Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has projected himself as a “moral leader” who wants to give his compatriots “hope” and “moral direction”, saying his party is now gaining political ground in the Southern Region – considered the stronghold of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Chakwera, touted by MCP as a man of strong values, […]
Kenneth Bwanali, who has expressed interest to contest against Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president, Dr Lazarus Chakwera for the top seat during the forthcoming convention, has challenged ythe party president to resign for being part and parcel on the initial decision to share K4 billion development fund among all legislators when it originates from ‘budget […]
The dust is slowly settling following controversy surrounding the K4 billion constituency development projects allocation under Vote 120, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, passed by MPs during the Mid-term Budget Review meeting of Parliament recently. However, there still remains some few ‘noises’ regarding the manner in which the bill was introduced in Parliament […]
Four Malawi Congress Party (MCP) members who last month petitioned the High Court against their party president Lazarus Chakwera have lost the case. The four aggrieved members dubbed ‘Nkholokolo’ (troublemakers) are Stowell Gondwe, former regional chairperson for the North; Bauleni Mkweza, former regional chairperson for the Lakeshore; Angela Chunga and Malita Nasoni, former chairpersons for […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president (Central Region) Dr Hetherwick Ntaba has attacked leader of opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera, accusing him of acting ignorantly for demanding Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe and Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Kondwani Nankhumwa to voluntarily resign over the distribution of the contentious K4 billion to members of […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president and leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Dr. Lazarus Chakwera was at it again on Friday during his closing remarks at the end of the Mid-Term Budget Review meeting of Parliament, criticizing the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government of corruption and abuse of public resources, but the jury is out […]
The reaction of the leader of opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera on the recent infamous K4 billion scandal USF dubious funding to constituencies has been described as an act of hypocrisy and betrayal to the national cause. In his closing remarks to the sitting of Mid-term Budget review of Parliament on […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has accused Ministers of Finance and Local Government of the act of criminalizing the government unbudgeted controversial K4 billion allocated to parliamentary constituencies, saying the opposition has saved the State from being criminalised by regularising the funding with MCP president Lazarus Chakwera demanding that the two ministers should resigns with […]
Malawi Congress Party Diaspora Network (MCPDN) has elected new office bearers. In a statement made available to Nyasa Times, the new executive has been given a fresh mandate to work alongside the party in Malawi as the country prepares to go into the crucial campaignperiod for the next year’s general elections. The MCPDN, which is […]
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has accused government of blocking the party president and leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera from giving his eulogies at the funeral of veteran politician Sam Mpasu, who was president of New Labour Party. Mpasu, who served Speaker of Parliament between 1999 and 2003, was found dead yesterday in his house in […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president and leader of opposition in Parliament Lazarus Chakwera on Saturday toured Area 13 Market in Lilongwe which had been destroyed by fire last Thursday. The fire is said to have started around 11pm and it took the Lilongwe City Council (LCC) Fire Brigade some two hours to put out—but only after […]
The internal squabbles currently taking place in the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) are at once an indication that the party has not yet shed its old spots and a reflection of gross misunderstanding of its responsibility to the people of Malawi. It was widely expected when the new leadership took over that it would rebuild […]
Since winning the by-elections in October last year, the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has been behaving like it is already in government. The party’s youths have been behaving like hysterical rabbits; they are all over the place, and on social media trumpeting the win as a precursor to what they say will be […]
A man with conviction is a hard man to change. Tell him you disagree and he turns away. Show him facts or figures and he questions your sources. Appeal to logic and he fails to see your point, so wrote the celebrated Stanford University psychologist Leon Festinger. Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera is […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) district chairpersons in the northern region on Monday addressed a news conference where they registered their support to party President Lazarus Chakwera, saying they will still vote for MCP and Chakwera even if he does not choose a running mate from the region. The chairpersons called the news conference in Mzuzu […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) national executive committee (NEC) has resolved To home elective convention first week of April in Mzuzu amd thrash out new policies with a new leadership core. MCP deputy publicity secretary Ezekiel Ching’oma confirmed the convention is one of the resolutions NEC agreed at its Sunday NEC meeting at MCP National Headquarters in […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) national executive committee (NEC) has resolved to suspend the party’s first vice president Richard Msowoya and Secretary General (SG) pending disciplinary action for causing “confusion” in the main opposition party. The party suspended Msowoya and Kaliwo who stayed away from the meeting despite being invited to attend. The MCP NEC has […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) youths movement on Friday petitioned the party’s policy making body—the national executive committee (NEC) to suspend Party Secretary General, Gustavo Kaliwo, accusing him of sowing divisions and bringing the country’s oldest party into disrepute for his incompetence in failing to show policy direction in the party. The petition comes when MCP president Lazarus Chakwera […]