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.
Am neither pro-Kaluwa nor anti-Bingu, but I personally think Moya has lost it; his apparent meddling with key national institutions such as the judiciary and public universities is at best grotesque and doesn’t reflect how well-informed he claims to be.
A chimwene the president has the grip of the country to ensure that the true citizens of Mother Malawi benefits to the fullest.leave the judges alone they are helping the president to run the country and we know where we have come from and the destination we will manage period timuchitire chisoni Kaluwa onyoza A Ngwazi? NO!NO!NO!NO!NO! akaphunzire kulemekeza akulu. BINGU patsogolo ndi chitukuko M’malawi.
Khala phee! wa anti quota iwe!
ARE YOU SURE ITS THE COURT SENDING THEM TO JAIL NOT THAT OLD MAN? IF MY COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY FINDS OUT THAT ITS HIM THEN HE WILL SEE WHAT HE WOULD’T SEE BECAUSE YOU CAN’T JAIL SOMEONE JUST BECAUSE HE ADDED “KA” PREO TO MENTIONING YOUR NAME AFETR ALL NGWAZI IS NOT OYUR NAME ITS JUST A TITTLE WHAT IF SOMEONE SAID AKA KA DR WOULD YOU ARREST HIM AS WELL? RUBBISH!!
Bwinotu nanunso inu anzanga ni ine mungapite. Bolani a Kamulepo ndi a Makande ndalama yopezera loya analinayo, naga ndi inu.
This system yomumanga munthu pamene zisankho zinapita kale and we even celebrated for free and fair and there was no VIOLENCE during the polls, why then this issue now. That time things were very hot and ambiri amalalata kunyozana, kuopsezana even abduction of MPs, ndiye lero you imprison only two people why, where are the rest of the people amalalata or kuopseza aja. If you replay all your recordings for President’s Rallies you will hear how he tore apart his opponents, monyoza zoti even the other supporters would have fumed and protested, so is the President goint in next on the firing line? of late what pains me is the fact that whenever he talks or does things to us the Voters he talks mwa Challenge just because he knows kuti tinavota kunatha but God is watching him. Sangamakhale akutiuza ife kuti “ndikupita ku Holiday ndikapume ndakugwililani tchito kwambiri” kuchita kudzipopa shaaaa koma Ngulu uyuu sayamika olo pang’ono. Vuto la mtundu wodya njoka ndilimenelo too much Mamba venom. Koma zivute zitani there is always one day and when that day comes you know what will happen, ask Muluzi, its this same 13million that voted Multi party in, Muluzi into power and removed him too atayamba kufoila, tikungoyang’ana. Lets play this game, am sure by now you know kuti if Muluzi imposed you on us we learnt some lessons so we will not be cheated again in 2014 with zapantundu zanuzo.
Ine ndinanena kale kuti boma ili ndiye ndiloziwa ntchito,limamanga anthu okonda kucheza mmalo mofufuza diesel
Osanamizana, we need to pitty the two. Ndende zaku Malawi ndi kumanda, kulibe kuti wakhalako nthawi yochepa olo yayitali, it ruins your health well being for good. Bwana Bingu, learn to forgive petty things, ija inali campaign.
Kodi a Binguwo ndiye oti azitukwana anzaoo. Kodi nkulu ameneyu bwanji wakhala akunena anzake kuti kapamba..I think sthing is following him tikumana masiku amatha nkugona
I have all day long followed the bloggers arguments about the two kapirikonis, good debate though. I find one NGOZO, to be out of his senses. Bambo, mayi whatever you are limbikirani kudzora antidandruff. The dandruff in/on your head is affecting your brains. You need to see che Ntafu.
Ndiye Bingutu ameneyo zikuwawani simunati koma mudzilemba za nzeru a Da Banda if you take it personal tithana pompa apa osati kwa Nyakwawa Usiwa
Mtafunso watani abale??? Watuwa molapitsa??!!
Dear Editor,
I do know there is political interest in this whole thing. However, the law requires that we follow it and it this particular time Kamlepo and Makande broke the law. They did. Its very shameful to insigate violence to score a political point, just becoz these two wanted to plz one Bakili Muluzi!
On the point of Law the two are guilty, and, they do deserve to be punished, largely to set a precedence that breaking the law has some serious consequences. Chikakwiya, Mpasu, Mwawa, now Makande and Kamlepo – they are mere mortals, just like you and me. Violence can seriously confuse an entire nation very easily. Organized violence can annihilate an entire nation with speed! Do you want examples? Rwanda & Burundi come to mind! Lest we all forget that violence, even just intended violence, can never be justified. Sorry, KAmlepo & Makande will be sad examples.
May God bless Malawi.
Mzala Mzuku wa lasa apa anthu asiye kutengera malamulo m’manja. look at how Zingwangwa market is looking now paja panali shop ya presdential hopeful M.Dosi panabisikalatu koma relo pali mbee ndiye Binguyotu amaneyo fire