Month: January 2019 Posts

560,000 Malawians used SMS voter verification method – MEC

Jan 30, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says over half a million registered voters used the SMS voter verification method. According to MEC Chief Elections Officer Sam Alfandika, the verification process which has been operational since phase… ...

K60,000 for Immigration shirt, K100,000 for belt: Suppliers’ prices shocks PAC

Jan 30, 2019 Russell Kondowe 1 &

Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has demanded documentation from suppliers who are demanding K53 billion from government over the Immigration uniforms deal saying the companies are quoting exorbitant prices for items. PAC chairperson Alekeni… ...

Shot fired: Chilima warns Mutharika over dormancy

Jan 30, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

UTM leader Saulos Chilima says President Peter Mutharika is playing hypocrisy by only condemning violence in the country. The country's Vice President has since asked Mutharika to rise to the demands of his office to… ...

Not today: Chilima keeps runningmate under wraps

Jan 30, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

UTM members will have to exercise a little more patience before knowing who the running mate to leader Saulos Chilima will be. The press conference held today in Lilongwe had been earlier rumoured to be… ...

DPP using violence to rig elections – Chilima

Jan 30, 2019 Martha Chikoti 1 &

UTM President Saulos Chilima says the political violence happening in the country is a form of rigging elections. The party's president Saulos Chilima made the statement on Wednesday at the press briefing at Bingu International… ...

Boy, 2, drowns in stream

Jan 30, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A two-year-old boy died on Monday in Mangochi after he and his six-year-old sister were washed away in a stream. The incident occurred on Monday at around 10AM at Kasanga village in the area of… ...

Medical workers demand money from pregnant women at KCH

Jan 30, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

People seeking medical care at Kamuzu Central Hospital have complained that they are forced to pay money to doctors or nurses at the facility to access services. Patients at the Ethel Mutharika Maternity Wing say… ...