Independent member of parliament for Balaka North Constituency and business magnate Tony Ngalande on Saturday evening announced that he has endorsed the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera in the Tuesday’s presidential elections. Ngalande said although he has not joined any party in the Tonse alliance, he consulted his constituents who have opted for Chakwera. He […]
Campaigning for Malawi’s upcoming historic fresh presidential elections reached a climax Saturday with mass rallies by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and its alliance partner United Democratic Front (UDF) party torchbearer. President Peter Mutharika urging people in Rumphi to vote him back in power to allow him continue with his development projects and eradicate […]
Promises have been made, slogans shouted, jokes cracked and prayers said. The campaign is drawing to an end. Vice President Salous Chilima has said opposition Tonse Alliance is confident of winning the Tuesday fresh presidential polls and has urged President Peter Mutharika to start packing saying the game is over for him and that Malawi […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera who leads the nine-party Tonse Alliance has said he is ready for the fresh presidential election slated for Tuesday and that he is well prepared to govern Malawi is elected as the country’s next leader. Chakwera said this at a final campaign rally he held at Mtsiriza Community […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) national campaign director Moses Kunkuyu has issued a steady warning and challenged all people involved in the electoral process that they risk being prosecuted if massive irregularities are incurred. Kunkuyu said this as Malawians are geared to cast votes in the fresh presidential elections set for 23rd June, 2020. The fresh […]
Citizens for Transformation (CFT) leader Timothy Mtambo Timothy Pagonachi Simbega Mtambo urged the Malawi Electoral Commission( MEC) to ensure that there is a free, fair and credible election. In a statement, Mtambo has alsourged the Malawi Police service to remain professional the country heads to the polls on June 23. “The people and the process, […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Dr. Chifundo Kachale has urged presiding officers to be responsible in handling election matters for a credible Fresh Presidential Election. Speaking during training for presiding officers in Kasungu, Kachale said that all is set for the Fresh Presidential Elections but the commission relies on the presiding officers from arrival of […]
Vice President Salous Chilima, who is running mate to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera, on Saturday, ended his campaign in style when he walked with a multitude from the popular Ndirande Township all the way to Njamba Freedom Park. Speaking to a multitude that attended his last campaign rally at Njamba freedom Park […]
Nyasa Times journalist Watipaso Mzungu interacts with Mbakuwaku Movement for Development (MMD), Peter Dominico Sinosi Driver Kuwani (PDSK), to get insights into the personality and educational and academic background of the man who has not given up his search for a ticket to the State House. Excerpts: Nyasa Times: Who is MMD president Peter Dominico […]
Barely a day he addressed a mammoth crowd at Mzimba Boma drumming support for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera who leads the nine-party Tonse Alliance, Vice President Saulos Chilima on Saturday hit the road again and had his first stop at 7:30 am at Ntcheu making final promises in exchange for votes. From […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera who leads the nine-party Tonse Alliance has said he is optimistic that the court-sanctioned fresh presidential elections set on Tuesday June 23 will usher in a new era for the country. Chakwera is the main challenger of President Peter Mutharika who is seeking re-election in the historic elections. […]
The African Union (AU) and the Commonwealth secretary-general Patricia Scotland have called on all parties in Maalawi to ensure peaceful and credible elections as the country holds historic fresh presidential elections on Tuesday June 23 2020. In a statement, Commonwealth Secretary-General said all electoral and political stakeholders in Malawi should play their part in contributing […]
Malawi Defence Force (MDF) is giving tight security to ballot papers to be used for Tuesday in a hotly contested fresh presidential election being held almost five months after the Constitutional Court annulled the results of a disputed vote last year. MDFs director of military operations and training, Brigadier General Blaise Saenda, briefing stakeholders on […]
Pastors from various churches in the country are calling upon all Malawians to pray for the most anticipated presidential elections coming ahead saying God should be at the center of everything before and after the polls. The presidential elections will be repeated following the annulment of last year’s poll results. Tuesday’s polls pit incumbent President […]
As we fast approach the fresh presidential election, the opposition and so the ruling party with its agents are busy wooing people to vote for them in the coming elections. On a lighter note, let me make it clear that politics is much diverse from romance where lies and deception at times becomes the order […]
Three candidates in the next Tuesday’s court-sanctioned fresh presidential elections have been asked accept the results even if they have not gone their way and prepare their supporters on the same. Political commentator Humphrey Mvula said political parties should urge their supporters to accept the outcome of the vote, saying there is only one winner […]
President Peter Mutharika, who is also DPP/UDF candidate in the forthcoming fresh presidential election has urged people in Mzuzu and surrounding districts to support the alliance during Tuesday’s vote so that his government continues to develop the northern region. President Mutharika was speaking to thousands of the DPP-UDF alliance supporters who gathered at Katoto roundabout […]
The Defence and Security committee of Parliament has cleared Fattani Offset Printers in Blantyre over allegations of printing fake ballot papers to allegedly help the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) rig the fresh Presidential election due Tuesday June 23. The six-member team, led by the committee chairperson Ken Zikhale Ng’oma of Malawi Congress Part (MCP), […]