Zikhale returns to front-line politics, joins MCP

October 27, 2017 Alfred Chauwa –Nyasa Times 25 Comments

Former State House Chief of Staff and aide to former president late Bingu Wa Mutharika, Dr Ken Zikhale Ng’oma has said the regeneration of main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP)  thas given him a direct motivation to get more involved in the politics and has joined the party.

Zikhale: I am member of MCP

In an exclusive interview, with Nyasa Times , the  former People’s Party (PP) campaign director confirmed about joining of MCP.

“Yes its true that I have joined MCP,” said N’goma.

“Infact I have been in the party for a long time. Malawi needs a God fearing leader in the calibre of Dr Lazarus Chakwera, my task is simple and that is make sure that Chakwera takes over the hot seat through the ballot just like Bingu did and it will happen whether one likes it or not,” he said.

News of Zikhale joining MCP has been trending on social media with his business card showing he is MCP strategist going viral.

MCP Deputy Secretary General, Eisenhower Mkaka said the  is currently undergoing rebranding process which encourages open door policy but said the strategist title is not official position in the party.

”He will give advice to the party strategy team; thus it should not be misconstrued that he has taken any political party position,”said Mkaka.

Ng’oma is a renowned political rolling stone in Malawi.

He was in the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), rising to the position of secretary general. After he was sacked, he joined Gwanda Chakuamba and they formed the New Republican Party.

Thereafter, he rejoined the DPP as a mere member because the party then kept him at arm’s length, probably, for not taking his loyalty seriously.

When the DPP lost power due to the death of its founder and Head of State, Bingu wa Mutharika, he was one of those that deserted to the PP, which succeeded the DPP after its founder Joyce Banda became president.

He became the party’s campaign director and its unsuccessful parliamentary candidate in Nkhata Bay South during the May 20 polls.

Zikhale  has been quiet since the eviction of the PP from power when he dumped the party and wanted to rejoin DPP but was rebuffed by the party.

 

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25 replies on “Zikhale returns to front-line politics, joins MCP”

  1. Countrymen, much I understand why some MCP supporters are worried and apprehensive with KZN’s joining MCP, I personally don’t see the reason for them yo think like that knowing that a) MCP is a public entity that needs to serve all Malawians without considering their history, tribe, creed, gender, behaviour, etc. b) in the democratic dispensation personal freedoms are what any group (including political parties) worth its salt needs to embrace. It needs to champion personal freedoms of consience, association, expression, opinion, etc. c) MCP is in a rebranding drive right now. It wants to do things the “unusual” way and attract people from other persuasions and thought patterns. Those who are older will remember that the “old” MCP was good at “kuthetsa anthu mchipani” and this is what made MCP lose many of its useful members. d) In a true democracy parties are like a “kombe” wophela nsomba. They catch anything and everything. This is important for them to effectively create a vibrate market place of ideas within the party which is crucial in making day to day decisions in a competitive environment. You remember the Chichewa addage: “wamsala adaona nkhondo?” The moral in this saying is that even the most crazy individual in a group that wants to win is important and must be given a platform to air his/her views. e) Any group/party that plays by the rules must not worry too much about the seemingly “bad guys” that express interest to join it because such rules and regulations, if properly applied, will always sieve such bad guys out when the right time comes. During convetions, primary elections, etc. We know the Chichewa stage : “chinasala chidakanika fisi” meaning evèry bad guy will soon or later be caught. S/he will not pretend forever. Actually, MCP already has people who have failed to observe its four cornerstones and are out of the party f) Besides, it is not always true that a person who has always “misbehaved” in the past will always misbehave in future. If the world always functioned like that then Mandela, a once-upon-a-time terrorist who carried guns, would not have become the celebrated icon that he later became. There are always turning points in people’s lives. Sometimes bad behaviour or good behaviour is contextual. g) Those who think that “because they have kept the party since 1 993” they have the right to bar “strangers” from joining the MCP are dead wrong because it means their party will not grow and therefore not win in 2019. For the party to win it needs numbers and numbers will be made by people who have been outside the party since 1993! Otherwise, you will not win like it has always happened since 1993 due to lack of growth. Read Luke 15 about two brothers. The elder one did not want the prodigal one to rejoin the family! The father disagreed. I am sure that Chakwera does not agree with this thinking too. He wants numbers.

    So, MCP must welcome Ken Zikhale Ng’oma into it’s camp and give him a chance to contest for any position at any level. If the guy is really bad rules and regulations will take care of him accordingly. Blocking Zikhale, will also block many from joining the party and this will defeat the whole rebranding process and MCP will remain in opposition for the next 5 years.

    Just my 2 tambala views.
    Kent Y.G. MPHEPO – Blantyre (0888435629)

  2. MCP chonde. You need to scrutinize some these recruits. Some of them could be agents of DPP to come and destroy your party. Surely as you know better DPP is capable of doing that. They can talk all bad things about DPP yet he reports to his master every evening. I am suspicious that we learn somebody has just joined the party and he is already the strategist? Does that make sense? Well you know better than I do, but simply watch out..

  4. Wa usilu uyu dont trust him .. hes too corrupt. Mulandileni koma osamupatsa udindo.. adali UDF kukhala mzake ea chair..Then he has good friend wa BINGU kuchoka kale kale.. walotsa azibale ambiri ku PMF ali chief of staff .. kukondera uyu .. dont give chabce

  7. MCP Need People, but some should not be given positions. Watch them they know cash gate very much, so they watch out

  8. He is one such kind of people who have nothing to offer to the country. Tested for long and failed miserably. Any political party serious to change the course of the country needs to sieve the people joining it. MCP has a chance to win from the fustration people have with DDP. However, the party has to give us some minimum hope. We need serious leadership not only desparation to win election.

  9. Ngati mmodzi mwa anthu amene tayisunga MCP from 1993 to now, these pple should not I am saying SHOULD NOT COME NEAR THE LEADERSHIP of our mighty party. Let them be ordinary members and dont let them contest for any party position at the convention – the reason being we have not vetted them enough to vie for a position in MCP let alone contest for 2019 parliamentary elections. I will use my connections to convey the message to the leadership. KWACHA wamphamvu!!!!!!!!!!!!

  10. Kenny Zikhale Ngoma, (KZN)
    There he goes again and he will push his way into the inner circle of MCP and then be a sell out. Be very carefullooo with KZN. He is dubious and sweet talker. KZN its time to retire into private life. yhoo yhoo CHINEKEOOOO

  12. MCP should seriously read what this reporter has written. Fro the look of things the reporter’s sole aim for writing this article is not just to tell us that Zikhale has joined MCP. He is emphasizing on how rolling the guy is. He is telling MCP that the guy cannot be trusted. He is telling the MCP that he even failed elections in his home yet he stood for a ruling party. He is reminding MCP that the guy jumped from Bingu’s party before burial. The post is talking much of the negative side of this rolling stone. However in politics one vote can count especially to a party which always dream of ruling the country though without a winning strategy. Some bigwigs in MCP are following these events very closely and their answer to Chakwera will be during the convention. He might win as an MCP candidate but mark my words Chakwera will go into 2019 elections a wounded candidate. He will be defeated in advance. And the bruise will be from within.

    2. Welcome Santana how does it feel to be wounded. or lose 5 to 1. You are rìght the writer wants us to lead between the lines. I personally would not celebrate the arrival of people like zikhale. But we are in a democracy and a guy has a right to go where he wills. Apparently it seems others are celebrating. Sad for MCP.

  13. Some of these defections are just irritating to say the least. Why did he not join MCP in 2005? Why now? The prospects look bright, yes, but what if they fail to win in 2019? Greedy politicians

  16. Opportunist ,,MCP be careful let junk stay in the junk yard or else muziwona ..You are not yet there..mwandinyasa

  17. soon i will start hating MCP because these are same people who destroyed the nation. They are not joining MCP for better but to fulfill their large bellies. Even Mia by joining MCP he wants business connections but not to offer something good to the nation. This is bad soon all mbuzi wil join this ship

    1. How did they destroy the nation. Zikawadzera has been away from government for a long long time yet you still want to heap all the blame on him. Huh!

  18. These are corrupt, opportunistic individuals that destroyed the DPP and are currently spent forces. If MCP is not careful it will lose the momentum it has so far gathered as a result of the just ended by-elections. These are the people that have given politics a bad name. The question is, if the same people that have misled past and current leaders are joining MCP what difference will Chakwera bring? The same old stories. Obviously opportunists are strategizing and they have noticed that the storm is with the MCP. My simple advice refrain from such people else MCP will cry phyoo when people will have realized that the story in this party is no different from the rest.

  19. If I were a recruitment consultant I would warn MCP of some the people joining it. Their political CVs is damaging. This is the time that nomadic politicians that betray people should be avoided. KZN is one of them. By attracting such people MCP will lose so much. Most Malawians don’t trust self-styled politicians like KZN who shamelessly trot from one political camp to another. MCP don’t let the last win get you into play with political vultures who can see a dead hippo miles away. Remember when cockroaches cerebrate they don’t invite chickens. Light of candle in darkness attracts moths some of which can it off. I am seriously concerned with some of the nomads joining Congress. Some of them will be the Shimbeti (spies) for DPP.

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