Malawi’s Leader of the Opposition, Lazarous Chakwera, was on a charm offensive on Wednesday in parliament during his response to President Peter Mutharika state of the nation address, saying it was empty rhetoric. Chakwera, who is also Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president, did not hold back in his verbal attack on President Mutharika, saying he was […]
We left Kasungu two days ago and we are now here in Mchinji for a brief but serious one-day official event. We have been prompted by the (not-so) Democratic People’s Party (DPP)’s campaign tactics. You see, the DPP campaign machine is already spending sleepless nights as though the party is out of government. The DPP […]
The main opposition Malawi Congress Party(MCP)shadow cabinet on Friday met in Lilongwe chaired by Leader of Opposiiton Lazarus Chakwera to discuss myriad of issues locking the country. Chakwera confirmed about the shadow cabinet meeting in an interview with Nyasa Times and describing it as “very crucial.” However, the party spokesperson, Dr Jessie Kabwira told Nyasa […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera, who is also Leader of opposition in Parliament, has condemned the spate of xenophobic attack currently underway in South Africa, which has affected African immigrants including Malawi nationals. Addressing a news conference in the capital Lilongwe on Friday after meetung South Africa High Commissioner to Malawi, Chakwera spoke […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has initiated steps to revamp the party from grass root level, saying they want its regional committees be expanded from the current membership of 30 to 90 members. Party officials believe that the party needs to focus primarily on rebuilding structures and revamping its membership to stand a good chance in […]
Leader of opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Dr Lazarus Chakwera has urged government and other stakeholders to put in place policies which will address street children problem in country’s cities and towns. On Sunday when he addressed various stakeholders at Civo Stadium in the capital Lilongwe when he presided over the commemoration of the International […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) national headquarters youths on Sunday continued with its roadshow in the capital Lilongwe as part of a new strategy to sell the party’s president Lazarus Chakwera and his policies to voters. During the road shows, MCP youth interacted with the party supporters asking several questions to people about history and plans […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) secretary general Gustave Kaliwo, who is also an attorney for the party’s president Lazarous Chakwera , has said the opposition leader will defend himself against a defamations lawsuit by Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation George Chaponda. Chaponda sued Chakwera over remarks he made in the heat of the May […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation George Chaponda has won damages after a High Court registrar Justus Kishindo ruled in his favour in a defamation lawsuit against Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera. Chaponda took legal action against Chakwera for slander and defamation over the remarks he made to the media that Chaponda said […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarous Chakwera has registered concerns on the slow progress of wheels of justice to the plunder of public money and want action on K92 billion DPP-era cashgate and about K20 billion which grew wings from public coffers under People’s Party rule from April to September 2013, as was revealed by […]
Leader of opposition Lazarous Chakwera has expressed concern with the rising insecurity and is calling on new Inspector General of Police Lexten Kachama to intensify efforts to arrest the situation. “It is sad that as I speak the security situation in the country has deteriorated to levels we have never seen before. Malawians no longer have […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Dr Lazarus Chakwera who is also leader of opposition in Parliament, on Thursday said he feels there is a political motive over the way how Lilongwe City Council is pushing alleged K265 million city rates which the council claims MCP owes them. Chakwera was addressing a news conference at the party headquarters in […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera , who is also leader of opposition, on Thursday turned on President Peter Mutharika, asking him to repaint the holding police cells at Lumbadzi in the capital Lilongwe where he was kept for three days in 2012 for treason charges. Mutharika, whose charges were dropped immediately he ascended to the […]
Malawi opposition leaders Lazarous Chakwera has called on genuine transformative leadership grounded in moral foundations for Africa and Malawi in particular to develop. Chakwera noted that Malawi remains poorest country and pockets of poverty in other African nations can be attributed to greedy politicians who he said constantly interfere with investment projects. “”I believe that […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has unleashed venom on “crass and insensitive” remarks made by ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) secretary general Ecklen Kudontoni, that Malawi statutory corporations chief executive officers (CEOs) should support the government without question. MCP president Lazarus Chakwera who is also leader of opposition said Kudontoni remarks were utterly undemocratic. “MCP […]
Leader of opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Rev. Dr Lazarus Chakwera on 3 March,2015, visited the families whose relatives suffered during the state of emergency of 1959 in northern district of Nkhatabday and said the struggle for a better Malawi continues. Nkhata Bay registered 31 deaths in the fight against colonial rule on […]
Malawi government should give the country a breakdown on how disaster response money have been spent, leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera has demanded. Chakwera said in parliament that before making further adjustments and allocations to disaster funds, government should be transparent and accountable to what has been spent already. “It’s not enough just to say […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president and leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera has insisted that President Peter Mutharika should have declared a State of Emergency instead of a State of Disaster depsite Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Samuel Tembenu explaining that the President opted for a declaration of State of Disaster as a more prompt […]