Leader of the opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president told parliament on Wednesday that the sacking of George Chaponda in cabinet for his role in the maizegate scam and the subsquent discovery of stashes of money in his house came rather too late when government property has been destroyed. Chakwera said President Peter Mutharika […]
Member of parliament for Lilongwe Msozi south on Tuesday surprised his colleagues on the opposition side when he said Malawi Congress Party (MCP)N president would win the 2019 election. The veteran law maker, Vitus Dzoole Mwale, was contributing to the debate on mid year budget statement presented in the House on Friday by Finance minister […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera, who is also Leader of Opposition in Parliament, has said the government led by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is still not trustworthy for donors to pump money. Chakwera was reacting to revised budget announced by Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe when he trimmed the 2016/17 […]
Opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera on Saturday visited the flood hit families in Lilongwe and gave them food and money. Chakwera gave them 50 bags of maize and K350000 cash, the first relief food and money from a high ranking official outside the government. He said the Malawi Congress Party, the party he leads, sympathised with […]
Opposition leaders have said they will take government to task over maizegate and K236 billion cashgate when parliament meets from this Monday. Lazarus Chakwera, Leader of Opposition in parliament says they will be waiting for a report on maizegate from the parliamentary inquiry on maizegate. “If you remember very well, I asked for this inquiry. […]
Malawi opposition parties have warned that they will take Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government to task in the forthcoming mid-year budget review of parliament which reconvenes next Monday. Parliament meets to review the national budget that was passed in June last year. But leader of opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarous Chakwera […]
Leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera has said the nation is “integrity challenged” with the worsening corruption according to the latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released by Transparency International (TI). Chakwera, who is also Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader, said President Peter Mutharika should be “decisive” in tackling corruption and stop treating some as “sacred cows” if […]
Opposition wants an explanation if indeed President Peter Mutharika approved Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda, who is currently on forced leave of office following an injunction granted by the High Court restraining him from performing official duties, to travel to Germany on official duties. Chaponda sneaked out to Germany on Thursday and German […]
Leader of opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarous Chakwera is calling for an enactment of the law that prescribes modalities for the peaceful transition of power between outgoing and incoming administrations. Chakwera said the transition of power in the United States between President Barrack Obama to the new leader Donald Trump should be […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) ‘rebel’ Chatinkha Chidzanja Nkhoma has confirmed that she will challenge the party president Lazarus Chakwera for prthe top post at the party’s convention. Chidzanja Nkhoma, a former close allyof Chakwera made the revelation in an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times following rumours on the development spreading across several media platforms. “It […]
Acting secretary general of ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Francis Mphepo has issued a statement in defence of the party vice president and Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda over Zambian maize misprocurement saga and accused leader of opposition Lazarous Chakwera, the media and civil society organisation for plotting to incite violence […]
Government spokesperson and Minister of Information, Communications and Technology Nicholas Dausi has torn apart Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera recent statements blaming the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)-led government for the socio-economic woes facing the country. Chakwera has been on record saying the Peter Mutharika leadership lacks a vision to move Malawians out of problems […]
Leader of opposition in parliament and president of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Lazarus Chakwera, says his party is the “best” option for Malawi to being much needed change to a fundamentally corrupt system and economy, reiterating that President Peter Mutharika has “failed” the nation. In an interview on Times Exclusive television program by host Brian Banda […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has admitted meeting a number of people in the country including former cabinet minister, Sidik Mia, to join the party claiming the move is only for purposes of strengthening their structures. In the last few days Chakwera and the MCP have intensively invaded the Southern Region where several […]
Peoples Party (PP) officials have dishonoured Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera for saying the Joyce Banda administration tolerated plunder of public resources when it was in government. PP spokesperson Noah Chimpeni said what Chakwera said in his new year’s message was untrue assertion and a deliberate provocation. “We all know that soon after […]
President Peter Mutharika is leading a broken country with gloomy citizens due to economic turmoil that is punctuated by motal collapse such as state-institutionalised corruption, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarous Chakwera has insisted in his new year message. Chakwera rapped a larger wave of greed and criminality in the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government, saying2016 has […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president and leader of opposition in parliament, Lazarous Chakwera has used his New Year message to talk about the cost of living crisis facing Malawi and that Peter Mutharika led administration is a bad government that is letting down the good people of this country. He said 2016 has been a tumult and […]
A group of men and women from the central region calling themselves concerned citizens have warned chiefs who recently attacked Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera to stay away from politics. The chiefs who were led by Paramount Chief Lundu held a news conference reportedly funded and organised by government at Bridge […]