Month: August 2018 Posts

Mia’s wife to contest as MP

Aug 20, 2018 Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) 3 &

Wife to the first vice President for the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Abida Mia has announced that she will run as an MCP  Member of Parliament for Chikwawa Mkombedzi constituency. The announcement has put… ...

Uncivilised politics has no room in democratic Malawi – MCP

Aug 20, 2018 Bright Malenga 1 &

Malawi's oldest party, Malawi Congress Party (MCP), has expressed shock over the torching of two cars belonging to United Transformation Movement (UTM) in Mangochi. In a statement signed by Publicity Secretary Reverend Maurice Munthali, MCP… ...

Chakwera hails Kawinga re-election

Aug 17, 2018 Joshua Mphanda - Contributor 1 &

Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Lazarus Chakwera, has hailed the re-election of councillor John James Kawinga as Chairman of the Lilongwe District Council describing him as a visionary. Chakwera, who is also torch bearer of… ...

MCP set for primary elections

Aug 16, 2018 Luke Bisani 3 &

Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has disclosed plans to hold primary elections from next week. Confirming the development, MCP spokesperson Maurice Muthali said the party is to hold the elections in areas where people have… ...

Chitipa DC pushes for Multiparty Liaison meeting

Aug 15, 2018 Madalitso Phiri - MEC Stringer 0 &

District Commissioner (DC) for Chitipa, Michael Chimbalanga is planning to call all political parties in the district and hold a liaison conference to map the way forward for voter registration campaign scheduled for 8th to… ...

MCP wants ‘thieving’ DPP out of power

Aug 10, 2018 Joseph Dumbula 3 &

The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has launched their own hashtag and ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will really not fancy it. The DPP has been on the social media using the #Operation_ landslide tag… ...

Mutharika bitter with MCP

Aug 10, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 16 &

President Peter Mutharika has vowed to make sure that the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) should never rule Malawi again. Mutharika made the remarks during Talk to the President program on MBC TV. He said MCP… ...