Initially  Minister of Defence Harry Mkandawire claimed nothing had been paid  but later  the Minister of Information  Moses Kunkuyu  said the government was only paying for the equipment to be manufactured...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Deputy Defence Minister and party Vice-President Harry Mkandawire declared Chakwera's candidacy in March  which was later confirmed by Speaker of Parliament Catherine Gotani  the MCP deputy secretary general...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Cabinet ministers and senior officials led by Chakwera's Vice-President for the North  Harry Mkandawire  Deputy Speaker of Parliament Madalitso Kazombo and Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo  have urged voters at rallies to vote MCP and ignore the UTM  which they say is only a 'passenger' in the new administration...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	      PP legislators  led by Mzimba West MP Harry Mkandawire and Kamlepo Kalua from Rumphi East  led calls for the names of all suspects to be made public...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The faction opposing Kachali includes PP officials led by the Deputy Director of Political Affairs  Ephraim Chibvunde  and including Publicity Secretary Hophmally Makande; the Presidential Advisor on Youth Affairs  Lawrence Mpofu; and Treasurer General Harry Mkandawire...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	      Neglecting the north  More significant  perhaps  was the recent action of Harry Mkandawire  a powerful figure in Malawi's Northern Region and (until his sacking last month) within the governing Democratic Progressive Party...