The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has told stakeholders in Chikwawa to be alert to prevent other nationalities registering as voters as Registration exercise Commenced on Thursday in the district. MEC commissioner Elvey Mtafu alerted members of District Elections Supervisory Team (DEST) and Multiparty Liaison Committee (MPLC) in Chikwawa on wesday during the launch of voter […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says it is disappointed with lack of interest among women in Dedza to contest in its primary elections which were scheduled for 28 August, 2018 but have since been postponed. Top officials for the opposition party have said out of 37 aspirants for Member of Parliament (MP) positions in the primaries, […]
Pollster, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is appealing to Malawians in diaspora to come and register if they are to vote in next year’s highly contested general election. MEC commissioner Clifford Baloyi said this in Blantyre on Wednesday as he kicked off the fourth phase of voter registration in Blantyre, Mwanza, Thyolo and Mulanje which started […]
A coalition of 13 tiny parties in the country which wanted to make a grand coalition during the 2019 general election has crumbled even before it set off. Tikonze Dziko Lathu Coalition leader Cassim Chilumpha has said he would vie for the presidency in the forthcoming electionunder the banner of his party – Assembly for […]
Major political parties in the country have all said they are doing very well when it comes to promotion of youth participation in politics. Senior members of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the Malawi Congress Party (MCP, the People’s Party (PP) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) defended their respective parties’ records on promoting youth […]
Youth-Decide 2019, a consortium that recently made a historic step to have nomination fees for youthful aspirants reduced ahead of next year’s tripartite elections, says it wishes that the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) should further slash down the fees. MEC subsidized nomination fees of youth candidates from K500 000.00 to K375 000.00 and K40 000.00 […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says it considers primary elections as the most important element in its intra-party democratic order hence the party will hold primaries in all constituencies and wards across the country to choose candidates ahead of the 2019 tripartite elections. DPP vice president for southern region, Kondwani Nankhumwa was guest of […]
Vice-President Saulos Chilima who is leading a new political sensation, United Transformation Movement(UTM) has been persuaded to unite with at least nine opposition parties have so far shown interest in the electoral alliance as the 2019 Tripartite Elections are drawing closer. People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) president Mark Katsonga said the possible alliance will be a force […]
As the fight for youth empowerment intensifies, civil society leaders in Mzuzu have affirmed that the youth in Malawi are now ready to take over political leadership positions. Governance chairperson of Mzuzu Civil Society Network (MCISON), Peter Mumba, said this in an interview in Mzuzu on Wednesday. “More young people are coming back to their senses to realize […]
President Peter Mutharika has said his late brother, former president Bingu wa Mutharika, confided in him that he had regretted picking former president Joyce Banda as his running mate in 2009 elections. Banda made history becoming Malawi’s first female president and only the second woman to lead a country in Africa in 2012 when she […]
Inkosi ya Makhosi M’mbelwa V has wished President Peter Mutharika the ‘best of luck’ ahead of the 2019 elections, during which Mutharika will be seeking a second and mandatory final five-year term. The good wishes were delivered at the foot of Hora Mountain during the Umtheto festival of the Ngoni in Mzimba. “Next year, we have […]
The National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Trust in the Northern Region has cautioned people from giving their national identity cards away, describing the cards as a personal property. The warning comes amidst increasing reports that some people in Lilongwe have had their ID cards snatched by agriculture extension workers purportedly for purposes of registering farm input subsidy (FISP) […]
I would like to humbly applaud the State President, Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika for allowing citizens of this country to ask him questions on issues of national interest. Having seen a promotional video clip on the program “Talk to The President” last week, I eagerly waited for days to watch my President respond to the […]
I normally don’t listen to President Peter Mutharika’s speeches. As the President of Malawi, I wish I could listen to his speeches often. However, understanding what he says is one of the hardest things I have ever encountered. His speeches are incoherent. It’s hard to pick anything from what he says. The few moments that […]
The promise for the restoration of better students welfare has been made to students of the Malawi College of Accountancy (MCA) by the wife to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) first vice president, Abida Sidik Mia. During her visit to the college where she had a special interation with the students through MCP Students Wing, Abida […]
President Peter Mutharika Saturday warned Vice-President Saulos Chilima and other leaders of the United Transformation Movement (UTM) against despising him during their political rallies. Mutharika gave the warning in his speech to thousands of people that gathered at Katoto Roundabout in Mzuzu to welcome him on arrival in the city to fulfill a number of engagements. He […]
Newspaper columnists and commentators have argued that President Peter Mutharika team of advisers and public relations are “sleeping on the job” because for about two years Mutharika and his ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have become so infamous for one scandal after another. Columnist Albert Sharra states that the ‘mismanagement’ of information about the President’s […]
Malawi Police in the Northern Region have called for a spirit of tolerance from members of the public towards people of different parties in order to maintain peace during the forthcoming campaign period ahead of the 2019 Tripartite Elections. Northern Region Commissioner of Police Effie Kaitano made the remarks at Police Headquaters in Mzuzu on […]