Tag archives: Maxon Mbendera

Mbendera calls for ‘research’ on voter apathy in Malawi, declares ‘credible’ by-election results

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Malawi  Electoral Commission (MEC) has declared the official results of the Tuesday local government by-election which has seen ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) winning three of the five contested seats. Announcing the results, MEC chairperson Justice Maxon Raphael Mbendera said theelectoral body is “impressed” that this election had “all the required components of transparency, inclusiveness, freeness and […]

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Mbendera denies being Mutharika cousin, reacts to Nyasa Times columnist

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Maxon Mbendera has reacted to a Nyasa Times columnist who linked him to the President Peter Mutharika’s family tree, saying he is “flattered” but he is “not related to the Mutharikas.” Justice Mbendera was reacting to an article that was published on Nyasa Times under the headline, “Malawi poor country […]

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Mbendera leads Zambia elections observer mission for ECF SADC

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Chairperson for the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Justice Maxon Mbendera is leading commissioners and staff under the Electoral Commissions Forums of SADC countries (ECF SADC) to observe the presidential by-elections in Zambia. Zambia will hold presidential elections on January 20, following the death-in-office of President Michael Chilufya Sata October 28 last year. The ECF SADC is among other […]

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 Mbendera calls for research on Malawi voter apathy

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson Justice Maxon Mbendera has called on researchers in the country to institute a research on the causes of voter apathy during by-elections. The call follows an average of 12.12 to 40.87 percent of voters who casted their votes during the just ended October 7 by-elections which was marred by poor […]

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Mbendera coup remarks: Malawi CSOs demand MEC boss probe

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Malawi Electoral Commission  (MEC) chairperson  Justice Maxon Mbendera has courted fire to himself over his remarks that he had pressure from former President Joyce Banda over management of the May 20 Tripartite Elections and that the Malawi Defense Force (MDF) was also instructed to storm the national tally centre at Comesa Hall in Blantyre in order to […]

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Muslim body warns MEC against confusing Malawians: Mbendera censured

By Nyasa Times Reporter

A local grouping, the Islamic Commission for Justice and Freedom (ICJF) which champions justice among voiceless citizens is warning the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) against bringing confusion in the country. The warning follows remarks by the chairperson for MEC, Justice Maxon Mbendera, that he received a report that Malawi Defence Force was ordered to storm […]

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Odillo trashes Mbendera claims on coup: ‘Malawi army is apolitical’

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Malawi Defence Forces (MDF) former commander, General Henry Odillo, has rejected allegations by Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Justice Maxon Mbendera that the army were ordered to storm the national tally centre at COMESA hall in Blantyre in order to force the recount of the chaotic May 20 ballot. Mbendera claimed former president […]

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Mbendera says JB’s move on Malawi polls amounted to a coup

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC)  Justice Maxon Mbendera has said that the action by the former president Joyce Banda to order an annulment of the May  20 chaotic  elections – – in which she was a candidate – could have been regarded as coup d’état if her attempts were successful. Banda said the May 20 […]

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MEC Chair Mbendera booed in Blantyre North by-elections launch

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Justice Maxon Mbendera had a rude awakening when election stakeholders who included constituents, faith leaders and political party representatives, booed him in Blantyre North as he presided over the official launch of the Blantyre North parliamentary by-elections. MEC will conduct parliamentary by-elections on October 7, 2014 in Thyolo […]

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Mbendera says ready to resign: ‘Malawi Electoral Commission has nothing to apologise’

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Maxon Mbendera says he and other commissioners are ready to resign should people insist and that the electoral body has nothing to apologise for anything it did during and after the electoral process that ushered President Peter Mutharika to power. The MEC commissioners have long been under intense […]

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Dausi’s spy agency questioned over involvement in Malawi ballot security

By Nyasa Times Reporter

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has questioned the involvement of the country’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) in providing security to its warehouse which was set on fire on by suspected arsonists, saying there was no arrangement between the Commission and the state spy agency. MEC has also said that it is not ruling out arson […]

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U-turn: Malawi Electoral Commission now suspects arson on ballot box fire

By Nyasa Times Reporter

The Malawi Electoral Commission  (MEC) says it is now  suspecting that some people deliberately set on fire its warehouse in the capital Lilongwe in which all electoral materials that were in the Warehouse including 2,400 ballot boxes which contained ballot papers, 81 gas cylinders, 168 gas lamps, were destroyed. This was said at its emergency […]

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Mbendera says MESN tally centre saved Malawi electoral body

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said elections results from Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN) Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) data centre gave relief to the commission amid the electoral chaos experienced in the May 20 tripartite elections. MEC chairperson Justice Maxon Mbendera has since called for the institutionalization of the PVT initiative. He said it was better that […]

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PP brands Mbendera anti-democracy: ‘Shed tears of guilt for bogus results’

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Former ruling People’s Party (PP) has made a scathing attack on Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson, Justice Maxon Mbendera, saying he aided fraudulent elections which saw Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leader Peter Mutharika winning the presidency. PP spokesman Ken Msonda said on Wednesday that former president Joyce Banda “did not lose the election” but that […]

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MEC has evidence of ‘anomalies’: Mbendera declares Malawi elections credible

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Justice Maxon Mbendera has said the electoral body has found “evidence of anomalies” in the May 20 polling but ruled out rigging, saying assessing the electoral process in a round it has been “credible”. President Joyce Banda last week called the vote “null and void”, saying it was marred by […]

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Musings on Malawi elections: Ambuje Tom Likambale

By Nyasa Times Reporter

In an evening news conference Monday, May 26th., Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chair Maxon Mbendera assures that a recount will be done in the 58 poling stations which registered more than a 100% filled ballots. I think he needed to go further. Clearly his team will be recounting the same more-than-100%-ballots. They can’t, and wont, […]

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Malawi poll results after 30 days: Mbendera says recount ballots starts

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Malawi is only likely to have an official result of its chaotic May 20 election in a month as the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chair Maxon Mbendera announced on Monday it they will embark on a process to manually count the votes. With 95 percent of the votes counted, Mbendera said at news conference that […]

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