Chakwera shames Mutharika on ‘vindictive’ Cabinet: Exclusion of Malawi VP...
Leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera has added his voice to the chorus of accusations from legal scholars and governance experts on President Peter Mutharika’s exclusion of estranged...
View ArticleOpposition leader asks Malawi President to ‘gracefully’ leave office or be...
Leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera has raised political tensions dramatically after calling for President Peter Mutharika leave office “gracefully” in the interest of the country or be removed by...
View ArticleSimbi donation to Chakwera ‘just social media gossip’ from disgruntled MCP...
South African based Malawian billionaire Simbi Phiri never gave opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera cash amounting to R1 million as per rumours circulating in various...
View ArticleMCP-UTM electoral combination doubtful, other alliances likely – Analysts
There is great possibility of electoral partnerships in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections but analysts have doubted the possibility of opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and and the newly...
View ArticleThree-horse race for Malawi presidency: Mutharika front runner, Chakwera and...
The May 21 2019 presidential elections will be a three-horse race between incumbent President Peter Mutharika, leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera and State Vice-President Saulos Chilima, an analyst...
View ArticleMCP rejects electoral partnership: Chakwera upbeat to be next Malawi leader
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) the biggest opposition to President Peter Mutharika’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has said there are no discussions for a possible electoral partnership with the...
View ArticlePresidential aspirants should outline policy positions to improve Malawi economy
I have patiently been waiting for the country’s major presidential aspirants to outline their policy positions on how to improve the Malawi economy. I have listened to Democratic Progressive Party’s...
View ArticleChakwera, Mia say MCP ready to take over govt: Promise better lives for the...
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) torchbearer in the May 21 2019 tripartite elections Lazarus Chakwera and his deputy Sidik Mia on Saturday conducted whistle stop tours in Dowa where the main...
View ArticleChakwera drops a hint about Mia running mate
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has hinted that his second-in-command Mohammed Sidik Mia may be chosen as running mate in the 2019 presidential elections and that the two have...
View ArticleChidzanja backs Chakwera-Mia pair in 2019, dismisses electoral alliance
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Lakeshore regional chairperson Augustine Chidzanja on Tuesday rubbished talks that MCP would form an electoral alliance, arguing that that the country’s oldest...
View ArticleChakwera says corrupt, abusive DPP must go: ‘Malawians will disabuse...
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera has said Malawians have a rare and real opportunity on May 21 2019 to disabuse themselves of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)-led...
View ArticleMCP youth leader Chimwendo endorses Mia as Chakwera running mate
The outspoken National Youth Director for the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Richard Chimwendo Banda says the youth in the country are okay with party vice President Sidik Mia as torchbearer...
View ArticleChakwera unveils 5-point plan, promises better life: Mia says MCP represents...
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera who has set his hopes on becoming the country’s next President has unveiled a five-point plan to kick-start Malawi’s...
View ArticleChakwera says Mutharika should start packing: ‘Bye-bye, DPP, bye-bye’
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has declared it is a national priority to overthrow, through the ballot, the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and has told President...
View ArticleMutharika, Chakwera clash in Mangochi: MCP defiant, to go ahead with...
Main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says it will go ahead with its planned whistle stop tours and a rally in Mangochi on Saturday although the District Commissioner has advised the party...
View ArticleMCP gives in, reschedules Mangochi rally to Sunday
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has given in to president Peter Mutharika to hold his whistle stop tours this afternoob in Mangochi while Lazarus Chakwera has rescheduled his to Sunday. MCP...
View ArticleIt’s Mo Mia! Chakwera names MCP veep as running mate
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has disclosed that his second-in-command Mohammed Sidik Mia will be his running mate in the May 21 2019 presidential elections and that the two...
View ArticleMCP slams door for electoral coalition: Presidential ticket sorted
Political analysts say Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera’s declaration of his party’s first vice-president Mohammad Sidik Mia as his running mate in the May 21 2019 Tripartite...
View ArticleMia assures Chakwera ‘easy entrance’ to State House with MCP presidential ticket
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) first vice-president Mohammad Sidik Mia who has been picked as party resident Lazarus Chakwera’s running mate in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections presidential race,...
View ArticleChurch, govt tug of war at Chikulamayembe funeral: Chilima, Chakwera blocked...
Livingstonia Synod of the CCAP and the government on Tuesday tussled and had a prolonged tug of war after the government single handedly removed vice president Saulos Chilima and leader of opposition...
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