Vice President and UTM Party presidential candidate Dr Saulos Chilima has invaded Lilongwe rural and Dedza rural with messages of hope for a better Malawi when he is elected President of the country on May 21 2019. The energetic Chilima, 45 started his four-day tour of the two districts on Saturday with Imbizos which are a […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate, Dr Lazarus Chakwera appeared upbeat of winning the May 21 presidential race when he and former president Joyce Banda on Monday confirmed an electoral alliance of MCP and People’s Party (PP). Banda withdrew from the presidential race in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections and instead endorsed Chakwera of MCP. […]
United Kingdom-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has tipped President Peter Mutharika and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to narrowly win the May 21 2019 elections. The report, generated on March 18 2019, says Mutharika will secure re-election in May as there is no serious threat to him. “We expect Mr Mutharika to be re-elected as president […]
Malawi’s former president, Joyce Banda, has again denied any involvement in the Cashgate, the plunder of public resources at Capital Hill, saying she has evidence the corruption scandal exposed under her watch in 2013 had started during the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regime before she became Head of State in 2012. JB, as Banda is […]
There was tension in the Lower Shire on Monday when supporters of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) clashed and DPP cadets used guns to shoot in the air to scare the opposition members and uprooted MCP flags. The DPP supporters clad in their party colours and T-shirts were […]
Former president and People’s Party (PP) leader Joyce Banda has said they have agreed to endorse Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera in the May 21 Tripartite Elections because MCP gives them a better deal than UTM party. Banda in February endorsed UTM Party presidential candidate Saulos Chilima but the outfit unceremoniously pulled […]
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) director of youth Richard Chimwendo Banda has warned against any attempt by any party, institution, individuals and politicians against rigging the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. Chimwendo Banda was commenting on concerns raised by Rumphi East member of parliament (MP) Kamlepo Kalua (People’s Party –PP) that the governing Democrtaic Progressive Party […]
In order to decrease the number of null and void votes on 21 May tripartite elections, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), in conjunction with Ministry of Civic Education, is producing a demonstration video on voting process aimed at civic educating Malawian through television and video shows. Speaking on Thursday during the shooting of the video at Demela Primary School in Salima District, […]
Paramount Chief Kyungu of Karonga and Chitipa districts has advised students of Marianist Initiative for Rural Artisans Christian Life and Education (Miracle) technical college in Karonga to desist from being used by greedy politicians in the forth coming political campaigns in readiness for the May 21 tripartite polls if they are to grow into productive […]
Last week, the Malawi Election Commission (MEC) finally released a list of contesting parliamentary candidates for this year’s elections. No fewer than 1,331 hopefuls will compete for only 193 parliamentary seats. Of those 1,331 candidates, 501 do not belong to a party and will compete as independents — 84 more independent candidates than in the […]
Malawi’s former President and People’s Party leader, Joyce Banda, has hinted that she is quitting frontline politics after the May 21 elections to continue with her philanthropy work but will first add her weight to propel opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera who heads the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to power. Banda, who was Malawi’s first female […]
The electoral alliance between Malawi’s main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and recent former State President Joyce Banda’s People’s Party (PP) will assure Malawians on which political parties are for a government of National Unity. This has been assured by MCP Eastern Region director of political affairs, Benson Jackson (BJ) Ojesi, who said Malawi needs […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has warned all candidates who will be competing in the forthcoming tripartite elections against believing in false news being spread through social media. Commissioner for MEC, Very Reverend Killion Mgawi issued the warning in Dedza during the vetting of ballot paper templates by candidates in the district on Wednesday. “The commission would […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential running mate Frank Tumpale Mwenifumbo has said the country requires to adopt a federal system of government mirrored like that of South Africa to enhance equitable distribution of development nationwide. Mwenifumbo, a Karonga Central legislator of Alliance for Democracy (Aford), was picked by UDF president Atupele Austin Muluzi to be his […]
Presidential Running Mates Debate, an initiative of privately-owned Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS), has exposed some knowledge gaps amongst the vice-presidential hopefuls in the various policies governing the sectors as well as the Constitution of Malawi, a governance expert has told Nyasa Times. Three of the presidential running mates in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections […]
Some analysts have said three of the presidential running mates in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections who faced off in a heated live television debate on Thursday night in Blantyre, failed addressed how they would reduce the widening gap or inequalities between the poor and the rich. Both the Sustainable Development Goals and the […]
Political analysts have tipped Malawi Congress Party (MCP) that it has an upper hand to win the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections after former president Joyce Banda announced on Thursday that she has withdrawn her presidential bid and endorsed opposition frontrunner Lazarus Chakwera of MCP. MCP, which governed the country in a one-party dictatorship from […]
If there is one thing that came out clearly from Thursday’s live television debate for presidential running mates, is the manifestation of the growing UTM party and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) rivalry. While United Democratic Front (UDF) running mate Frank Tumpale Mwenifumbo was still outstanding, the greater part of the debate was reduced to MCP’s […]