Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Malawi Chapter, has announced they are organising presidential television live debate for a large field of nine presidential candidates in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. Misa Malawi is one of the key organisers for the debate which includes key electoral stakeholders and the media houses to beam live […]
Perhaps the grumpy faces that some Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) gurus wore when President Peter Mutharika announced little known Everton Chimulirenji as his running mate were justified. The DPP gurus’ fears of a misfiring running mate were confirmed on Sunday afternoon when Chimulirenji failed to impress during his maiden rally as DPP presidential running mate […]
A renowned political expert has told political parties to release their manifestoes, saying voters need to scrutinize them as the elections are now just under three months. George Phiri of Livingstonia University said delays to release the manifestoes might affect voters negatively. “The delays will affect the voters in that they will have no enough […]
Former ruling People’s Party (PP) will not feature any parliamentary or local council candidate in Salima in the forthcoming tripartite elections as no candidate in the district has declared interest to run on its ticket. Constituency Returning Officers (CROs) in the district indicated on Wednesday that no-one in the district submitted nomination forms to represent […]
Aspiring independent Member of Parliament for the Lilongwe City Centre constituency, Gift Nankhuni, has pledged more development in most areas of the constituency. The well-known lawyer was speaking on Sunday at Kanang’a in Chatata area during the inspection of the boreholes that he has been fixing. “I will push for more notable development in this […]
Malawi Police in Lilongwe have arrested a man who has been found with election materials. Nyasa Times sources at police headquarters in Lilongwe say the law enforcers arrested Manase Josam by mobile police in Area 25 on February 14. “When they went to his house, they found 2 bags full of National Registration Bureau materials, […]
Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), Jane Ansah has again urged political leaders o practice modern politics by engaging in issue-based campaign. Ansah, a judge of the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal and a former Attorney General, has warned that the electoral body will disqualify all candidates found promoting political violence. She made these remarks […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says there will be no official broadcaster for the announcement of the highly contentious May 21 polls as has been the case in the past elections. MEC chairperson Jane Ansah said the media in Malawi has improved tremendously that the pollster does not need to control one broadcaster for the announcement […]
Karonga central legislator Frank Tumpale Mwenifumbo, who is also running mate to United Democrtaic Front (UDF) presidential candidate, has told people in the north to massively vote for Atupele Muluzi, saying he is the unifying figure the country needs now. Addressing a rally in Mzimba on Wednesday, Mwenifumbo said Atupele is the only serious presidential […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has released names of nine approved presidential candidates out of 10 who presented their nomination papers, disqualifying one hopeful. MEC said it has approved the nine after analyzing nomination papers it received from various aspirants. The Commission has disqualified Loudon Titan Malingamoyo Phiri of National Salvation Front (NASAF) and his […]
Former president and Peoples Party (PP) leader Joyce Banda has said her choice of former chief executive officer for the grain marketer Admarc as her running mate was made after thorough consultations. Banda’s remarks come after she had earlier on told the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that she would not compete in the forth oming […]
The use of Biometric System enhanced the efficiency of the entire voter registration process and Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) assures the nation that it is prepared to administer the May 21 Tripartite Elections a fair, impartial and credible manner. MEC’s Chief Elections Officer Sam Alfandika made the assurance on Tuesday when he addressed the Parliamentary […]
Commentators have reacted with mixed feelings on reports that President Peter Mutharika’s running mate Everton Chimulirenji can barely read and speak English fluently, a prerequisite of one to perform well especially in the high office of the Vice President. Social commentator Stanley Onjezani Kenani writing on Facebook stated that of many criticism levelled against Chimulirenji, […]
Political experts are predicting a minority government after the May 21 highly contentious polls, saying the results would be worse than those of 2014. In 2014, President Peter Mutharika got 36 per cent of the vote whilst Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) had 32 per cent with Joyce Banda getting 28 per […]
A renowned constitutional lawyer has backed the decision by Karonga central legislator Frank Tumpale Mwenifumbo to accept the offer by United Democratic Front (UDF) torchbearer Atupele Muluzi to be his running mate. Edge Kanyongolo, a constitutional expert at Chancellor College of the University of Malawi (Unima) in Zomba said Mwenifumbo has acted within the law […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has rejected nomination papers for People’s Party (PP), Democratic People’s Congress (DEPECO) and United Democratic Front (UDF) aspiring candidates for May 21 2019 tripartite polls on various grounds including non-payment of nomination fees. The aspirants include Steven Chingondo (PP) and Florence Banda (DEPECO) who had their dreams of contesting for parliamentary […]
Aspiring Member of Parliament (MP) for Nsanje South Constituency Ramazan Mahomed has described himself as a breath of fresh air, down to earth, caring, and compassionate, blasting the behaviour of the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the area Thomson Kamangira and his predecessors for failing to bring meaningful development in the area during their […]
A famous cleric has urged Malawians not to vote for leaders who keep grudges against their political opponents, saying such people have great potential to abuse office. Apostle Madalitso Mbewe of Cavalry Church said this on Sunday at his church in Zomba where he led congregants to pray for the May 21 peaceful elections. “Such […]