True

Elections 2025

Kasungu DC indeed returned constituency results for not tallying

FACT-CHECKED by iVerify

September 19, 2025

The Kasungu District Commissioner, James Kanyangalazi, told the media that he sent the Constituency Returning Officers for Kasungu South and Kasungu South West for taking to the District Tally Centre results sheets that could not tally. Kanyangalazi said the figures on manually filled results sheets and system-printed results sheets were different. The same happened in Chikwawa district.

Claim

Kasungu District Commissioner has sent back unofficial election results originating from the Kasungu South and Kasungu South West constituencies as figures on the manual results sheet and system-printed results could not tally.

Rating Justification

iVerify Malawi verified the information and determined that it is true. To arrive at this verdict, iVerify Malawi accessed the interview that Kasungu District Commissioner James Kanyangalazi granted the media at the District Tally Centre. The Kasungu District Commissioner, James Kanyangalazi, told the media that he sent the Constituency Returning Officers for Kasungu South and Kasungu South West for taking to the District Tally Centre results sheets that could not tally. Kanyangalazi told the media that the figures on manually filled results sheets and system-printed results sheets were different. The same happened in Chikwawa district. Journalists, who were present when the District Commissioner was sending Constituency Returning Officers, also corroborated.

Evidence and References

Recorded interview with kasungu DC James Kanyangalazi

Nation Publications Limited story on the issue
https://www.facebook.com/NationOnlineMw/posts/pfbid0aCMQNPNtgHxPKzQsMiaUGSkyCTifNVAk7uzLFN3pVy8e9rUBKctRm22pYp3856r1l

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