Malawi Congress Party’s president-elect, Reverend Dr.Lazarus Chakwera was born in Lilongwe, the capital city of Malawi on April 5, 1955. He was born to a subsistence farmer in the outskirts of the city. Two of his brothers born before him died in infancy due to high infant mortality rate. His father, believing that he would […]
Former Malawi Assemblies of God president Lazarus Chakwera has been elected Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president i during the party’s national convention held in Lilongwe on Saturday. Chakwera, 58-years-old, defeated former Secretary General Chris Daza retired Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo; former Cabinet Minister Jodder Kanjere; former secretary general Betson Majoni; MPs Joseph Njobvuyalema (Lilongwe Mapuyu South); Watson […]
The race to the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidency has reached an exciting time with news that former president of Assemblies of God Rev Dr Lazarus Chakwera and former Chief justice Lovemore Munlo have been shortlisted to run. Party delegates and district chairperson who spoke to Nyasa Times Thursday night said they were tipped that […]
The stage is finally set for the long awaited Malawi Congress Party (MCP) convention which would be a make-or-break affair for the party as it elects a new leader who is also expected to lead the party in next year’s tripartite elections. However, Nyasa Times is reliably informed that despite the earlier arrangement that the […]
Dust is refusing to settle over the August 9 Malawi Congress Party (MCP) indaba with a new revelation that the party’s out-going president John Tembo and the convention’s organizing chairperson Joseph Njobvuyalema schemed to frustrate Reverend Lazarus Chakwera’s ambitions to run for the MCP presidency by getting his “dirty money” story to the media, Nyasa Times has […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) incumbent president John Tembo has said he refused a cash “donation” of K600 000 from presidential hopeful Rev Lazarus Chakwera because he feared it would influence the party politburo which was discussing among other issues the eligibility of the candidates interested in the MCP presidency. MCP is in the process of […]
Divisions have rocked opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) over a decision to shortlist the candidate’s eligible to run for the party’s presidency and other executive posts at the party’s convention slated for August 9 to 11 in Lilongwe. A two-day National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held at the MCP current president John Tembo’s Area 10 […]
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) politburo on Thursday agreed to hold their long awaited national convention which will run from August 9, to 11, 2013 at the Natural Resources College in the capital, Lilongwe. National Executive Committee (Nec) members meeting in Lilongwe on Thursday agreed in the dates and its now all-systems-go for the indaba. MCP spokesperson Jolly […]
The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) aspirants for the party presidency have been asked to contribute about K3 million each to qualify as a candidate at the party’s convention which was scheduled for April at the Bingu International Conference Centre in Lilongwe but was postponed to an indefinite date. The convention which will among others, elect […]
Rogue politician and ex-spy Chief Binton Kutsaira has, in suspicious circumstances, been accepted back into the Malawi Congress Party (MCP). It took no less than four visits to the residence of party president Honourable John Zenas Ungapake Tembo for Kutsaira to secure reception back in MCP. On his first three visits, in keeping with the […]
Dear Malawian Citizens. Please allow me to make my contribution to the issue of pastors joining front line politics. There have been mixed reaction to the issue of pastors joining politics. This is in respect to the recent trend when a number of members of the clergy are joining front line politics. We have such examples […]
For more than 20 years, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has had no chance of winning presidential elections. This bad luck could change in 2014. Peter Mutharika and Joyce Banda are certainly heavy contenders for the presidency. But if MCP chooses Lazarus Chakwera, he may be the man to beat. MCP is the only truly […]
Minister of Justice Ralph Kasambara and also de facto kingmaker in the Peoples Party (PP) government reportedly sought an appointment with Rev. Dr Lazarus Chakwera, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential aspirant but he was turned down, Nyasa Times understands. Nyasa Times learnt Chakwera categorically turned down the request for the meeting whose agenda was unclear. […]
Browsing Malawi Facebook pages and posts, there are some postings and comments that imply that some people see something wrong with “Men of God” seeking to serve in public offices, especially and surprisingly after Dr Lazarous Chakwera’s offer to serve Malawi. I do not want to believe that we should restrict “men and women of the […]
Religious groups and Churches in Malawi have backed long time Evangelist and Christian leader Reverend Dr Lazarus Chakwera for his decision to join politics and contest for the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidency, where if he wins it will enable him to contest for the country’s presidency in 2014. Chakwera resigned as President of the […]
Malawi Assemblies of God announced on Friday that it has appointed its Deputy President, Rev. Nelson Banda to serve as acting president following an early retirement of Malawi Congress Party presidential hopeful, Rev. Dr. Lazarus Chakwera. In a statement made available to Nyasa Times, the church’s secretary general Rev. Benitto Chisamba, confirmed that Chakwera has […]
Man of the moment, Rev. Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has stepped down as president of the Malawi Assemblies of God to concentrate on front-line politics as he is aspiring to lead Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Chakwera confirmed that he formally relinquishes his post on May 14 after serving on that role for 24 years. “ I […]
Man of the moment, Rev. Dr. Lazarus Chakwera, president of the Malawi Assemblies of God, who is aspiring to lead Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has resigned from his position as chairman of Malawi National Council of Sports, Nyasa Times understands. Chakwera was appointed into the Sports Council board by President Joyce Banda last year. But […]