Month: January 2016 Posts

High Court dismisses election cases against MEC

Jan 21, 2016 Happy Arnold Soko 2 &

The High Court sitting in Blantyre on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 dismissed a case by independent candidate for Limbuli Ward in Mulanje in which he petitioned the court to overturn a determination of the Malawi… ...

Use of Biometric voter registration in 2019 elections doubtful

Jan 13, 2016 Luke Bisani 13 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has disclosed that it will not use the biometric voter registration in the 2019 general elections if the office of National Registration Bureau (NRB) fails to produce national identity cards… ...

DPP wants to kill whistle-blower Ligomeka

Jan 03, 2016 Happy Arnold Soko 217 &

Weeks after coming out in the open to tell the nation that he helped the Democratic Progressive Party to win the Malawi's May 2014 presidential elections, Christopher Aublic Ligomeka says he is now receiving death… ...

Chilima after 2019

Jan 01, 2016 Fletcher Simwaka 32 &

He is occupying the office in which his predecessors barely survived. But will the Vice President, Saulos Chilima, defy odds and go all the way beyond 2019? FLETCHER SIMWAKA goes deeper: Politics is about strategy;… ...

DPP retains seat

Dec 24, 2015 Geoffrey Banda 64 &

Malawi ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has stuck to the number of its legislators in Parliament after the party's candidate emerged winner in Zomba Chisi constituency in by-elections held on Tuesday. DPP candidate, Mark Michael… ...

MEC’s by-elections on today

Dec 22, 2015 Geoffrey Banda 6 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says all is set for the 22 December Parliamentary and Local Government By-elections. The electoral body says all preparations for the polls are completed and the centres are ready for… ...

DPP denies hacking MEC system

Dec 22, 2015 Happy Arnold Soko 105 &

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which rose to power after the elections in May last year, has denied claims that it rigged the elections by hacking a Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) system. An information technology… ...