The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) will on February2 to 3, 2019 hold a pre-inspection of nomination papers for all aspiring candidates ahead of the May 21 Tripartite Elections. MEC chief elections officer Sam Alfandika said in a statement that the aim of the exercise is to ensure that all nomination papers have been filled correctly and […]
Malawi’s former president Joyce Banda is clear to run for presidency in the May 21 Tripartite elections despite a ‘ghost warrant’ as the State has never even once invited her for questioning on corruption allegations with no objective material evidence linking her. The Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said it had no solid evidence against the […]
In three months’ time, Malawians will be going to the polls to elect a President; Members of Parliament (MPs) and ward councillors in another tripartite election; the second one in the country’s multiparty history. Incumbent President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika will be seeking a second term of office, but before he does that he will […]
Serious challenger for the May 21 watershed elections Vice President and UTM Party president Saulos Klaus Chilima will announce his running mate when presenting his nomination papers in Blantyre next week and it will be one amongst four names we have gathered. Among the running mates that the State Vice President is considering is that […]
If you hate the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) as I do and you have tears, lets prepare to shed floods of them right after May 19 Tri-partite Elections because Jane Ansah, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chair, will neither declare Lazarus Chakwera nor Saulos Chilima Malawi’s next president. Not even Joyce Banda or Atupele Muluzi will […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has warned electoral stakeholders to exercise impartiality and neutrality in handling the nomination process in order to ensure credibility of May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. Commissioner Linda Kunje, who is also Chairperson of MEC’s Finance Committee sounded the warning in Mzuzu on Saturday during a daylong training of Constituency Returning […]
The former president Joyce Banda has said the country’s economy is worse now than it was when she was president of the country from 2012 to 2014, promising to continue her People’s Party (PP) vision of uplifting the economic and social status of poor Malawians with a ‘phase 2’ if elected in May elections. Banda ascended […]
As the country is fast approaching Tripartite elections on May 21 2019, President Peter Mutharika has said that once re-elected into power he would continue to develop the country beyond recognition. He said this Sunday in Limbe during a whistle stop tour which he conducted in areas of Nancholi, Chilobwe, Zingwangwa, Manje and Limbe before […]
President Peter Mutharika on Sunday called on Malawians to continue supporting the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government for the country to enjoy continued development projects that are currently under implementation. The President made the call during a whistle- stop rally that was held in Nancholi Township in Blantyre. President Mutharika expounded on the point […]
Network for Youth Development (NYD) is holding one-to-one meetings with leaders of various political parties in the country with the aim of asking them to include youth friendly provisions in their manifestos ahead of the forthcoming May 21 tripartite polls. NYD programme manager, Agatha Silungwe, said the initiative that began last week will continue in […]
Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development who is also Democractic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president for the northern region, Goodall Gondwe, Saturday challenged the opposition that they do not have what it takes to govern Malawi especially those led by youthful leaders especially the United Democratic Front (UDF) and UTM Party. UDF is led by […]
The Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM), Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) and Malawi Council of Churches (MCC) have added their voices to condemn the spate of political violence in the country. At a news conference in Lilongwe , the local church bodies warned authorities against letting the country degenerate into a state of lawlessness. They […]
Politicians from both the ruling and the opposition parties in Mangochi have agreed to end the escalating political violence which is a deterrent to a free, fair and credible 2019 highly contentious elections. Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD) organized the one day highly successful political indaba in the lake shore violence hot spot district after […]
The Embassy of the United States of America in Malawi has condemned recent politically motivated acts of violence ahead of the May 21 Tripartite elections. Thd opposition political parties, notably Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM, have accused the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of unleashing the rising terror through its youth cadets. But DPP […]
Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS), the country’s biggest and privately owned media house, has announced that it will have all its programmes and adverts’ fees halved for all women participating in the forthcoming May 21 tripartite elections with a goal to boost their morale. ZBS managing director, Gospel Kazako, said that women are deprived so many […]
A political expert has doubted the 20 people who collected the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) nomination papers will all be eligible to battle it out for the State House job. Henry Chingaipe said past experiences show that many people collect the papers but fewer returns them to the pollster. “People should not be alarmed with […]
Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is this weekend holding primary elections in Balaka, Machinga and Mangochi, the United Democratic Front (UDF) stronghold, an indication that the two parties’ relationship is slowly collapsing. DPP officials have confirmed that the party will be holding the primary elections in the eastern region after the initial agreement to spare […]
Three female presidential hopefuls have collected nomination papers to contest in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections as they want Malawi’s topmost position and they say the electorate must look the way of women, this time around as 20 pretenders, contenders to the throne emerge. In the history of Malawi no woman has won a […]