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 […]
President Joyce Banda has rescinded her decision to appoint Vice-President, Khumbo Kachali as overseer of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) following growing protests from several quarters,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 […]
President Joyce Banda will announce her stand on the issue concerning the appointment of Vice President Khumbo Kachali as the overseer of all operations at the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), government spokesman has said. President Banda appointed Kachali to look after the operations of the national electoral body a move she defends as constitutional. She […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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), […]
Some of the contestants in the 2009 Parliamentary Elections who managed to get 5 percent of the total valid votes have not collected a refund of their nomination fees and their cheques are still stuck at Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec), it has been established. According to Section 45 (2) of the Parliamentary and Presidential Elections […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says its 2012-2017 strategic plan has incorporated establishment of causes of voter apathy in the country as one of its activities. Voter apathy is the situation whereby registered voters fail to cast their votes due to various reasons a challenge the country has registered in the elections it has been […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission has a new Chairperson. He is Justice Mackson Mbendera, SC replacing Supreme Court of Appeal Judge Anastasia Msosa who contract expired in September this year. Msosa’s last task was to supervise the twin by-elections in Mzimba Central and Mzimba South West. Minister of Information and Civic Education, Moses Kunkuyu, confirmed to […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson Justice Anastasia Msosa on Wednesday expressed concern that civil society organization (CSOs) did not participate in the twin bye elections held in Mzimba district on Tuesday. Making the official the official announcement at Mzimba Boma that ruling Peoples Party (PP) candidate Raymond Nkhata and an Independent candidate Joseph Mavuto […]
With October 9 Mzimba by-elections drawing nearer, the Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) says it has completed the printing process of 80, 600 ballot papers which have since been earmarked for distribution this weekend. Speaking to journalists, Mec’s chairperson of electoral services Rev. Emmanuel Chimkwita Phiri said the decision to print the ballot papers locally has […]
With less than a week to go before polling starts in Mzimba, the Malawi Electoral Commission says it is committed to delivering a free, fair and credible by-election in both constituencies. “The Commission has endeavored to involve the stakeholders throughout the process. This is why we are all gathered here to witness this ballot printing […]
Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission Justice Anastasia Msosa has challenged electoral management bodies in the SADC to open up to the media by giving information which can help build an informed electorate. Msosa said this in her keynote address to the two-day workshop on Elections Management Bodies, Media and Election that drew participants from […]