Month: December 2019 Posts

Malawi elections case hearing ends

Dec 06, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Constitutional Court in Lilongwe has today concluded hearing of the presidential elections case. Today, was day 59 of the case and the last witness to present evidence before the court was expected to be… ...

Talking Blues: Looking into the crystal ball, I see…

Dec 02, 2019 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

Without prejudicing the ongoing case in the Constitutional Court where Lazarus Chakwera and Saulos Chilima are rigorously disputing the results declared by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC); as a ranking citizen, I would be slipshod… ...

Talking Blues: Chakwera plus Chilima minus egos and greed equals….?

Nov 18, 2019 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

First, let’s commend ourselves for resisting the strong temptation to comment on the proceedings of the ongoing case in the Constitutional Court where Malawi Congress Party (MCP)’s Lazarus Chakwera and United Transformation Movement (UTM)’s Saulos… ...

Govt tells MCP to appoint permanent leader of opposition

Oct 12, 2019 Martha Chikoti 1 &

The Government has advised Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to appoint a permanent Leader of Opposition as one way of respecting the rules of the National Assembly. Speaking in an interview at the end of the… ...

Mutharika calls on Chakwera, Chilima to think about Malawi

Oct 03, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 4 &

President Peter Mutharika has urged opposition leaders to think about Malawi instead of thinking about themselves. Mutharika made the call on Wednesday when he met two Malawi Defence Force (MDF) officers who went missing in… ...

Chakwera says elections in his constituency were credible

Sep 30, 2019 Russell Kondowe 5 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera says he took oath of office as Member of Parliament (MP) because he believes Parliamentary results for his constituency were correct. He said this in court today when… ...

Malawi elections case adjourned to September 30

Sep 20, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Constitutional Court has adjourned the Malawi presidential elections case to September 30. Judge Healey Potani – one of the five judges hearing the case – said when the court resumes hearing will be done… ...