Month: November 2015 Posts

Chakwera wants to ‘impeach’ Mutharika

Nov 10, 2015 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 455 &

…says Mutharika is a problem to Malawi Malawi Congress Party leader Lazarus Chakwera who is also Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly says he is puzzled that President Peter Mutharika is clinging on to… ...

Mutharika shuns Tanzania new President inauguration

Nov 03, 2015 Aubrey Makina 47 &

Malawi President Prof. Arthur Mutharika has shunned the inauguration of Tanzania President elect John Magufuli. In a statement released by the office of the President, the Malawi leader will not be in Tanzania on Thursday… ...

Malawi parliament told to reject MEC’s obnoxious pay rise

Oct 18, 2015 Hajira Halilu 18 &

Activists have all ganged up in calling on the Malawi parliament not to accept a whooping 170 percent pay rise that commissioners at the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) are demanding. This follows a proposal the commissioners submitted, to… ...

MEC rolls out constituency demarcation exercise

Oct 05, 2015 Hajira Halilu 10 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is to start constituency demarcation exercise this month. According to MEC Chief Elections Officer, Willie Karonga the electoral body has in this years strategic plan that it conduct the exercise… ...

MEC to dispose 2014 Tripartite Elections papers

Oct 02, 2015 Happy Arnold Soko 20 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission ( MEC ) says it will be disposing papers which include voter registers, ballot papers, results records from districts and polling stations for the 2014 Tripartite Elections, Malawi24 has learnt. Accordance… ...

Malawi Electoral Commission cornered on K2bn cashgate

Aug 04, 2015 Mike J. Kangwele 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has burst the bubble that the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) had created to conceal gloss mismanagement of public funds meant for elections. Following leaked audit reports that revealed MEC officials had… ...