Month: July 2020 Posts

Musician Fredokiss denies charge of offering handouts to voters

Jul 01, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Musician Fred Penjani Kalua popularly known as Fredokiss has pleaded not guilty to the charge of offering handouts to voters during the June 23 Fresh Presidential Elections. Kalua, 34, and two others – Steven Mkandawire… ...

Malawians are the bosses – Chakwera

Jun 27, 2020 Macmillan Mhone 0 &

…Says his government will table own budget Malawi’s President Elect, Lazarus Chakwera, says his win in the Fresh Presidential Elections is for all Malawians and he considers citizens of the country as his bosses. Chakwera… ...

DPP wants another Fresh Presidential Election

Jun 27, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

…says June 23 election not fair, credible The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) should declare that there is no winner in the 2020 Presidential Elections and declare that Fresh Presidential… ...

Lazarus Chakwera elected Malawi President

Jun 27, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, a former church leader, has been elected Malawi’s sixth president. The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has today announced Chakwera, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) candidate, as the winner of the June… ...

Patricia Kaliati ayamikira wapampando wa MEC

Jun 26, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

M'modzi mwa akuluakulu a mgwirizano wa Tonse, a Patricia Kaliati, ayamikira wapampando wa bungwe loyendetsa zisankho la MEC a Justice Dr Chifundo Kachale ponena kuti akugwira bwino ntchito. A Kaliati amayankhula izi mu mchipinda cha… ...

Mbakuwaku’s Kuwani beats Mutharika

Jun 24, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Peter Kuwani of Mbakuwaku Movement for Development (MMD) has pulled a shocker in some centres after beating President Peter Mutharika of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Unofficial results which have started trickling in show… ...

Voting closes in Malawi

Jun 23, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Voting has closed in many polling stations across the country and now vote counting has begun. On Tuesday, Malawians went to polling stations to vote in the Fresh Presidential Elections. Most centres opened at 6AM… ...

CFT leader Mtambo warns against rigging

Jun 23, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Citizen for Transformation (CFT) leader Timothy Mtambo cast his ballot at District Commissioners office polling centre in Lilongwe where he warned against attempts to rig the Fresh Presidential Elections. Speaking to members of the press,… ...

Malawi teaches the world: We can run things independently

Jun 23, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi is today holding presidential elections ordered by the Judiciary and funded by the Government, showing to the world that the Southern African country can run things independently. Over 6.8 million registered voters are expected… ...

Chilima casts his vote in Lilongwe

Jun 23, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Vice President Saulos Chilima has voted at St Thomas Anglican Church poling station  in Lilongwe and has urged Malawians to go out and vote. Chilima is also president of UTM and runningmate of Tonse Alliance… ...

Malawians vote in Fresh Presidential Election

Jun 23, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Polling stations have opened across the country as about 6.8 million Malawians are expected to cast ballots in the Fresh Presidential Elections. Candidates in the polls are Malawi Congress Party torchbearer Lazarus Chakwera, Peter Kuwani… ...

MEC says truck which caught fire was empty

Jun 22, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says the truck which caught fire in Blantyre today was not carrying any electoral materials. MEC chairperson Chifundo Kachale said this in a statement today. The truck, with van registration… ...

We are positive that Chakwera will be elected Malawi president – Kachali

Jun 21, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Freedom Party president Khumbo Kachali says leaders of the opposition Tonse Alliance are optimistic that Tonse torchbearer Lazarus Chakwera will be elected president on Tuesday. Kachali said this on Saturday at a rally the Tonse… ...

Muhara warns civil servants against working as political party monitors

Jun 21, 2020 Russell Kondowe 2 &

Chief Secretary to the Government Lloyd Muhara has warned civil servants against working as monitors for political parties in the June 23 elections. Muhara issued the warning in a circular on Saturday in which he… ...

People in Thyolo urged to vote wisely

Jun 17, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

By Temwa Mhone - MEC Stringer National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Trust has urged people in the country to vote wisely during the fresh presidential election on June 23, 2020. Thyolo Nice district civic… ...