Timau: Head of State caught offside in Mulhakho teritory
These are the things the next President of Malawu will scrap off immediately he or she steps into office. They are causing pandemonium. Quota system, splinter groups and the list goes on.
A bitter feud has erupted over President ’Ngwazi’ Dr Bingu wa Mutharika’s decision to follow a tribal grouping. People are at loggerheads after the President declared that he sees nothing wrong in being patron of mulhakho wa a lomwe, a partisan group which is bound to create gaps in Malawi as far as unity is concerned.
The President’s choice has left political experts really wambly and to add salt in the wound, Dr Heatherwick Ntaba, former chief political advisor to the President, issued a red card to the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) director of politics, Harry Mkandawire. His offence? He questioned the Presidents preference to the quota system and his involvement with the unpopular tribal grouping.
We, the Timau Crew are in awe as to why Ntaba did not show the President a card for his crude tackle on conflict of interest. In football, this was an offence punishable by a red card and a one match ban.
In case of Malawi, the Ngwazi could have missed the crucial game against Burkina Faso. Fortunately for us it is only politics the dirty game. The President’s confession over the factional group is as cynical as the group itself.
“Am surprised as to why I should not exercise my right to be part of this organization,” said Wa Mutharika. So, we are surprised too your Excellency, why the whole Head of State should sit down with Lomwes only.
“I was a Lomwe before becoming President of this country and I will always be after descending from the seat of presidency,” said Bingu. We say, that is the more reason why our leader should have waited until 2014 to start speaking lomwe again, as a leader he belongs to all the tribes of Malawi.
“I would like to tell all jealousy people not to dare stopping us because we will not be moved.” In actual fact Mr President, these people are not jealousy but simply telling you the truth, this is an easy way of causing tribalism in a country.
In all fairness, we are just being polite to the head of state in using sober language; this grouping is utterly a waste of time and irrational. It adds no value to our nation. It does not complete the value chain.
The Ngwazi has deliberately chosen to ignore the word conflict of interest and has coiled some very appetising words to convince us that his action is innocent. We refuse to be converted into partisan politics. We surely see something wrong with the President’s choice of interest.
Former leader, Ngwazi Dr. H Kamuzu Banda instilled in Malawians one thing, unity. He several times reiterated that in Malawi there is no Lomwe, Sena, Yao, Chewa or Tumbuka and he emphasised the fact that we are all Malawians.
Now, Bingu is telling us to relinquish our Malawian jersey and be identified by our clubs-offside. A conflict of interest (COI) occurs when an individual or organisation is involved in multiple interests, one of which could possibly corrupt the motivation for an act in the other.
The occupations where a conflict of interest is most likely to be encountered or discovered include: politician, policeman, lawyer, insurance adjuster, engineer, corporation, medical research scientist, physician, writer, or editor. In short, any entrusted individual or organisation.
In the legal profession, the duty of loyalty owed to a client prohibits an attorney (or a law firm) from representing any other party with interests adverse to those of a current client. The few exceptions to this rule require informed written consent from all affected clients. In some circumstances, a conflict of interest can never be waived by a client. In perhaps the most common example encountered by the general public, the same firm should not represent both parties in a divorce or child custody case.
Is the Presidents decision not robbing our nation of the magic words; ife tonse ndi aMalawi (we are all Malawians) as Kamuzu made us to believe and indeed we loved it that way.
Is the President on track in unifying Malawians with his Mulhakho wa aLommwe? If anyone needed proof that politics is a mind game and economics has its playing field then Bingu has proved it. Malawi is subdivided into different tribal groups and it is because of this that the country needs a leader who has strength, a conciliator, negotiator, energiser and optimists, we want a leader who is a commited Malawian, capable of expressing the words: one Malawi one nation. Bingu is not far from it but there is still room for improvement.
It is curious that when Harry Mkandawire questions about Mulhakho, Ntaba finds him guilty and ask him to dig his own grave so that DPP should distance itself from his political suicide-honorably resign from our party, said Ntaba to Mkandawire.
In this pub, and the one across, they have all debated on this issue, there conclusion is as good as ours but perhaps the ones throwing stones at us are the ones drinking at Luchenza, Nkhonya, Chitakale or those waiting for treatment at Mulanje mission hospital or indeed those travelling to Minimini tea estate for they have all been attacked by the Mulhakho wa a lomwe virus-and we care very
little.
No problem with Bingu but the people of Malawi.Poor in understanding.Check were the Tumbukas not the people in our towns who have for long organised themselves as Friends of Chitipa,Nkhatabay,Mzimba,Karonga and Rumphi.Sounds sweet is it.? Many Tumbukas are rich here in town be it the Ngonis.Can’t you organise your Mlakho or Umanyano or whatever and converge at Mzuzu Stadium invite Bingu and dance dine with him? Who cares.? The only problem here is the power which the president wields when he is attached to a grouping.So should he leave being lomwe ndiye akhale ndani?There is a grouping of Ngonis and Chewas who cares about them.Ask them to disban and bring Bingu to task.
Quota system yiri makora chomene. No more comment.
Bingu woyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Bingu has not sunk an inch low with the qouta or mulakho. You leave mulakho alone to the lomwes what is your interest in mulakho if you are wakwithu or mbwenu. He has not even sunk an inch low with qouta it is a welcome development to all malawians who are rational in their thinking but the wakwithu mbwenu mbwenu think that they are intelligent and therefore it will lessen there chances of accessing university education! shit! shit!I wonder who told you tumbukas that you are an intelligent tribe and that you deserve 90% percent of the national education cake? Ngati muli ndi nzeru nanga bwanji mumachita sankho? wanzeru alibe sankho. Perhaps Bingu has sunk low in the eyes and minds of tumbukas but he has not on the national level, we people from the central and our brothers from the south appreciate what he has done. And Inkosi mbelwa knew what Bingu is made of when he crowned him Ngwazi. He will correct some of the wrongs that were institutionalised by the tumbukas who had unfair advantage to get to where they are now. He will change the status quo. People like late Kanyama Chiume manipoulated the education system so that it favoured only the people from the north no wonder today you find Dr. mhango, chirwa, kalua, mkandawire, nyirenda, mhone, ngwira, gondwe,mwaksungula, mwenelupembe, mwalwanda,mwenefumbo,mwafulirwa,etc and a few chewas and yaos or lomwes. And that fella Donton Mkandawire when he was at maned contributed alot to the manipulation to the extent that northers were taught in class to be using a black ink pen when writing maneb exams while we from the central and southern brothrs were told to use blue ink unknowingly. This was the tumbuka way of defining inteligence/merit! shame to you northeners who are crying loudly now because the president has come to correct the wrongs of your grandfathers and fathers. You have trampled on us for quite so long.La chiforty lakukwanirani!
those that support the quota system in its current form are mental dwarfs, retards, dementiated, of stunted mental growth and stupid scundrels. unless changes are made to accommodate both equity and merit the system is complete trash formulated at some secret mulakho meeting to make some lhhomwe tribe the super tribe in malawi. what a bunch of nonsense. shame on you.
I have no problems if he thinks there is no problem being the patron for the group. We have all along been unable to separate state and DPP functions and now we are adding Mulhakho. How much taxpapyers money was wasted in preparations for, during and after the function. How many Govt vehicles were abused and how many bosses used govt money to attend the function and pay for accomodation for themselves? This is what this whole things has created. Even if the Chewa or Ngoni invited Bingu do you think taxpayers money can be misused ngati ku Mulhakho.
I do not understand,you people, why quota or not has nothing to do with my job or business.
what we can do is, to debate on how this program is going to be implemeted, what figure is going to be under quota? what criteria is going to be used, for instance Blantyre we have the moyos, nyirenda, mkandawire, jere, and in Mzuzu, mwale, banda, chisale.
what is the basis for our arguments? do we say that the most inteeligent fellows are mhangos and mullis,
If you argue much, nchifukwa chake anthu amati kumpoto ndife odzikonda,
i do not agree that the most intelligent fellows are from the north.
if the requirement for university is 1500, 10 on quota per district, then it means that 300 is on quota the rest 1200 on merit and shared
kodi moseyu akuganiza kuti akazunza a tumbuka ife a chewa ndiye timukonde nkudzavotela mchimwene wake? wa uponda ‘dala. ife ochewa timadziwa kuti amadana nafe nanga mpaka a kumpoto kutiposa mu cabineti? poti ife ndiochuluka zedi kuposa anzathuwo. ku MCP akangoyikako utsogoleri wabwino mose sadzawona ngakhale vote imodzi ya mchewa. akudziwa kuti akulakwila malamulo adziko lino nchifukwa akufuna Pitala mn’gono wake paupulezidenti kuti adzamutchinjirize kumilandu eti? wauponda. munthu akamakalamba nzeru zimathadi eti? komanso enawa akamakalamba amakhala anthu ovuta osamva za anzawo. tiyeni nazoni. tiwone patsogolo pano ‘dala.
Chokani achewa mukukanika kumuchotsa Puluzu knowing that the man is no longer popular in your party and you think malawians will change overnight to like Puluzu.This was time to get organised in your party and come up with somebody who should be known to people before 2014 and yet you are failing to tell Puluzu point blank.You waited for Chafukira to die for you to pump some senses into you..not so?Amalawi anatopa ndi ndale za Puluzu.The moment you chuck out Puluzu you will see what a large following MCP is going to have as DPP is heading to a downfall with its clueless president.
Read the article and understand it, dont be emotinal, Sembe has done nothing wrong, koma anthu simukumvesa zomwe walembe. Most of your comment are astray
It is sad to note how you, my Malawians friends, have descended so low to start calling each other tribal names and propagate hate speeches over an innocent article. I used to respect you, and remember this is a public place. God bless you, God bless Malawi, God bless the world.
Chapter Closed Amen