Month: August 2016 Posts

War within: MCP officials want John Tembo back as party leader

Aug 31, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 258 &

A group of suspended Malawi Congress Party (MCP) regional and district chairpersons who on Monday had their case against party president Lazarus Chakwera dismissed by the courts say they will fight hard to make sure… ...

Mutharika aims jabs at Chakwera: calls for peace in MCP

Aug 27, 2016 Luke Bisani 88 &

Amid political squabbles in opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), President Peter Mutharika has called for peace in the party arguing that the country stands on pillars of democracy. The call comes at a time when… ...

MCP infightings: Officials summoned in court

Aug 26, 2016 Richard Jimu 5 &

The Lilongwe High Court on Thursday summoned opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) General Secretary Gustave Kaliwo and other officials to give evidence on the stand against 2015’s National Executive Committee (Nec) reshuffle. In August 2015,… ...

Govt angers opposition over Mchinji by-election postponement

Aug 26, 2016 Luke Bisani 21 &

Malawi's opposition parties have expressed dismay over government’s decision to postpone the Mchinji West by-election following reports of financial mismanagement at Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). Government said it has withheld funding for the elections to… ...

Arson attack on MCP headquarters foiled

Aug 23, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 84 &

Police in Malawi's capital city of Lilongwe are keeping in custody nine people over plan to set fire to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) headquarters. According to central region police publicist, Ramsey Mshane, the nine -… ...

Malawi opposition parties should forget uniting to dislodge Mutharika

Aug 20, 2016 Richard Jimu 179 &

The plans by the Malawi opposition political parties to unite in the 2019 elections to unseat the current President Peter Mutharika have been laughed off as a joke by a social commentator. According to the… ...

MCP members order Chakwera to leave the Party

Aug 11, 2016 Richard Jimu 278 &

He left the Church to take over the oldest political party in the country. Now the people whom he found in the party wants him to leave the party and maybe return to the Church… ...