Committing grave mistakes in the aspect of electioneering the 2014 Malawi polls will now be the story of the past, thanks to the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) which has recruited 746 quality control managers, Commissioner Mezuwa Banda has disclosed. Speaking on Monday in Mzuzu when he officially opened two training workshops for electoral supervisors, clerks and returning […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has warned Malawian nationals of registering more than once in the ongoing voter registration exercise currently underway and in its fourth phase. This comes following the arrest of a 23 year old who was arrested and found guilty in the court of law on the same. On Tuesday, September 10, 2013 […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) chairperson Justice Maxon Mbendera will lead Africa Union Observers team to Swaziland Parliamentary Elections. A statement from Mec states that Justice Mbendera will lead a team comprising members from Pan-Africa Parliament, the AU Parliament representatives committee, electoral management organisations and civil society organisations. Justice Mbendera said the appointment was an honour […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) says it has no intention to frustrate any potential registrant (s) in the ongoing voter registration exercise and does not take orders on its operations from any authority. This follows reports and accusation that the electoral body deployed faulty equipment in some registration centers perceived as the stronghold of the […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it has not set new dates for voter registration in Karonga district saying it is considering the requests from the district and others district in the northern region. MEC says it is currently reviewing the schedule of phases to come up with new dates for conducting registration in Chitipa, […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) has disclosed that it has been forced to hold voter registration process in phases due to lack of adequate equipment that could cater for all registration centres nationwide. The country has 4451 centres, and meanwhile, Mec is about to go into fourth phase of the voter registration process following the completion […]
The third phase of voter registration exercise closed Saturday with the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) expressing satisfaction with the progress made. The phase, which started on August 25, covered all the constituencies in Mulanje, Luchenza Municipality, Phalombe South, Phalombe East and Phalombe North East constituencies and all constituencies in Thyolo District except Thyolo North which was covered […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission would like to give a response to some issues that have been raised in an article published on your online newspaper with the above caption and authored by Mr Majoti Chizumanga. The article cites revelations by The Zimbabwe Independent that the Malawi Government has roped in shadowy Israeli security company, NIKUV […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has warned it will bar any political party and aspirants in next year’s tripartite elections if they violate the newly revised electoral code of conduct in their acts. MEC last week launched the revised electoral code of conduct for political parties and candidates to guide them once campaign kicks off […]
One of the 10 commissioners at the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Dr Bertha Simwaka has resigned from her position, the electoral body has announced. The commission, in a media statement, said President Joyce Banda has since acknowledged the resignation in accordance with Section 4(3) of the Electoral Commission Act. “The Malawi Electoral Commission is informing […]
The third phase of voter registration kicked off Sunday morning with the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) expressing optimism that the exercise will go on smoothly. The phase, which is expected to run from August 25 to 2 September 7, 2013 will cover all the constituencies in Mulanje, Luchenza Municipality, Phalombe South, Phalombe East and Phalombe North East constituencies and […]
There was commotion at Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) head offices in Blantyre on Thursday afternoon when its contracted voter registration officers staged a protest, demanding their allowances. Close to 50 voter registration staffs people from Blantyre City, who are mostly teachers, stormed Mec’s offices, chanting songs of discontent, demanding to be paid their dues while […]
The voter registration exercise, now into second phase, has recorded a success with the first phase recording an upsurge of interested voters by 15 percent compared to 2009 figures in the same areas, according to a statement by, Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec), chairperson Maxon Mbendera, who is also a Supreme Court of Appeal Judge. He […]
As the second phase of voter registration exercise got underway Thursday, veteran politician and former president of the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Gwanda Chakuamba, has come out of his cocoon to send an emotional appeal to the electorate to register en mass ahead of next year’s tripartite elections. The second phase will run up […]
Over 194 people have been robbed of their money in Mzuzu after four people who police have arrested poised to be officials of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and solisted money from them promising they would be employed as monitors. Mzuzu police station spoke person sergeant Maurice Chapola has confirmed . Chapola said his office […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has reiterated its stand not to extend the first phase of the voter registration exercise despite a general outcry to do so due to irregularities. The first phase of the registration officially closed on Sunday, August 4, but in MEC allowed some people in selected centers to register on Monday, […]
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has called on the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to investigate thoroughly the alleged illegal production and selling of the registration voter cards reported in Mzuzu saying the party fear that this could be a systematic move aimed at rigging next year’s elections. Reacting to The Nation newspaper story on Friday that revealed […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says credible 2014 polls will be determined by a professional workforce in the wake of civic and voter education process. Commissioner Nancy Tembo, who is also chairperson for media, civic and voter education said this in Zomba when she opened a two-day workshop for constituency civic education assistants which was […]