16/09/2025
Arriving at Nayizi Primary School, one of the polling centres in Blantyre City Chigumula BCA - Club Banana Constituency at 3.30am, l find a man and a woman already there, and l hear them making calls to friends and relatives to come out and vote early and go to do other things. The two say they were here at 3 am. In three minutes we are joined by two women.
"Tivote tipume abale inu (let us vote and rest)," says one of the women.
And they are heard asking each other if they have not forgotten what they are referring to as "Chikwanje", meaning their voter registration card.
Blantyre City Chigumula BCA - Club Banana Constituency has three wards, namely; Chigumula Club Banana, BCA Hills Chigumula and Bangwe Namiyango.
The three wards have 19 local government aspirants, including seven independents and representatives of all other parties
Consipicuosly missing in the ward councillors' race are Aford and Peoples Party.
Those fighting for the Parliamentary seat in this constituency are Golden Lungu for MCP, Peter Mvalo (UDF), Wild Ndipo (Independent) and Sameer Suleman (DPP).
(Report by Michael Mmeya)