The K2 trillion 2020/21 National Budget which is before Parliament may be withdrawn and allow a new Finance Minister to be appointed by incoming president Lazarus Chakwera who may be declared Malawi’s sixth president, to table its fiscal plan to factor in its development plans. The current Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Joseph […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Justice Chifundo Kachale has said the declaration of the winner in the Tuesday’s re-run of last year’s presidential election could be done within two days as Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera has a comfortable lead over incumbent President Peter Mutharika. Mutharika, leader of the Democratic Progressive Party, (DPP) […]
State House Press Officer Justice Mponda has come out quickly to congratulate Makawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera for defeating incumbent President Peter Mutharika according to provisional results in the just ended fresh presidential election. Writing on his Facebook wall, Mponda acknowledges the gallant fight Chakwera and his running mate Saulos Chilima staged against […]
Former Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) director general, Bright Malopa has sent congratulatory messages to opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera who is set to defeat incumbent President Peter Mutharika in the fresh presidential elections. However, Malopa cautions that the task ahead is huge for the in-coming administration since it comes at a time the country faces the […]
Lazarus Chakwera is, definitely, at his political best; in fact, stakes are high he would be Malawi’s next Head of State. For a political figure with a history of being a religious leader, Chakwera exudes a figure of moral uprightness and integrity in the dirty game of politics. It’s quite an intrigue to note how […]
Lazarus Chakwera, 65, the leader of the opposition Tonse Alliance and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has taken an early lead over President Peter Mutharika in a tight fresh presidential election battle according to early provisional counts most from MCP stronghold of central region and the north. According to batch of results at national tally centre, Chakwera is […]
Early results trickling in from Malawi court-sanctioned fresh presidential elections show President Peter Mutharika and his challenger Lazarus Chakwera are neck-and-neck. The Malawi Election Commission (MEC) is yet to announce any results in the race for the presidency. But results from central region the stronghold for Chakwera show he is taking early lead and are faring […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Dr Lazarus Chakwera the torchbearer for the grand opposition Tonse alliance woke up early to join thousands that got the Malawi fresh presidential election going at his home village Malembo in Lilongwe rural on Tuesday morning. After casting his vote, Chakwera, a pastor turned politician, with his running-mate, Vice-president […]
Tuesday’s June 23 elections could be a fulfillment of a development prophecy told in 1998 through the Vision 2020 development plan. In that development plan—endorsed both by then leader President Bakili Muluzi and opposition leader Gwamba Chakuamba—there was a prophecy, a vision, of what Malawi, development wise, will be in year 2020. The prophecy was: […]
Independent member of parliament for Balaka North Constituency and business magnate Tony Ngalande on Saturday evening announced that he has endorsed the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera in the Tuesday’s presidential elections. Ngalande said although he has not joined any party in the Tonse alliance, he consulted his constituents who have opted for Chakwera. He […]
Promises have been made, slogans shouted, jokes cracked and prayers said. The campaign is drawing to an end. Vice President Salous Chilima has said opposition Tonse Alliance is confident of winning the Tuesday fresh presidential polls and has urged President Peter Mutharika to start packing saying the game is over for him and that Malawi […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera who leads the nine-party Tonse Alliance has said he is ready for the fresh presidential election slated for Tuesday and that he is well prepared to govern Malawi is elected as the country’s next leader. Chakwera said this at a final campaign rally he held at Mtsiriza Community […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera who leads the nine-party Tonse Alliance has said he is optimistic that the court-sanctioned fresh presidential elections set on Tuesday June 23 will usher in a new era for the country. Chakwera is the main challenger of President Peter Mutharika who is seeking re-election in the historic elections. […]
UTM party secretary general Patricia Kaliati has said Malawians will from Tuesday start smiling because poverty is ending if they vote for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera who leads the nine-party Tonse Alliance. Kaliati was speaking on Saturday the final day of campaign when she joined Vice President Saulos Chilima who started his […]
Monica Chakwera the wife to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, who would be the First Lady if Chakwera win the presidential re-vote on Tuesday, is self isolating at home after she returned from United States of America and has not been seen public since then. Chakwera’s wife, was in US and missed the […]
On 23 June 2020, we will go into the most important election Malawi has staged. It will decide whether or not we can return our country to a path of development or continue on the current road to ruin. Just 40 years ago, Malawi was written about as a tourist paradise. Visitors flocked to spend […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) deputy secretary general, Catherine Gotani Hara Tuesday assured people of Mchinji that the Lazarus Chakwera government would develop Mchinji district should he secure victory in the forthcoming fresh Presidential polls. She said it was worrisome that Chipata in Zambia was far much behind few years back, but has since made great […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has failed to show up at two campaign rallies two days in a row, first on Tuesday in Mchinji and Wednesday in Nkhotakota where party supporters endured the cold and windy weather waiting for his arrival. On Tuesday, Chakwera did not travel to his scheduled rally in Mchinji […]