Month: May 2020 Posts

Bishop Mary Nkosi leaves MEC

May 12, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Amid calls for Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioners to resign, Bishop Mary Nkosi has left the electoral body. Nkosi went on a three week leave on May 11, 2020 and her contract at the commission… ...

MEC lawyers instructed CEO to lie – Commissioner

Feb 10, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) lawyers told the commission’s Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Sammy Alfandika to lie that MEC commissioners were yet to read the Constitutional Court’s ruling that nullified the May 21 elections. MEC commissioner… ...

Nkosi says MEC erred in rushing to announce 2019 election results

Feb 10, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioner Bishop Mary Nkosi has admitted that the commission was wrong to announce the results of the May 21 presidential election when the commissioners knew that the elections were affected by… ...

MEC Commissioner sensitises chiefs on by-election

Oct 06, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Erah Pinifolo The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has intensified voter civic education ahead of the by-election polls for Matenje ward in Kasungu North West Constituency. The commission conducted a meeting aimed at sensitizing chiefs… ...

Let there be peace in campaigns – MEC

Apr 30, 2019 Patricia Mtungila - MEC Stringer 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has decried cases of political violence involving removing of campaign materials and use of slurs by political parties during the ongoing official political campaigns in different parts of the Country.… ...

MEC to hire private sector vehicles for polling day

Mar 23, 2019 George Banda 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said it will hire vehicles from the private sector to ease transportation challenges for the polling day activities of the May 2019 tripartite elections. During the voter register inspection,… ...

MEC to have external auditors on polling day

Mar 08, 2019 Emmie Banda - MEC Stringer 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it will hire independent auditors who will be verifying actual figures on election day. Speaking in an interview, MEC’s commissioner Bishop Mary Nkosi said the external auditors will be… ...