{"id":27935,"date":"2022-07-30T20:40:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T20:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/brown-mpinganjira-others-join-mcp"},"modified":"2022-07-30T21:05:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T21:05:52","slug":"brown-mpinganjira-others-join-mcp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/brown-mpinganjira-others-join-mcp","title":{"rendered":"Brown Mpinganjira, others join MCP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Veteran politicians Brown Mpinganjira, Friday Jumbe, Henry Phoya and Allan Chiyembekeza have joined governing Malawi Congress Party (MCP). The four were officially welcomed into the party yesterday at a ceremony that took place at MCP\u2019s Southern Region headquarters in Blantyre.<\/p>\n<p>The party also welcomed in its fold Frank Banda from Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Mpinganjira said he wants to help the party in addressing challenges that the country is experiencing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have chosen to be part of the solution to challenges that the country is going through. If we continue political bickering, we will destroy this country; hence, the need to work together,\u201d Mpinganjira said. The former Mulanje Central Constituency lawmaker claimed he is not joining the party for selfish motives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I dedicated my life to politics in the early 1990s, I did not say that I will serve for a particular period. My passion is to serve the people and that is what I will continue doing. People will always talk but I will not mind them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Welcoming the members, MCP Second Deputy Secretary General, Gerald Kazembe, said this was a big plus to the party. \u201cThe members will add on our achievements because their coming is good for the party since they have a huge following,\u201d Kazembe said.<\/p>\n<p>Mpinganjira and Chiyembekeza were physically welcomed at the ceremony while others were unveiled in absentia. Mpinganjira, who was president of the now-defunct National Democratic Alliance, also served in the United Democratic Front, the People\u2019s Party and, until recently, DPP where he was once its publicity secretary.<\/p>\n<p>Chiyembekeza and Phoya also once served as Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Justice respectively while Jumbe served as Finance Minister in the UDF administration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Veteran politicians Brown Mpinganjira, Friday Jumbe, Henry Phoya and Allan Chiyembekeza have joined governing Malawi Congress Party (MCP). The four were officially welcomed into the party yesterday at a ceremony that took place at MCP\u2019s Southern Region headquarters in Blantyre. 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