Malawi: Mia Declares Interest in Malawi Congress Party Veep Post - MPs Endorse Him

17 January 2018

Wealthy tycoon with a cattle ranch and politician Mohammed Sidik Mia has declared his intentions to contest as vice president for the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) at the party convention expected to be held in March.

Mia, regarded as political heavyweight of the twin Lower Shire Valley districts of Chikwawa and Nsanje, made his position on Tuesday in Blantyre when he hosted about 50 MCP shadow members of Parliament (MPs) from the Southern and Eastern region, ending months of persistent flirtation with the idea of running for the MCP vice president office.

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