Vice-President Saulos Chilima is in Mangochi holding whistle-stop meetings as the battle for the eastern region’s votes intensifies ahead of the fresh presidential elections scheduled for June 23. Chilima is touting Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera, his electoral partner in Tonse Alliance, as the ticket to a better Malawi where people will live […]
President Peter Mutharika has dismissed the call by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazaraus Chakwera, who is also Tonse Alliance torchbearer, to a debate ahead of the Constitutional Court sanctioned fresh presidential election , saying the two are not at the same level to debate. Mutharika said this on Monday when he joined the hunt […]
Times TV part of founding president Kamuzu Banda’s empire had to rise to the occasion. The Vice President Dr. Saulosi Klaus Chilima, who is also UTM president and runningmate to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Dr. Lazarus Chakwera had told the public that he will double as Vice President and Minister of Finance, and […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera and Tonse Alliance presidential torchbearer Lazarus Chakwera has said he would not be in power for only five years of his first term, saying the alliance will be reviewing the contents of their partnership if he win the fresh election due this June. Chakwera was speaking on Times […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader and Tonse Alliance presidential torchbearer Lazarus Chakwera has faulted President Peter Mutharika for attacking the Constitutional Court judges for nullification of the May 21 2019 presidential election result and the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) for upholding that judgement. Mutharika during a ‘Talk to the President’ special programme on State-run […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president and the Tonse Alliance torch bearer Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has promised the people of Mangochi that his government will upgrade the lakeshore district to City and construct Masauko Chipembere International Airtport meant to boost the tourism industry in Malawi. The MCP leader was speaking during a rally on Sunday at […]
Tonse Alliance presidential ticket pair of torchbearer Lazarus Chakwera and his running mate Saulos Chilima on Saturday claimed government wants to find excuses of postponing the fresh presidential electons for fear of losing, saying the political violence is one of the tactics being used. The two leaders said this at Namadidi ground in Zomba where […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, who is the torch bearer for Tonse Alliance in the coming fresh presidential elections, has condemned acts of violence that have rocked the political scene in the past few days. Chakwera was speaking to a mammoth of people during the Tonse Alliance rally at Namadidi in Zomba […]
Tonse Alliance presidential torchbearer Lazarus Chakwera has said if he ascends to power in the fresh elections, he will make his running mate Saulos Chilima as deputy president and not vice president to ensure that the country for the first time should have an empowered second-in-command. Chakwera, who is also Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president […]
The country’s estranged Vice-President Saulos Chilima —who is also running mate to Tonse Alliance presidential torchbearer Lazarus Chakwera — has advised voters to pick Chakwera who will be first name on the ballot of the fresh presidential election. Chilima said this on Friday during his whistke-stop campaign tour of Mulanje and Pahlombe. Speaking at Nanthombozi […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential torchbearer Lazarus Chakwera has advised people of Lower Shire to beware of empty promises being made by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government, saying the Tonse Alliance is their only hope to address issues affecting them such as lack economic empowerment of the youth through the establishment of National Youth […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera would only be in power for five years of his first term and leave his running mate Saulos Chilima to be the alliance’s next presidential candidate in line with their rotational leadership arrangement of their partnership. Chilima, the country’s estranged Vice-President—who is also UTM Party president— at a […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful representing the opposition Tonse Alliance, Lazarus Chakwera has urged Malawians to vote for him as the country next leader , saying election victory will inflict final blow on the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) which he said underutilized his running mate Salous Chilima as State Vice President. Speaking to […]
Vice President Salous Chilima has disclosed part of the deal of Tonse Alliance is that if they win the fresh presidential elections, will not just be the second-in-command but the country’s purse keeper as Minister of Finance. The torchbearer of Tonse Alliance, Lazarus Chakwera, who is also Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president corroborated by adding that […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera has hailed the Catholic bishops pastoral letter, describing it as God talking to Malawi. Speaking at Kapiri in Mchinji on Sunday at a campaign rally, Chakwera—a cleric who served as Malawi Assemblies of God president before joining frontline politics in 2013—said the pastoral letter nailed it perfectly on […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president, Lazarus Chakwera, on Saturday pledged to improve lives of young people in the country by commissioning National Youth Service (NYS) which he said will help to create employment in the country. Speaking during the whistle-stop tours in Dowa, Chakwera said it is sad that for long time Malawi youths have been […]
Former First Lady Callista Mutharika who is executive member of UTM Party has appealed to Malawians to vote for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) torchbearer Lazarous Chakwera, saying she left Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) after realising that the party is thriving on wealth stolen through corruption. Madam Mutharika made the remarks on Saturday at Mtakataka in […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera has said the party has tweaked its pledge in MCP manifesto in which the party promised to introduce a universal subsidy programme opting to adopt cheaper fertiliser of 50 kg bag of fertiliser selling at K4,495 as advocated by UTM leader Saulos Chilima. The MCP presidential hopeful […]