Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts

Thursday 20 July 2023

MEC urges media to introduce programs, messages on elections

MEC officials pose with senior media managers


The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has challenged media houses and practitioners in the country to prepare for the upcoming September 2025 General Election, by implementing electoral radio programmes and mass media messaging around elections.

MEC Chairman, Justice Dr. Chifundo Kachale made the call today at Mponela in Dowa district during the sensitization workshop on new electoral laws and holding of by-elections to the Senior Editorial managers drawn from various media houses.

Sunday 14 June 2020

Parliament Holds Key To 50+1 Electoral Implementation


Arthur Nanthuru

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has indicated that the parliament shoulders responsibility of setting up provisions to govern the presidential election runoff.

Saturday 13 June 2020

New MEC Commissioners Meets Candidates

MEC Commissioners & Lazarus Chakwera
with MCP-UTM Alliance officials

The newly sworn in Commissioners of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) have concluded meetings with candidates and party leaders contesting in the forthcoming elections.

Monday 23 March 2020

Malawians To Elect President On July 2 2020


Casting vote in a ballot box
Casting vote in a ballot box


Malawians will once again to the poll to elect new president on 2nd July 2020, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has announced.

Fresh presidential elections were called on 3rd February, when the High Court sitting as Constitutional Court in Lilongwe delivered a judgement in which it nullified the 2019 presidential elections and ordered that fresh election be held within 150 days.

MEC announced the date on Monday in Blantyre during the launch of the presidential election electoral calendar.

Friday 16 December 2016

Parliament To Meet Early In 2017: House Adjourns Sine Die Today


The Malawi National Assembly is expected to meet much earlier next year possibly in February to allow the House do away with the business which could not be finished during the Meeting which has come to an end today.

Thursday 15 December 2016

Access to Information Bill Passed

The much anticipated Access to Information Bill has finally been passed by the Malawi National Assembly Wednesday night.

Sunday 16 October 2016

Mutharika Using Left Hand? Back From UNGA In Good Health

President Peter Mutharika pic by Malawi State House 





Malawians who welcomed President Peter Mutharika this evening at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA), and other thousands who glued their eyes to the live telecast of his arrival from United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) were surprised with his use of left hand when waving people and greeting officials as his right hand remained, crossed and unmoved.

Tuesday 19 July 2016

Uladi Give Reasons Why MPs Slept In Parliament











This is a very rare honest confession from a Malawian politician over a blander as one of the leaders for the opposition party gives more possible reasons why himself and fellow Parliamentarians had to take a nap in the Chamber.

Saturday 16 July 2016

Chakwera Says Muluzi Case, MCP Legislators Wasting Resources









Malawi Congress Party President (MCP) and Leader of Opposition Parties in Parliament, Lazarus Chakwera has asked Government to drop all cases answering former President Bakili Muluzi and allow former President Joyce Banda come back home.

Chakwera was speaking when making statement before the adjournment of the National Assembly meeting Sine Die on Friday evening.

Friday 15 July 2016

2016/17 Budget Meeting Of Parliament Meeting Ends








The Third Meeting in the 46th Session of Parliament has ended this evening after meeting for 9 consecutive weeks to consider the 2016/2017 Budget.

National Assembly meeting which began on Friday, May 20 was initially planned to end last week on Friday, July 8, 2016 but due to delays during the passing of Budget, Government decided to extend the meeting time to allow the House discuss and pass bills.

Access To Information Bill Finally Presented In Parliament









Access to Information Bill (ATI) has finally been presented in the National Assembly today.

Minister of Information, Patricia Kaliati presented the bill which has since been referred to the Parliamentary Committee on Media, Information and Communication and Legal Affairs Committee.

Friday 8 July 2016

Confirmed; National Assembly Meeting Extended

Msowoya announced the extension of time 








The Speaker of the National Assembly, Richard Msowoya and Leader of House, George Chaponda have finally confirmed that the house will continue meeting up until Friday next week.

Penal Code Amendment Bill of 2016, Courts Amendment Bill Passed


Tembenu








The Malawi National Assembly on Friday passed the Penal Code Amendment bill with an aim of addressing the ongoing attacks and killings of persons with albinism as well as protecting persons with any type of disability.

The legislation is proposing life sentences for those found guilty of unlawful exhumation of human corpses particularly remains of persons with disability with intention of having the body tissues to sell or use them in any witchcraft practices.

Penal Code Amendment Bill Proposing Life Sentences, Minimum 21 Years


The Penal Code Amendment Bill of 2016 is proposing life sentences with a minimum of 21 years imprisonment for convicts found in possession, selling, extracting or exhuming tissues of living or dead person.

The bill has just been presented by Minister of Justice and Constitution Affairs, Hon. Samuel Tembenu and is now being debated by the National Assembly.

The principle objective of the bill is to amend the Penal Code, in the wake of attacks on persons with albinism.

Budget Meeting Of National Assembly Extended To Next Week








Impeccable sources have disclosed that it is more likely that the National Assembly will continue meeting up until next week as the ongoing 3rd Meeting of 46th Session of Parliament for budget was expected to end this Friday after meeting for a period of eight weeks.

Sources at Parliament say a recent meeting resolved extension of the Meeting up to next week.

Thursday 7 July 2016

No Hope For ATI This Friday










There is little hope that the much awaited Access to Information Bill will be debated this Meeting of the National Assembly as the 3rd Meeting of 46th Session for Budget ends this Friday afternoon.

Leader of House, George Chaponda also has since expressed doubt that the bill will be discussed on Friday saying there are so many important bills on the Order Paper.

Invest In Large Scale Farmers - Opposition Parties









Opposition Parties in the National Assembly says Malawi can eradicate its perennial food shortages if Agricultural programs and resources are invested to large-scale farmers and not resource poor farmers.

The observation follows US$60 million loan authorization bill on International Fund for Agriculture Development Programme for Rural Irrigation Development which has been passed by Parliament on Tuesday evening where the main beneficiaries in the loan are 19, 500 poor households from number of districts across the country particularly in most areas affected by drought and 12, 300 hectares will be under irrigation through the project.

Wednesday 6 July 2016

Independence Celebrations Fever Force House Shot Down Time Extension

              Its Time Up Honorables!









The Legislators on Tuesday evening left Bill No. 17 of 2016: Courts (Amendment) unfinished as members were rushing home to begin the two day holiday after sitting time was over.

Malawians are celebrating Independence Day Holiday this Wednesday while on Thursday, Muslims will be celebrating the Eid Ul-fitri and both days have been declared holiday.

Malawi Communications Law Now Responds To New Developments

Kaliati: this will lead to communication improvement 









The National Assembly on Tuesday has repealed Communications Act of 1998 and replaced it with Bill No. 24 of 2015: Communications which responds to vast changes, upgrades and development in the Communications Sector which rendered the repealed law somehow irrelevant.

New bill has been passed after several consultations and lengthy scrutiny by the Committee on Media, Information and Communications, in which the bill was referred to following its debate in the House on March 1, 2016 after it was brought by the Minister of Information, Communication Technology and Civic Education.  

Tuesday 5 July 2016

Malawians Now Protected On Electronic Transactions, Cyber Crimes







Government says passing of the Electronic Transaction Bill into law by the National Assembly on Monday, will open up the E-Commerce businesses in the country and protect people from various forms of harassment on internet.

Malawi National Assembly on Monday evening passed the bill with new title “Electronic Transactions and Cyber Security Act 2015.

The bill seeks to enable to people to transact various services electronically with full protection of the law and also ensure that people are protected from computer related harassments like viruses, hacks and all cyber crimes.