MP Menyani, lawyer Nankhuni floored in MCP primaries as Jiya wins
Youthful politician Alfred Jiya of opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has won with a landslide primary elections for Lilongwe City Centre Constituency to be the candidate to represent the party in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections .
Jiya defeated legislator Alekeni Menyani who had relocated from Dedza North west and another challenger lawyer Gift Nankhuni.
MCP director of political affairs Maxwell Kalamula, who was the returning officer, said confirmed results showed Joya polled 695 votes against Menyani’s 201 votes. Lawyer Nankhuni had 33 votes while another contestant Stanley Chimphonda had two votes.
Menyani did not contest in the constituency where he is a sitting MP and Lydia Kadzongwe was elected party candidate.
Asked to comment after losing in Lilongwe, Menyani said it a “tough” competition.
Nankhuni on his part congratulated Jiya for securing a landslide victory in the primaries and wished him well to represent the party in the parliamentary polls,.
On his part, Jiya commended party members in the area for entrusting him with the candidacy.
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Leave patriotic Sons of Malawi alone. HON Chidanti Melunge can not be compaired with any MP in Malawi according to my obervation and poeples observations. Bwana Chidanti amatiimilira ife tonse A Malawi. Very patriotic indeed. Has no biaus. Look at how he handles chairmanship of Parliamentary Committee. He is really son of Malawi without jerous .
Kumeneko zatheka bwanji kuti simunatibulaneko? MCP ikazatenga boma muzandidule maliseche.
Maliseche yoduka kalewo adzavutike ndani kukudula? unatenga matenda wekha kale apa!
There is so much passion n competition in the primaries. This shows how competitive MCP is….the only real hope…..let’s go south for primaries I can’t wait……..
Very disciplined Chakwera…very patient…….osati izi zungolongolora…….nonse amene tinakuvoterani 2014 out…you are not change we want….
That’s new MCP on the move…let pipo decide…we hv learnt hard lessons from the past….Viva MCP Viva Chakwera
Nanga Afana Gwengwe zikuti bwanji!!!!!!!!
Menyani appeared more mma nyuzi than ku constituency kwao…
The question of how representative are the party delegates of the actual constituency voters is very open. Given that the delegates have been there for as long as Jiya, it makes sense for him to win. But is this representative of the electorate in the constituency. Very doubtful. Nankhuni would be a great choice.
A Menyani munamela mapiko ku Dedza mpake mwathawako mutaona kuti mwaipitsila. A Nankhuni basi kapitilizeni zanu zoika pa facebuku dzithunzi mukumwa mowa ndi azamalamulo anzanawaja. Mabatelo basi
The problem with Menyani is that he spent too much time attacking the Government instead of serving his constituency. I can see the same happening to many MPs in the opposition, including Chidanti himself. kkkkkkk
Exactly he appeared more in newspapers than his constituency.
Menyani, I warned you about this gamble. Pano mutani? Kumamva boss