Governance expert has said if Afrobarometer survey is anything to go by, the forthcoming fresh presidential election will not have a second round in an expected tight race between incumbent President Peter Mutharika and his main challenger Lazarus Chakwera and that a majority will be obtained to avoid run-off. For the first time, a […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera has urged people to turn out in large numbers to vote in the fresh presidential elections and elect him as next Head of State with Vice-President Saulos Chilima, who is his running mate to Tonse Alliance. Chakwera said this when he conducted whistle-stop rallies in Lilongwe under the […]
The Msungama brothers, Kondi and Mike, have given Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera a boost with a donation of five vehicles which will be vital during the campaign period for the fresh presidential elections. Kondi Msungama is second deputy spokesperson of MCP while Mike Msungama, a businessman, is a staunch supporter and […]
Vice President Salous Chilima, who is Tonse Alliance running mate, is this week hitting the rural hitherlands of Nkhotatakota and Salima with more whistle stops campaign meetings popularly known as imbizos to garner support for the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) torchbearer Lazarous Chakwera. Chilima last week held highly patronised imbizos in Ntcheu, Dedza, Lilongwe, Dowa […]
The opposition Tonse Alliance is taking the campaign of its presidential candidate, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera, to the doorstep with former and incumbent Karonga Central constituency parliamentarians Frank Mwenifumbo and Dr. Cornelius Mwalwanda setting aside their political rivalry for the canvassing strategy. Mwalwanda and Mwenifumbo were accompanied by People’s Party (PP) vice […]
The Citizens for Transformation (CFT) People Power Movement leader Timothy Mtambo has said the country’s political pendulum is swinging towards change of leadership in the forthcoming fresh presidential elections. Mtambo said this when he spokes at the opposition Tonse Alliance Mega Rally at Likuni Boys Secondary School ground in Lilongwe on Sunday. The self-styled ‘Commander-In-Chief’ […]
Vice-President Saulos Chilima has insisted that there should be a repeal of Section 91 (2) of the Constitution, to strip off immunity for a sitting President from criminal prosecution, saying even if the opposition alliance torchbearer Lazarus Chakwera win, they should not give the presidency licence to commit corrupt crimes. Chilima, who is UTM Party […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) deputy president Sidik Mohammed Mia has praised UTM leader Salous Chilima as a statesman and a sefless leader for accepting to be opposition Tonse Alliance running mate to MCP’s presidential hopeful Dr Lazarous Chakwera. Mia said Chilima has shown exceptional and sefless leadership and described the pair with Chakwera as dream ticket […]
Vice President Salous Chilima, who is also Tonse Alliance running mate has said the fresh presidential elections is the last chance saloon to vote for change of leadership, saying the opposition alliance has capable and visionary leadership who will usher in a new Malawi under Dr Lazarous Chakwera presidency. Chilima said after the court battle […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera ballot paper will have his face and party black cork symbol only and not with UTM, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said after it rejected an application to have amendment on the paper symbol. MCP applied to MEC to let the party use a fusion of […]
Vice President Salous Chilima, who is the running mate to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera in the forthcoming fresh presidential elections, has said the opposition grand alliance is a response to wishes of the majority of Malawians who demanded that they should join forces to increase their chances of defeating the governing […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera is driving a heavily-packed opposition Tonse Alliance, but that shouldn’t worry you. What should worry you is that, inside this alliance, there are several toxic politicians, pregnant with unlimited expectations of how they will be rewarded through awards of government jobs and business tenders. If Chakwera and […]
With a month left until a fresh presidential elections, opinion polls by Afrobaromete suggest that Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party alliance presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera would win the ballot, but MCP has said it will not be complacent. One of the most respected opinion makers – Afrobaromete – says in a report that […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera has suspended his political campaign to head to Rumphi for the funeral of his mother-in-law. Chakwera’s wife, Monica, lost her mother on Thursday. MCP spokesperson Reverend Maurice Munthali said: “Indeed the president Chakwera is grieving the death of his mother-in-law”. While Chakwera is mourning in Rumphi, in […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera and his party alliance partners are leading commemorations to remember Ngwazi Hastings Kamuzu Banda, the founding president of Malawi who died in November 1997amid heightened tension ahead of the Constitutional Court sanctioned presidential election. MCP’s major partner in the Tonse alliance Saulos Chilima, the country estranged vice-president also […]
Citizen for Transformation (CFT) political movement leader Timothy Mtamboa on Tuesday today holding whistle stop tours in Lilongwe and Mchinji drumming up support for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera ahead of the July 2 fresh presidential election. Speaking at Mpingu in Lilongwe, Mtambo called on the people to massively vote for Chakwera and […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has been cleared by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) of any wrong doing in allegations of drawing a salary without attending Parliament. The graft-busting body said it investigated Chakwera following a complaint from an unmade legislator that the MCP presidential hopeful was receiving “illegal” salary while on parliamentary […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera has maintained that if elected the country’s leader on July 2 polls, his MCP administration will introduce National Youth Service Programme aimed at curbing unemployment among the youth in the country and empowering them economically. Speaking when he addressed a political campaign rally at Mzuzu Stadium upper […]