Month: June 2017 Posts

MEC Chief Election Officer dies

Jun 08, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Acting Chief Election Officer Thandie Nkovole has died. She died yesterday in Blantyre. According to reports, Nkovole collapsed in the office at Chisankho House in Blantyre but died at Mwaiwathu Hospital… ...

NRB, MEC MoU worries councillors

Jun 06, 2017 Luke Bisani 0 &

Ward councillors have expressed worry over the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between National Registration Bureau (NRB) and Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to use national identity cards (IDs) for 2019 voter registration process. Councillors from Mchinji… ...

Malawi to have credible polls in 2019 – Ansah

May 31, 2017 Bright Malenga 1 &

The Chairperson of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Justice Jane  Ansah has said the electoral body is putting in place measures and systems that will ensure the holding of credible elections in 2019. Ansah made the… ...

Kalonga fired at MEC

May 19, 2017 Mwayi Mkandawire 17 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has now moved to axe suspended chief elections officer Willie Kalonga and Director of Administration and Human Resources George Khaki  in the wake of reports of financial mismanagement at the… ...

Malawi Public Reforms: MEC adopts biometric voter registration

Apr 26, 2017 Luke Bisani 10 &

As part of the country's public sector reforms, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has disclosed that it will use the Electronic Biometric Voter Registration (EBVR) for the 2019 elections. Speaking when she appeared before Parliamentary… ...

Analyst questions MEC’s reason for postponing by-elections

Apr 25, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 5 &

A political scientist in the country says Malawi Electoral Commission's (MEC) reason for failure to conduct by-elections in some parts of the country is a clever excuse. MEC was scheduled to conduct by-elections in Lilongwe… ...

MEC hits back at CSOs

Apr 25, 2017 Luke Bisani 20 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has faulted Civil Society Organization (CSOs) for misrepresenting facts during their press briefing that called for the firing of the electoral body's Chairperson Justice Jane Ansah. This has been replied… ...