Chakwera fail to show up at 2 campaign rallies

June 17, 2020 Wanga Gwede - Nyasa Times 57 Comments

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has  failed to show up at two campaign rallies two days in a row, first on Tuesday in Mchinji and Wednesday in Nkhotakota  where party supporters endured the cold and windy weather waiting for his arrival.

Chakwera: No show at rallies

On Tuesday, Chakwera did not travel to his scheduled rally in Mchinji and asked Speaker of Parliament, Catherine Gotani Hara, who is also MCP deputy secretary general to go and address the meeting on his behalf.

No reasons were given for Chakwera failing to go to Mchinji.

On Wednesday, Chakwera did not show up in Nkhotakota  for his planned whistlestop tours and instead MCP deputy president Sidik Mia addressed the rally.

Party insiders say Chakwera missed the rallies because he had interviews with international media organisations including BBC and Agence France-Presse (AFP), one of the world’s great wire news services.

However, some MC top officials have revealed that Chakwera has been advised to  stop conducting whistlestop tours over security concerns

However, after a rally that was conducted at Chigumula ground in Nkhotakota, MCP deputy president, Sidik Mia, could not come out clear on the issue when he was interviewed on the reports.

But Mia said Chakwera was attending to other pressing issues.

“Dzungu lokoma saika poyera ( a good pumpkin need  to be kept hidden) hence the missing of Chakwera at the rally,” Mia said.

MCP Campaign Director, Moses Kunkuyu said there is no need for Chakwera to continue with the rallies as other officials in the alliance have already managed to reach out to all Tonse Alliance would be voters.

Chakwera, who quit the pulpit as head of Malawi Assemblies of God in 2013 to join frontline politics, alongside his running mate Saulos Chilima successfully petitioned the High Court of Malawi sitting as the Constitutional Court to nullify last year’s election.

The MCP  leader said God has given Malawians the fresh election to restore every voter’s power to bring change and enjoy their rights.

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57 replies on “Chakwera fail to show up at 2 campaign rallies”

  1. Confused if the allegations are true because despite allegations that retired major Mkaka is after Dr SKC life, the later has continued to risk his life and holding more campaign rallies in the Northern Region within a day? This is the time Dr LMC should have jacked up his campaign rallies. Abusa ataniso kodi?

  2. There is an assumption that if you don’t like Chakwera-Chilima camp you must be DPP. There are some of us who do not see leadership that will change Malawi on either side of this election. Both the Tonse and Banja Alliances are driven by greed and personal need for power and nothing for Malawians. In protest some of us will be voting Mbakuwaku!

    1. Uli ndivuto ndiwe,open your eyes more wider,ngat fertilizer angafike pa K4495 nde kusintha kwazinthu kumeneko.Ngati corruption yingayime that will be great.Merit system back in the country that will be great again.Tonse alliance make Malawi great.

    2. @ Pindani
      Am not amazed seeing the real Peter kuwani hiding under the mask of Pindani. Go ahead and get your 3 votes country wide heheeeeee!

  3. Akuopa assassination and he is just a candidate akadzakhala president ndiye adzayenda? Ndi za okhwima chiwinditu izi.

  4. Yona wameza Covid 19. Akuyendera kubwerera kukalalika ku Nineve. Apo biii afa ndithu. Judge mkandawire is happy now that the DC for chitipa has died of Corona virus. Next is Chakwera. Nyekhwetheeeee!

  5. Mutharika has missed over a hundred campaign rallies, whats the fuss with Chakwera missing 1 or 2?

  6. Lero ndi zimenezi. When Mutharika said we need lockdown, you said no. You rushed to Justice Kenyatta Mkandawire to get injunction.

  10. Olo atakhala pa bindikiro khaya zaka 100 sangawine angozitayitsa nthawi angomwalira nazo ndi ma edzi,BP ,corona ndi BP ali nazo a Malawi tinathana nayo MCP palibe amafuna azimva za Congress lero anhtu okupha ozunza anthu amene mwapha wa police posachedwa pa kwa msundwe a IMEDI a ku mangochi kuwononga katundu wathu palibe angakusekerereni tionana ku mavoti okasankha ndifeyo mumatiphwanyila ufulu wathu tikukhaulitsani ku ma voti simuyinunkha voti ndithu pokhapokha anthu amene munapha aja muwabwezere miyoyo yawo anthu otembereredwa inu,

    1. ukanama cadet iwe. Ndiye amene akufuna kumva za ma cadet ndi ndani? Kaya ufuna kaya sukufuna Chakwera akulamulira after 23rd June, 2023

    2. Ndipo timothy ndiwe galu kodi malawi ndi iwe wekha galu iwe, umva m’bebe sunati ngati iwe mcp suifuna ndiye ali yense saifuna galamuka ku tulo mavuto ali mzipatalamu, m’mizimu sukuwona? Chotsa khungu lako

  11. Mwauponda ma cadet ngati mumachalira kuti mumugende. I bet he’s preparing for new government next week, and rightly so. We need to hit the ground running.

  13. Kkkk mmene akuluwa akuufunira u president angangosowa zii.chonchi osabwera pa msonkhano?..kapena diabetes ija yavuta?..shaaa napepe..achire msanga..

  16. Covid 19 is real, He has been going out and about during unclean times in search of the Presidency forsaking all sound advice from health experts and the international community of experts trying to get the Presidents office. But Gods ways are not our ways. As a Reverend and Man of God he should have been the first one to follow good isolation practices and encourage people to self isolate during the pandemic so that we have a health nation. God in times of pandemic always gave instructions to his people to hide from the pandemic until it has passed. Leviticus 13:46 He shall remain unclean all the days during which he has an infection. He is unclean, he shall live alone, his dwelling shall be outside the camp .Abusa you could not even take a leaf from the Bible Be careful repent before it is too late.

  18. What was APM doing all this time to come out just yesterday? Chakwera was in the north last week and Chilima is in the north now. The Tonse Alliance is working day and night to make sure that the thieves and tribalists go to hell. We want a clean Malawi. We want a united Malawi. These days Malawians have blended well with each other into one. Chilima said that the issue of district of origin must go. The issue of tribes must go.

    1. This is whataboutery and you knows it. Chakwera scheduled rallies the decided not to go, choosing western media over his people. Munthalika just didn’t schedule any rallies then. The two are not the same.

  20. These people who are asking of where about of Chakwera? Are the same people/ thugs that have been hired by DPP to assassinate Chakwera . So u cant find a man of God now u are crying .
    Chakwera has finished his campaign and now he is back in the office preparing for presidency.

    He has done his part of explaining the manifesto and now it’s our part on 23rd June.
    Relax Shadow president Mr Chakwera .

    The thugs are too late with their sinister motives , ku voter kulipo and wait for the shocker coz Agogo akupita.

    1. Is the artical saying DPP, supporters were there ones waiting for Chakwera to address them or mcp chipani cha nkhaza supporters?? Now who could question whereabouts of chakwera in this case?? Who wanted him moist to address them, are they DPP supportes so how can you marry this issue to DPP supportes were the ones questioning about where he was they are pannng to kill him?? Kusukulu munkakhodzako koma?? Zikuonetsa kuti comprehensoin /kumvetsa nkhani munkapedza 3/20 mmutumo mwangodzadza mamina.

    3. Ye3 tell them Dr Chakwera has done what people needed know and now let him start to prepare for the office. Tonse alliance executive may continue to campaign up to last minute

  21. God had nothing to do with fresh election, I doubt he cares about elections. But greed has brought the fresh election

    1. Ntchito kudzitama ati anthu a ku Thyolo ndi owopsa zomwe zikutanthauza kuti blue camp ndi kwa a thakati

  24. Amaopa kuzizidwa? Otsutsa ndinu oipa from inside. Zomwezi akanapanga bwana president mukanachuluka zoyakhula

  26. Mwapeza DPP AND UDF Ali ndi masapota abwino akanakhala anuwa mbwenzi tikumva kuti corona. Mwadziwa liti kuti dzungu lokoma sayika poyera? Munena bwinotu inu.

  29. You will tell us why. Thanks for sharing; we didn’t even know that he had scheduled rallies which he failed to attend. He lacks charisma, we can only enjoy speeches by his runing-mate.

  30. Chakwera misses you say attending interviews . Why hide. The dude has corona. Paja tinakuwuzani kuti wakufa sadxiwika. The wife is also very sick with corona in her lockdown in America.

    2. Eyatu,osayiwala kuti wanuwo ndi nkhalamba,nde ndi covid yi mmmm akuyenera kusamala kwambiri

      1. Nkurunzinza anali nkhalamba ? Chilimas age mate. In short all of us can die anytime. Never wish anyone death. One day we will all face it

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