Aford lone MP Chihana booted from Parliament over Chilima remarks

Alliance for Democracy (Aford) member of parliament for Mzimba North Yeremiah Chihana has been sent out of parliament for generating the House into chaos after insisting that President Lazarus Chakwera must fire Secretary to the President (SPC) alleging that the SPC’s incompetence is making Vice President Saulos Chilima under perform as head of reforms.

Chihana: Upfront talk

Chilima has been in parliament today to answer questions related to his ministry of Economic Planning and Development and Public Sector Reforms.

“He (Chilima) works on delegation. He can not fire PSs or Directors yet he is heading reforms. He is being ineffective because we have an incompetent Secretary to the President and Cabinet (Zangazanga Chikhosi).

“The President must fire the SPC otherwise the reforms will not work,” said Chihana degenerating the House into chaos.

Before being kicked out of Parliament, Chihana asked Vice president Chilima what policy tools are in Malawi Agenda 2063 that contrast with Vision 2020 and, what are the economic drivers for the agenda 2063.

Chilima said there are several things that make Malawi 2063 different from Vision 2020. He said Vision 2020 was aimed at poverty reduction while 2063 is aimed at wealth creation.

First deputy speaker Madalitso Kazombo has directed that Chihana report back in Parliament on Monday and face a disciplinary committee.

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39 replies on “Aford lone MP Chihana booted from Parliament over Chilima remarks”

  1. Dr Zangazanga Chikhosi SPC was the patriotic senior designer of Vision 2020 together with Dr Ng’ombe and other ECONOMISTS in the Department of Economic Planning and Development. Surely VP Dr Chilima is working with Dr Chikhosi.
    I worked with Dr Chikhosi team during Vision 2020 meetings. Vision 2020 was designed to make Malawians take full control and own local economic development projects in Malawi.

    In the case of Salima Sugar Factory which is under Greenbelt initiative now, if it were Vision 2020 it would have trained the trainable local citizens in Salima especially those who owned the land of the project area in Sugar Factory Management, sugarcane growing, sugar production, machinery operations, all factory logistics. The Malawi Government would have identified an international sugar market in advance. All payments would have been made to the local sugar production players in Salima Sugar production cooperatives. By now Salima would have had many MILLIONAIRES based in Salima. Cash flow in Salima would have transformed Salima instantly. Government would have been benefiting from the widened tax base taxes.

    So it is clear that Vision 2020 is over shadowing Vision 2063. Vision 2063 cannot be implemented without implementing Vision 2020 ideologies first.

    Vision 2063 has cast it’s net too wide beyond many present generations aspirations making it impossible to succeed.

    SPC in not over shadowing VP.

  2. if this adminstration differs from their predecessor, every malawian must have to 2063 plan document more especially parliamentalians there is no need of keeping it as if its a classified document.
    the hon questions are relevant, with a strong belief after 10yrs our country will remain the same.
    
    

  3. Truth always hurts, unfortunately. Should the man be demonised for calling a spade a spade?

  4. Chihana and Musowa are the one who will keep this government in check not Nankhumwa. Indeed Chilima is being overshadowed by the powerful SPC , he is busy creating positions for party cronies and relative in the greater conspirancy to create criminal enterprise. Right now the whole state house is full of Chakwera relatives and friends from Church assemblies of God. The deal to interdict all DCs and chief executives of councils is a way of trying to create vacancies for their friends. party zealots and relatives.

  5. 2020 was for poverty reduction, 2063 is for wealth creation. The question is whether poverty has been reduced or not. We cannot talk about 2063 unless we address the shortfalls of the 2020 vision that is still pending. Chihana was right, he asked very interesting and thought-provoking questions.

  6. Choonadi chimawawa zaoneka apa. Truth pains. Wanena zoona munthu. Chilima is not delivering at all pena amaoneka ngati asowapo kuchita kufunsa kuti alipo. Freedom of speech, views must not be undermining.

  7. Chihanda was right. Chikuosi is destroying the civil services and its rumoured he wants to send the under qualified Bendulo as director of e government. What stupid decision. E government has people with masters degrees who can be able to be directors and yet Chikhosi wants to put Bendulo as director of e government somebody with manufactured qualifications. The dude by his testimony said has no qualification when he was asked by Kaphale. Let me ask people working under e government to boycott work if indeed Chikhosi put this MSCE holder as director of e government. This stupidity must stop.

  8. Yeremiah chihana ndakatundu !it’s just opanda nzeru aja amakakamila u president ku afford!!Zanga zanga chikhosi has to be fired!!just because he contributed part of his retirement package from mcp doesn’t make him qualify for chief secretary!!men of integrity the likes of Antony kamanga sc.!!

  9. Chihana could be right but could also be wrong. This guy was expecting to be appointed a minister and his hopes or ambitions were dashed and that is why he is attacking and attacking. We do not know what he is looking for. He is the one who married Loveness Gondwe in very controversial circumstances. He is a controversial confused man.

    1. Yeremiah is a billionaire my friend!!fufuzani bwino bwino!has big estates and is a big flue farmer!

    2. This guy is always a trouble maker and I dont know why he given a two day off instead of one week and misses all the packages. Dont ever ever give him a ministerial position AKHAULE BASI MTUMBUKA WACHABE CHABE. Lock him up!!!!!!!!!!

      1. There is no need to attack his tribe, attack his personality, when are u going to be civilized.

  10. Yetemiah Chihana is an imbecile he lied about Bingu’s deceased estate value and last year he also lied that Tonse ministers are corrupt without giving any evidence .He just loves attention.The guy needs to be disciplined.

    1. You are the imbecile a lying one at that, Chicanes valuation of Bingus estate was correct, infact it is because of him that we know the land that MUST is built on belongs to Bingus family trust.

  11. Penapake mmene SPC akuchitira zinthu zake its questionable. Is he being bulldozed to do things. What has just shocked me is how some Principal Secretaries receiving interdiction letters by virtue of being in those offices. I guess Chikhosi would have explained to Chakwera how to go about it. Does SPC have HIS own separate powers over Civil Service or he is waiting for Brian Banda or Kampondeni to decide for him? Kampondeni and Banda will go but Civil Service will remain the same. I see no problem in Chihana’s observation and comment.

  12. Hon.Chihana wasn’t wrong.was expressing his views…..Mind you,we don’t want MCP of Kamuzu-we want a listening one.
    Wanthu mumakaya wandaluwe tuu nkhaza za MCP,Your Excellency,you will agree with me,the MCP of Kamuzu John Tembo etc regime was the worst,killing etc.
    We don’t want people to say,MCP yinasinthe,check who sorrounds you,otherwise,they will make to your Tonse Govt.downfall.
    Chihana wasn’t at all supposed to be booted out.

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  13. kodi za vision 2020 osafusa BAKILI MULUZI NDI GUDO GONDWE BWA? Mukuwaopa? nanga za reform
    si maboma a dzana omwewa analipo ? cihana mmalo mothandizilana nde mukukagwila opakidwa nsuzi pakakamwa. acina muluzi ndi gudo gondwe ali phee kutikitila za kwa sin’ganga kuopa zingafukuke.
    SARKOZY WAMANGIDWA PAJA ETI?

  14. It is only in Malawi where the whole MP is booted out of parliament for saying the truth. And that’s the tendency of MCP for you….. very very undemocratic. And again please DO NO rate chilima as a performer. Reforms ikumukanika chilima this is now his 7th year on Reforms koma with zero performance. Akungotupa masaya basi fotseki!!!

    1. Chitsiru ndiposo forsekiso ndiweyo unaona Chilima akugwira ntchito thawi yanu ya DPP Mbudzi ya muthu iwe , Komaso akamati ma reforms tsikuti ndi a mwedzi umodzi ayi , moti iweyo ukufunika kuti upangidwe reform mu mutumo kuti makaka a blue achoke

      1. Galu iwe opanda nzeru!!chikhosi has to be removed !udindo umene uja ufunika people with integrity the likes of Antony kamanga!!osati mbuzi yo

  15. We need such brave minds to trigger change in Malawi-otherwise using the same formula to solve same problems isn’t working.

  16. To me, Mr Chihana has a point irrespective of the spirit in which his statement may have been. To state that Chikhosi is incompetent is stating the obvious that many writings have been pointing. A lot of alleged rote is happening on agencies directly under Chikhosi’s fold; DODMA, NOCMA, State House etc

  17. This guy Chihana looks very brave. It seems when he raises points that don’t go down well with Tonse Alliance,then note that there is more fiber of truth in it. Remember he raised an issue about some members within the cabinet soliciting bribes from indians and after being rebuked, the crossroads saga proved him correct. Watch about this Chikhosi guy, when time is ripe in around 2024 close to 2025 general election, Chilima will loosen the cat from its bag.

  18. I start liking this Chihana guy, I think he speaks his own mind. He doesn’t just tow the line. The matter of the fact is that, is he lying????

  19. I like this guy. Amayankhula mopanda mantha ngakhale nthawi zina amazayankhula zopanda nzeru. Mtambo anatiuza kuti osaopa!!!

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