{"id":29864,"date":"2022-08-24T19:30:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T19:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy"},"modified":"2022-08-24T20:28:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T20:28:23","slug":"former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy","title":{"rendered":"Former electoral commissioner Kunje convicted of obstructing Chakwera\u2019s convoy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Former Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioner Linda Kunje has been found guilty of obstructing President Lazarus Chakwera\u2019s convoy. The Chief Resident Magistrate Court in Zomba has since revoked Kunje\u2019s bail and she will be prison awaiting sentencing.<\/p>\n

Kunje\u2019s former driver Jones Tewesa has also been convicted of a similar offence. The court has set August 23, 2022 for both the state and defence to make their submissions before the ruling is made.<\/p>\n

Kunje and Tewesa were accused of criminal, recklessness and negligence after they obstructed President Lazarus Chakwera\u2019s convoy in 2020. The incident happened along the Blantyre-Zomba road when President Chakwera was going to Zomba on 10 December 2020.<\/p>\n

At the time, Kunje was still a MEC commissioner and was travelling from Mangochi to Blantyre using an official vehicle bearing registration number MG 148 AK.<\/p>\n

Traffic officers testified in court that the Toyota Prado driven by Tewesa defied orders to stop and park on the side of the road to pave way for Chakwera.<\/p>\n

Officers then came across the vehicle at Makoka Research Station where it had stopped but the vehicle later cruised in the direction where the President\u2019s convoy was coming from.<\/p>\n

Kunje was part of the electoral commission which managed the now nullified 2019 presidential elections in which Chakwera came second. She was one of two commissioners from the 2019 elections who were also part of the commission which managed the 2020 Fresh Presidential Elections in which Chakwera won. She was fired from the commission together with three others following a court ruling in 2021.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Malawi<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. Former Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioner Linda Kunje has been found guilty of obstructing President Lazarus Chakwera\u2019s convoy. The Chief Resident Magistrate Court in Zomba has since revoked Kunje\u2019s bail and she will be prison awaiting sentencing. Kunje\u2019s former driver Jones Tewesa has also been convicted of a similar offence. The court […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":29863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[233,371,533,1913,234,1503],"class_list":["post-29864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-elections","tag-linda-kunje","tag-malawi","tag-malawi-electoral-commission-mec"],"yoast_head":"\nFormer electoral commissioner Kunje convicted of obstructing Chakwera\u2019s convoy - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioner Linda Kunje has been found guilty of obstructing President Lazarus ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former electoral commissioner Kunje convicted of obstructing Chakwera\u2019s convoy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioner Linda Kunje has been found guilty of obstructing President Lazarus ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-24T19:30:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-24T20:28:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_21-630689cd9ddd9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Former electoral commissioner Kunje convicted of obstructing Chakwera\u2019s convoy\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-24T19:30:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-24T20:28:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy\"},\"wordCount\":274,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_21-630689cd9ddd9.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"elections\",\"Linda Kunje\",\"Malawi\",\"Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC)\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy\",\"name\":\"Former electoral commissioner Kunje convicted of obstructing Chakwera\u2019s convoy - Malawi\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_21-630689cd9ddd9.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-24T19:30:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-24T20:28:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Former Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioner Linda Kunje has been found guilty of obstructing President Lazarus ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_21-630689cd9ddd9.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_21-630689cd9ddd9.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":540,\"caption\":\"Former electoral commissioner Kunje convicted of obstructing Chakwera\u2019s convoy\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Former electoral commissioner Kunje convicted of obstructing Chakwera\u2019s convoy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/\",\"name\":\"Malawi\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Former electoral commissioner Kunje convicted of obstructing Chakwera\u2019s convoy - Malawi","description":"Former Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioner Linda Kunje has been found guilty of obstructing President Lazarus ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Former electoral commissioner Kunje convicted of obstructing Chakwera\u2019s convoy","og_description":"Former Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioner Linda Kunje has been found guilty of obstructing President Lazarus ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy","og_site_name":"Malawi","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-08-24T19:30:58+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-08-24T20:28:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":540,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_21-630689cd9ddd9.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Former electoral commissioner Kunje convicted of obstructing Chakwera\u2019s convoy","datePublished":"2022-08-24T19:30:58+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-24T20:28:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy"},"wordCount":274,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_21-630689cd9ddd9.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Malawi","elections","Linda Kunje","Malawi","Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC)"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy","name":"Former electoral commissioner Kunje convicted of obstructing Chakwera\u2019s convoy - Malawi","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_21-630689cd9ddd9.jpg","datePublished":"2022-08-24T19:30:58+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-24T20:28:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Former Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioner Linda Kunje has been found guilty of obstructing President Lazarus ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_21-630689cd9ddd9.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_21-630689cd9ddd9.jpg","width":1080,"height":540,"caption":"Former electoral commissioner Kunje convicted of obstructing Chakwera\u2019s convoy"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/former-electoral-commissioner-kunje-convicted-of-obstructing-chakweras-convoy#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Former electoral commissioner Kunje convicted of obstructing Chakwera\u2019s convoy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/","name":"Malawi","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}