, Denmark attending international conferences concerning the upliftment of women. She attended a micronutrient initiative and she is now attending a Women’s Deliver 2016 conference which is also being attended by Chief Kyungu, according to Dedza East MP Juliana Lunguzi who is at the meeting. Posting on her Facebook […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) executive member Felix Jumbe has played down reports that he wants to dump the party that sponsored him into parliament for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Jumbe made the remarks after some members of the MCP openly attacked him on social media, describing him as a “sale out” after he […]
Main opposition, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera on Saturday challenged that the party will not be intimidated, saying he will instead fight along with Malawians for freedoms. He was speaking at Chilanga CCAP church in Kasungu where former head of state Kamuzu Banda family organized remembrance celebrations for the first head of state […]
Main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has told the government off on its threat to dissolve Lilongwe District Council over feud of two defecting ward councillors. Thirty-two ward councillors of the council have been barring two councillors from attending council meetings after they defected from the MCP to the ruling Democratic Progressive Party. The […]
Main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has angrily reacted to government decision not to fund the Mchinji West by-election, saying the ruling party fears landslide crash in the polls. Ministry of Finance recently said they will not release funds for the Mchinji West bye elections because Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has not submitted budget […]
The Lilongwe High Court has thrown out earlier judgement which ordered he main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to hold a convention within 90 days after some disgruntled members dragged it to court. Lawyer for the disgruntled members, Wesley Namasala said his clients were not happy with leadership style of party president Lazarus Chakwera whom […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Central Region committees have buried their differences and come together for a common good by rendering their support to the party’s leadership of Dr Lazarus Chakwera. The development was confirmed by the region’s former chairperson Daniel Mlomo after a meeting on Thursday in Lumbadzi which was attended by district chairpersons from the central […]
Malawians have taken up on social media to caution Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera over the obsession of power after he attacked the police for blocking thousands of his supporters ferried across Lilongwe to welcome him at Kamuzu International Airport from Mexico recently. Writing on Facebook, many Malawians were of the view that […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has implored on the government to immediately release funds for the Mchinji West by-election so that the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) can hold it before the expiry of the term of office of current commissioners. Director of Elections in MCP Maxwell Thyolera said as of now, there is nothing […]
The main opposition’s Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president who is also leader of opposition in Parliament, Dr Lazarus Chakwera has commented on Pesident Peter Mutharika declaration of the state of national disaster following hunger situation due to persistent of floods and dry spells. attributing persistent hunger crisist o lack of political will toward eradication of […]
The attempted murder case of former budget director, Paul Montfort Mphwiyo continued at Lilongwe High Court on Monday where defence witness businessman Kondwani Ndovie linked former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo to Cashgate —the plunder of public resources at Capital Hill exposed by Mphwiyo’s shooting. The case is at defence stage where the […]
Malawi Police Services on Monday barricaded Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Supporters from welcoming their party president Dr Lazarus Chakwera at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) where he was coming from Portugal. During his trip abroad, Chakwera was unanimously voted Vice President of the Portugal based Political Parties grouping, Christian Democratic Institute (CDI) International. This is the […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says it is appealing against a High Court ruling which gave the country’s oldest party 90 days to hold a convention to elect new leadership in certain departments. Lawyer for the party Peter Chakwantha said the MCP legal team was at the doorstep of the High Court on Monday […]
A Mkanda Secondary School head teacher Jephther Mwale on Saturday emerged winner in the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Mchinji West primary elections ahead of the parliamentary by-elections slated for May 10, 2016. Mwale who amassed 571 votes beat six other contestants who included former legislatures for the area Henry Fwataki and Theresa Gloria Mwale and […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has demoted Salima Central MP Felix Jumbe from his position as campaign director to an obscure position of deputy director of Strategic Planning in a National Executive Committee (NEC) shake up. Jumbe is reportedly being in bad books with MCP leadership for politically flirting with ruling Democratic Progressive […]
Main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says it is yet to come up with a final decision on whether to go for a party convention to elect some positions or revert to old positions. This follows a court order over month ago that gave the oldest party in Malawi 90 days either to go […]
Opposition legislator Felix Jumbe has become the lone opposition figure to back President Peter Mutharika claims that no one has died of hunger and the country had enough maize stocks this last year and this year. Jumbe’s comments are likely to pity him on a collision course with his leader, Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi […]
Two opposition members of parliament have obtained a High court injunction, successfully blocking the government from selling farm machinery it bought using a K76.6 billion it obtained from a bank in India. Dedza east MP Juliana Lunguzi and Lilongwe South West MP Peter Chakwantha, both opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislators argued that past experience […]