The Quadria Moslem Association of Malawi group secretly visited President Peter Mutharika and endorsed him for the May 21 2019 presidential re-election bid, Nyasa Times understands. The entire hierarchy of the group visited Mutharika at Kamuzu Palace on Wednesday evening. A source in Quadria grouping explained that they decided to meet and assure Mutharika of […]
Billboards bearing President Peter Mutharika’s portrait and election messages have been vandalised in the northern city of Mzuzu ahead of the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. The development comes as the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and UTM Party have been removing each other’s flags in the city and tension has been rising between them. […]
Malawi Electoral Commission(MEC) has urged the country’s media to be watchful when reporting opinion polls to avoid voter aparthy during the May 21 2019 watershed elections. MEC Commissioner Linda Kunje made the remarks when she officially opened a 3-day elections reporting training for community journalists in Lilongwe. Commissioner Kunje observed that some dubious opinion polls are […]
Vice-President Saulos Chilima and his UTM Party crew continue to brave slippery earth roads in search for votes as his campaign on Wednesday took him to Neno where he derisively lamented the bad road, saying it is not serving the people. Speaking to thousands that gathered at Chikonde primary school ground in Neno on Wednesday, […]
Tax-funded Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) will now start airing a 30 minute programme featuring all the seven presidential contestants in the watershed May 21 2019 tripartite elections. The programmes will be aired both on MBC Radio Radio and Television from Monday to Sundays. This is in accordance with Section 63(2) of the Parliamentary and Presidential […]
President Peter Mutharika has appealed to people in the country to give him another mandate and his governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the May 21 Tripartite Election, saying they have the experience needed to keep the development momentum the country has taken. Mutharika, who faces strong competition from his alienated Vice-President Saulos Chilima on […]
The Catholic Commission for Justice and (CCJP), Mangochi Diocese has expressed happiness over the outcome of the Malawi Electoral Cycle System (MECS) project it is implementing in the district, saying it has empowered women to be assertive. With financial support from United Women, CCJP is implementing the project in the district aimed at empowering women […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said following it decision to strike the country’s former vice-president Cassim Chilumpha from the presidential list now leaves seven aspirants from the initially approved nine paper in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. The candidates to appear on presidential ballot includes incumbent President Peter Mutharika of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has accused the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) of perpetrating political violence after President Peter Mutharika’s convoy was stoned in Mchinji. MCP supporters threw stones at President Mutharika’s motorcade on two separate occasions, DPP spokesperson Nicholous Dausi, who is also Minister of Homeland Security, has claimed. Dausi accused criminal behaviour […]
President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday took his votes hunt for his re-election bid to stronghold of opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in central region tobacco growing district of Kasungu, asking voters to give his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) a fresh mandate to govern through their ballots on May 21 Tripartite Elections, promising to rehabilitate the […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said that the sensitization meetings with Traditional Authorities and their subjects on the voting process which are happening in different districts across the country will help in providing free, fair and credible elections on May 21. Commissioner Ambassador Yahaya Mmadi made the remarks on Monday during one of the […]
National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Trust has advised Malawians to demand signed social contracts binding contestants in the local parliamentary elections to the promises made ahead of the 2019 tripartite elections. The NICE Regional Civic Education Officer (Centre), Christopher Naphiyo, said the social contracts the aspiring councillors and members of Parliament (MPs) are signing […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential hopeful Atupele Muluzi on Monday conveyed a remarkably upbeat and relaxed impression that he is contesting the May 21 Tripartite Elections with a master strategy to win and built on two pillars of delivering inclusive growth and governance. Speaking during a campaign rally he held at Lunzu in Blantyre, Atupele accompanied […]
Government has said UTM Party presidential candidate Saulos Chilima should substantiate his allegations that Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) and Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) are abusing of public resources to fund the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) election campaign with evidence. Chilima, who is also the country’s Vice-President but quit DPP last June to launch […]
Malawi’s political wonder kid, the UTM Party, says it will tackle critical issues regarding corruption within the first 30 days its administration assuming power after the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. UTM presidential flag bearer, Dr Saulos Klaus Chilima, made the pledge Sunday evening during a live interview on Mibawa TV. Responding to a question […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said they have struck off the name of former vice-president Cassim Chilumpha being on the presidential ballot paper in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections after the High Court ruled against his candidature for Tikonze People’s Movement (TPM). MEC Chief Elections Officer said in a statement made available to Nyasa […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has said the recently formed Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and People’s Party (PP) electoral alliance is “poisonous” and threatens the very fabric of Malawi’s political, social and economic life and undermines the tenets of democracy. Charles Mchacha, the flamboyant DPP regional governor for southern region, made the scathing attacks […]
United Kingdom UK) through British Peace Support Team (BPST) is supporting a national, election-focused command exercise that has brought together officers from Malawi Defence Force (MDF), Malawi Police Service (MPS) and Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to draw together each organisation’s election preparatory work and exercise the multi-agency working during the May 21 Tripartite Elections. The […]