Minister Mtambo ponders on his role of unifying Malawi
Dubbed a ‘terrorist’ by former regime of Democratic Progressive Movement (DPP), at the forefront of a wave of demonstrations that engulfed Malawi in the past two years, Timothy Mtambo has found himself entrusted with a role of unifying the country as the Minister of Civic Education and National Unity.
Mtambo, who lead the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) before joing frontline politics through his Citizens for Transformation movement, was part of the ministers sworn in on Friday, after being drafted in by President Lazarus Chakwera to bepart of his first 31-member cabinet.
The Minister has welcomed the challenge of heading the new ministry and says he is more than ready to serve in his role and to serve Malawians.
Giving his first interview after taking oath of office, Mtambo took time to thank His President Chakwera for putting faith in him and including him in his first cabinet.
Mtambo then went on to thank God for the opportunity while highlighting that this is not the end but continuation of the struggle to make Malawi better.
“I dedicate this appointment to God Almighty, Comrades in the struggle and all Malawians of good. The struggle continues and we will take it to the next level, our nation is divided, we have a duty to unite it. A divided nation can never sustainably develop. Peace and Unity are crucial drivers of development,” he said
On the challenges of heading a newly created ministry, Mtambo believes he is the right person for the role as he has been part of delivering civic education in his years of human rights activism.
Giving a hint of what his new ministry will be like , he said: “We as a people will model this ministry into a high impact government ministry, which will help moving Malawians from being subjects to citizens. We will ensure that every citizen knows the basics of our constitution, the bill of rights, development and principles of good governance.”
The minister believes if Malawi has to prosper, then it is a must that its citizens should be well informed, united, active and empower them to be patriotic citizens.
Mtambo, a strong believer is public service aims to inspire every Malawian to be patriotic and work towards developing this country .
“I believe that there is no greater calling than public service. Giving a service to people is a heavenly call. I took an oath of service before God Almighty and the people of our great republic, that means a lot to me. I will never let my masters (the People) down. I believe in People Power and as a public servant I am going to promote a People Power agenda where every Malawian won’t feel let down, but feel they are part of it.”
Mtambo plans to develop a two-way communication where Malawians should be able to communicate with him without any problems.
As part of the Tonse alliance philosophy he wants to promote servant leadership by serving the people rather than bossing them.
He believes Malawi’s unity can be achieved if every Malawian work together disregarding different political affiliations, tribal differences or social standing.
Asked if he holds any grudges against the DPP regime, Mtambo said he does not hold personal grudges against anybody.
He said his fight was not personal but was fighting the ills of the regime, the human rights abuses, lack of respect for rule of law and many issues that were making some people feel more Malawian that others.
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Mtambo is crooked and is the one behind all the bad things that happened during demonstrations. He is one that hired the youths to burn government offices and properties belonging to DPP supporters. Cars for innocent malawians were stonned by boys hired by Mtambo. This man is not the right person to unit Malawi. The guy uses violence to sort out issues
I doubt a man like Mtambo can be silenced with a ministerial position if that is what Chakwera is thinking. This man’s thinking is very evolved and few of us can really understand the motivations of such a man.
Totally unfair human rights activist? mthakati uyu, komano omusankhao sanaganize Kaye ? anthu adziti chani? Please HE taganizani ngati mbusa osati mwachita apazi
Unfortunately you tougt the youth …not to ask ….But demand ….
watch out for more Demostrations in the course of your insipiratìon you set …
Guys TIMOTHY&TRAPEZ who have a deplomatic voice tone ?
TIMOTHY MTAMBO has no freenace of speech in this setting …
Yesster Year is just yesterday …
I dont personal hate the guy but he doesnt have the the DEPLOMATIC TACT of this very need Ministry ….Unless he come up front Apologise to those who lost …
Not DPP !!!!
But most of all families South Center North MALAWI who lost or was destorted off their means of living …on his ways of making himself to what he today is thanking Chakwera for ……
Gay
A chair said kumachangamuka pa tauni.He got what he wanted.He will now be admiring everything.His mouth is shut.His friend Trapez also just observe him.
Work for malawian
Section 20 of the Constitution prohibits discrimination of any form, and gives the right to equality for all citizens.
Things like quota system of selecting students to public secondary schools, and colleges would be legislated against.
Recruitment for jobs in the public service and private sector is also be governed by Employment Act with anti discrimination clause but it does have teeth to root out the discrimination we always see in this country.
This guy was very vulgar when he headed the famous terrorist organization. His language was like that of Mchacha or Mulli. He has no capacity to unite anything.
Zabodza siiwe Mtumbuka, koma “Ntumbuka”, whatever that means. You just hate the guy chifukwa he from north. Give him a chance. He is capable, but you need to give him room kaye. U kadet umakhala bwino kuwupumira☺
If you put God first in your work, you will succeed!
Democracy at its best!
One of the first things which this Ministry can do to create environment for unity is to introduce legislation that would eliminate tribalism, regionalism and ethnicity as a way of addressing inequalities in society and prohibiting discriminatory practices in Malawi and render such practices criminally punishable by the courts.
Such an approach would be in conformity with section 20 of the Republican Constitution.
Laws such as Race Equality Act in the UK and other countries would be ideal examples from which we can adapt.
Chakwela is such a clown, how can any one in the right sense chose a tribalist like Ntambo to unite Malawi? This is offensive and joke, its true chakwela is naive
Amwene “wakwithu clown”,
Mukunama. Mtambo could not be farthest from a tribalist! Nkhani ili apa ndikulira kwa u kadeti. Compare Mtambo with “kadetiology” imachitika ndi boma lapitali. Look at Malawi embassies and other public entities how many were from one district, one tribe, one region? If someone stands up to that nepotism sindiye kuti he is being tribalist! Your degree of deficiency in self evaluation is astonishing. Its coz of people like you that we need a whole ministry created!
More fitting person could have been Moses Kunkuyu not this terrorist and stupid lunatic.. some of us are still struggling because of the damages he caused to our business.
Congratulations on the occasion of your being appointed as minister, Hon Mtambo. We ( most Malawians) hope that you’ll be in the forefront (as you’ve always been) in advancing the human rights agenda in this country despite the fact that you’ll be in the thick of things, being in govt.
Are you sure that you’ll be able to criticise your boss if and when he goes astray, albeit you’re in govt? Knowing you, I’m certain that you are going to stick to your principles.
Just remember one thing: PATRIOTISM IS THE LOVE OF ONE’S COUNTRY, IT’S NOT NECESSARILY THE LOVE OF ONE’S GOVERNMENT ( a lesson learned from Std 5 Civics in the Kamuzu era even though we were in a one-party state of governance then ).
Inde akulu ,timwenso whiskey mukamapuma ma weekend amenewa
Useless looks like sing’anga. Who can trust you.
Malawi tribal divisions is a disease and needs cure all Malawians including Mtambo have this Tribal Disease.
Enjoy the rewards for now. The good thing is that Malawi does not hesitate to give presidents one term!
Make Malawi great.
No one can listen to this fool after all the destruction he caused.
Mtambo go to Hell. You want us to unite this time simply coz u r reaping the fruits?, enjoying minsterial benefits? Do u seriously think we r kids? Some of us don’t get blown away easily by wind. It would have made more sense if u had called on the country to unite while u were still at HRDC. But instead u chose destruction and death. You are a big Loser filled with envy, jealousy and hate. The same will haunt u Bastard.
The terrorist. What unity can he bring when he openly showed his hate for Lomwe. Ntambo is an axis of evil and only people like Chakwera can trust. To foster unity he will need to reach out to political leaders and with all the stupid things he used to say about Muluzi and APM how will he approach them.
Gay wausilu uyu
Can we please have his job description osati kumangodya ndalama zaulere
‘Peace and unity’ are not necessarily the drivers of development. Check the ‘Criminal History of Mankind’. What Malawi needs most today is citizens with brains. Real brains. Brains to make hoes, pencils, paper and panado.
Ma comrades
Zaziiiii…. it is clear that his ministry has been created to reward him, a waste of taxpayer’s money.
The Minister is not a peace maker and I wonder how he can hypocritically preach peace. He will be taken seriously by his followers only
Go!Go!Go you will do it!
All the best man! Your efforts to liberate Malawi are appreciated
A militant OSAOPA vagabond to unit Malawi. FOTSEKI
Congrats comrade. umaitha