Another petrol bomb at Mtambo’s house, this time at his Chitipa village
Barely says after surviving an apparent assassination attempt when period bombs were thrown at his house in Lilongwe, suspected regime thugs have again petrol-bombed a house for leading human rights activist Timothy Mtambo’s village in Chitipa.
The spate of petrol bombs is believed to be a targeted move to stop mass demonstrations in airports and Malawi ports of entry planned for next week.
Mtambo confirmed on Facebook about the attack which occurred at around 2AM at Ishalikila Village, Traditional Authority Mwabulambia in Chitipa.
“I have just received a report about a petrol bombing incidence at our premises in my village! It was around 2 am. Why are you so heartless? Why are you so evil? What kind of people are you? For how long is Malawi going to continue watching you with your evil acts? This evil and strange and evil culture must be checked and controlled now. Is this the democracy we fought for?
“Malawians, I have a question to you all, are we going to allow our beloved country to degenerate into the state of nature because of few selfish individuals? You the evil people, the God of Justice, is watching you,” he wrote.
The incident comes after three bombs were thrown at the car and home Mtambo, the chairman of Malawi’s Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC), and the executive director of the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRC).
He has been organising protests demanding the resignation of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah for allegedly presiding over a fraudulent May elections which saw the incumbent Peter Mutharika returned to office. The results are being contested in the constitutional court.
His grouping are planning for fresh protests which will be held at the country’s airports and borders from August 26-30.
On Wednesday, President Peter Mutharika warned the HRDC not to go ahead with the demonstrations and ordered the police and the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) to use “necessary force” to “stop the demonstrations.”
Mtambo told UK newspaper, The Guardian: “We believe that the attacks had been deliberately orchestrated to instil fear in us. They are making a mistake,” he said, adding: “Malawi is our country and we have the responsibility to say if things are going wrong.”
Threatening the organisers will not work, he said. “It will make the situation worse.”
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While I sympathise with this dude but the way things are being done is self inflicted burning to obtain sympathy so that people should sympathise with them and that those who are sponsoring their violent demonstrations should give them more funding. If you look at all these incidences people are able to keep even the time of the attack and count the number of attackers which is very strange if an attack is done by surprise. We all know that in 2009 Kunkuyu self abducted himself to gain sympathy and Kamlepo had his own comedy where he abducted himself and dumped himself at Kwacha round about.
Abale lets look at all these torchings with a sober mind inu moti zoona munthu ofuna kukuotchera nyumba angangoponya petrol bomb pa gate kapena mbali imodzi ya galimoto zinazi tiyeni tiziziona ndi a china Mtambo omwewo ndi azinzake kufuna sympathy.Munthu ofuna to torch your house sangamaponye ka petrol bomb koti kangootcha pan’gono chabe mukayankhatu zi inu achina Mtambo pamso pa Mulungu zinazi tiyeni tiziziona …Apite kumudzi akangootcha mbali imodzi ya mudzi zooona ndi Mtambo yemweyo inu…zopanga yekha izi.
THE BIG WAR NOW HAS STARTED MCHACHA, DAUSI , WA JEFREY AND THAT DWARF BEN PHIRI WE ARE TIRED OF STUPID ACTIONS NOW WEA RE GOING TO RETARIATE AND GONNA BE WORSE MORE THAN JUST WAIT AND SEE
What is happening to HRDC is not from DPP, but it’s a war from people who lost properties and whose businesses are failing because of the demos. Many people are angry with HRDC demos. These demos have affected many people and people are very angry with them. Just imagine, you build a house, only to be destroyed by these demo people, how could you feel? And your shop is gone because of demos, how could you feel?;The next thing you can do is revenge. That’s what is happening now.
It pains when people look at what is happening with narrow minded Why Caroll complain about losing property not connecting to the route cause of tippex Government one does not treat the symptom but the sickness removing tippex government is the solution every problem happening now
Its high time tiyambe kubweza zootchelana zinthuzi
According to intelligence, this is the work of disgruntled business people who have lost trust in the system. Each day of demos entails loss of revenue as trading is disrupted and it entails increase of unpaid loans to financial houses. If Police, MDF and courts through Justice Kenyatta cannot help to protect the interests and rights of people and business of whom are not concerned with politics, what then do you think can put matters under control. We should not be surprised if someone’s close relative or something becomes food in the equation. So, HRDC enemies are diverse, from DPP to the larger public and business community. Don’t say I did not warn you, this is my humble advise take it or leave it!
this is war against malawians…..muzikwanitsa koma zomwe mwayambazi?
I pray for you, Timothy Mtambo and your family’s protection from God. God will not leave you because you are fighting for voiceless people of Malawi. You are fighting for their rights and justice.
MAY GOD AVENGE THE VIOLENCE AGAINST THE INNOCENT
Stupid DPP Tippex Government. You are now in Timothy Mtambo’s village. You have sent your Cadets there. These are not real people from Chitipa. Ben Phiri, Dausi, Mchacha, you will dearly regret your bad actions. Dont say I didnt warn you. You are playing with fire. Why cant you ask your Grandpa to do one thing and this will go. Tell your Mtchona APM to fire his lover Jane Tippex Ansah. All this will end. If you dare take out Mtambo or his family lives, thats the beginning of the end of Malawi.
Good questions Mtumbo, can u answer these one on your own? what you think is you are above the government not so???? Nkhope ngati Nyau
A mapwiya,ndikunyansa kwanuko,you will live regreating you have pressed a wrong button,tell your friends to apologise in another way round.tell them.tell them you have heard.
kwaine owonera patali anthu amene achitira zamtopolaZi Ku chitipa anakango pepesa mwanjila INA iliyose b4 Z 2late to them
ndango dusamo sinatchole nkhwani
umakolola chimene wafesa. Palimbe amene angafese moto kuyembekezera kukolora mtendere. You are burning my country Malawi, udzafa imfa yowawa. Expect one day you will burn like the properties you are burning walupanga anka ndilupanga lake lomwe. Lero waafuna apolisi? Naonsotu ndi anthu. Nkhuyu zodya mwana izi. Makolo tamalerani ana bwino. mwana onukha amatukwanisa makolo. OH GOD BLESS MALAWI. KEEP IT A LAND OF PEACE.
Apa nde mwamuonjezera mtambo gear 10
I think demo leaders have just created for themselves a lot of enemies so you cannot know who is attacking the demo leaders. They have made enemies with Southerners; they have made enemies with many business and property owners whose offices, shops, cars and other items have been damaged through the demonstrations; they have made enemies with DPP politicians; they have made enemies with the Police by beating the Police, burning their houses, burning Police vehicles, even stripping naked a woman Police Officer. The issue of peaceful demonstrations is not working at all.
Remove the word Southerner from your comment. Not all southerners are happy with what DPP is doing. If you can check the election results, you will see that not all southerners voted for DPP. Learn to separate politics from tribes. All the political parties have members in all regions. Even independent politicians were being voted for. By the way are people like Goodal Gondwe, Uladi Mussa, Chimunthu Banda, Grezelder from the south?
Fuck you, galu okumwa madzi ochapila deya waku mache de…..musatione ngati zitsilu by staying silent…nafe tiyambe kubwenza
When the Son of God came to the earth to ‘UNDO’ Satan’s rule over humanity, Satan used human agents to try and STOP the deliverance project (from the evil one and sin). The Son of God ended up on The Cross of Calvary after suffering 33 years of fierce persecution under satanic human agents. When Chihana dared to challenge the late ‘ageing Lion of Malawi’s one party system’, all kinds of ‘weapons of elimination and destruction’ were employed TO TRY AND STOP THE DELIVERANCE PROCESS SET IN MOTION BY THE GOD OF MALAWIANS using CHIHANA as a human agent. The ‘Mkango wa Malawi’ was silenced, and people like Bakili Muluzi reaped big time from where they did not sow! I see history repeating itself. The DPP leadership with the ‘professor of law and tribal oppression’ at the hem are resorting to all kinds of trickery, weaponry and elimination tactics, but unfortunately when and where THE HAND OF GOD ALMIGHTY decides to BRING DELIVERANCE OF THE OPPRESSED FROM THE professors of ‘mass oppression’ no weaponry, intimidation and elimination tactics CAN STOP THE DIVINE HAND. Even when Satan thought he had succeeded in eliminating THE SON OF GOD by death on the CROSS, it was never to be!. Even if the DPP professor of nepotism and tribalism may succeed in destroying the young freedom activists like Mtambo and Trapence, their mtyrdom will simply act as more fuel for bigger and larger protests. The DIVINE HAND OF GOD ALMIGHTY has been unleashed upon the evil rule and Malawians will experience a powerful deliverance quite sooner than expected! God bless our land of Malawi and keep it a land of peace! Remember Bingu’s attempts to change both the national flag and anthem? It was a ‘spiritual maneuver’ to neutralize GOD’S HAND in the affairs of the Malawi nation. APM is daring a god fearing nation, let’s wait and see!!!!
Ironic that Mtambo should be asking such well reasoned and pointed questions, and in such a pithy manner too, isn’t it?
These are the same questions ordinary Malawians have been asking him, all along since he vowed to fulfill his contractual obligations to the foreigners funding his destructive projects. Perhaps he can attempt to answer the same questions as if they were posed to him, by a Maudzu Manasi from Blantyre.
The violence upon his property is not acceptable. Just as the violence, theft and destruction of property facilitated by the demos he has organized are not acceptable.
Perhaps, his relatives, as they feel less safe, may persuade Mtambo to tone down his rhetoric and actions.
Is Mtambo really from Chitipa? I ask because some evidence on record by word of mouth does suggest that he is a DRCer.
A suggestion: If he has lived in Chitiipa, in his homestead, so close to Tanzania, he knows very well how the media and human rights advocates are treated (like trash) by the Magufuli/Majaliwa government in that country. So many “human rights” abuses in that country. So, it may be prudent for Mtambo to emigrate to Tanzania and try to change the environment there, since people in this country do NOT want him or his services, after the straight destructive path he has taken.
He would be in for a rude awakening when he finds out how Tanzania really deals, in decisive ways, with thugs the likes of him. Very few questions asked.
Please edit your article, particularly the first paragraph.
One day is one day tikazangogwira amene akupangi inzi tizapheratu mpopo ma cadets a police anzake akamanzafika anzapeza mitembo
This can only be the work of Ben Phiri. Otherwise MCP, UTM or anybody else do not have a motive for the cowardly acts. On the other hand DPP has an axe to grind with Mtambo who they see as a threat to their taxpayers money plundering addiction.
Well, you may slow down change but cannot stop it.
DPP TOO MUCH PRESSURE —WHY ?
This is indeed the work of Dausi and team through their Cadets. Time is just around the corner and expect your down fall.
Today on Zodiak TV news have just announced the proceedings in court about Mangochi east results that MEC fraudulent hand picked and announced Chiondo the wrong winner instead of Kosamu which will be overturn in few days to come.
In the same way expect the verdict to be against MEC and DPP then re-run.
Zako izo Timothy Ntumbo.
Mr.Mtambo, it is wrong to say that its the work of DPP and what u must understand is that, u have created all these enemies and its now coming back to u. As one has said above, their businesses,property and stripping naked pple, has been part of yr campaign. They r now fighting back, and uona zakuda bcz u r the target. Those who were doing it physically, ali kwawo kumwa thobwa. Why shd we feel sorry for u if u were heartless for those u did the same thing in yr demonstrations?
It might not be regime thugs but those people he has caused harm with his demonstration. Many people have lost property, houses, shops, companies looted, broken into, bombed by Mtambo, UTM and MCP thugs and you think they are happy? Use common sense. It is simple to offend others and say its okay. When they offend you, its when you feel the pain. Zimakomera mbuzi kugunda galu. Zophwanya zinthu, mabomba akuchitika ndi mademonstrators ndiye anthu amene aphwanyiridwa zinthu zawo nawonso ndi anthu amamva kuwawa. Mtambo asadandaule. Akukolola zomwe wadzala. Amnesty international must not just back nonsense, it too has to balance the criticism. What wrong did Capita Bank do, Japanese embassy was broken by demonstrators, many many houses, shops, cars and alike have been burnt down by Mtambo’s followers. So what is the issue?
Kukolola chimene wabvala.
Kukolola chimene wa bvala.
Almighty God is obviously watching these and he has his own ways of simply dealing with such evils.
How can a chief’s house get burned, by own people, he is a foreigner, stupid chief, again HE DID IT HIMSELF, he even sacrificed uncle just to be called a leader, he is a devil
This Malawi it’s too small .I just want to tell you mtambo pitiliza zomwe ukupanga koma makadet athana nawe sukuva fungo la ifa pa Mene ulipo?
Mr. Mtambo, you need to know that your demos have destroyed other people’s property.. it seems it’s now your turn to feel the pain that other people have felt due to your senseless demos.
WHEN A HOUSE BELONGING TO A SUSPECTED DPHIPHI SYMPATHISER IS TORCHED, THAT IS NOT DEFINED AS EVIL, BUT WHEN THE SAME HAPPENS TO MTSIPHI
Cowards. You come under the cover of darkness. Why can’t you do it doing the day so that people can see you.
The same way Mtambo comes under the disguise of demos to destroy other people’s property and business. If I have to commit suicide because my business is failing due to demos, I’m not going to go alone, I will have to go with him. I will not need any funding from anyone or anybody.
ask that question your self first….there is also a limit to where one can exercise rights human rights.Even God has a red line where u cannot go beyond.The best thing we can all do as Malawi is to pray that God should grant us with his milk of human kindness rather greedy selfishness.Things cannot change if one doesnt change first.
umaliranso Kani? Asking those stupid questions? Uziyankhe wekha foreigner iwe
Cry my beloved country.. This is not on & we cant live like this, everything is not to working.. In one way or another this has to end
Where is this pure heartless evil coming from? Fortunately we all know the answer to that ! The uncivilised cadets ! And nothing will be done about it.. that’s the Malawi we live in these days….
This is not evil. It is Tit for tat by the many innocent citizens: business people; politicians, corporate world; ambassadors; government offices and many many others who have lost businesses, property, money because of Mtambo, Trapence, Luke Thawe, Sembereka, Chakwera and Chlima. Those who have been offended this is the best solution. Seek these people one by one either in their houses or those of their relatives and let them feel the pain. You have already done to Sidik Mia and Kunkuyu but that is not enough. You need to follow him to Chikwawa. He has to know that he is a perptrator of evil. and evil be paid with evil. Caution to Amnesty International; it seems you don’t know what it means by human rights, social justice and inequalities. Go back to school with your personnel. You do not look at problems of this kind from one angle. Everybody has rights and those rights need to be counted for. So if Mtambo is sharing you money you better shut up otherwise Malawi is a Sovereign state with its own Laws. International Law may not overrule the nationalist state Laws.