Nyasa Big Bullets\u2019 controversial winger, Fischer \u2018Anong\u00e1\u2019 Kondowe, has joined main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), as he gears up to contest as Member of Parliament (MP) for Blantyre City South Constituency in the 2019 Tripartite Elections.
\nThe dread-locked winger made the announcement in Blantyre Tuesday during a meeting which politician Sidik Mia organised for all MCP parliamentary aspirants in the Southern Region.
\nKondowe, who is a crowd favourite at Bullets, said he has joined MCP because he shares its values that leadership is about serving people.
\n\u201cListening to what honourable Mia said, it is clear that MCP and I have the same values. I want to help the people in my constituency, and that is what the MCP also stands for. I want to serve the people of Blantyre City South and that is why I have joined the party,\u201d he said.
\nKondowe added that he would be a different type of MP once elected into office.
\n\u201cYou see, the other MPs just come to help themselves. They cheat people and once they are elected, they run away. Blantyre City South has been lagging behind in development for a long time and that has to have change,\u201d he said.
\nIn his remarks, Mia said Kondowe was not an ordinary catch for MCP.
\n\u201cYou are a very inspiring youth in the country. Continue inspiring fellow youths for us to change the country, and welcome to the MCP,\u201d he said.
\nKondowe, probably the oldest player in the TNM Super League, failed to contest in the same constituency in 2014 as he was, then, not a registered voter.
\nInterestingly, Bullets Director of Sales and Marketing, Noel Lipipa, has also declared interest in contesting as an MP for the same Blantyre constituency alongside former National Youth Football Association chairperson, Mabvuto Missi, and Premier Bet Wizards owner, Peter Mponda.
\n\u201cThey believe that I have the capacity to help them transform the area in health, education and job creation, among others. I also have the blessings of my family, and, in particular, my mother, who reminded me that people have been looking for me for 14 years,\u201d Lipipa said.
\nMissi said people in the constituency, whose incumbent MP is Allan Ngumuya, face a lot of challenges; hence, he wants to help them.
\n\u201cMind you, I serve people in Naperi [Township] as block leader. I have served them without any problem, and that is why the same people want me to serve them in this capacity,\u201d he said without disclosing the party ticket he would contest on.
\nOn the international scene, former football star, George Weah, was elected president of Liberia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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