Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president for the South, Kondwani Nankhumwa has downplayed the competition he will face to defend his parliamentary seat from UTM Party running mate Dr Micheal Usi. Nankhumwa will be seeking re-election as Mulanje Central MP. He will compete against ‘Manganya’ Usi, who is also acrunning mate to UTM party presidential candidate Saulosi […]
Youth-Decide Campaign have organised a public debate whose sole focus is to provide a refelective and constructive platform for political parties and electoral stakeholders to interrogate the current state of political violence and solutions to curbing it. The debate, which is in partnership with the DanChurchAid Malawi, has sought Directors of Youth of key political […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Vice President for the South, Kondwani Nankhumwa has said that victory for the party and re-election of President Peter Mutharika with his running mate Everton Chimulirenji in the May 21 tripartite elections is inevitable because the people are their “biggest weapon”. “Politics is a highly strategic game. We know that […]
Statistics of an approved list of parliamentary candidates released by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) shows that seven months old UTM Party will feature 191 candidates against 189 of the strategically challenged Malawi Congress Party (MCP), the country’s perrenial opposition party. The information puts the ruling DPP has fielded 192 candidates across the country seconded […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has been asked by political parties staking part in the May 21 Tripartie Elections to extend period of submission of names for party monitors from March 1 to April 15 2019. The parties have jointly signed a letter dated February 21, 2019 sent to MEC in which they argue that time […]
Malawi Police in Mangochi District on Thursday pounced on one of the UTM Party presidential campaign member Al-Haj Ben Kambulire on allegations that he is buying voters’ certificates. Mangochi Police Station Spokesperson Inspector Roderick Maida confirmed the development but refused to explain more, referring the matter to National police spokesperson James Kadadzera who he said […]
Karonga central legislator Frank Tumpale Mwenifumbo has said he will continue using Alliance for Democracy (Aford) materials, insisting he remains Aford. This follows an incident on Wednesday when a body guard to Aford president Enoch Chihana Chihana attacked Mwenifumbo who is running mate to Atupele Muluzi of United Democratic Front (UDF) during the presidential race. […]
District Elections Officer for Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in Mangochi, Rodrick Kazembe has urged women aspiring for parliamentary and local government positions to avoid violence during electoral campaign period. He made the call on Wednesday during an interface meeting organized by the 50:50 Campaign Management Agency between the women aspirants and electoral stakeholders held in […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has disowned a fake press statement circulating on social media containing figures of shadow Members of Pariament (MP) verified by the commission to contest in the May 21 2019 watershed polls. The fake statement indicates that MEC has verified 193 Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), 189 for UTM Party, 160 for Malawi […]
Political experts have condemned the scribes body, Media Institute of South Africa (Misa) Malawi chapter for setting tough conditions for presidential candidates in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections wishing to participate in presidential candidates which Nyasa Times understands will have five out of nine hopefuls taking part. The presidential candidates who will ta e […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has set March 1 2019 as the last day for receiving names and photographs of election monitors for accreditation from political parties and candidates that are contesting in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. This is according to an emailed notice issued by the MEC spokesperson Sangwani Mwafulirwa . According to the communication, MEC has also […]
A Mzuzu-based Psych-Social Counsellor Walker Gondwe has pleaded with politicians in the country to undergo psych-social lessons prior to the 2019 watershed tripartite elections scheduled for 21st May 2019. Gondwe told Zodiak Radio on Wednesday that the lessons are aimed at equipping the politicians to accept the outcome of the elections. He said this will […]
The dust has just settled after parties presented their nomination papers. The interesting part of the process was the unveiling of presidential runningmates. Runningmates are integral parts to the presidential campaign. They can add colour and panache to the presidential candidate or ruin the campaign. This is why in this article I want to separate runningmates from ruining-mates. I […]
The stage for the 2019 tripartite elections is now set with the submission of presidential nomination papers with the Malawi Electoral Commission from 4 to 8 February at Comesa Hall in Blantyre. The elections will be highly contested since 1994 not only because of the campaign messages that are being sold and the political players […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Austin (AA) Muluzi has vowed not pull out of the country’s presidential race on May 21 2019 refuting social media speculations that he has withdrawn from the elections race. There has been propaganda that the youthful Atupele has withdrawn from the race because the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has offered […]
A task force organising the upcoming March 29 and April 5 presidential debate have announced that there were eight requirements, seven of which the candidates should fulfill to qualify in taking part. Media Institute of South Africa (Misa) Malawi is organising the public debates with other electoral stakeholders. Addressing a news conference in Lilongwe on […]
Mbakuwaku Movement for Development (MMD) on Sunday unveiled its ambitious manifesto to hundreds of people that attended its political rally at Msalura Community Day Secondary School ground in Salima. In his address during the launch, the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Kuwani, said Malawians will remain poor in the absence of a clear and practical pro-poor […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP0 senior members have been holding meetings in the northern region aimed at asking people to support Everton Chimulirenji as the best choice for President Peter Mutharika to be the next vice-president and ultimately possible next Head of State. Led by Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe […]