Pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has ordered its staff in all the districts to open voter registration centres to enable the last person leave the centre. MEC chairlady Jane Ansah said all members of staff should work round the clock to ensure that everybody is registered. “Nobody should be sent back on the last […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has advised all registration supervisors in the districts where second phase of registration is going to an end to make sure that they register all registrants who will be at registration centers before 4 o’clock on the last day of registration. MEC chairperson Jane Ansah said this in Mchinji where she went for […]
Governance expert and political commentator Makhumbo Munthali has said it is too early to judge whether vice president Saulos Chilima may dislodge main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in the race to unseat Democrtaic Progressive Party (DPP) in next year’s elections. Munthali said Chilima’s crowd-pulling launch of the United Transformation Movement (UTM) at Masintha ground […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah has played down claims by Vice-President Saulos Chilima that the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is planning to an attempt to subvert the will of the people in next year’s elections, saying the electoral process will be transparent and no room for fraudulent results. Chilima said when he […]
A Tumbuka Paramount Chief Chikulamayembe of Rumphi has said he is reversing his decision to endorse President Peter Mutharika’s 2019 presidential bid, saying Malawians will decide according to their conscious when the country goes to polls. Chikulamayembe endorsed Mutharika during the rally the President held in Rumphi last week at Bolero, after laying a foundation […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) said they strongly believe Vice-President Saulos Chilima has an intimate knowledge of rigging machinations for the country’s watershed polls and that he should give more details regarding how Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is planning to rig and how it manipulated the results of 2014 election for President Peter Mutharika and […]
Some political parties contesting in next year’s tripartite elections, have said next year’s tripartite elections offer great opportunity for the advancement of the 50-50 agenda of women empowerment in decision making positions. The parties have made the observations as they are preparing for primary elections in readiness of next year’s tripartite elections. Speaking in separate […]
Catholic Congregation have been advised to go for voter registration when their time comes so that come May 21, 2019 they should exercise their voting right and choose the right people who are development conscious. Reverend Father Jevazio Chisonga made the plea Sunday during a Eucharist Mass at Nsanje Parish. “Time has come to exercise […]
Members of Parliament (MPs) of the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) on Sunday took turns to bemoan the rising levels of corruption under the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government, saying the only way to remove it is through registering to vote and casting the ballot in next year’s Tripartite elections. The MPs were addressing a […]
Is a new Malawi possible? There has never been a better time to revisit this question than now. Travelling across the country, it’s easy to see why some people answer that question with cynicism. It’s understandable and lamentable that many, too, are giving up on the democratic experiment altogether—even grappling on whether they should vote […]
The Officer-In-Charge for Karonga Police Station has called upon people of Karonga Central Constituency in the district to refrain from acts of violence during the forth coming tripartite elections, saying time has come for a new chapter to be written. Deputy Commissioner of Police Brenant Chitanda made the call during anti violence sensitisation meeting held […]
Today we take time to emphasize on the need for everyone to register as a voter as we prepare for the 21 May 2019 Tripartite Elections whereby the nation will elect State President, Members of Parliament and Ward Councillors. The critical step in the participation of either as a voter or a candidate, is registering. If anyone […]
From the political chatter coming out of the various aspiring presidential candidates and parties, all you hear is greed and lust for power without purpose and direction. I am yet to hear anyone admit that the structure of political administration in Malawi has for a long time been wrongly organized, and accept with a compelling […]
Malawian Vice President Saulos Chilima, 45 made a strong political statement of intent presenting a considerable threat to ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in next year’s general elections when he launched ‘new hope for change’ – United Transformation Movement (UTM) at Masintha ground in the capital Lilongwe , seeking to unseat the 79-year-old President Peter Mutharika. Supporters […]
Malawi’s business growth is failing to grow and blossom because of the country’s poor leadership that is affecting small and medium enterprises (SMEs), former Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI) president Newton Kambala. Kambala, proprietor of Mkaka Civil Engineering Company, was speaking during the launch of United Transformation Movement (UTM) of State vice-president […]
As the second phase of voter registration exercise is still underway, it has been learnt that one of the Vice President Saulos Chilima’s United Transformation Movent (UTM) aspirant was ferrying people from Ntchisi to Dowa for registration. It was reported that, Annie Makuta who is aspiring for parliamentary seat in Dowa North was taking people […]
In the forthcoming 2019 tripartite elections, governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will “stand out from the crowd and win fair and square” despite a systematic demonization propaganda campaign by its detractors, newly elected party’s vice president for southern region, Kondwani Nankhumwa has said. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times, Nankhumwa admitted that DPP faces growing […]
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi Chapter has commended journalists in the country for contributing positively towards wooing the masses to participate in the ongoing voter registration exercise. MISA Malawi Chairperson Tereza Ndanga made the remarks as the blame-game continues between opposition political parties and the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on the exercise […]