The Malawi Electoral Commission has revealed that over 4.6 million people have registered in the ongoing voter registration exercise as of phase 5. The MEC had projected to register about 5, 770, 982 voters as of phase 5 and beat the figures the commission registered by this period in 2013. Speaking at a press briefing […]
United Transformation Movement (UTM) top officials at the weekend raided the Southern regions trying to woo the electorate ahead of the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. UTM has been holding major rallies with Vice-President Saulos Klaus Chilima (SKC) as main speaker. But at weekend, the movement front-line troops conducted meetings which attracted crowds without SKC. […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president for the Central Region, Uladi Mussa, has rebuked Vice-President Saulos Chilima over strong criticism of government and throwing his hat into the ring for the 2019 presidential elections, going up against the incumbent, Peter Mutharika. Speaking at Kandulu School Ground in the area of Traditional Authority Ndindi in Salima during a political […]
Leader of opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate in May 21 2019 elections, Lazarus Chakwera, has promised a radical socio-economic transformation if elected to be the country’s president. Chakwera said in an exclusive interview on Times TV broadcast on Saturday which was anchored by maverick host Brian Banda. He said MCP has plans […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said very few people are coming out to register in the on-going voter registration exercise for the May 21, 2019 polls as compared to previous years. The fifth phase of the registration, which started on September 2 and will end on September 15, is in the progress in five districts […]
The primary season is now in full swing. Party members are keenly choosing representatives for the 2019 elections. It is an exciting time. Many a video has been shared on social media showing some candidates with loads of supporters lining up behind them whilst their hapless competitors sit alone. Not even the village stray or […]
President Peter Mutharika has registered in his home village of Goliati in Thyolo East constituency as a voter and urged people to go out and register in the ongoing voter registration exercise in some parts of the south. Mutharika said this during the official opening of Ida Chilembwe Community College in Chiradzulu. “I want to […]
Pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says the ongoing voter registration exercise in phase five is going on according to plan, saying in some areas, more than half the targeted voters have registered. The voter registration exercise is going on in Mulanje, Phalombe, Thyolo, Neno and Balaka among other areas. MEC chairperson Jane Ansah said […]
The eastern district of Balaka on Tuesday erupted with political ecstasy when the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) descended on the district in a blazing whistle stop, urging the people to go and register enmass in order to exercise their right to vote in the forthcoming tripartite elections in May next year. The DPP’s Vice […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson, Justice Jane Ansah, has urged political parties to screen and vet aspiring candidates ahead of nomination papers presentation in readiness for the May 2019 tripartite elections. Speaking in an interview, Justice Ansah said as most political parties in the country are conducting primary elections, there is need to scrutinize the […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) search for its parliamentary candidate in Dedza central east ended abruptly as the poll team which went there to conduct the elections run for its life following political violence. Ishmael Ndaila Onani who conducted the primary polls and his team were forced to flee the place before announcing the […]
Opposition politicians in Senior Chief Mlumbe’s area in Zomba have launched a blistering assault on senior chief Mlumbe of Zomba for refusing them access to hold political rallies in his area of jurisdiction. Zomba Chingale MP Wallace Chawawa said the senior chief is openly campaigning for some ruling Democrtaic Progressive Party (DPP) candidates and is […]
Former president Joyce Banda, 68, has said Malawians are tired of being trapped in abject poverty and that the only way is to bring about transformational leadership that will improve their lives beyond May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. Banda, who was given the nod by her People’s Party (PP) members during last month national convention to be […]
Some Malawi Congress Party (MCP) members in Mchinji have asked Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to be presiding over all elections in the country including party primaries to select candidates for national polls. This was said during MCP primary elections in Mchinji south west constituency in Mchinji where it is alleged that there were a lot […]
Bishop John Ryan of Mzuzu Diocese of the Catholic Church and Vicar General of the Catholic Archdiocese of Blantyre Father Boniface Tamani have said in separate messages that the church prohibits its clergy from endorsing political candidates, and urging them to tread carefully when it comes to political activity. Catholic leaders, including some priests and bishops, […]
As the country gears for crucial tripartite elections in May next year, the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the Eastern Region has urged political players to stick to issues because politics should not be reduced to a contest of mudslinging. Speaking when he addressed a gathering that swarmed Nsanama Trading Centre in Machinga Central […]
The main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) aspirant Member of Parliament for Mangochi Monkey Bay Constituency, Gerald Kazembe has pledged to donate his entire salary towards constituency development once elected into power. He made the vow on Saturday during a political rally held at Masasa Village in Monkey Bay soon after donating assorted items to […]
The rulling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) parliamentary aspirant in Chikwawa West Constituency Councillor Dyson Manjolo has challenged the party he shall disregard the directive for aspirants not to stand as independent candidate after primary elections unless the party level the playing field for all aspirants. Councillor Manjolo who is the current Council Chairperson for Chikwawa […]