Malawi: MCP Blames 'Volatile' Environment for Chakwera's No Show At Chilembwe Day

16 January 2019

Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has said its president Lazarus Chakwera and his running mate Mohammed Sidik Mia had to return "a kilometre away" from at Providence Industrial Mission (PIM) headquarters in Chiradzulu, where the Chilembwe Day commemorations were held, following a tip-off from the party's intelligence team that he would not be safe there.

MCP secretary general Eisenhower Mkaka said Chakwera was invited to the event, held on Tuesday January 15 in memory of Malawi's principal Martyr Reverend John Chilembwe, but failed to attend the, citing a "volatile" environment at the venue.

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