Month: March 2017 Posts

I am still MCP spokesperson – Kabwila

Mar 11, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 1 &

Member of Parliament for Salima North West Jessie Kabwila has insisted that she is still Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson despite being fired from the position by the party’s leadership. Kabwila was suspended as spokesperson… ...

Chakwera showing traits of a dictator – Govt

Mar 02, 2017 Luke Bisani 58 &

Malawi's political atmosphere has been turned into a blaming ground as government has hit back at leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera for criticising the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration. In a statement released Wednesday, government… ...

CSOs dwelling on issues that cannot help Malawians – analyst

Mar 02, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 23 &

A political scientist in the country says Civil Society Organisations (CSO) calling for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) President Lazarus Chakwera to be probed are dwelling on things that cannot not help Malawians. This is coming… ...

Mutharika is the champion of corruption – Chakwera

Feb 24, 2017 Joseph Dumbula 161 &

Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has no kind words for President Peter Mutharika at the back of revelations that one of his cabinet Ministers has been found with millions of money at his residence. In… ...

MCP finds fault with Budget Review statement

Feb 21, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 8 &

Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has described the mid-term budget review statement presented on Friday by Minister of Finance and Economic planning Goodall Gondwe as a review that lacked Malawi's economic big picture. On Friday… ...

Chakwera fires Kabwila, Njobvuyalema

Feb 14, 2017 Luke Bisani 87 &

The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has fired legislators Jessie Kabwila and Joseph Njobvuyalema from the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC). The development follows a disciplinary process over the parliamentarians’ involvement in an attack at… ...

The impact of Malawi music on multiparty democracy

Feb 08, 2017 Wonderful Mkhutche 8 &

A friend, Sam Gikonyo, had read my articles on music and democracy in 1994 and 1999 suggested that I write on something of recent. By recent, he was meant five years ago. In my response,… ...