Attorney General withdraws challenge against Malawi lockdown injunction
Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale has withdrawn an application to the High Court to challenge an injunction obtained by Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) stopping implementation of a three-week national lockdown to curb coronavirus.

Government through lawyer Neverson Chisiza from Attorney General Chambers on Wednesday filed a sworn statement with the High Court of Malawi Lilongwe District Registry in opposition to the injunction restraining government from imposing a lockdown.
But while High Court judge Kenyatta Nyirenda was set to consider the matter during the inter parte hearing on Friday, Attorney General has withdrawn and said government will not challenge it.
In a notice of withdraw dated April 23 2020 to court seen by Nyasa Times, Attorney General states that they have “carefully considered their position, and no longer desirous to argue any application to vacate the interlocutory injunction or to be heard.”
The notice also states that government is no longer desirous to contest the permission to move for judicial review.
Kaphale, who is government’s chief legal adviser, said they have withdrawn the challenge as the Executive trust that the Judiciary will do “the right thing” based on the prevailing virus pandemic crisis the country is in right now.
He said “the fact that the virus is out there and spreading quickly is very self-evident.”
Kaphale said they had initially filed to vacate the injunction but after reflection government decided that it should not waste precious time in court urging when it is obvious out there the threat to human lives.
Some concerned citizens including Members of Parliament Esther Cecilia Katumba and Monica Chang’anamuno and civil society organisations including HRDC and Church and Society of CCAP Synod of Livingstonia successfully obtained an injunction blocking government from effecting a national lockdown.
They argued that more consultation was needed to prevent harm to the poorest and most vulnerable of society.
Minister of Health Jappie Mhango announced on 14 April that the Malawi would be on lockdown for 21 days from the midnight of Saturday 18 April to midnight on Friday 8 May in an effort to control further spread of the deadly coronavirus with President Peter Mutharika saying if authorities were not careful, up to 50,000 lives could be lost.
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Tamva kale zomwe kaphale kanuko kakuopa ndiye musatinamizepo apa!
Good decision AG. Kenyatta asovenge – mutu umukulira.
Whether it’s a tactical withdraw or mere frustrations, the bottom line is that it doesn’t make sense to continue fighting for a case which is technically rigged in favor of the applicant. I would do the same if I were Kaphale. The nuisances in the judiciary are seriously appalling. I shame the current set up.
SC Kaphale, SC Jane Ansah and Prof. President losing every case kkkkkkkk koma abale. Pitani mukalime basi.
ACHITSILU AWA.UNALEPHERA MULANDU WAUKULU UJA NDIYE UNGAWINE KAMWANA KAMULANDUKA??
Kodi ngati ndi Pitala yekha wachita soni angakhaenso MDF yachita manyazi
The injunction did not stop the spread of corona virus but it was surprising to hear people celebrating HRDCs injunction, not knowing it was risking their very lives. No politics. Don’t underrate the danger of ignorant people.
Nyau ndikuzavina kuzavina pamenepaja. Fumbi mbwee. Ndikuzavina azimayi Kuyimba mokweza. Gule ndikuvina kuvina kuzadumpha m’malere. Kuzagwa pansi kuti phwaaa!!! Wamaayooo!! Ndakhalira phwala!
That will be Chakweras fate.
If he’s careful Chakwera must start wearing underwear. Stop this nonsense of politicising everything or risk becoming like John Tembo. 85% of Malawians are in rural areas and are closely watching. Not his paid vendors, actors and HRDC goons. Real Malawians with real issues. People with no access to even a clinic or health Center. People that don’t eat politics.This is how Bingu won his second term in landslide the people saw through the pettiness and harassment of the opposition. Ino ndi nthawi yokolola, whose dying of hunger?government already set funds and economic package to help the needy. This stance will backfire. Corona is real. It’s no joke. Bola osakhalira phwala!!
Good move AG. Don’t waste time with useless judges. Leave them. They can extend the injunction as much as they want until corona-virus infects and kills one of them people (MCP, UTM, HRDC, judges)
Kaphale actions demonstrate that he is not serious,he must be removed as AG by tomorrow.This is total no sense, instead of telling poor Malawians out there about the improved measures that the stupid DPP Government has put in place to cushion the poor informal traders ,this is all what Kaphale can say?????What has Government done in the past six days that the injunction has been in place?If the caretaker DPP Government can be this helpless and hopeless, mere jokers and propagandists at this critical time of the deadly Covird 19, let Peter and his DPP get out of Government, Chakwera and Chilima are serious characters, we have trust in them that they can use our tax money to come up with solutions for the poor people.
Eh amwene mwadya inu si banzi koma chi Bin Laden eh. HRDC/ supported by Mcp and Utm put an injunction to tie governments hands. Any governments position anywhere in the world, does not negotiate with terrorist or blackmail. What is wrong here? you want government to come to the table because of scare tactics by the opposition. The Ag is right. Let the injunction stay. It will lift itself up. Kenyatta himself will lift it.
Umbuli wachuluka pa Malawi, people not taking this corona seriously but a time will come when it can’t be ignored. Until that time.
Iwe insensitive Government, Chitsiru iwe. Who do you think you are, wa nyau iwe? People out there are getting infected day in day out. What do you think the injunction can do to those helpless Malawians? Is it going to save them from the wrath of The Covid-19? Perhaps it will be ideal if the ”so called Judge Nyirenda” and his entire family and of-course you idiot with your entire village catch the virus and die quickly so that others can learn a lesson.
Assuming it was a civil war did you expect to go to court to obtain an injunction in order to stop it? Do you think you could be wasting your time talking about your businesses, hunger, families, jobs or anything that you dog can think of? obviously by now some of you would have been in Mozambique, or Tanzania without being told by anyone to do so. What then brings in the difference with this scenario? Galu iwe, keep on wasting your precious time despising the DPP and its Pitala and see what will happen by July or August this year if the situation is not addressed with speed. Or may be you think you will be the only survivor? So, iwe WA PIONEER, wopha anthu, wakuba nkhuku za weni, wochita chigololo ndi akazi a weni nkumawapatsa AIDS should not be fooled that Lazalo wa umphawi, cum Yona shall one day rule this country ng’ooooooooooooo.
Mayooooo bambo wachita manyazi apa game yakhula….. Thanks Mr kaphale stop doing things for other it will end up putting u in shit…. Stop
Shows you have a poor grasp of issues. The brilliant tactic by the Ag has gone above your head and comprehension. This is called tactical withdraw read the art of war by Sun Tzu
Umbuli.you have missed the whole point. Read comments maybe you will get it
Bwana Kaphale, nduna ndi akulu-akulu a Boma ali ndi ndalama zodyere mu nthawi ya lockdown. Ndalama komanso transport pamodzi ndi zakudya, nyumba pamenepo, ZAULERE zochokera ku misonkho ya anthu osaukafe. Lockdown sivuto kwa iwowo nanga si zonse zofunikira pa moyo wamunthu ndi ZAULERE.
Shame! shame! shame!!! on you
Stupid argument
Malawi government what do you have to implement lockdowns?? this thing you called lockdown it’s so expensive ask. South African they have started protesting against this you call lockdown ask the reasons why they are protesting ?? They are saying that they must at least die. With this virus leather than to die with the hungry in there locked houses ,. Big ups to the all well meaning citizen’s whom you tried your best to stop this evil lockdown
Which South Africa are you talking about? We are on lockdown now for the past 28 days and the President has just extended the lockdown indefinitely. We understand the importance of lockdown and we abide. Check your facts!
Nanu mutolandira nao ma 1kg a Ufa or u are in the Diplomatic Service Kudya Misonkho yathu ….Munthuyo sakunama BBC inatowonesa anthu ku Capetown ….Njala atogendani ndi a police …Pano atoonjezera asilikali …
Capetown yake iti palibe amagenda koma akungophwanya ma shop,ndi anthu akuba kungopezelapo mwayi
It is not a crime to be a diplomat, nanu limbikilani muzapeza mwayi. Nsanje ndikaduka ndi zoophya kwambili. Those people in embassy work for that money and I believe Malawian diplomats are the worst paid anywhere in the world. It’s not always roses living in a foreign country . Work hard in your craft rather than kumayankhula zopanda Mutu. Iwe anakuletsa kulimbikila kulowa diplomatic service Ndani? You think ku embassy amatumiza anthu osapunzila ati chifukwa you pay taxes? Chindere waka!!!
You can understand about lock down but nothing is changing
I also saw on e news, you might be there but dont think you know everything. One of the province had to protest, hope you have the food. Musafe ndinjala
I can not believe that you run away from your own country and you are an economic refugee in another country, please stop commenting you are not part of us.
Lockdown is important yes but taking to South Africa government is giving it’s people food , money . And that some police officers have been beaten it’s true no lies.
Umbuli wachuluka ku Mcp. They believe anything Lazaro tells them while he himself is in hiding in lockdown not to be seen without a face mask to this day.
Unfortunately the government of Malawi has abandoned its people as it demands that you either get lockeddown and die of hunger or no lockdown and die of COVID 19. Either way it is death sentence for innocent malawians. This is how cruel APM is. The Supre Court please save mother malawi.
Ha ha ha Mcp always with an angle. Politics mpaka ku Manda a Corona. This in my view is why Mcp won’t win. They put their interest above the countries and in the end this will backfire it always does. John Tembo did this so many times. You encouraged HRDC to sabotage governments efforts, you undermine government at every turn. Now you cry foul after trying to extort government. The same government that announced it had made plans for economic relief and set aside funds for those in dire need. 85% of Malawians leave in the rural areas and they are watching this from a birds eye view not the paid vendors and actors you send to protest. Your electorate are watching. Chizawona ndichipande, don’t be suprised if this time you get less than 25% vote after people die from corona. The people in townships are a divided vote. Mtauni ndimongokumanila, social media people don’t vote. But anthu akumuzinwith no access to hospitals are loooking at this with a kin eye. Apm woye!!!!
It is only dictators that believe that their decisions are always final and can never be disputed!! Kaphale’s actions as demonstrated in this story strongly show what DPP government thinks in as far as decision making is concerned in government!! These people are dictators and want to be dictating every arm of governement.
Mr Kaphale, the monies your government is receiving from well wishers belong to Malawians and “NOT APM and “NOT DPP”. It is time you came to senses and understand that your team has no mandate to use government without involvement of parliament to represent the people. Please stop the stupidity of twisting straight forward injunction by HRDC that your government in consultation with all branches of government plus the SCOs should review the procedures you put in place and meet at the courts for an inter-parte hearing the matter after which the court will decide on whether the injunction should still be vacated or not.
Based on the tone of the comments you made, you seem to be angry!! What does your anger mean? Sakufuna zokambilanazo kapena? A Kaphalenso nde kayansotu!! After all how many people per day is mother Malawi loosing from all the hospitals we have emanating from the other ordinary diseases? Why are you trying to sensationalise covid 19 deaths, when we already know that too many people are already dying out there because your government is not buying and distributing drugs? Bakha uyunsooooooooooooo!!
It’s only terrorist that try to strong arm government with extortion tactics and terrorism. No government in the world negotiates with terrorist. Those paid actors and vendors from nsundwe protesting must eat their protest and have a seat down with Kenyatta
Someone somewhere said those with ideas have no power but those with power have no ideas. A problem shared is a problem solved, they say. The effort put up by government is not equal to the task. Let us get ideas from both political players and let them speak with one voice. More people will die not of the virus but carelessness in dealing with the mobs. Minibuses were given time to shunt; People were to buy from markets near the at specified times; Now this was not lockdown but control. So, as long as you loosely the word LOCKDOWN people think differently. LOCKDOWN is total closure as is in South Africa and Malawi cannot manage it. This confusion has come due to lack of consultations. It is not too late to put up a workable mechanism; we are at war and those who mess around will die. The numbers being said by government can only be sound if an independent source verifies. We do not trust each other, especially as we’re heading for elections. In my conclusion, may I ask: Do we really have the virus in Malawi? How many people so far?
MCP AND HRDC. Know this but they choose to politicise everything.They always put their interest above the common good of the country. Nsundwe mentality. This is why in my opinion these savages have been outside government this long and can never be allowed to lead Malawi. Kuzikonda kwa Young pioneers sikunathe. Asakhwi amenewa soon Chakwera will become John Tembo always in opposition.
After Apm I would rather vote for SKC or Muluzi or peter Kuwani, hell even Aford before this Mcp scum, this nasty vermin. Anthu ankhanza okupha odyetsa anzawo kun’gona, kukhoma wathu ndimahamala Kunyenga akazi wa eni. Mcp has no business being in government, Gule kwawo gule kwao
Good move Attorney General. Don’t waste time with corrupt judges whose rulings are being written by Ralph Kasambara on instructions from Chakwera, Chilima and HRDC. Their notorious political activists and media outlets have been celebrating their flawed rulings. Don’t go to court anymore. Even MEC should NO longer go to courts. Let’s see who the real idiot is.
Brilliant!! A++
Dpp supporters can insult government,mcp and utm but the truth is that Dpp made several short-cuts on Coronavirus. They have added the number of patients so that they should share the money which has come from outside Malawi as AID. Corona virus is here,very true but this government has taken it as weapon to run away from Elections and Kaphale has seen it from far. He too wants his share in order to challenge the injunction otherwise he has withdrawn it. Also, Mec should tell the public about the deposit made to South African lawyers when our money is coming back. We know the phrase on that paper.
Comments without facts, very dangerous. Speculation and assumption are the mother and father of all Fuck iOS. Have facts before you speak. Otherwise you are just another fool with a phone to type on.
Those who were clapping hands for the corrupt judges – raise your hands NOW. You said ma judge ndi madolo becuase they afe punishing government. M’tsinje wa tinkanena unathira mu siizi.
The whole time HRDC was busy destroying businesses, that was a lockdown
Infact government should not wasting time with Malawi courts, they are part of conspirators and nothing even if it is valid will ever favour government.
Nthawi yokolora ngati ino Kodi njala yake mukuinenayo ndiiti? If lockdown is not doable now, when shall it be applicable? By the way, is there any country which has afforded or can afford to feed all hungry people? Inu a opposition why are you fooling and misleading people?
Iiiiii koma chakwera ndimfiti sure.
Waionela patali game pitala ndi kamphale kkkkk ndalama Za corona sizogawana ndi opanda Maina. Malawi sanakane kukhala mnyumba amangofuna ndondomeko zake nzotani Za boma. Ubwino wake wa corona viruses ngwamumphepo ndipo alibe kusankha mtundu chigawa kapatidwe Kaya chipani. So Ngati mukuona Kuti mukukhaulisa winawake osadziwa Kuti zimgwela ndani . Ife tili pheeee pajoloza independent kkkkkk tilibe boma my fellow south Africa akuonana okhaokha popasana zakudya ndi cash panene my fellow Malawian akukokana chithumba cha corona. Ku prison naonso akuti atozifuna sailola awa achipatala ndiye hiiih akungodzitulutsila odwala asanachile.
Well done Kaphale. Let kenyata do the needful. But if my family will lose any member due to Corona, then kenyata must mind his balls.
Government should relax on this matter because it has done and is still doing what we are expecting it to do.
Kumanena zoona abale. Kenyatta didn’t say there shouldn’t be a lockdown. All he said was “wait a minute government, what interventions have been put in place to cushion the lockdown? I give you seven days to do soul searching and come back to tell us what you have prepared”.
Government has nothing to offer Malawians and Kaphale is scared to face Kenyatta because he will be unable to convince anyone. The only way out is to shun the court but to just continue scaring Malawians, a strategy DPP has put in place , aided by some past big wig,to keep deferring the fresh election.
It’s only stupid cadets and corrupt dunderheads filled their bellies with poor people’s tax money that see sense in their stupid lawyer called AG withdrawal of his interlocutory injunction. The devil kaphale is shaking his evil balls after MLS’s 40 page guidance on covid19 plan by Muntharika. Dunderheads get schooled for once
Monga mwazinalako Bernard kumwenda. Pretty sure nepotism had a part to play for you to even be able to type in English. Kuzikonda atumbuka inu
Onjezerani akwane 1000. Chomwe analemba anlemba basi. Kaphale mutu sukugwira kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
I said from the beginning that government should ignore the judges and not challenge the injunction so that people can see the type of judges we have in malawi.
Judges rule on the laws as written, it is up to parliment to enact laws not the President.
Judges have protected the civil rights of the people of Malawi from a dictator Government.
You will be sorry whether July 2nd or 2024 when new leaders or parties are elected and you are not able to travel freely.
Mutu ukulenge Kenyatta. Umaziona ngati wochenjera. Shuoit zako pamodzi ndi HRDC, MCP, UTM
Ukula ndi wa Dr. Dan Namalika! Anthu 10 aku Lilongwe aja abwera poyera, and have gone berserk akuti:
1. M’bale wawo adafa ndi asthma
2. Team ya COVID-19 under Namalika yidapita ku Kalyeka only to get names and contacts and promised to test them later, but alas only to hear from the media that they have tested positive to COVID-19.
3. Amene adanamizilidwa ku Nkhotakota nayenso has gone wild to the public exposing the crookedness of the professional doctor (now hired professional liar). This is not the first time to be hired by DPP cadets; he was hired to lie to the nation that former head of state was not dead and he was flown to SA under the name of Daniel Phiri
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MUSOVENGE!! AG ndamene watopayu!
Inu Mutoona ngati Anzanu mutu Ukugwira …Atoopa kukafotokoza Measures which have been put in place to Cushion the Poor…If people had money to pay for Rent ,Buy Food …..Bwenzi aliyense Ali mmakwawo ….Zambia kuli ma case 78,how are they managing it….ku Spain awonjezereka ndi 4000…..And Scientists are saying Corona will be Here until a Vaccine is Found …..Ku China anthu omwe anachira are still testing positive. ….Ku Malawi ati Lockdown is the Solution for Corona….Mnyumbamo Tikhala Zaka Zingati ….Until Vaccine is Found ….Ka Economy kakufa kale mukamalizise chifukwa choopa Zisankho ….Case iyiyi inakakhala kuti Pali 600million inakatopangidwa handle Choncho …
Well said
Stupidity is your problem. Get the facts and do your research before spewing rubbish.
Mbwiyache Data yimatokhala live pa http://www.worldometers ….Panupo America yatowonjezera ndi 24000new cases ….Tangopangani za Lock down Basi ……
If that is the case let us continue doing things as we used to before so that you, Naligula, can understand what corona-virus is.
Sure lets Continue Just announcing Numbers ….and getting allowances while we wait for Lockdown ….Of course kwinako tikuwaopseZa anthu ….Is not that the Communication Strategy .. …
Nalingunda, Nalingunda, Nalingunda, how many times have i called you? Kikkkkkk! Tiye nawo a Nyapapi amenewa. Ulendo aphula makala amoto. Ziwanda za anthu izi.
Musanamize anthu. Countries that locked down earlier are getting better results. Just compare Uganda and Tanzania. Not a soul has died in Uganda and their numbers are good. Now look at Tanzania. The route that Malawi is taking is suicidal . When other countries have opened up and we have flaring numbers, Malawians will not be allowed visas to anywhere. Be assured of that.
You mean Boma did not understand Kenyatta ruling? He is basically saying go ahead with the lockdown but make sure you have caterred for the concerns of the populace. It is because of the inability to provide for the people during the lockdown that Kaphale has given up and resorted to scaring us by saying “there is no need to argue in Court because Covid 19 will do it’s work”. .
The bottom line is that this government knows its days are numbered and will do anything to cling to power and loot the last tambala from the coffers.
Kenyatta chose and chooses to Tumbukalise things and not understand Governments position. His interest are aligned with concourt Tumbuka judges and the Ralph kasambara mafia. He is corrupt, nepotistic and compromised. Infact he should recuse himself. He has lost any and all credibility.
Courts uphold the laws of the land as enacted by parliment as long as they confirm with human rights and tge Constitution,
It is not a tribal thing, appears they are just smarter than your small brain
Reality is there is now law based on a health care emergency allowing Government to restrict travel or have s lockdown.
AG new he would lose the xase in court had no choice but to withdraw.
Government first needed to consult with the opposition and recall parliment to enact a law the courts could follow.
South Africa is working with the opposition and enacting laws in Parliment but not Dictator DPP
When Malawi is hit hard by the COVID 19, the HRDC and others will vacate the injuction. So AG has done well to withdrawal the challenge because its a waste of time for government. Let people die and be burried to unknown place by the Healthy officials.
The truth of the matter is that the AG has withdrawn the challenge after the Law Society released a document showing that the whole setup of the Govt committee on Covid 19 is ILLEGAL. The problem of the senior legal minds in this regime is that they don’t do their homework. They fail to properly advise the Govt on what should be done IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW. Whether it’s Jane Ansah, Kaphale or even the constitutional lawyer himself (APM) they all think that if they want to do things in a certain way, then they can go ahead and do it. It does not work like that. Laws have to be followed.
Kaphale knew that if he went ahead, he would be embarrassed in a big way. This is the real reason that he has withdrawn the challenge. The committee should be under Chimulirenji, not Jappie Mhango – according to the Law. All the decisions the committee has made to date are illegal…
A load of crap. Government has made the right move, this injunction will vacate itself in the coming weeks.
Sweden has never had a lockdown and is doing fine, they have not destroyed their economy because they have educated their people to abide by the necessity of washing hands with soap and social distancing,
We are all in this together thus disease will affect any tribe or person male or female, white brown or black.
Start NOW social distancing and washing your hands and together we can get through this in the next few months,
Well I sure hope your loved one gets it and then you can tell us if it observed a law
When an illigitimate Government stops caring for the people it claims to serve.
HRDC, let’s hear your plan. Business as usual is also no solution. Make no mistake, your credibility is also at stake, as and when the corpses pile up.
pa nkhaniyi akulu akale ali ndi miyambi itatu “mwana akalirira nyanga ya nsasi, msemere, imfotera yekha.” “nkhutukumve anamva nkhwangwa iri mmutu” ” mtsinje wa tinkanena unathera mu ‘siizi’
Spot on. Shame to those foolish judges, HRDC, MCP and UTM
Komanso akulu omwewo anati chala chimodzi chichiswa nsabwe, mutu umodzi siusenza denga, fuwa limodzi silimyamula mphika, mzeru zayekha anaviika nsima mmadzi.
APM and his cabinet are failing to run the executive branch of govt. according to the costitution and laws of the Republic. They have failed the nation therefore APM must be IMPEACHED. APM has failed to provide executive leadership in accordance with the constitution and laws of the Republic. APM and his cabinet have used their respective offices for personal gain and their material interests conflict with responsibilities and duties of their offices. GET OUT!!!
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Malawians, lockdown goes hand in hand with food and money to the most vulnerable citizens.All DPP leaders and supporters you are missing a point because you don’t use your brains properly.My question to DPP supporters is this how can you survive without food and money during lockdown.Understand this for once please, should we say you do not leave in Malawi.Poor people are everywhere in each district.And majority are in the southern region. DPP leaders do you want to risk your votes hunger start to kill these people?The government is not tied, there are alot of solutions to this problem, government should enforce the use of masks in public places.Allover the world people are using masks.The government should address the food issue first,why running away from the problem.South Africa government is providing food and money to the most vulnerable citizens why not Malawi? This mentality yoti china chilichonse chomwe boma likufuna kuchita azichita without anyone questioning it,is a stupid mentality.Hunger kill millions in the world than this virus.Some people has been eating some unknown from forests and people died after eating wrong stuff.So if that happens when people are not on lockdown what will happen if they are in lockdown.Those countries who has implemented lockdown has food and money to give to the poor.Yes coronavirus kills but hunger can kill millions..Too much visionless leaders and members in DPP shame.
Koma gauniyo munatosikoo isi yakhala ngati yatodibwa ndi mbuzi abale…
To say that more people will die of hunger in Malawi during lockdown is a total lie and a sign of ignorance of facts on the ground. Most Malawi live in rural areas and at this time of the year they are harvesting or about to harvest. These cannot die of hunger. The only group at high risk of starvation are the urban informal business people and casual labours. These are also the people at high risk of spreading the virus. Let us use reason not politics when dealing with this health emergency please! please!
A good point that is why a national lockdown will not work. Lockdown in certain urban areas and restriction of travel from those areas is the way to start.
It will promote education as been done in Sweden which has not locked down,
Ana akalilira nyanga yatsansi, kusema basi iwafotele…Good move by the AG
Reality is Malawi does not have to laws to lockdown the country to remove the civil rights of its citizens at the say so of the Health Minister,
Would have been just another losing case the Government has lost since February 3rd. Courts do not make the laws they enforce them, begging is not going to help.
Government should have worked with the opposition recalled parliment and developed a new law but have behaved as dictators
Thank Goodness the Courts have acted independently,
How can we trust Namalika again???,,,he lied to us that Bingu Wamunthalika was not dead in 2012,,,,,kkkkk k
Namarika also lied that the patient was Daniel Phiri
Kolona yapha anthu ochepa kuposa ngozi za gslimoto. Bwanji osalamula kuti anthu aziyenda pansi
Status of the 12 please. AG withdraw, Mhango announced 10 more cases haaa agwilizan tiwakhaulitse, no elections
Better for Ministry of Health to start small and lockdown the small area of Lilongwe where it appears there is more than one case.
To lock down the whole country was ridiculous start small work your way up fortunately many in the rural areas do not travel far.
This disease is effecting 40+ years mainly ones suffering from Diabities and the elderly,
Why not suggest a national usage of masks similar to South Korea now when cases are small,
Many things could have been done before locking everyone down
Yes good points. In UK people move further and faster each day no one walks so the virus can cover the country in hours and the Lockdown is more accepted. In Malawi the virus will not move as fast. Cases are known and Areas could be Locked as required and the mass of resources to be used in the planned widespread Lockdown could locate contacts and have more chance of controlling it.
This judge has destroyed his career, there is no coming back from this. When people start dying en masse it’s on him. His soul be damned!! Thanks to HRDC and tumbukalising everything. Nepotism go kill you oh
Wakwithu you are very ——– i wish three of your family members including you could get this thing
Covid19 ikufunika ipite ku state house Basi kuti Malawi apulumuke… remember 2012
I support your stand Attorney General
This is what
Well done Mr Kaphale and the Government. Let us all watch as the country self-destructs. We are all in this together. People who may seem heroes today, trying to frustrate measures against spread of Corona,tomorrow wont be the same. It seems like aliyense akufuna azilamulira dzikoli, from activists, govt, religions, judges, oposition, vendors etc. So soon we will not be able to even bury thousands that will be dying every day from COVID. And the same morons making the noise today against government measures will come unshamefully flat out blaming the government for the deaths. We are all doomed, and Malawi is going into winter now, the weather most viruses multiply and spread, including this corona. Zidze pano nzatonse. Malawi is a banana republic.
I also wonder when some people are saying that people in Malawi will “die” because there is no enough PPE in the hospitals and enough ventilators. What we may need to remember is that COVID is a new disease and it hasnt been there for long. It has caught many countries unawares, including the great UK, USA and entire Europe, yes many developed countries. Even in the UK or USA, there is no enough PPE or ventilators. We also must remember that ventilators DO NOT cure covid. It is not all who are put on ventilators who survive, some still die. So although even if we had 20,000,000 ventilators in Malawi, that alone could not be reason enough that people would not die of COVID. That is why, internationally, the only agreed “cure” for COVID is prevention of CORONA virus. Now, many governments in the world are desperately looking at ways of preventing spread of corona. We must admit that these measures, including lockdowns, are only desperate, and may not be ideal for each one of us. But we are facing a two faced problem here. Lockdowns are working in many countries, including RSA, Uganda, not in curing COVID, but preventing CORONA from spreading. Now if citizens in Malawi are hell bent in frustrating the government in preventing corona from spreading, thats fine, the majority rules. Let the government listen to its people and not restrict our normal daily lives. Let there be no lockdowns, anthu avote coz thats what people are all interested in; politics. Each one of us will decide for themselves how to protect themselves and their family from this disease. ZIDZE PANO NZATONSE.
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Don’t be stupid Kaphale. You used to be good lawyer, but you have completely lost it recently! If you had advised your client to announce the package and ways to look after vendors and the poor, all this wouldn’t have happened. Open up your empty heads. If you start this blame game now, you will be losing side. Need I remind you that you already delayed in closing our borders and let some people get in without checking them
SHAME on HRDC.
before shaming them take yourself and your relative staying in your home in acountry like malawi no provision of anything to your relative will they survive with what they have in their pockets for 21 days? even yourself and think of will your malawi govt manage to provide needs to its citizen for malawi to survive it depend on citizen’s tax how will it help malawi yo dem?i know your thinking of just 2 days not 21 days look at you
Some of us said it. Government should not challenge HRDC injunction so that people understand that we have foolish and narrow-minded judges.
Why is it that we are not hearing further spread of Covid19 in KK, chikwawa and bt ??? Should we trust this stupid Daniel Phiri ( Dan Namalika)?
Lilongwe apparently has been targeted because ndi imene imamugwetsa apm n dpp in votes. Phalombe, mulanje and thyolo combined samafika pa lilongwe.
Now tell me ana afiti inu a dpp what is this??!!!
Very stupid idiot..
Leave it to the north and nepotism to always look at issues among tribal lines. Shameful
WHO projected lilongwe will be worse hit as most international flights land there. Don’t be stupid, writing nonsense here. Umbuli wa anthu a Mcp you think everything is political and keep coming up with stupid theories. Mufwenge!!!
Poor Namarika is just an errand boy. The real culprits are DPP who are trying everything in the book to scare Malawians with the aim of shifting indefinitely the fresh presidential election. Well, Covid 19 or not we are going to kick DPP/APM out
Koma uyu ndi Baulenidi. Nkhani siyoti lockdown isakhale, koma kiuti pobweretsa m’bindikoro, boma lionetsetse kuti layika ndondomeko zodzathana ndi chimphyinjo chomwe chibwere chifukwa cha m’bindikirowo. Kodi nkhaniyi inu macadet simukuimva kapena mukuipotoza dala kuti muoneke a nzeru? Chule wadabwa m’madzi muli mwake. Kaphale waiyona.
Did government not say they have set funds for relief? You want government to hand out cash and packages in the suburbs? Government is ready to support those who are in dire need but there is no logic in government announcing a package for Mcp and Utm to attack and incite new protests. There is no single government in the world that has left its people to die without aid in this pandemic. Malawi will not be the first. Our problem is the opposition parties always politicise everything. Let’s see how this plays out but we all know government has tried and is trying. People in the village will suffer from this and it’s bound to affect Chilima and Mcp badly
Bona linayika kale ndondomeko zothandiza. It’s not all day lockdown. Time was provided for people to do shopping and harvest crops. What more do you want? Handouts?
zikuoneka kut iwe umagwila ntchito umuganizile munthu yemwe amapeza kanganyase katsiku limenelo kut mmawa ndipeza ina adyanji nanga ogulitsawotu amadalila anthu ngat amenewo inu mukuoneka kut ndiogula ku shoprite ganizani ma measurementena plz
Akakazipeza kuti ntchito popeza ma Bwana awo anaseka ma shop or companies kale kale mu March before lockdown was announced nde ntchitoyo akagwira kuti?
iwe ukuzitsata bwino ndipo ma cadet sakumvetsa pati i dnt kno sikut HRDC inakana lockdown ayi koma linafunitsitsa kut boma litiuze kut tikakhala ku lockdown boma lizitipanga provide zosowa zathu ngat chakudya kma kacadet ndicomment yomwe yomvetsa chisoni
THATS GOOD DECISION AND MORE OVER KU MA COURT KULIKALE MA 6 INCHES
Boma lankhanza it is running away from its responsibility,nena mzika zanu muzipangila chani zikakhala pa lockdown
You want government to be in court fighting this stupid injunction? We all know there is Corona what’s the point of tying governments hands??who benefits? HRDC or this Tumbuka judge? Because there is no Malawian that’s going to benefit from this
The logical step Mr AG. This injunction will lift itself when the numbers start piling up. We already have 10 new cases in one day. Let’s wait and see what HRDC will say. For now governments hands are tied. Let them answer to Malawians when the graves start filling up.
The judge who entertained this application, HRDC and all those that pushed a blockade for Lockdown should be prepared to raise their hands up and admit blood guilt when Malawians start dying enmass!! And folks,…it will be very soon!!
Why can’t those against the injunction and those who are for the lockdown go on lockdown themselves without forcing those not for it?
The way you are putting it, it looks like APM is planning to deliberately let people die in hospitals to prove the point. Very dangerous move indeed. APM is a devil. Hopefully the Supreme Court is going to set Malawians free from this demon.
One, people do not die in hospitals because hospitals are turning away covid patients in fear of intra-hospital spread. Two, in Malawi, a lockdown will result in more people dying of hunger than of Covid itself. Three, millions die of TB, malaria, and other preventable infections everyday in this country, and I do not see the government being too worried about that. Perhaps they should start investing a bit more in providing a decent universal health care system (not funded by charities or handouts from high-income countries), and less time looking for ways to pocket the money in their off-shore bank accounts.
Tumbuka judges have been trying to prove a point. Let government leave then to fall on their sword. People will now see the judiciary for what it is – full if corrupt tumbuka judges making flawed judgements.
HRDC and Mcp set this in motion. I think Muntharika has tried and is trying. But what is the point fighting what we all know what is true. Corona virus is here and it’s a killer. This injunction is nonsense and there is no need to fight it and that’s not evil that’s called being practical.
Why is the government failing to put in place measures to protect people before lockdown?
Greedy government
Bwana Makina Bauleni, please keep calm. “Graves will not start filling up”. Covid 19 is a deadly disease BUT it does not mean that every person who tests positive will die. Out of 100 people who test positive, only one or two may die. We should of course be taking precautions but let’s keep things in perspective. In Malawi Covid 19 deaths will hardly be noticed because we already have many killer diseases such as AIDS, TB, Malaria, and dire poverty. Covid deaths have alarmed Europeans and Americans because death is not commonplace there. Many people live to a ripe old age. They are not used to death the way we are. Anthu sikuti azifa ngati mbingu iyayi…
The graves would fill up even more if this incompetent president was allowed to starve people to death due to lockdown.
The graves will never fill up. Amene akufa anali kale ndi matenda ooti awaphe. Osadabwa bwanji kuti mwa anthu omwe apezeka nayo Corona yo ayamba kupeza bwino without hospital admission?
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Finally accepting defeat before getting into the ring. The Malawi Judiciary has finally pumped some sense in these morons. They have finally accepted that you can’t lockdown without supporting the poor. We still demand our share of K157 billion. Match to state house is coming soon. We have to share that K157 billion. They are running away from sharing the money. We are coming after you.
Join the discussion. My friend Kandulu if you think this situation is about money , then am very sorry for you. As a person who loves Malawi you should try to understand that a prompt lockdown will save many , many lives, otherwise we shall all be crying for loved ones. Keep Praying to our God of Love for Malawi.
A lockdown will see more people dying of hunger and by police brutality than of Covid itself. Grow up, people! Preventive measures that have barely worked in hing-income countries are not appropriate for a developing nation where people live hand to mouth!
Join the discussion…If you give every Malawian MKW1000000 and do not have a lockdown , will that money save their lives????
Lockdown is not the only solution. Even if you lock up the country for 6 months yet there are no other measures in place it wont help.
You have something to eat even if you were told to stay home for 21 days. Those who are not in your position should be assured of what they will survive on in those days. is that too hard to understand????
What are you trying to tell me Caring Zhungo that RSA, UK and USA are stupid to give cash hand outs to their people during lockdown. Which country has rich people between Malawi and USA, yet they are being given hand outs. As I say dead bodies will be sent to state houses for burial.
Join the discussion…Kandulu my friend , what I am saying is that many more people will die if you do not introduce lockdown. I have witnessed children die in Malawi because of malnutrition , before corona.
Shallow thinking zhungo. How do you lockdown people without financial support? Will you not end up killing more through starvation than covid-19 itself? Look at what other countries have done I.e the UK has a welfare system that supports every one affected by the disease and besides, the government is paying up to 80% of the wages for the people who would have otherwise lost their jobs. And what does Malawi do, NOTHING, just putting the POOREST nation on earth on lockdown without any support.
Join the discussion…A lockdown will prevent many more deaths .
The same will happen With lockdown when the poor will have nothing to put in their tummies. This will be even worse than corona. The govt is suppossed to come up on hoe they are going to feed the poor before locking down the nation. i dont know why you DPP cadets can not understand what we are dealing with here. Did you see what is happening in RSA. People have started protesting in the streets because they do not have anything to eat fool.
That money is meant for those that are in dire need of assistance when the pandemic is worse in the months of June and beyond. It’s not for you or the paid vendors and actors rioting on behalf of Mcp and HRDC
Inunso penapake ndi achitsiru kwabasi