Month: March 2019 Posts

Rigging fears grip Malawi MPs

Mar 08, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Parliamentarians on Thursday questioned the Minister of Homeland and Security over reports that some aspirants are buying voter registration cards. Speaking in Parliament, Member of Parliament for Rumphi East Constituency Kamlepo Kaluwa said that contestants… ...

Tightening odds

Mar 04, 2019 Stanley Onjezani Kenani 1 &

Weeks before the presentation of nomination papers, there were underground talks to forge an alliance for three parties in opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), the People’s Party (PP) and the United Transformation Movement (UTM).… ...

Political parties ignore women

Feb 27, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Political parties have snubbed women in the elections with many female parliamentary candidates standing as independents. According to a gendered analysis of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) 2019 Presidential and Parliamentary statistics conducted by the… ...

DPP storms Rumphi as eight key UTM members defect from the party

Feb 25, 2019 Chikumbutso Crespo Mafupa - MEC Stringer 0 &

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Vice president for the North Goodall Gondwe and treasure general of the ruling party, Jappie Mhango, Saturday stormed Jacqueline Kouwenhoven's (independent) constituency, Rumphi West urging people to vote for DPP government.… ...

Mass exodus in UTM: 2,000 members join DPP in Nsanje

Feb 24, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 4 &

Over 2,000 UTM members in the South constituency in Nsanje have defected to the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). This occured at Mtowe in the area of Chief Ndamera in Nsanje district where the DPP… ...

Prophet Bushiri’s protege says Chakwera will win: Major One denies knowing Prophet King Solomon

Feb 22, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 5 &

...Malawians not God has the power to choose the President - Bushiri Prophecies into the 2019 Malawi presidential elections have started pouring in. Malawi Congress Party (MCP) torchbearer, Lazarus Chakwera, will win the presidential race.… ...

UTM, DPP field more parliamentary candidates than MCP

Feb 22, 2019 Joseph Dumbula 0 &

The ruling DPP and the opposition UTM has beaten the Malawi Congress Party on the number of contestants vying for parliamentary seats. The two beat off main opposition MCP and UDF as well as the… ...