By Kondanani Chilimunthaka
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) seems to be leaving no stone unturned as far as winning 2025 elections is concerned, strategically concentrating on rallies in all the three regions of the country.
With the 50%+1 enactment of the law to determine the winning President during elections, political parties need to grab vital votes in regions they have never been popular while focusing on keeping intact the votes in their strongholds.
Recent strategy by Malawi Congress Party to strengthen the central region while intensifying its rallies in the South and North, spelling out government projects Chakwera-led administration is initiating across the country seems to positively favor the party.
Taking the MCP brand to Migowi in Phalombe on Sunday, 7th January 2024, it was clear that Phalombe which is among the districts that have been difficult for MCP to penetrate is gradually becoming a darling for the party and its leadership.
Speaking during the rally at Migowi Primary School ground for the people of Phalombe to appreciate the servant leadership of President Lazarus Chakwera, Director of Strategic Planning in MCP, *Ken Zikhale Ng’oma* told the gathering that withstood the rains to hear for themselves the message from MCP that *President Lazarus Chakwera* has moved the country’s politics away from being regionalistic to national for development of the country.
“President Chakwera is distributing developments in all parts of the country because he is not practicing the politics of regionalism and would like to see every Malawian including you from Phalombe being beneficiaries to government initiated projects. This is why Phalombe District Hospital was quickly completed as one of the priorities when he won the Presidential election in 2020, after a long time of the project failing to be completed” Said Ng’oma who is also Minister of Homeland Security.
Further, Ng’oma applauded people of Migowi for their determination to hear what government has for them regardless of heavy rains that fell during the rally.
In her remarks, Senior Chief Kaduya commended Zikhale Ng’oma and MCP for conducting the rally at Migowi, saying it gives hope and encouragement that President Chakwera is promoting unity and has the welfare of the people for the area at heart.
She then requested the government to consider elevating other chiefs in her area for easy discharging of duties and quick spread of developments that President Chakwera is championing in the area and across the country.
Among senior officials who attended the rally include the party’s National Deputy Publicity Secretary, Kondi Msungama, Deputy Presidential Advisor on Political Affairs, Fredrick Mkalangiza, and MCP’ Regional Chairman for South, Peter Simbi.