MCP eliminates Mkaka completely from NEC: Ropes in Abida Mia, Uladi Mussa, Ken Msonda

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has completely removed its former Secretary General (SG) Eisenhower Mkaka from any power of position in the party apart from being an ordinary member.

This follows announcement of final MC National Executive Committee (NEC) which remained positions have been filled in.

Addressing the news conference on Sunday, September 1, 2024, MCP SG Richard Chimwendo Banda said party has appointed deputies for various positions but also ordinary members of the committee.

Chimwendo therefore announced names of 52 members that have been appointed.

Among those appointed is Minister of Water and Sanitation Abida Mia as MCP’s second deputy president of the party.

Abida’s appointment has now seen the party having two female vice presidents.

Former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president for central region Uladi Mussa has found his way into MCP NEC as second deputy director of campaign.

Former DPP member Ken Msonda has also made it into the MCP NEC as second deputy publicity secretary.

Minister of Justice Titus Mvalo has been appointed as deputy director of legal affairs. Mvalo previously served as director of legal affairs but lost the sit at the convention to the current director of legal affairs George Kadzipatike.

Former MCP vice president Harry Mkandawire, former MCP strategist Kenneth Zikhale Ng’oma as well as Engineer Vitumbiko Mumba, have been appointed as ordinary members of the NEC.

The August 8, MCP elective convention endorsed President Lazarus Chakwera as its torchbearer for 2025 General Elections.