Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera, who is also leader of opposition in Parliament, has called on the people of this country to stop entertaining the thieving of public funds through corruption, saying the K53 billion claim from government by two companies owned by Abdul Karim Batawarara should be investigated. Karim Batawarara’s African Commercial Agency and Reliance […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful, Lazarus Chakwera, has hit at government saying it has excessively failed to protect people with albinism in the country but said his administration will “hunt and deal with the serial killers.” Chakwera announced that the MCP government would care of persons with albinism when they take over […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera has said the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is responsible of masterminding rising cases of political violence and that it should not deny this. Chakwera, who said is pushing for a peaceful campaign to the May 21 Tripartite Election, condemned DPP’s “culture of violence,” saying his is […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera on Monday met Malawi Police Service (MPS) Inspector General Rodney Jose on Monday on the rising incidents of politically motivated acts of violence perpetrated by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ahead of the watershed May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. DPP has since distanced itself from the cases of […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has said once voted into power, the main opposition would improve the early childhood development (ECD) by changing its policy. Chakwera said this when he held a political rally on Sunday in Zomba. “Once voted into the government, we would review the early childhood education policy. It is […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) torch bearer in May 21 Tripartite elections, Lazarus Chakwera has said the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration has “miserably failed” to deliver on its socio-economic promises to Malawians and sad his party is ready to deliver on economic transformation. Chakwera made the remarks on Saturday held a political rally at Gymkhana […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has said its president Lazarus Chakwera and his running mate Mohammed Sidik Mia had to return “a kilometre away” from at Providence Industrial Mission (PIM) headquarters in Chiradzulu, where the Chilembwe Day commemorations were held, following a tip-off from the party’s intelligence team that he would not be safe there. […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has said he had given up on the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led administration, saying as Leader of Opposition in parliament, the government never took his advice on several issues including corruption. Chakwera said this on Saturday at Kasiya in his Lilongwe north-west constituency. “This current regime is […]
Leader of Opposition Lazarus Chakwera has made a stinging attack on the Democrtaic Progressive Party (DPP0 government for the arrest of UTM youth director Bon Kalindo, describing the arrest as “new low for the outgoing Mutharika administration. Chakwera says whether or not what the Mulanje west legislator said about Mutharika was an insult is not […]
The outspoken National Youth Director for the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Richard Chimwendo Banda is the political podium fierce orator of the moment and at a rally in Monkey Bay, Mangochi on Sunday branded governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) as a “kambelembele” [crooked] administration because leaders are busy enriching themselves through corrupt means. Chimwendo Banda speaking […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera, who is also leader of opposition in Parliament has brushed off criticism from his rival, UTM party president and State Vice President Saulos Chilima for ridiculing his lack of retirement benefits as opposition chief. Chakwera said in a statement seen by Nyasa Times that he was not really […]
State Vice-President and UTM party president on Monday ended the 2018 political year bluntly telling Leader of Opposition in parliament Lazarus Chakwera and his Malawi Congress Party (MCP) that they can never win an election in Malawi. Chakwera and his MCP campaign officials have of late been hurling insults and innuendos at Chilima as the […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has promised to step down within two years if elected head of state if he fails to deliver on his promises. In his New Year message, Chakwera said his main aim of getting into the presidential race is to change Malawi, saying if that fails, he would have […]
Quasi-religious governance watchdog, Public Affairs Committee (PAC), has failed to meet Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera because he has gone outside the country. PAC is dating political party leaders to preach them the need for a peaceful May 21 election as well as invite them for a peace service of worship. The chairman […]
Strict adherence to the rule of law, fighting corruption, the establishment of a market economy, good health services and improved education, will be three main focus points of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) election campaign leading up to the 2019 elections. MCP presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera has said the party will unveil its electoral pledges […]
It’s been a long time since Malawi Congress Party (MCP) last tasted levers of power but we will not wait long to find out if the decision by MCP president Lazarus Chakwera, to name— early— his running mate for next May’s presidential elections, was a masterstroke. Or that giving the berth to politician-cum-businessperson, Sidik Mia, […]
Six Dowa chiefs have asked Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera to intervene in political differences being faced by MP aspirants in their district’s South East Constituency where MCP’s Njoka Chimpeni is the incumbent. At a press conference in Lilongwe on Tuesday, the chiefs, who declared to be speaking on behalf of fellow chiefs, […]
Malawi Congresss Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera says his administration will initiate that the powers of the State Presidentbe reduced once voted into power in next year’s elections. Speaking at Khuzi Primary School grounds in the area of Traditional Authority Kwataine in Ntcheu District during a political rally on Saturday , Chakwera said he will ensure […]