{"id":4667,"date":"2021-08-24T17:20:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T17:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/joshua-malango-wins-dedza-central-east-mcp-primaries-2"},"modified":"2021-08-24T17:29:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T17:29:14","slug":"joshua-malango-wins-dedza-central-east-mcp-primaries-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/joshua-malango-wins-dedza-central-east-mcp-primaries-2","title":{"rendered":"Joshua Malango wins Dedza Central East MCP Primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former Spokesperson in the Ministry of Health and Journalist, Joshua Malango Friday emerged the overall winner during Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Primary Elections in Dedza Central East Constituency.<\/p>\n<p>According to the presiding officer, Vincent Nkhoma said Malango scooped 369 votes, beating his closet contender Bonex Malunga who scooped 127 votes in the eight-man race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe foregoing results entails that Mr. Joshua Malango has been duly elected to represent MCP as a candidate in the forthcoming parliamentary by-elections in Dedza Central East Constituency,\u201d said Nkhoma on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Malango, a youthful journalist, won the election, having reportedly amassed 369 votes against his closest challenger Bonnex Malunga\u2019s 116. In total, there were eight contenders in the election.<\/p>\n<p>The total number of votes cast during the elections was 801 of which 792 were declared as valid votes and 9 were declared as null and void votes. The breakdown of the results according to alphabetical order of names of the contesting candidates is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>The other contestants were Bonnex Malunga (116 votes) Lefani Eliasi Kachikunje (68 votes) Elliot Kasawala (49 votes); Donald Kazanga (53 votes); Mabvuto Dauka Kuphata (16 votes); Mercy Ching\u2019ani Phiri (106 votes); and Gladys Yassin (4 votes)<\/p>\n<p>The primary election was organised ahead of a Parliamentary by-election following the death of former independent legislator, McStain Mkomba. In an Interview with Nyasa Times Monday, Malango said he was delighted to win the elections to represent first and foremost the people of where he comes from and represents MCP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIam very happy that people from my constituency have shown faith in me and l promise them that once elected as an MP l will work with them to transform the area so that the people in constituency and beyond have a quality life,\u201d said Malango.<\/p>\n<p>Malango, whose father was also a senior MCP official said he is following into the footsteps of his father. \u201cLet me thank party members of Malawi Congress Party from Dedza Central East Constituency for trusting me to represent them as their candidate in the coming by-elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a family affair and I thank my fellow aspirants who contested with me for their love to the party and also the people for making themselves available for selection to represent our party and indeed the Dedza Central East Constituency,\u201d said Malango.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you Know MCP manifesto is all about uplifting people\u2019s lives from the grassroot level as a youthful MP when elected as MP will help our President Dr Lazarus Chakwera to Foster develop in the Area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIts not about me its about the people from Dedza Central East Constituency and the Party which I am representing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Malango said he believes in the country\u2019s President, Dr Lazarus Chakwera\u2019s take on leadership \u2013 that of servant leadership explaining that his intention is to serve the people not his interests.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI am going into frontline politics to serve the people as their servant. These people have seen me growing, I am their own and I have availed myself to run the errands on their behalf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time, we the youth stop complaining about politics, now we have to join in and participate in politics. I am driven and passionate to serve the people of Dedza and Malawi,\u201d said Malango. Dedza Central East Constituency has always been an MCP stronghold since 1993 when Malawi became a multi-party state.<\/p>\n<p>Malango expressed gratitude to the the ruling MCP for giving the youth like him a chance to take part in the development agenda of the country through its rank and file and he thanked the party\u2019s members for the endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>He said he is now focused on becoming the servant of the constituency and promises to work hard and with due diligence once voted into Parliament and vows to fight for their interests in the August house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you know MCP manifesto is all about uplifting people\u2019s lives from the grassroots level. My mission is to make the voices of people from Dedza Central East heard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen elected, I will help our President Dr Lazarus Chakwera to foster development in the area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Former Spokesperson in the Ministry of Health and Journalist, Joshua Malango Friday emerged the overall winner during Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Primary Elections in Dedza Central East Constituency. According to the presiding officer, Vincent Nkhoma said Malango scooped 369 votes, beating his closet contender Bonex Malunga who scooped 127 votes in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":4666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,25,8,12],"tags":[233,371,1937,1938,234],"class_list":["post-4667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-featured","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-dedza-central-east-constituency-2","tag-joshua-malango","tag-malawi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Joshua Malango wins Dedza Central East MCP Primaries - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Spokesperson in the Ministry of Health and Journalist, Joshua Malango Friday emerged the overall winner during Ma ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/joshua-malango-wins-dedza-central-east-mcp-primaries-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Joshua Malango wins Dedza Central East MCP Primaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Spokesperson in the Ministry of Health and Journalist, Joshua Malango Friday emerged the overall winner during Ma ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/joshua-malango-wins-dedza-central-east-mcp-primaries-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-24T17:20:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-24T17:29:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2021\/08\/img-61252c488a83b.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"810\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/joshua-malango-wins-dedza-central-east-mcp-primaries-2#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/joshua-malango-wins-dedza-central-east-mcp-primaries-2\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Joshua Malango wins Dedza Central East MCP Primaries\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-24T17:20:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-24T17:29:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/joshua-malango-wins-dedza-central-east-mcp-primaries-2\"},\"wordCount\":687,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/joshua-malango-wins-dedza-central-east-mcp-primaries-2#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2021\/08\/img-61252c488a83b.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Dedza Central East Constituency\",\"Joshua Malango\",\"Malawi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Featured\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/joshua-malango-wins-dedza-central-east-mcp-primaries-2#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/joshua-malango-wins-dedza-central-east-mcp-primaries-2\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/joshua-malango-wins-dedza-central-east-mcp-primaries-2\",\"name\":\"Joshua Malango wins Dedza Central East MCP Primaries - 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