Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera on Monday visited the party’s former leader Gwanda Chakuamba at his residence in Blantyre. Chakwera was accompanied by fformer minister Sidik Mia heightening rumours that the businessman from the Lower Shire is joining the main opposition party. Chakuamba in his heydays as a political guru was a Lower Shire […]
After supporters of opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) asked former minister Sidik Mia to join the party, a lot of pary leaders in in the Lower Shire districts of Nsanje and Chikwawa are defecting to MCP citing leadership failures in their respective parties. The supporters says they are joing MCP also to give solidarity to […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) officials in southern region and women clad in party attire accorded former cabinet minister Sidik Mia a red carpet welcome at a constituency function in Chikhwawa and voiceferously pleaded with him to join the party. This proved speculation that the former Democratic Progressive Party treasurer general was set to joining the […]
Member of Parliament (MP) for Chikwawa Central Constituency, Zaheer Gaffar Issa launched a K2.5 million football league expected to keep the youths in the district occupied with sporting activities. The trophy was launched at St Mathews Primary School Ground in the district Sunday. Speaking during the launch, Issa said sports was an important tool for […]
Speaker of Parliament Richard Msowoya in his capacity as vice president of opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has rubbished a letter written by the party’s Secretary General Gustave Kaliwo questioning the relationship between President Lazarous Chakwera and former minister Muhammed Sidik Mia as well as calling Chakwera a coward or victim of a hostage situation. […]
Former cabinet minister Sidik Mia has said reports that he is joining main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and is creating parallel structures are “incorrect.” Mia’s MCP connection is contained in the letter the party secretary general Gustav Kaliwo has written its leader Lazarous Chakwera. Kaliwo informs Chakwera that there are party officials that are […]
Chairperson of Mia Foundation, Sidik Mia has asked Muslims in the country to peacefully coexist with people of other religious affiliations to foster unity for the countrys prosperity. Mia made the call after donating food items meant for breaking Iftah during this Moslem Holy month of Ramadhan in Mangochi on Wednesday. He said it is […]
Malawi’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says it would turn down former cabinet minister Sidik Mia to rejoin the party, stating he dumped DPP when the party needed him most soon after the death of former president Bingu wa Mutharika. DPP spokesperson Francis Kasaila said in an interview claims by Mia published in a local […]
Former minister Sidik Mia has ruled out a return to frontline politics and cooled off talks linking him to Peoples Party (PP) leadership. In a telephone interview on Thursday after reports emerged a section of some PP members had put up his name forward for PP leadership, Mia ruled himself out for that role? “I […]
In the battle for thE soul of former ruling People’s Party (PP) the leadership confusion rages on as some members of the southern region committee have agreed to install former minister Sidik Mia and Blantyre-based businessperson Caesar Fatchi as interim leaders. Mia resigned from PP before the 2014 elections and endorsed United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate […]
The former ruling People’s Party (PP) has opened up its locks for former its two former vice presidents Sidik Mia and Khumbo Kachali, among other politicians to return. Mia withdrew his membership from PP and also quit front line politics while Kachali remains PP Member of Parliament but is not an active member of the […]
Thousands of Muslims gathered Monday for the prayer of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, at the Chichiri Stadium Upper Ground in the commercial city of Blantyre amid calls for peaceful co-existence among religions. The festivities involve thanksgiving, merriment, feasting and the exchange of gifts and traditionally begin upon […]
Lawyers for business tycoon, Mohammad Sidik Mia said are waiting for a go-ahead to proceed with lawsuit against Peoples Party (PP) acting secretary general, Paul Maulidi who accused the retired politician of allegedly bribing voters at a polling centre in Chikwawa Mkombedzi during the May 20th elections. Maulidi told local radio stations that Mia was […]
Former Peoples Party (PP) vice president for the south, Mohammad Sidik Mia, on Tuesday said he was dragging PP acting secretary general Paul Maulidi for claiming that Mia was bribing voters at a polling centre in Chikwawa Mkombezi. Maulidi claimed on radio that Mia was seen giving out money to voters to elect his cousin, […]
Former Transport Minister Sidik Mia – who quit frontline politics – on Thursday endorsed United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi to be “the one” to lead Malawi beyond May 20 elections. Mia announced his endorsement at Kapoloma in Machinga to thousands of supporters and left with Atupele to Mangochi where he would also […]
Chairperson for the Mia Foundation, Alhaj Mohammed Sidik Mia has called on Muslims in the country to live in harmony and help Government in its efforts of improving people’s living standards. Speaking during the launch of Muslim Women Association Inter-District Jalasa camping in Mangochi recently as Guest of Honour, Mia said Islam is a religion that promotes love, noting that there was […]
Vice President Khumbo Kachali, still bitter after being ditched by President Joyce Banda, has presented a memorandum of understanding ( MOU) to the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to guarantee the votes he will bring to the table from the northern region, party insiders revealed to Nyasa Times. Since President Banda abandoned Kachali and announced Sosten […]
The retirement of former Peoples Party (PP) vice president for the south, Mohammad Sidik Mia from active politics has prompted his cousin, Haroon Mia to stand under independent ticket for parliamentary seat of Chikhwawa Mkombedzi ahead of the forthcoming tripartite elections. In an exclusive interview on Friday soon after presenting his nominations paper to the Malawi Electoral […]