Malawi’s oldest party Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is going to hold a national convention to elect new leaders probably by January 2018, its party president Dr Lazarous Chakwera told Nyasa Times in an exclusive interview. Chakwera said during the convention, the party is expected to elect a president who will also be the torchbearer in […]
Opposition leader and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarous Chakwera is on an official visit to United Kingdom (UK) and is is planning to meet Malawians in cities of Leicester and Manchester this weekend. Chakwera arrived in the UK on Tuesday morning. According to his handlers in UK, Chakwera has come to UK under the […]
The United States and British Governments have agreed with Malawi’s leader of oppositive and MCP President Lazarus Chakwera on the need to have a free and fair elections in the forthcoming by-elections and that all the parties should leave the candidates to contest freely. The US and UK sentiments comes following a letter which Chakwera […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) candidate for Nsanje Lalanje Constituency parliamentary by-elections slated for October 17, Lawrence Sitolo, is living dangerously as governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) gurus are baying for his blood, Nyasa Times understands. This is according to a letter MCP president and leader of opposition Lazarous Chakwera has written the foreign missions including […]
Malawi opposition leaders Lazarous Chakwera has maintained his call for genuine transformative leadership grounded in moral foundations for Malawi to develop, saying currently there are a lot of “educated fools” in political leadership. Chakwera made the remarks at Transformation Alliance (TA) convention on Friday in Blantyre. The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president urged for transformation leadership […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP)president and leader of opposition Dr Lazarus Chakwera has expressed disappointment with how government is handling the ongoing Judiciary support staff strike, saying there is a “Constitutional Crisis” that needs urgent attention. The striking Judiciary support staff, who include court clerks, court marshals, drivers, interpreters, court reporters as well as those working […]
Thousands of opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters on Saturday converged at Balaka Primary School grounds where its president Rev Dr Lazarus Chakwera was addressing a rally alongside seasoned politicians who included Sidik Mia, Ken Kandodo , Wakuda Kamanga, Halima Saudi, and scores of MCP Members of Parliament. Speaking during the rally, Chakwera started by […]
Leader of opposition and president of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Lazarous Chakwera on Wednesday visited Area 18 residential estate and said the residents needs physcholical support after from the compensation they are demanding from Lilongwe Water Board and Lilongwe City Council (LCC) as they were made to consume water contaminated with sewage. Some residents of […]
Leader of opposition and president of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is expected to deliver a keynote address at a national conference organized by the Transformation Alliance (TA)- a political pressure group. TA which was formed last year and is run by former minister of information, Moses Kunkuyu, is expected to hold its first national conference […]
The Public Affairs Committee (Pac) has called on opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to support the proposed Local Government Act (LGA) to achieve transformative leadership in the country. Pac Chairperson Reverend Dr Felix Chingota made the call on Thursday when he held an interface meeting with MCP President Dr Lazarus Chakwera, who is also the […]
Leader of Opposition Lazarus Chakwera has thrown his full weight behind the controversial US$400 million Lake Malawi water project which government is initiating to end water woes in the Capital City. In a media interview, Chakwera said the water project is the only lasting solution to the persistent water problems in Lilongwe and surrounding areas. […]
Politician Muhammed Sidik Mia has claimed the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is gaining ground in the southern region and insisted he will help give leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera a big push to get into government. The former Cabinet minister who recently joined MCP recently said he has confidence with Chakwera leadership that it […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has been urged by an opposition block to address challenges facing the country before they complicate further. Leader of opposition Lazarous Chakwera, who is president of Malawi Congress Party (MCP), addressed a news conference in Blantyre on Tuesday with leaders of other political parties, who gave government a deadline […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarous Chakwera has said the party has resolved that it will direct the energies of the party entirely working towards the unity of the opposition movement in the run up to 2019 elections. Chakwera was speaking in Nkhotakota at Old Airdrome on Saturday during a political rally which he brought […]
A local social-political commentator has advised the president of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Dr. Lazarus Chakwera to seriously consider engaging his party’s Vice President Richard Msowoya on matters relating to 2019 candidature, arguing that the recent developments relating to the joining of Sidik Mia and also Msowoya’s recent public pronouncements in Mzimba if not handled […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) embattled secretary general Gustave Kaliwo on Sunday joined the party’s vice president Richard Msowoya at a political rally in Mzimba just a week after wealthy businessman Sidik Mia joined the party. Party ‘rebels’ including Jessie Kabwila were in attendance at the rally held at Chimkusa ground amid heightened speculation that MCP […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has rejected President Peter Mutharika claims linking their party leader Reverend Lazarus Chakwera to a Biblical story, accusing him of selling the MCP to Sidik Mia at K200 million. Mutharika said this on Monday as he drove from Blaantyre to Lilongwe, the day he turned 77 years old. “The MCP supporters […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP)president Lazarous Chakwera, who is also leader of opposition, is confident that he will form government in 2019 , saying he is set to win presidential elections, his second bid for the top job. Chakwera made the remarks after a political tour in the Lower Shire on Sunday which he worshipped at […]