President of the Malawi’s opposition People’s Transformation Party (PETRA) Kamuzu Chibambo has joined a bandwagon of stakeholders and critics who are outraged President Joyce Banda’s decision of appointing the vice president Khumbo Kachali as responsible for the Electoral Commission (EC). Chibambo who is also a trained lawyer says the appointment is not only unconstitutional but […]
One of the People’s Party (PP) aspiring parliamentary candidates for Blantyre City South has accused Minister of Information and Civic Education and MP, Moses Kunkuyu of barring aspirants to hold meetings or interact with constituents until 2014 campaign period kicks off. Kunkuyu, three weeks ago met PP constituency officials at his home base in Manase […]
Electoral stakeholders in Malawi are exerting pressure on President Joyce Banda to rescind her decision of appointing vice president Khumbo Kachali as a minister responsible for the independent Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). President Banda on Thursday appointed Kachali to look after the operations of the national electoral body a move she defends as constitutional. She even […]
For the first time in the history of democracy Malawi, the country will hold presidential candidates debates during the 2014 general elections campaigns, the country’s electoral body has announced. One of the commissioners at the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Reverend Emmanuel Chinkwita Phiri disclosed this during a Human Rights Day debate in the capital Lilongwe […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) acting president Peter Mutharika is the most preferred candidate ahead of 2014 polls according to the opinion poll conducted by the Nation Publications Limited. The survey results announced in one of the publictaion’s titles, the Nation on Sunday revealed that Mutharika’s political fortunes have soared as President Joyce Banda continues to tumble […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda said she was “very confident” of victory in the 2014 presidential elections, firmly declaring that she did not see any formidable competitor in the fight for State House. Banda made the remarks Saturday in Bangwe township, Blantyre where she officially launched the public works programme, inspected the Malawi Council for the […]
Government has defended the appointment of Vice-president Khumbo Kachali to head Malawi’s Electoral Commission (EC), arguing the appointment will ensure smooth preparations for 2014 tripartite elections. The government’s stand comes amid criticism from various commentators including political parties, civil society, analysts, and in the middle of rumors that the Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) […]
Malaw’s Nation Publications Limited is carrying an opinion poll on who would be the next Head of State. The media house has been conducting surveys which its results are published in its weekly title the Nation on Sunday. This week it is asking: If elections would be held today, who would you vote for? Atupele […]
Malawi Vice President Khumbo Kachali has been stripped off the portfolio of Health Minister in a mini-cabinet reshuffle announced on Thursday but has been given a controversial job of being responsible for the Electoral Commission. In the full cabinet list named by President Joyce Banda and released by Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC), […]
In a fired political mood, President Joyce Banda on Tuesday predicted that many circumstantial opposition alliances will arise ahead of the 2014 national elections because individual political parties will have lost many executive members to the governing People’s Party (PP). The President was speaking on Tuesday when he addressed thousands of PP enthusiasts at Liwonde […]
Malawi’s opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) president and 2014 presidential candidate Atupele Austin (AA) Muluzi has said that he would offer the people “renewal and regeneration”. Speaking to a mammoth crowd that came to attend Sunday’s UDF rally at Masintha Ground in the capital Lilongwe, Atupele maintained his pledge to practice civilised politics departing from the […]
One of the Malawi’s motivational speakers Henry Kachaje is blaming the economic tough times Malawi is going through on the lack of what he calls visionary leaders who could have taken the country through a painful but transformational journey that would have made Malawi economically self-reliant. Kachaje who is the Executive Director for Business Consult […]
The once ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) has disclosed that it will hold it’s first ever National Policy Conference next year. In a media statement issued by UDF Secretary General Kandi Padambo, the party says the conference, first of its kind in the country, is part of its ‘Change’ agenda. UDF says the purpose of […]
WANTED: a magic wand to clean out the foul toxicity in the political air. Required: a disinfectant to suppress the foul virulence in our political rhetoric. Sought: detergent with which to launder violence out of our way of doing politics. Desired: a metamorphosis of our criminal justice system so that it ceases to be an instrument […]
Civil right groups in Malawi are commending parliamentarians for voting a bill which if assented to by the Head of State will enable Malawi hold tripartite elections in 2014. The parliamentarians voted the long awaited tripartite bill on Wednesday during their sitting in the capital Lilongwe. It will enable Malawians vote for the President, members […]
Malawian number one musician Lucius Banda, the self-styled ‘soldier of the Poor Man’, has publicly welcomed the decision to co-opt him into the United Democratic Front (UDF) national executive committee (NEC), the party’s decision-making body, saying he is keen to serve UDF and help to propel youthful presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi to power 2014 elections. Banda […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Leader in Parliament Dr George Chaponda has denied claims by Mzimba South East MP Rabson Chihaula Shaba, that he made remarks at the party caucus despising the Northern Region votes. Shaba, who on Tuesday declared himself independent, claimed he dumped the DPP after a Chaponda said the party does not care […]
Malawi Parliament on Wednesday passed the Tripartite Elections Bill . The bill will enable the country to hold three elections—the presidential, parliamentary and local government—in 2014. Members of Parliament including Thyolo Thava parliamentarian, Lifred Nawena who, at first, was against the idea voted for the Bill saying councilors would help their respective wards in socio-economic […]