Month: July 2018 Posts

MEC happy with voter registration turnout in Ntchisi

Jul 20, 2018 Laura Tebulo - MEC Stringer 0 &

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has expressed satisfaction with the turnout in Ntchisi where 50,000 voters have been registered in six days. Speaking in an interview, MEC Commissioner Bishop Mary Nkosi said it’s not a minor… ...

Pay nomination fees for women aspirants, parties urged

Jul 19, 2018 Enock Naphazi 0 &

Barely few days after MEC announced an upward revision of nomination fees for 2019 tripartite elections, Women Legal Resource Centre (WOLREC) has asked political parties in the country to mobilize resources that will help them… ...

Nomination fee hike worries MCP

Jul 18, 2018 Luke Bisani 0 &

Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has expressed worry over the hike of nomination fees for various positions in the 2019 general elections. Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has announced that those aspiring to be elected on… ...

Tapita ife – Kongeresi ndi PP anyanyala pa mkumano ndi MEC

Jul 18, 2018 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 0 &

Zipani zotsutsa za Kongeresi ndi PP zinagwilizana zonyanyala mkumano okumana ndi a MEC pamene amafuna kumvana pa nkhani ya mmene kalembera wa anthu ovota akuyendela. Pa mkumanowu, nduna yofalitsa nkhani a Nicolas Dausi inapempha a… ...

Poor civics DPP’s ploy to rig next year’s polls – Kaliati

Jul 15, 2018 Madalitso Kateta - MEC Stringer 3 &

As opposition political parties and some Civil Society Organisations continue with their appeal for the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to redo voter registration in districts that were in the first phase of the voter registration… ...

MEC turns down MCP’s request

Jul 13, 2018 Luke Bisani 6 &

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has turned down a request by opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to extend the first phase of the voter registration exercise. On Thursday, MCP leader Lazarus Chakwera stormed MEC headquarters in… ...

Voters are unhappy with politicians – MEC

Jul 10, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said the low voter turnout in the first phase of the registration exercise happened because voters are disgruntled by the leaders they elected who do not participate in the… ...