Month: May 2020 Posts

I will only leave MCP if Mutharika drops out of presidential race – Mia

May 18, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Vice President Sidik Mia says he will only leave the party if Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate, President Peter Mutharika, drops out of the 2020 presidential race. Writing on his Facebook… ...

CHRR demands compensation for over 19,000 victims of MCP rule

May 15, 2020 Barbara Chimera 0 &

Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has expressed worry over government’s failure to compensate over 19,000 people who suffered under the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) regime. CHRR Acting Executive Director Michael Kaiyatsa said this… ...

Wakuda Kamanga rejoins DPP, says Mutharika is a true democrat

May 11, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Former legislator Elias Wakuda Kamanga has rejoined the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), saying he has realized that President Peter Mutharika is a true democrat. Kamanga, who dumped the DPP in 2012 to join the People’s… ...

Chakwera promises to complete unfinished projects in North Malawi

May 11, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 1 &

Presidential candidate for the Tonse Alliance Lazarus Chakwera says his government will finish projects which the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has failed to complete in the North. Chakwera who is also president of Malawi Congress… ...

Analysts condemn Atupele over hate speech

May 10, 2020 Ayamba Kandodo - MEC Stringer 0 &

Political analysts in the country have condemned President Peter Mutharika’s runningmate, Atupele Muluzi, for making “hate-filled” comments against the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in Mangochi on Saturday. Muluzi on Saturday held a whistle-stop tour that… ...

UTM North happy with Chilima as runningmate

May 09, 2020 Chikumbutso Crespo Mafupa - MEC Stringer 0 &

UTM members in the Northern Region have welcomed party president Saulos Chilima’s decision to become runningmate for the UTM and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) alliance, describing it as a sign of mature politics and patriotism… ...

Malawi Elections: Three present nomination papers

May 08, 2020 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

Three presidential hopefuls in the forthcoming July 2 fresh presidential polls on Wednesday and Tuesday submitted their nominations papers to the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), which will scrutinise the nomination papers and declare eligible to… ...

Business as usual: Political parties ignore Covid-19 social distancing measures

May 07, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

...Social commentators say Malawi might as well open schools, bars Major political parties have ignored Covid-19 social distancing measures during presentation of nomination papers, and social commentators have said it is meaningless to continue closure… ...

God has given us Chilima, says Chakwera

May 06, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera says Vice Presidents in Malawi have been mistreated, underutilized and slandered but God has given Malawians UTM leader Saulos Chilima whose courage has confronted such ills. Chakwera was… ...

UTM office torched by DPP terrorists – Chakwera

May 05, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has claimed that Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) terrorists carried out the petrol bomb attack on a UTM office in Lilongwe last night. Chakwera made the claim in a… ...

MCP distances itself from MP’s claim that Chakwera will lead alliance

Apr 30, 2020 Chikondi Magalasi 1 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says the claim by the party's Chief Whip in Parliament Sam Kawale that party leader Lazarus Chakwera will lead the MCP-UTM Alliance is his personal opinion. MCP and UTM announced their… ...

Chakwera to represent MCP/UTM alliance

Apr 30, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) chief whip in Parliament has revealed that MCP president Lazarus Chakwera will be the MCP/UTM alliance torchbearer in the fresh presidential elections. Sam Dalitso Kawale, who is also MCP legislator for… ...

Chakwera cries foul over creation of fake voters

Apr 29, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera has claimed that there are fake voters in the Malawi Electoral Commission’s (MEC) voters' roll and has demanded that it should be cleaned. Chakwera made the remarks at… ...

Mutharika hailed for ending Covid-19 special cabinet committee

Apr 29, 2020 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

President Peter Mutharika has been commended for listening to different views expressed by commentators, politicians and legal experts for the need to have different stakeholders in the Covid-19 committee. In his state of nation address… ...

MEC to compensate for day lost in first phase of registration

Apr 27, 2020 Jordan Simeon-Phiri - MEC Stringer 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it will revisit registration centres in the seven districts under first phase of voter registration exercise to compensate for a day registration was not conducted due to a pending… ...