The Malawi Electoral commission (MEC) assures Malawians of free fair and credible elections on May 20. In this Afriem interview, Mec Spokes Person Sangwani Mwafulirwa explains how the electoral body is prepared for the tripartite elections. How can you assure contesting party’s’ and the electorate that the elections will be free, fair and credible? …
The Malawi Electoral Commission has suspended all presiding officers for Phalombe Central Constituency to preserve the integrity of the electoral process. In a statement MEC Chairperson Maxon Mbendera says the Commission conducted investigations and it has been proven that the presiding officers in question received gifts in the form of bicycles, mosquito nets, boxes of…
President of the Malawi Congress Party MCP Dr Lazarus Chakwera has taken a swipe at his critics who have said he does not have experience to govern Malawi. Chakwera said such critics made the remarks because he is not corrupt and a recycled politician. “I am running for presidency because I believe that this country…
The Vice President of the Republic of Malawi, Khumbo Kachali, has been implicated by a Seating Cabinet Minister in the Cashgate scam in which his Lawyer has confirmed the pending allegations. The Anti-Corruption Bureau, ACB, summoned Kachali for questioning over accusations of his involvement in the Cashgate scam through his alleged influence of payments from…
One of the country’s legal commentator Justin Dzonzi has called upon the Malawi Electoral Commission to postpone the Mzimba South parliamentary elections following the resignation of vice president Khumbo Kachali as Peoples Party member. Kachali presented his nomination papers as Peoples Party parliamentary candidate and his resignation from the party leaves PP without a candidate…
The country’s political parties may not access the Malawi Electoral Commission’s tally centre if they have failed to submit names of their monitors at the deadline day on Wednesday. This comes as most of the political party leaders have confessed that they did not manage to timely submit names of monitors for the tally centre…
The Malawi Institution of Engineers (MIC) officials have vowed to enforce the Engineers Act to ensure that all engineers plying their trade in the country get registered. This comes amid concerns that most of the country’s engineers remain unregistered and that it becomes difficult to take them into account when they do substandard work. Recently…
By Rex Chiguduli Former governing Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has appealed to Malawians to vote for the party in the May 20 Elections. The call was made by the party’s presidential candidate Dr Lazarus Chakwera during a rally in the Northern part of Malawi on Sunday. Addressing mammoth crowds in the northern region, Chakwera…
Gabadinho capped sensational season with double awards in South Africa Former Bullets striker Gabadinho Mhango has capped a sensational debut season as a professional player in South Africa by winning two awards at his club Bloemfontein Celtic. Mhango won the Golden Boot award and Players’ Player of the season award at an event held on…
The Malawi Electoral Commission has rebuffed the Democratic Progressive Party leadership over demands that the party should add its private security to join those from the Malawi Police Service and the Malawi Defence Force in manning ballot papers at Kamuzu International Airport. The presidential, parliamentary and local government ballot papers started arriving yesterday and will…
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