As the country prepares for the 2014 Tripartite Elections, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has planned nationwide public hearings on ward demarcations to take place between January 14 and February 14, 2013 according to a statement signed by its chief elections officer, Willie Kalonga. The statement says the commission is continuing with the public hearings […]
Malawi’s oldest political party, the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), has embarked on a campaign for revival by injecting new blood as it strategizes for next year’s elections. The party is on a membership recruitment drive, with the youth being main target, to get its old glory back. “We have to hit the ground running,” said MCP’s senior official and […]
A youth Malawian grouping, Friends of Atupele, has appealed to the country’s youth to vote for a youthful president as Malawi gears up for the 2014 tripartite elections. The group, which was launched last December in Mzuzu, claims it has observed that all past Malawian presidents have failed to address issues affecting the youth in […]
Alliance for Democracy (Aford), one of the political parties in Malawi, has rejected political posturing of its national chairperson, Enock Chihana to form a coalition with the ruling People’s Party (PP) during next year’s tripartite elections. Chihana, who is also the minister of sports, told a rally in Rumphi this week that they will form […]
Minister of Sports and Rumphi East lawmakers Enoch Chihana has declared his candidature for the Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) presidency at the forthcoming party convention and declared that the party will campaign for President Joyce Banda in the next year’s elections. According to Aford publicity secretary Dan Msowoya, the party’s convention might take place in […]
Malawi’s former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says it welcomes back two lawmakers into its fold who left for the governing People’s Party government led by Joyce Banda. Former Tourism, Wildlife and Culture Minister Dr Daniel Liwimbi and former Energy and Mining Minister Grain Malunga announced this week that they were back in the rank […]
Atupele Austin Muluzi one of the front runners in Malawi’s presidential elections scheduled for 2014, running on the United Democratic Front (UDF) party ticket, on Saturday conducted a whistle-stop political meetings in the eastern districts of Mangochi and Machinga, considered as his party’s stronghold. The son of former president Bakili Muluzi, clad in his charismatic […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) interim president, Professor Peter Mutharika has left the country for United States of America (USA) where he is expected to meet President Barack Obama before proceeding to United Kingdom. Mutharika left the country through Kamuzu International Airport on Friday morning in a trip described by the party as private. From USA […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said it is determined and geared to ensure that the 2014 tripartite elections should be a yard stick to other countries. MEC Chairperson, Justice Maxon Mbendera, SC, made the remarks Wednesday in Kasungu during a public hearing on ward demarcation. Parliament last month passed the Tripartite Elections Bill to provide […]
Malawi’s opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) and People’s Transformation (Petra) are calling upon Malawians and other electoral stakeholders to be cautious with President Joyce Banda’s (JB) change of heart on the appointment of her vice president Khumbo Kachali as an overseer of Malawi Electoral Commission. The call from UDF spokesman Ken Ndanga and Petra’s president […]
Can I be principled and critical in my engagement with political reality in Malawi? Is there a chance for me to re-examine my role in the establishment of a state that protects the rights of both minority and majority groups? Do I really have the time to reflect on how my previous votes aided the […]
President Joyce Banda has rescinded her decision to appoint Vice-President, Khumbo Kachali as overseer of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) following growing protests from several quarters, including opposition parties, lawyers and the electoral organization itself. In her first cabinet shake-up since assuming office in April, President Banda removed Vice President Kachali as Health minister but placed a number […]
People’s Party (PP) officials on Tuesday challenged that they will do all it takes to win the 2014 tripartite elections, arguing former ruling Malawi Congress Party (MCP), United Democratic Front (UDF) and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will never rule the country again. Speaking during a ‘development’ rally at Chule ground in T/A Kaphuka, Dedza, some […]
We are all familiar with the village idiot (chitsiru cha m’mudzi) – that character who speaks whatever comes to mind with very little attention to decorum. If, like me, you grew up in a village you know that every village has an idiot of its own. The village idiot usually comes home drunk and, in […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has postponed its national convention slated for this month to April next year. The decision to postpone the much await convention was made at a meeting of the party’s National Governing Council (NGC) in Lilongwe on Thursday afternoon, party’s official confirmed to Nyasa Times. DPP Publicity Secretary, Nicholas Dausi told Nyasa Times the […]
Private practice lawyers have defended President Joyce Banda decision of appointing vice president Khumbo Kachali as a minister responsible for the independent Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). President Banda appointed Kachali to look after the operations of the national electoral body a move she defends as constitutional. She even argues that it is just a shift of […]
The University of Malawi political science professor Blessings Chinsinga says the use of recycled politicians is negatively impacting on the political culture of the country. Chisinga is reacting to concerns from members of the general public over the hypocrisy of crop of political leaders who have led the country since the end of one party […]
Malawi Police detectives are reportedly investigating a case of incitement to insurrection against the Joyce Banda administration for placing the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in the armpits of Vice-President Khumbo Kachali, Nyasa Times understands. In making her first cabinet reshuffle since assuming office in April following her predecessor Bingu wa Mutharika’s sudden death from cardiac arrest, […]