Month: May 2019 Posts

Voting goes smoothly in Lilongwe

May 21, 2019 Martha Chikoti 1 &

On polling day, several centres in Lilongwe had tight security, there were no cases of violence and people with disabilities were being assisted. At Tsabango polling Centre in Lilongwe City South West Constituency, polling staff… ...

Mzuni students allowed to vote

May 21, 2019 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Mzuzu University students who stormed St Augustine Primary school centre were allowed to vote following a directive from the Malawi Electoral Commission. The students who registered in other areas but were in Mzuzu on polling… ...

Unregistered voters attempt to vote in Mzuzu

May 21, 2019 Patricia Mtungila - MEC Stringer 0 &

Thousands of people flocked to voting centres in Mzuzu this morning to vote in today's tripartite elections. Some people suspected to be unregistered voters slipped among the registered voters only to be sent back home… ...

DPP Governor arrested for bribing voters

May 21, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 2 &

Police in Karonga are keeping in custody DPP Governor for Nyungwe Constituency, Kaseka Kumwenda, for allegedly bribing electorates with  at Nyungwe polling centre. It is alleged that the DPP Governor was calling the electorates passing… ...

Man arrested for attempting to vote twice

May 21, 2019 Juliet Mlowoka Chirwa 0 &

As Malawians are voting today in various areas of the country, a 31-year-old man Assan Kazeze who was a Local Monitor for an Independent candidate for Nkhotakota North East Constituency Francis Kapanda has been arrested… ...

DPP aspirant assaulted for giving money to voters

May 21, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 4 &

Nsanje South West DPP Parliamentary candidate, Helen Buluma, has been rushed to Nsanje District Hospital after being heavily beaten by monitors and voters  who found her distributing cash at Dinde primary school polling centre. According… ...

Two pre-marked presidential ballots intercepted in Mzimba

May 21, 2019 Elton Mhango 0 &

Two ballots marked in favour of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Peter Mutharika were intercepted at Davy primary school polling centre in Mzimba Solola constituency in Mzimba. The papers were marked in favour of… ...