Month: July 2017 Posts

Mia’s joining of MCP: game changer in Malawi politics

Jul 17, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 2 &

A political scientist in the country has described Sidik Mia’s move to the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) as an advantage for the party in the run up to the 2019 elections. Speaking in an interview… ...

Msowoya, Kabwila and Kaliwo go MIA at Mia welcoming as Mia threatens to take over VP seat

Jul 15, 2017 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 449 &

Malawi Congress Party Vice President Richard Msowoya was among some top party leaders who did not attend the welcoming ceremony of Sidik Mia at Ngabu in Chikhwawa district. Mia today formalised his membership of the… ...

Lucius Banda set to join MCP

Jul 15, 2017 Aubrey Makina 322 &

Sole United Democratic Front (UDF) Member of Parliament in the August House, Lucius Banda will be joining the leading opposition party Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Media reports which have been verified by independent sources have… ...

Kabwila elected SADC women parliament president

Jul 10, 2017 Bright Malenga 140 &

Malawi congress Party legislator Jessie Kabwila has been elected president of the first Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Parliamentary Forum Women Parliament in Seychelles. This has been revealed by the Speaker of the National Assembly… ...

APM says IDs not for rigging elections

Jul 07, 2017 Bright Malenga 41 &

President Peter Mutharika has claimed that the national identification program is not part of his party’s plan to rig the 2019 presidential elections. Mutharika made the remarks in Malawi's capital city, Lilongwe as the country… ...

Kabwila welcomes Chakwera’s change of heart

Jul 01, 2017 Luke Bisani 66 &

Recent political mudslinging among opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) members worried experts who argued the wrangles were likely to weaken the oldest party, sentiments that have been shared by Salima North East lawmaker Jessie Kabwila.… ...

Mutharika raps Chakwera: handle squabbles in your party instead of accusing me

Jun 28, 2017 Chikondi Magalasi 96 &

President Peter Mutharika has told leader of opposition in Parliament Lazarus Chakwera to end the in-house fighting in his Malawi Congress Party (MCP) instead of talking about the president’s failure to govern this country. Mutharika… ...