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We know we are a sinking Titanic at a cost! Tribalism is Malawian. I believe when tribalism dies we shall cease to be malanian.
We alos would like to know about SILOMBELA. Who was he and how did he die. What happened.
1988 Kamuzu was not too old
He was too old. He was already in his 80s or 90s depending on what date you use as his birth. In the early 60s chipembere and kanyama were already calling him father. He returned to malawi already elderly.
i hate all the people from south, friends or no friends. let it be what ever you want but one day you are going to c what u want.
Sapitwa,
Please note that today, the noisiest people about tribalism claims of the current government and Bingu’s were mbwenu-mbwenus…they alsways want to have their cake and eat it. When they are in charge of any organisation, check the people they employ, or a tleast favour to employ…they must first come from the north. Wake up you Central region and Southern region politicians…these people are selfish to the core. Ministry of Works and Supplies as it was called the, together with Design Department was just full of them from. There was Mwalwenje, Nyasulu, Lungu, Gondwe, Mwamlima, Mwakasungula…do you want more?
o Machemba, Let me tell you the about the real reason for the reintroduction of the quota system. It started again when Donton Mkandawire was at Maneb. He was leaking Standard 8 examinations to schools in the north just as he was leaking the MSCE examinations to schools like Phwezi. This would give the impression to the unsuspecting person that the north had bright children. That is why most secondary schools in the south including Nsanje Day Secondary School, has children from Rumphi who could hardly speak a word of Chichewa. In the same way, Chancellor college was full of… Read more »
Mwana wa kwa Msulira:
Your observations are welcome, indeed.
But your piece is misdirected at o’Machemba. Nowhere did he write about the RE-INTRODUCTION of the quota! He only alluded to the introduction, ie. the apparent (first) introduction by Kamuzu, in 1964; and the rationale for that decision. Seems like o’Machemba was around that time, and writes from first hand knowledge.
Re-read his comments and please be more careful, next time.
Dr HKB and Kanyama did their part as far as Malawi politics is concerned.
This time around lets see the way forward to develop our nation.
We might have learnt a lesson from what these politicians did to our nation,some being good and some bad.This is how life is all about.Thus why a coin has got two faces.
You can not be good to all.
Totally agree with you Matutu, your observation is 100% correct. While chip originally was 100% obedient to kamuzu, kanyama was not. Kanyama could express his own views and disagree with kamuzu while remaining obedient.
Kanyama’s attitude is a reflection of Northern Region Politics: heap praises on a leader to his face and stab him to death behind his back. To me those “rebel” ministers are not heroes at all. What did they achieve with their rebelion? They were ignorant too. By refusing hospital fees on the pretext that people were too poor, where did they think money for buying medicine would come from? What was the tax base for Malawi in 1962? Dr Banda was clever, after expelling them he introduced the head tax in order to achieve what the confused rebels refused and… Read more »
The other side of Kanyama has been left unexposed. He was a true son of the Mwenumbwenus. Being the first Minister of Education in the new nation, he introduced the silent practice: “hold my hand and hold the one belonging to your fellow mbwenumbwenu and so goes the chain”. With this, Kanyama offered 95% of all the mentioned scholarships to his fellow mbwenumbwenus. There was no merit as a criteria at that time. If you had GCE “O” Level, and you belonged to this clan, you were given a scholarship which saw you first starting with “A”Levels to Degree level… Read more »
Sapitwa, keep on speculating lies. So kamuzu waited for more than 20 years in 1988 long after the Rebels have fled to introduce quota system?
Kamuzu was never an advocate of quota system but was pushed to do so in the later years when he was becoming too old and you should know who had more influence!!! But as they say the buck stops with the leader.
KenKKK: Sapitwa is correct about the quota. It is well known that Kamuzu annulled the 1964 secondary school selection, because he figured it was doctored by Chiume, who was then minister of education. Kamuzu was furious with Chiume over this. And that is when Kamuzu decided approximately equal numbers of students should be selected to national secondary schools, like the prestigious BSS. Kamuzu actually ordered a second selection: Quota with merit. (Yes, there is such a scenario). And Sapitwa mentions the underground planning, and underhanded dealings by northerners, led by Chiume. This is likely true. I wonder if Sapitwa was… Read more »
I beg to differ.