Mary Nkosi leaves rotten Malawi Electoral Commission
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioner Mary Nkosi has quit the pollster, making her the first official to leave the embattled electoral body just days after the Supreme Court of Appeal upheld a Constitutional Court ruling that there should be a fresh election on July 2.
However, in an interview, Nkosi, a former Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) deputy governor appointed commissioner on June 6 2016, has played down the matter, saying she has gone on three week annual leave which coincides with the expiry of her and other commissioners’ contracts on June 2, 2020.
Nkosi said she has not gone on leave for sometime and decided to take her leave days now.
“I have not resigned. It’s just that my annual leave coincides with the expiry of my contract. How can I proceed on leave if I have left the institution?” said Nkosi, who went to MEC on Malawi Congress Party (MCP) ticket.
She told the parliamentary inquiry assessing MEC’s competence that many key decisions were made by chairperson Jane Ansah, chief elections officer Sam Alfandika and “some commissioners” without the knowledge of other commissioners.
To improve election management, Nkosi suggested the need for balance in the composition of MEC to check against the dominance of one political party or forcing members to peddle political, instead of rational, decisions benefitting the nation.
There have been calls for MEC chairperson Ansah and the Commissioners to resign after the courts found them incompetent in the way they handled May 21, 2019 elections.
MEC commissioners are expected to meet this week to decide on their resignations following the Supreme Court ruling.
Nkosi, a widow [nee Masiku] did primary school at St Maria Goretti and Dzenza Primary schools in Lilongwe. She went Lilongwe Girls Secondary School and later on to University of Malawi-Chancellor College wher she pursued Bachelors of Science degree majoring in psychology and biology.
After graduation in 1973, she joined National Bank of Malawi the same year. In 1981, Nkosi went for a Post Graduate Diploma in Management Studies in United Kingdom.
She once worked at Fincom, now Nedbank as Chief Executive Officer. Nkosi was appointed Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Malawi in 2003 while at Nedbank where she was also appointed President of Bankers Association and non – executive director of Comesa Bankers.
Nkosi is a pastor ordained in 2001 by Apostle Dr. Stanley Ndovie of Living Waters Church.
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Going on leave does not equal quitting. Cheap propaganda
Kikikiki. Both Judgements were read in English and probably Yoyopi does not understand English properly hence his misleading comment here.
The rotten vermin Mary Nkosi decides to leave 2 weeks before her term ends. Who does this woman think she is fooling??
Hahaha leaves rotten mec when you have just taken holiday pending expiry of contract. This is not resignation. Dont be fooled
No need for any of the commissioners to resign. So far the courts have said they and MEC run the parliamentary and local government elections VERY well.
Zayambika, resign fast fast.The citizens shall govern the country.
The headline is a lie. Going for leave is not leaving IT IS UTILIZING THE CONDITIONS OF SERVICE WHICH INCLUDES ANNUAL LEAVE. I understand this deliberate lie – it is done with a belief that some people who don’t know how employment issues function will believe.
Cadet Namathanga ukudikila chani
The matter here is very simple. Mec staff were appointed by their parties and for your information all of you people of Malawi; Commissioners are Not meant to be given Cars but when they are called for a meeting at MEC its the time that they can be given allowances after the meeting and Not VX yonse phi!!!!!! KUBA KUMENEKO JANE. Commissioners can buy a car of their own and for exact fuel they have used. This is the reason Kunje AKUKAKAMIRA PA U COMMISSIONERS
CHIFUKWA ALIBE CHOCHITA KWAO.
akaciona cocita huleyu
Foseki
We all make mistake but she has made the right decision to leave the sinking ship. Koma Ansah mukumuopa
All commissioners should be fired. They are incompetent. You too. You seem to love money than anything else.
Good riddance! Mary Nkosi was incompetent and nasty
People might say whatever they want about Dr Mary Nkosi….i just want to salute her educational backgrounds….salute!!!
This is a very stupid article! She has not resigned she is still a MEC member. And who told you that commissioners have got leave days pomwe they spend 99% of their time at home? Its only employees of MEC who can go on leave, MXXXXXXIIIII
Nedbank is now Mybulks
Atumbuka munayaluka kale. we know where you stand. osamabisala. This stupid woman has eaten the money all this time and decides to quit 17 days before her term expires and she is a hero?? How stupid are you to believe that
Foseki
Mlomwe iwe oh my foot koma paja iwe ndiwe Ngulu wodya Njoka stop being tribalistic we are all Malawians. If we sink on this ship we will all go down together
Why other commissioners are not doing the same, as what Mary Nkosi has done.Do not bring atumbuka here,Kodi adalakwa kukhala amalawi.Muzingowa nyoza atumbuka, atumbuka Ichi,ayi atumbuka Icho ayi atumbuka inu what is the problem?Empty heads.
Tumbuka tribe and northerners are two different and far where do you put the Tonga nkhatabay ngoni mzimba kingdom the nkhonde from karonga the mwaulambia chitipa ? Please don’t show off your stupidity here like as if all the northerners are tumbukas by tribe. You can’t sleep 😴😴 without pumping out us tumbukas.
Kulije Wena Nkosi ku mtundu withu wata wa tumbuka wateta nganya sorry . Nkosi Ni mngoni waku mzimba.
Iwe mlomwe usiyanitse pakati pa muyawo ndi mlomwe despite Kuti nonse ndinu mbava zakumwera zoduelela pasuku pamutu a Malawi ovutikitsitsa Aku town ndi kumudzi . Wanuwo ndi ufumu aka muluzi Yao Mutharika lomwe kukhala kumwera sindiyekuti ndinu anzeru kuposa ma tribe a ena ku mwerako ayi kupusa basi . Tumbuka ndi mtundu wochepa kwambiri and a small district with little percentage of people rumphi yet you think like the whole North are them tumbuka ignorant at its best shame. Them tumbuka are the Masters every day can be repeated ly tumbuka tumbuka mukuphya nawo mitima a mbwenu mbwenufe kkkkkkk
Malamulo a ntchito munthu afune asafune amakhala ndi 26 days ya leave pa chaka. Nde pano akupita ku leave yake osati kunyanyala ntchito. Try to understand before commenting. Maybe poti ambirife sitinayambe tagwirapo ntchito mmalo otsiyanatsiyana kuti tidzidziwa malamulo. Ukamapita ku leave umakhala utatenga kale malipiro ako a ma leave days ako onse plus bonas. Nde asanamize ntundu wa a malawi. Mmangofuna kuti tidziwe za maphunziro ndi chipani chomwe aliko
Its very shameful for you Bishop Nkosi to not resign long back and still clinging just for the love of money??? A Bishop like you, its really shameful! Who can listen to you preaching now??? You area shame to Living Waters. All the rraud at MEC you knew it but kept quiet? Christian? Bishop? Al you care is retirement package. If court didn’t exonerate you, were you going to say what you said at PAC? NO. You are crooked…not worthy to hold Bishop’s office…!
I agree with you totally!!!
con women awa. i wonder how she come up the that position.
nlhosa zao zinkangofupa fisi. mxii lets see how you are going to enjoy the money. mmalo momaphuzitsa zizukulu ufiti.
nanga zasiyana apa.
Don’t pose her as a saint. Your heading is misleading. You are saying she has left while she says she can not resign but has gone on leave pending the expiry of her contract in June. Some of us know Nkosi as Judas Iscariot who is always beaten by her husband. While at RBM she used to backstab her friends and it was not a surprise for her to dishoun what the commissioners had agreed collectively.
Foseki
Kodi Mbuyanu is he a Saint? We know that he will not fire Jane Ansah because Amadya Momo
God please bless this woman for being true to her accusation
akuti 15 days before her term expires?? why didn’t she quit all this time??
Bless her for what? She has not resigned.
One does not resign a few months before they are due for retirement. its stupidity of the highest order to do so. stay until you retire or get fired
NYEKHWE
Well educated,, congrats mama
amalawi kuba basi, how can one quit 2 weeks before their term expires. where was she all this time?? if she wants she must give back 3 months worth of salary. tisamanazane.
nthawi yomweyija akanaulula kuti zinalakwika osadikila mpaka ziululuke. she is not educated koma titi akuva nazo kutentha
She spoke too late. Her credibility has been affected by not voicing out the issues during the elections.
Foseki
Why can’t you blame Jane Ansah
Are you scared of her?
Jane Ansah Ali duuuh
Does she have leave days? Just resign Going on leave is the same as taking leave waiting for your term to expire
Congratulations !
You have been exceptional and exemplary.
Well done Mama Dr. Mary Nkosi (our humble servant).
What good thing has she done? You mean going on leave?Iwe ndi galu kwabasi…go back to grammar school
ENAWO NDI LITI TINAMVAKO KUTI AKAPUMAKO EH EH?? YOU NEED TO REFRESH THE MIND OTHERWISE YOU ALWAYS GET THINGS LIKE LIKE WH
AT MEC DID.
She is being tactical because by the end of the day…she wont be amongst the fired ones….she is already on leave!!!
….because, be assured that MEC Commissioners will be fired or eventually removed by the Courts…