I can be safe to say that I am no predictor of elections and neither can I claim to have prophetic powers to pick who will win the next general election in Malawi in 2019. One thing I know though, is that any political party going into battle with divisions within itself , will suffer […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera on Saturday reached out to his pafrty deputy and Richard Msowoya andy Secretary General Gustav Kaliwo and agreed to bury any political differences and work together, saying the prty is now ‘on the threshold of power’. Addressing a new conference at party headquarters in Lilongwe, while flanked by Msowoya, […]
Politicians smile at each other in public but have vendetta on each other. This is exacyly what the public witnessed on Wednesday when President Peter Mutharika and leader of opposition Lazarous Chakwera behaved as they acted like all “pathological liars” burying the recent jabs as they shook hand and cheerfully smiled into each other. Mutharika […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has faulted President Peter Mutharika for attacking leader of opposition in Parliament Lazarus Chakwera, suggesting that he is mentally unstable and should undergo psychiatric evaluation, saying the citizenry should make their own choice who should quality for mental examination. Mutharika speaking at Kasungu Boma during his road trip from Mzuzu in the […]
Lilongwe Msozi South MP Vitus Dzoole Mwale told Parliament that president of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Lazarus Chakwera,has rapidly gained ground in the country, steadily eating into President Peter Mutharika’s grip and that Malawians should not despair of the plethora of crises “because in 18 months’ time, the MCP will reverse this trend once it goes […]
President Peter Mutharika on Saturday went to town to hit back at leader of the opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Lazarous Chakwera who had made a scatching attack on him un parliament, suggesting Chakwera could be crazy and mentally ill who need psychiatric expert examination . Mutharika made the remarks during an address to […]
Speaker of Parlaiemnt Richard Msowoya has ruled ‘out of order’ Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera—who is also leader of opposition in Parliament— speech in the House in which he branded President Peter Mutharika as “a Prince of Thieves” presiding over the most corrupt administration, saying words that reflected on the Head of State be […]
Thom Chakufwa Chihana, the iconic multiparty politics leader, dared the brutal Malawi Congress Party (MCP) regime of dictator Ngwazi Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda in 1992 in an act of pure bravery that many could only dream about. Many of us today were relatively young on April 5, 1992, when, whilst in self-exile Zambia, Chihana announced […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera—who is also leader of opposition in Parliament— speech in the House on Monday, in which he branded President Peter Mutharika as “a Prince of Thieves” presiding over the most corrupt administration in recent history, has prompted a barrage of reactions from several pro-government activists. According to Chakwera, President […]
Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you’re crazy.-Taylor Swift-USA Musician The wise say silence is golden. Most often it actually saves one’s integrity to leave some matters unsaid instead of cartooning all over in an attempt to showcase that you know better than the rest […]
Leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera, who is also Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president, sresponse to the speech, which President Peter Mutharika delivered in Parliament on Friday, Full text; Mr. Speaker Sir, I had planned to begin by saying that I stand here on behalf of the Malawi Congress Party and the Opposition, but after listening to […]
Malawian newspapers on Tuesday November 14 feasted on the reaction of opposition leaders to President Peter Mutharika’s opening address to the 47th Session of Parliament with Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarous Chakwera hitting strongly on allegations of corruption and fraud in government, saying anybody who asks about them never gets a straight answer because […]
Leader of Opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has branded President Peter Mutharika’s administration as the most corrupt and challenged him with facts to prove he does not tolerate or benefit from plunder by his henchmen. In his response to an address the President gave on Friday during the opening of the […]
Chief whip for ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Henry Mussa stood on appoint of order in parliament when leader of opposition, Dr Lazarus Chakwera concluded his response to President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika’s opening address made on Friday, saying the opposition chief’s tone was “full of hate”. Mussa, who is also Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, said Chakwera, […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP)president and leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera see sense in the suggestion by civil society organisations (CSOs) that legislators should boycott Parliament until Electoral Reforms Bills are tabled in the House. Two vocal civil society organisations (CSOs)—Centre for the Development of People (Cedep) and Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR)— argue […]
President Peter Mutharika came under fresh attack in the National Assembly‚ with the leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera calling him ” so incompetent at leading and so insensitive to the suffering of the people” in an address to Parliament. Chakwera said President mutharika’s address in Parliament las Friday to open the 47th session of “cemented […]
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Dr Lazarus Chakwera on Monday responded to the address which President Peter Mutharika made on Friday, November 10, while opening opening of the 47th Session of Parliament and painted Mutharika as a “broken” leader. Chakwera, who is also Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president, termed Mutharika’s leadership as characterising of […]
Once upon a time, livestock numbers were mysteriously dwindling in a certain village. Then one day, a hyena was caught in the very act of stealing chickens. It was quickly apprehended and brought before the chief’s court. Before long, several villagers with missing livestock formed a band of complainants baying for justice. By noon, the […]