South African based Malawian billionaire Simbi Phiri never gave opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera cash amounting to R1 million as per rumours circulating in various social media platforms, Nyasa Times has established. Social media has for the past days been awash with reports contending that Chakwera went to South Africa where he […]
Leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera has raised political tensions dramatically after calling for President Peter Mutharika leave office “gracefully” in the interest of the country or be removed by Malawians. Chakwera, the president of the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), chose his moment after a Cabinet reshuffle to raise the stakes in his confrontation with the government […]
Leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera has added his voice to the chorus of accusations from legal scholars and governance experts on President Peter Mutharika’s exclusion of estranged Vice-President Saulos Chilima in the State protocol list in revised Cabinet announced on Wednesday night. Chakwera, who is also Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president, said in a statement made […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera on Tuesday prayed together with Malawi Queens netball team on their return from Fast5 Netball World Series in Melbourne, Australia where they finished on fourth position out of six teams which competed. Chakwera, who is also leader of Opposition in Parliament, who boarded the same plane with the Queens, on arrival at […]
Friends of Chakwera (FOC) over the weekend donated food and other items to Ukwe Health Centre in the area of Senior Chief Kabudula in Lilongwe. The items donated included soap, sugar, cooking oil, maize flour and skin oil. The members have been going nationwide doing charity work such as cleaning hospitals and taking care of […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president who is also leader of opposition Reverend Lazarus Chakwera has asked people of Kapanila Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Zulu in Mchinji who have buried 11 of the 12 people killed in a road accident on Tuesday night to look to God for consolation in their grief. He was speaking at […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has said when elected to power next year, his government will change the financial year to the months of April and March. Since 2010, the country has been running on national budgets running from July 1 to June 30—a cycle some argue that negatively affects annual procurement of agricultural […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislator for Dedza East Juliana Lunguzi, has called on Malawians in diaspora to actively get involved in political issues and discussions that affect the development of the country. She was speaking to Malawians in Manchester on Thursday night at a special gathering organised by the diaspora wing of the party. Lunguzi, […]
President of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and leader of opposition in Parliament, Lazarus Chakwera has said he will push for the passing of the revised mines and minerals Bill in the next sitting of Parliament. Chakwera speaking in the Northern Region during his whistle -stop meetings that there is mismanagement in the mining sector […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera is continuing with a whistle-stop political tour in the Northern Region and says he is ready to govern the country and bring meaningful development. The tour has taken Chakwera to Mzimba, Chitipa and on Thursday he has been addressing meetings in the border district of Karonga. In his address at […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday welcomed Karonga-based fearless activist Steven Simsokwe to the rank and file of the party after he has joined frontline politics. Chakwera welcomes Simsokwe in Mbande area in Karonga north west constituency at a rally which was also graced by different party officials such as the second […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera has maintained his stand that separating the Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) from the Executive arm of government could give power and independence for the ACB to investigate corruption by members of the Executive branch and that the head of graft-busting body position should be open to foreign professionals. Chakwera—who […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera, who is also leader of opposition in parliament, has heaped blame on the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)-led government saying it has been, in many ways, a roaring failure with unfulfilled promises, lies and that it’s time for change. He was speaking in Mzimba where he conducted a whistle […]
Former chairperson of Malawi National Council of Sports and now leader of opposition in parliament, Lazarus Chakwera has congratulated Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Nyamilandu for being elected as FIFA Council African Anglophone member during an elective congress held on Sunday in Egypt. Chakwera said in statement signed by his Malawi Congress Party (MCP) publicity secretary […]
Leader of opposition in parliament Lazarus Chakwera has angrily reacted to the failure by the Auditor General to audit state residences and Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC). A recent released audit report for government ministries and agencies has spared the State House and Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC), government entities known […]
Malawi Congress Party President (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has applauded the party for holding peaceful primary elections in Mzimba North East Constituency at Ensinzini School on Saturday where former Minister of Health Catherine Gotani Hara was elected to be the parliamentary candidate. “I am excited because of the caliber of candidates that we are fielding […]
President Peter Mutharika on Friday rebuffed the civil society organisations (CSOs) to personally receive a petition from them after nationwide anti-government protests of the social, economic and governance ills Malawians are facing. High Court Judge Charles Mkandawire in an order given to the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) ruled that President Mutharika should personally receive […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera is also talking a lifestyle audit which Vice-President Saulos Chilima has promised to roll out when elected as president in next year’s elections to weed out public officers and other citizens, whose earnings are well known but who live way beyond their means, from corrupt dealings. Chilima talked […]