The Industrial Relations Court has ruled that the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) unlawfully dismissed its former director general, Daud Suleman, finding that the regulator failed to follow proper employment procedures before removing him from office. The court found that MACRA officials did not afford Suleman a fair disciplinary hearing, denying him the opportunity to […]
Daud Suleman’s appearance before the parliamentary committee investigating the Chikangawa crash was, by any measure, one of the more technically detailed sessions of the inquiry so far. The former head of Malawi’s telecoms regulator set out, methodically, what his agency did in the hours after the aircraft carrying Saulos Chilima and eight others disappeared – […]
A former telecoms regulator chief has been forced to publicly defend himself before Parliament, after a cryptic Facebook post he made on the very day of the plane crash that killed former vice-president Saulos Chilima sparked a wave of online speculation suggesting he somehow had advance knowledge of the tragedy. Daud Suleman, who previousl y […]
Malawi Parliament has summoned the former head of Malawi’s telecoms watchdog to answer explosive questions over what authorities really knew — and when — during the desperate search for Vice-President Saulos Chilima’s missi ng aircraft. Daud Suleman, ex-director general of the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA), has been ordered to appear before the Ad Hoc […]
Kokoliliko Holdings Limited , a newly established diversified firm fronted by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) firm led by director Daud Suleman, has disclosed plans to establish entrepreneurship cooperatives in all the 193 constituencies and wards across the country. The company started as a political movement after the Presidential Elections Case with a team of key witnesses […]
It has emerged that the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) through its information technology (IT) specialist Daud Suleman established Kokoliliko Holdings Limited as vehicle for siphoning public resources through dubious tenders and contracts. This follows allegations that Suleman used his political influence for Kokoliliko Holdings, a subsidiary of MCP, to be part of suppliers of fertilizer […]
As she continues engaging various stakeholders in the education sector, Minister of Education, Agnes NyaLonje, met a local technology firm, MobiSchool, which has developed a platform for solving some of the challenges faced by the education sector. Led by its Chief Technology Officer, Daud Suleman, MobiSchool presented what it called a transformational platform to address […]
Memories of the old Malawi Congress Party (MCP) running the country’s key State-supported businesses have been reignited with the newly registered Kokoliko Holdings which appears like the old Press Trust with a new name. During MCP’s 31 years of one party rule, the country key companies, in all sectors of the economy, were run as […]
Information technology (IT) expert Daud Suleman, a member of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has encouraged Malawians to come out in their large numbers to vote for MCP presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera during the fresh elections, allaying fears of vote rigging. Polling is due on July 2, but could be brought forward to June 23, […]
Main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says it is ready with names for new Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioners. MCP spokesperson Reverend Maurice Munthali said the party is just waiting for President Peter Mutharika to demand the names to replace the current embattled MEC commissioners headed by Jane Ansah. “We know that these commissioners […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is demanding auditing of voters rolls of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and data based on National Registration Bureau (NRB) alleging that it is being tampered with ahead of July 2 fresh presidential elections. MCP presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera told a news conference at the party headquarters in Lilongwe on Wednesday that […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party youth have said the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) intends to rig the forthcoming fresh presidential elections and that they have uncovered evidence on their allegations. MCP information technology expert Daud Suleman , who was MCP key witness in the presidential election case, said at a news conference […]
Three Malawi Congress Party (MCP) key witnesses during the presidential petition case, Peter Lackson, Anthony Bendulo, and Daudi Suleman are on a country wide tour campaigning for the party ahead of fresh elections which Constitution Court sanctioned after nullifying the May last year’s presidential elections. The three have already toured north and central region and […]
Information technology expert, Daud Suleman, has been hailed by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader, Lazarus Chakwera, for “exposing the dirt” at Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) through his testimony in the 2019 presidential election case that was Monday nullified. In his testimony, Suleman said only 3, 677 out of 5, 002 result sheets were available in […]
Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale, who is representing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in the historic presidential elections petition case as Chief Legal Adviser for government, has in final submissions quashed Daud Suleman, an information technology (IT) expert hired by Malawi Congress Party (MCP), who made an elections data simulation in court to indicate that MEC results […]
President Peter Mutharika’s final submissions to the Constitutional Court in a case which the opposition are challenging his re-election of in May, has maintained that the petitioners – Saulos Chilima and Lazarus Chakwera – have failed to prove in court that presidential results were manipulated; hence, asked the court not to nullify the results and […]
The Constitutional Court hearing the landmark presidential election case in Lilongwe has warned party supporters against intimidating court witnesses and lawyers involved in the case. Lead judge Healey Potani sounded the warning at the start of the hearing of the case on Friday following a complaint from Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera’s […]
Death threats have been made against Daud Suleman the key witness for second petitioner Lazarus Chakwera (Malawi Congress Party president) in the presidential election results nullification petition at the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe. Suleman, an information technology (IT) expert who made a simulation of the elections results management system in court, explaining and demonstrating how […]