Court sends Kamlepo, Makande to jail
Zomba Magistrate Court has given opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) deputy secretary general Hophmally Makande and Malawi Democratic Party (MDP) president Kamlepo Kalua a twenty month prison sentence
Makande was found guilty in an offence of proposing violence whilst Kalua was convicted for uttering seditious words.
The court heard that the offences were committed at the political rally of UDF during the closing of May 19 elections campaign in the lake side district of Mangochi.
Former president Bakili Muluzi addressed the rally.
The court established that the two politicians threatened that UDF would take the law into its own hands if Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) did not rescind its decision to bar Muluzi from the presidential race.
Mec barred Muluzi from contesting on grounds that he already served his maximum two five year consecutive constitutional terms.
Recently, Kamlepo warned the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that he will call for mass action if it continues to promote tribalism and regionalism.
“Next year (2010) if we see DPP manifesto is not implemented. If we see there is too much tribalism, too much regionalism as we have seen, I will come out and I will tell the people that this is not what we fought for, what we wanted,” said Kalua.
“I am a political heavyweight. I am the only one that can stand up to [President] Bingu wa Mutharika and say that this is nonsense. Nobody can stand up and say this Bingu is nonsense. I am the only one that would go and challenge Bingu,” said the vocal politician who was among pioneers who championed Malawi change from one party dictatorship to democracy.
“I am the only one that challenged Dr Bakili Muluzi. I am the only one that challenged Dr Kamuzu Banda and I marched in Blantyre to Sanjika,” he said.
Binguyu akundutsa mbali atiyambe ife aku Mangochi, Balaka ndi Machinga achita kuona afutse ngwazi yeni yeni osati iyeyo wa fake.
nkeeey, bwanji mufutse Kuntunda Bbakili wakwanu ali kuti. Tiyeni tonse tifunsane. Kamuzu mudamutha chifukwa cha kukalamba koma inu a ku mangoche, balaka ndi machinga ndichiyani chooneka chimene mwacita. Mudalephera kumuuza bakili kuti asagwirizane nde Tembo. Ai tiona chaka chake ndi chino. Ife tiri kuno ku mangoche kupha nsomba. Mwaiwala kuti atumbuka adakuocherani misikiti ku mpoto ndiye inu mudaopsyeza kuti onse atumbuka muwaponyera mu nyanja koma mudachita mantha.Lero mukugwirizana ndi atumbuka omweo amene adakuocherani misikiti. Muzicheza ndi alomwe omweo koma ntumbuka akipidwa waipidwa atenga step yina yoocha mizikiti yanu kawirinso.
zaka khumi muluzi akungowuyang’ana nsewu wochokera pa Mangochi Boma pa Malemu Dr Mtewa to monkey-bay mutiwuzanji inu Bingu kumenya Muluzi ndi Tembo kuwanyanya pamodzi
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Who is kamlepo kalua how many votes did he had on may 19. Why himself not stand as president. He is a poor politician. He is nonsense himself. 1st ngwazi grew old what could u do if ngwazi was 50
Who was Bingu in the 1999 presidential elections, Chintseka khomo! Kamlepo beat him with thousands of votes. This is a historical fact that even being a president can not erase. Lesson: Never despise humble beginings. But this one is for the wise only, r u?
Without UDF Bingu was nothing and ili ndi chuchuchu.
Five months down the line the country is going to hell and time is running out. Tick tak tick tak!!