MEC commissioner Kunje irks MPs for ‘rudeness,’ slams exit door in anger
Malawi Parliament’s Public Appointments Committee (PAC) which is conducting a court sanctioned inquiry for the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on Tuesday afternoon sent out of the hearing room commissioner Linda Kunje for rudeness to the legislators.
As she stormed out of the room at parliament building in Lilongwe, she slammed the exit door in anger and further show of rudeness.
After five minutes or so, she was called back into the room.
PAC chairperson Collins Kajawa cautioned Kunje against rudeness and answering questions evasively.
Kajawa told her told her to observe respect, protocol and decorum when answering the questions at Parliament Building in Lilongwe, broadcast live on radio.
She then continued answering the questions though evasively, the responses which will make the committee make recommendations to the President either to fire the commissioners or retain.
However, she attracted the members’ wrath when she openly told the members of parliament, saying the incompetence and Tippex forms they are talking about ushered the MPs into their positions and made them to be called honourables.
However, the committee proceeded questioning her till the end.
She further said as much as she is concerned, the use of tippex, even though it is not allowed in any election, it is legal as the law is silent on the issue.
“I accepted tippexed documents because I feel that the presiding officers used it to correct some mistake. It was not used to rig the elections, which the Constitutional Court observed,” she said.
Asked if she was part of those who made the recommendations for MEC to appeal the Constitutional Court ruling, Kunje said she was.
“I endorsed the decision because I saw nothing wrong on the use of tippex and dulicates in the elections because the laws are silent. When laws are silent it means that we had to accept it’s use even though as MEC we said it will not be used,” she said.
She further disclosed that before accepting the altered documents, MEC consulted stakeholders on the matter and they do have them a greenlight.
A private practice lawyer has described MEC commissioners testimony as a vindication of the Constitutional Court findings that the electoral body incompetently managed the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections, especially in the management of the presidential election results.
Lawyer John-Gift Makhwawa, former president of the Malawi Law Society (MLS), said the testimonies vindicate “the indictment by the Constitutional Court.”
The inquiry follows a landmark ruling the court delivered on February 3 nullifying the May 21 2019 presidential election and ordering a fresh poll within 150 days, citing anomalies and irregularities.
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By the way, how did dpp end up with 4 commissioners at MEC. Mcp has 1, Udf has 2.
Mayi kunje mukuyenela kuchosedwa. A dad munawabela ndalama zawo. Muwona kuti mutani.
Because thieves have everything to lose that’s why they are arrogant. Make an example of them by throwing them into jail. They think they cant go to jail that’s why they take us for granted. CHANGE IS COMING AND NO ONE WONT STOP IT. LAND OF THE CHOSEN FEW IS SLOWLY BECOMING LAND FOR ALL OF US WHERE THE LAW TREATS EVERYONE THE SAME. STOP BEING POMPOUS
Bohoooo !!my tax !!!! my money being chewed by dumb dumb dunderheads- DPP bootliker like Kunje .. I feel for my tax!!
You can tell which Commissioners were approached with Bags of Money …How can someone who Looks at Processes in an Audit Firm Justify Use of Tippex….The Commission was Very Unbalanced …You can actually Tell that Some of the People think that they were their to Serve the Few Greedy Individuals ….That are Enjoying Mismanaging Our Taxes ….All these Factors must be taken into Account when Electoral Reforms are being Done …..It’s funny How some People are Celebrating Suicide Bombers …..Ati Ngakhale mutondiyimba Mulandu wakuba Ng’ombe Nanunso a Judge ndinakugulisaniponi Nyama Yokuba ….Ena Omvera amvekere mmanja Pwaphwa….WOKUBA wanzeru Uyu…That’s How Low we have sunk as a Nation…
JUSTIFYING EVIL.I FEEL SORRY FOR THE NATION OF MALAWI.JUSTIFYING SIN.
Kunje is the WOMAN of the YEAR. Told it as it is. Tippexed PAC presiding over a session to find out about tippex elections. Isn’t that silly? This how stupid our country has become.
Big Up Linda Kunje!! If Malawi had women like you, this country would have developed fast because the majority of Malawian population is comprised of women who cannot speak out for their rights. To you PAC, don’t you see your stupidity cerebrating victory of the election which was marred by gross irregularities? if indeed you are able to question the credibility of MEC Commissioners who messed up the whole tripartite election which include you as victors of the fraudulent election, why can’t you just honorably resign and advocate for another election which will be credible. If I were one of the commissioners, I would respond your nonsense questions by slapping the first questioner. Stupid PAC!! you are all dunderheads
“Linda kunje kuti atuluke chitseko cha MEC ndiye uziti ndadala pa zisankho zikuberazo”
What a Kangaroo Court being conducted by baby kangaroos! PAC, stop this mediocrity once and for all!
What these commisiioners are saying now will not affect the supreme court determination, coz the evidence was already submitted by Alufandika in ConCourt. It would have been better for them to testify and justify why they did all what they did to come up with results. Look today they say results were signed after announcement because it was late in the evening, but Alufandika told the court that all commisioners signed before announcement and what does the PPEA say about signing for results by comissioners? What they are saying now is to protect their job but not to change what is in court
These commissioners pocketed a lot of money to favour the DPP so it will be very hard to accept their wrong doings.It will take people with courage and principles to accept that what we did was wrong.
Kunyansa nkhope ndi mtima womwe iwe Kunje, ndichi body structure chako cha improper fraction cho, timiyendo ngati tima tooth pick, damn it
Not all MPs had their result sheets tippexed, others lost right out and didnt complain. Those that has issues with results went to court. In this issue to say the truth the most important part of the election is the presidential coz its electing a national leader thats where MEC was busy manipulating. To say Kunje was right its up to how one understands it but the issue in court is about presidential election and these are three differrent elections taking place at one time with differrent documents and different results. But if supreme court upholds the concourt verdict are we going to applaud Kunje? If Kunje is educated and civilised she wouldnt have behaved like that. She would have said the facts in a manner that would portray her innocence and innocense of MEC. Its good she was not summoned as a witness in court coz such behaviour is not condoned in court. Ukamanena chilungamo sumakwiya.
It is the same PAC that will recommend Kunje to be still in MEC or not
This tells us that the whole MEC team including Management is rotten. These Commissioners think that their masters (DPP) funded the tripartite elections.
Actually, Malawians themselves funded their own elections with taxes only to be messed up by half-baked pastors, bishops, etc for DPP money. Anthu awa anatilakwira kwambiri Amalawife kunena zoona. They elected leadership for us and imposed the leader on us Malawians.
This country is not moving forward as a result of people like these. These people are selfish and they don’t consider about how Malawi nation should move forward.
The president has the final say on who to put in MEC … it is a recommendation to the president and Kunje has all it takes to hold the position of Commissioner!
odi ukooooo.auze chilungamo aise asaoneke azeru lero pamene Tipex anagwilitsidwaso ntchito pa ma form omwe iwo anasankhidwa kkkk
kuti PHWAAAAAAAAAAAA
Osati onse abambo…generalization is not the way to go….moti inu kwanu kuja anthu ena adakanyerabe mtchire….ndiye tiziti onse amdera lanu lija amanyera mtchire kuphatikizapo inuyo a wa Nyau!!!! Vomerezanitu kuti kwanu mumanyera mtchire!!
Is this woman married??????
I don’t think so. If she is, the husband is in trouble
who can marry a hippo like that?
Not in marriage but has bastards……..no wonder!! Nanga amayi antchito olo mlonda, kayatu!!!
Kunje is very right, why should the whole CONCOURT assign PAC to solve problems created by Tippexed MEC when concourt is very aware that the same tippexed MEC ursherd PAC to their present positions.What is the rational on this? Doesn’t this appear like PAC is biting the hand that feeds it? While I concur that the Kunje’s statement is painful but it is true remember, truth pains.The concourt could do better by assigning this important task to other authorities other than PAC.
That is the stupidity we are talking about here.So do you support what MEC did?Don’t you see she is contradicting herself by admitting that it is not allowed to use tippex and duplicate?
The issue at hand is about Presidential Election results, which were nullified by the Concourt. Bringing in the issue of MPs is misplaced. As someone said elsewhere, it is clear that the manipulation of results were mainly on presidential results and not on MPs or Councillors
Linda Kunje woyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Kodi munthu waba ndalama and wamugayila nzako it means him is also a thief MPs are also not supposed to be in parliament
Logic yinayi koma??? Very inappropriate analogy, zosagwirizana olo pang’ono. For sure there were some irregularities even at every level. Those MPs who felt aggrieved filed their own petition some were accepted others rejected. Continuing the argument on the same is probably misala sono.
The woman was merely being arrogant, rude and PETTY, just because she thinks wina wake wamkulu is behind her. It’s like wantchito yemwe akuyenda ndi bwana wake.
It is often said that the mouth that chews is always grateful to the hand that prpvides. The MP cannot demonize the commissioners when they are the direct beneficiaries to the very same act they are accused of. If the judgment of the court is anything to go by then surely all the current MPs has to be dissolved as well and reverts to 2014.
Whether she wants or not but she must just eat the money that she got cos this commussionership is finished
Where can I watch CI Channel?
Mai Kunje kumeneko ndiye kubwera.mwawajudula zokozera apumbwa osavinidwawa.Amapita mbali. Kunje munachepetsa Moto. Pakanakhala madzi mukanangowakapiza anyapara amenewa.Even kuwatsila tsabola zokozera zao. Andipsyetsa mtima afisi sllamenewa.
Its foolish to despise the bridge you have used. The same tipex was used on you fools now you think you are angels. Dropped mps go ahead go to court
Hail cadet
She is very right. The MPs have no high moral ground to question the same election that brought them into power. To be fair then the entire election was compromised all positions should be nullified. Every sensible person will agre with that.
Kunje is a strong and honest lady. She is right that those foolish PAC members have no right to ask MEC Commissioners such questions when THEY won their seats using the same tippex. Well done Kunje!
anthu osangalala mwana wawo akapanga chikhalidwe chonyasa mapaso pa alendo muli ngat inu ma mps anachita kuwapempha kut awachitile zimenezo enatu anasankhidwa mwakufuna kwa anthu awo kma ena monga agulu lainu aja ndiokakitsa remember(umatha kumpanga munthu interview pambuyo pake mkuzakhala bwana wako mind yo )yo need not to support that regardless of saying whatever she says but PAC wanted to inquire her elections duties not her to compete with them showing them the so called bad and challenged character and yo backing that shame on yo
What she forgot was that PAC are representatives of the Malawi people, ndiye mwano, nkwiyo and myonzo anaonetsa mayi uyu was towards Malawians, utimbva kuwawa !!!
Which Malawians? Tippex representatives? Forsake .they should also go
Was the MP sheets tippexed?
Yes, MP results were tippexed too. It was the same problem of officials failing to add numbers.
The current PAC is illegal. Who do they represent when they were elected through tippex?
Well done Linda Kunje. This inquiry was ill concieved by thr faulty judgement
This Lady is 100% right, the MPs have no moral ground to question the Commissioners
They also benefited to the so called mismanaged elections. I wish a different panel may be of Judges should be used. Most of the MPs present at the panel are not credible and are not being honest. Malawians easily forget the battle they are fighting, we are fighting the people who rig elections and we allow the same people who benefited, and are schemers to the crime to do the questioning, What a shame!!!! Linda Kunje is an honest person, she is not DPP, she belongs to PP and I believe she cant fathom to be subjected to a Kangaroo court of liars.
The mini Political Dynasty of the two Muthalikas has somehow made people like Commissioner Kunje wrongly think that Malawi like another Ndata Farm, a Muthalika property. Believe me, most of these Commissioners have not reflected on the Concourt judgement, they are there just to defend the interests of Peter Muthalika and DPP.
Nonse mukuti Mai Kunje spite ku jail b dimu agaru.Between Kunje and Ntambo who should go to jail? Even Chakwera should go vecauy he said there will be blood she’d and there was.
Don’t threaten ladies azibambo okufa mkabudula inu
You are a pig
Who has threaten ladies you fool?Understand the issue you nincompoop
Nkabudula mwa iwe muli chiyani….chokhwefukacho!!! Umangowona ngati mwamuna amangotota eti…nanga m’mene akuwonekera Kunjeyo olo atavula …nyele yake yiti yinganyamuke…..
And these foolish commissioners think they will manage the just coming elections
Bravo Kunje. Chemwali mwawasosola nsagwada. The same typex you are against.yet you are still enjoying from the same fruits. Nonse ma mp baasi musiye maudindo new elections needed
CHILUNGAMO CHIMAPWETEKA
Whatever she said or did the fact remains she was facing her employers this time around. She forgot that simple fact. She will be fired and I also wonder how effective she is at her place of work. Such people are usually frustrated in life and they always think others hate them. They don’t respect anyone as long as it concerns collaboration and teamwork. I believe PricewaterhouseCoopers could do better to get rid of such managers.
bola wawauza chilungamo kuti The same incompetent commissioners and the illegal tipex were also involved in Parliamentary elections kkkk .Ndizomwe zinapangitsa agalu wa kuti akhale ma MP ,lero azifusa mafuso opusa kkk
eeeeeeeeee chilungamo ndi mwano
She needs customer care training……..she lectured at MIM and failed to enrol in the CUSTOMER CARE TRAINING……..NO WONDER SHE HAS NO HUSBAND BUT BASTARDS ONLY……she cant save a marriage……she is a shame to the women…..
Shame on you MPs you pressing somebody on constitution to be followed?. Let me ask you why do you not respect section 64 and 65? Why do you rush to court when you crossed the floor? You hypocrites? And iwe Mtambo suwona chimenechi kuti ndi violation of our rights bwanji wosapanga ma demo? Tiye tikapange vigil ku parliament komweko kuti from now on these silly MPs should no longer go to court to take injuction when they have crossed the floor. And inunso a court why do you give the Mps injuction yet you know when they cross the floor they have violated the consitution and deserve the fate! Shadrick Wame once said “Mbuli zophunzira zawononga dziko” Anthu wotchedwa educated inu at some point you letting us down and kill our country
Upbringing also matters.
Once unruly always unruly
Zero emotional intelligence.
. What a spectacle! A very incompetent panel on one hand, and a lady with the chutzpah to tell them that tippex made them MPs. And she’s damn right! If they were worth their name, they would have held her in contempt of parliament and ordered her to be locked up. But they were too stupid to know that they had such an option.
The good thing is that other commissioners were cordial in their responses. It tells us more about her personality. You can even tell it from how she looks that she is a “fart”
Kunje was right the way she behaved. I am following the quizzes but the MPs want the commissioners to do their will which is not the case. So i support Kunje thats the way and you were right to tell them kuti the same tippexed results ushered them into why did not they accept the results bcoz they were tippexed? Mbuli za ma MP zenizeni you blame the same body that declared you winners and today muwoneke madolo shame on you!!! After all you women must be proud that yes you can mutha kuwona amuna amenewa mtima wawo ndi wodelera munthu wa mai as is the case with Ansah now. I also applaud Jean Namathanga yea you are strong lady and you have really shown them kuti you did a good job wosati a mkosi amene amangovina to the dance of the MPs whereby every question yes honourable yes honourable kkkkkk kaya!
Koma nde Muli pa pay roll
Hahahaha, tippexed MPs? Kunje iwe
Talking like a prostitute telling her daughter that I paid your schools fees because of prostitution. Should the daughter be happy with that or get angry? If I tell you that I killed someone to steal the car you are driving, how will you feel about me?
Uyu ndendende mirriam gwalidi, mitu yotopa
I listened to the live broadcast. Kunje anakonza. The problem with our parliamentarians is that most of them are uneducated and thought they were clever in asking her silly questions that they thought they would corner her. They thought they were a court that they could cross examine her with the Yes/No questioning absurdity and not giving her chance to explain.
True mbuli zenizeni and they should shut up!
Just fire her
Not everyone who disagrees with you is rude.
This woman is as obstinate as a mule. Ntchito zozipezela ndale ndi choncho. She is a DPP cadre and therefore will always wipe the backside of her masters. Mwatitola kokwana anyani inu a DPP. You have proven to be deceptive and arrogant leaders. Your greed has led to death of many Malawians and a rise in poverty. Ndalama mukungoba ngati za masiye. Chaka chino munya manyi sitikupatsani mpata angulu inu. Nxaaa!
She is PP.. Don’t comment on issues you are not familiar of..MBUZI mano pansi
Thats my lady. Telling these hypocrites the way things should be told. These people were made MP though the same commision they are reduculing and declared winners by the same Jane Ansah.
You just as dumb as her!! Justifying shit!
I like the courage of this woman. She told told them the truth that the MPs werebalso products of same tippexed and duplicate results which is really indeed the truth. Truth really pains.
He he he he mayi ndi chi nkwangwa uyu. Anayipa ndi mtima womwe. Is she married? I would want to know the courageous man. Ngakhale amati beauty is in the eyes of the beholder izi zokha ndiye ayi. Khalidwe kuyipa komanso nkukhala nkhwangwa!
Mai Kunje u deserve jail and ur rudeness shows that mudadya zambr za dpp led govt.
She is PP representative and MCP by coalition extension.. Kangwigwi iwe
palibe achimwene remember the same MPs were threatening Mulumbe the CEO of admarc but look now was found not guilty koma ankafuna pa nthawiyo kuti adzingowayankha yes yes yes kuti iwowa ndi ndani. Ndale amakapanga interview? They dont know anything these asamativute.