Audio of Wa Jeffrey phone call with Nankhumwa on DPP cracks goes viral: Full transcript

May 5, 2018 Nyasa Times Reporter 51 Comments

This is the Nyasa Times transcript of the phone call between ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Secretary General Greselder Jeffrey Wa Jeffrey and Minister of Local Government Kondwani Nankhumwa, a very close ally to the President. The audio has gone viral on WhatsApp.

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KONDWANI NANKHUMWA (KN):​Apparently, it’s [Minister of Agriculture Joseph] Mwanamvekha, Patricia Kaliati, and… (tape inaudible) Lovemore Munlo. But the key players are Patricia Kaliati and Mwanamvekha. (tape inaudible)].

MS GREZELDER JEFFREY (GJ):​(Clears throat), Boss, do you recall what I’ve been saying all along? As they say, it is the mentally disturbed who ended up alerting his people about an imminent war. Everything I have been saying all along is what is unfolding now. I’ve been saying this man has all the mise–en-place for his game sorted – they have been developing their networks for a long time, these people. They have been working underground. As I like saying, we deceive ourselves when we say “Sir, we have intelligence, we have intelligence,” intelligence, my foot! Here we are now – these people havefound it so easy to permeate to all structures of government. I’ve been saying this. I’ve repeatedly said there is nothing [Vice President] Saulos Chilima does not know. At this juncture, there is no way he is turning back – he will launch his own campaign. I’ve been saying this all along. I’ve been saying even if the President were to sweet-talk him into changing his mind – it will be to no avail. And the State House boys, what they are saying – you know, I’ve always been curious – even back in the day when there were those rumours – Oh the president will reshuffle his cabinet, Oh, you, Ms Jeffrey, he’s considering giving you a ministerial post – you’d be alarmed to see that those plans had been leaked. From right there at the State House, right there in the cauldron where everything was being cooked, you’d see the secrets leaked. Lack of discipline. Sir, that young man is gone and will never look back. And the likes of [MP Noel] Masangwi will never look back. Only a few days ago, when he [Vice President Chilima] presided over a function, all these people were there, Kaliati, etc, they were all there, so even if . . .

KN:​Maybe you’re not aware, but Ben Phiri went to see Masangwi. I have no idea how he operates. So Ben Phiri went to see Masangwi. He told Masangwi, ‘The President has sent me to you. He says he will appoint you to his cabinet – both you and Mrs Kaliati.’ And Masangwi told Ben off and said, ‘Let him dare to appoint us – we will humiliate him by declining the appointment. Right the next day we would hold a press conference to decline the appointment. We know the tactic – appoint us now to pacify us, then spit us out when it is convenient for the President.

GJ:​Therein lies the problem. In all probability the President did not send him on such a mission at all. Suppose the President has appointed Masangwi or Kaliati to his cabinet, how does he get to trust them, really? Wouldn’t they be peddling top secret information from the government to the other camp? There is no way the President could have confidence in them. He cannot work with them – and would be in perpetual fear. One becomes less constrained when supremely confident that this person is on my side. But when I’m tainted – say, I was in the other camp – obviously you cannot have full confidence in me. Eish, boss . . . Like I said, when you come back, let us sit down so we can agree to whisper into the President’s ear. If it were left to me to decide, I would say let the President convene the National Governing Council. Let’s see if they will have the courage to say what they are now saying. And after that let’s have a convention. I can guarantee you that even if Chilimawere to have the audacity of contesting against the President at the convention, there is no way he would win – never! He’ll hear it himself from the mouths of delegates from deep in the villages. If these people want to go, let them go in peace, without destroying our party in their wake. As you can see, they are wooing [Democratic Progressive Party]supporters. Who, from [the Malawi] Congress [Party] has joined their camp so far? They’re busy carving up the DPP – just like the boss said, that ‘You want to clear the way for MCP so that it can be shooed into government.’  But I will not allow that. And one more thing he [Saulos Chilima] said was, ‘When I met the President, we agreed that if he remains silent I too will remain silent, but surprisingly that day [at the airport] he spoke.’ I told him, ‘Look, there are times you speak because of the demands of the moment, but I’d advise that you two talk.’ He insisted, ‘I have no wish to be running mate, and even what you are proposing that I should contest at the convention – I’m not keen on that. I’d rather just be.’ He did not elaborate what he meant by “I’d rather just be” – though, being a politician, I understood the subtext. [I understood more of what he did not say than what he said.] I knew it was a way of telling me he was cutting himself loose to roam freely, with the Masangwis of this world in tow. . . But, like I already said, Callista [Mutharika]is not mentally disturbed. She was wife of the former president. Callista is a politician. [There is no way she can just say things without a solid ground to stand on.] She spoke after some preparatory groundwork by the conspirators. I even hear there was a meeting at Lingadzi [Hotel] the other day. Chilima’s entire camp was there.  Even in the north they had a meeting. It’s clear that this pressure group is growing into a cancer that threatens to metastasize. All I can say is we just need to be bold. Let’s stand with the President and get our hands dirty. Let’s concentrate on building the groundwork.

KN:​(Inaudible). I asked the boss: ‘Allow me to sort this out,’ but he said no.

GJ:​I too am taken aback. About Mwanamvekha’s treachery I have never had any doubt and here is why: the Ministry of Agriculture, key as it is, we tried to tell him to let the party have opportunities to steal he would not allow us, no matter how much we insisted he refused, the only demographic he knows to please is his constituency – some of these things, boss, give me high blood pressure. Even [cabinet minister Henry Mussa] I question his loyalty.

KN:​Who?

GJ:​Henry Mussa.

KN: ​Yes…

GJ:​That man, mmh… Anyway, what you need to know is that Joyce Banda is running again – that’s South. Atupele [Austin Muluzi, Minister of Health] is also contesting – again, that’s in the same southern region. The aim of all this is to divide the southern vote – that’s all they want! On our part, let’s just be determined to do our job. We must even count it as good fortune that we’re encountering headwinds pretty early – giving us time to know who is for us and who is against us. Imagine if all this rebellion were to occur three or two months before the elections – I cannot imagine the mayhem that would have caused!

KN:​(Inaudible) …. Parliament . . .  My view is that in November there must be no Parliament…

GJ:​You’re right – this must be the final Parliament sitting so that MPs must be starved of allowances. Let them not sit again so they should be short of cash. Imagine [Thyolo Thava MP Mary] Navicharejecting someone from your own district! Even when that person is already in the hot seat of President!

KN:​(Mumbles something inaudible)…There was a time when the President was considering a reshuffle… he wanted to include one of two Phalombe MPs, either [PhalombeNorth-east MP Dennis B.] Namachekecha or [Phalombe East MP Amos] Mailosi. I told him they were both OK. He seemed to settle for Namachekecha.

GJ:​Oooh, I see. But then she [Mary Navicha] is letting some of us down. If I ever thought there was a lady the President could pick into his cabinet, it was her…. But have you been able to share all this stuff with the boss, I mean the President?

KN:​About what, exactly?

GJ:​About all these goings-on you’re telling me.

KN:​The President called me around five o’clock.(Inaudible). Somehow he asked me to call him again around nine.

GJ:​OK. I see. Call him and explain everything to him . .  . But this Navitcha lady, is courting misfortune, really, just like Mpaweni. Just like that Mpaweni guy…. [trivia] But then, this week the President should just have gone ahead to reshuffle, because after this week he will not be able to reshuffle, since Parliament is sitting.

KN:​But the President never listens to anyone. Now he wants to bring in Chitipa South MP, Werani Chilenga.

GJ:​​​​​But can Chilenga get his hands dirty the way we would wish?

​Never! Yet no way can he reshuffle while Parliament is sitting [which means we are stuck with these leeches for almost two months from now] I don’t think he can – maybe July August. But Chilenga and I – we chat very well. I know him, he is not childish, but still he cannot… Alright.

KN: ​Bye for now.

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51 replies on “Audio of Wa Jeffrey phone call with Nankhumwa on DPP cracks goes viral: Full transcript”

  1. I have picked one statement from the transcript : NK: “But the President doesn’t listen to anyone.” Like brother ..like brother. Azipita. We should not be blaming anyone– but the president. Nankhumwa has said it. Professor professor wachani. From mkalasi to library then home. Osacheza ndi anthu. He has to go. So, please don’t blame any of his cabinet members. This guy never expected to have such power after being a professor in the USA. Those of you who have studied in the USA, you will understand what African professors go through. This guy thinks he is the only intelligent person in Malawi. He has to go. And, if we stand together as Malawians without looking at our regions, this one is gone.

    Our best solution:
    1. Ask Chilima to stand as independent presidential candidate
    2. Let’s all vote for this independent president: no parties
    3. The MPs can be from parties if they want
    4. So, if we have real CSOs in Malawi–this is the message. Ask Chilima to be independent candidate. You can do another demo now. This one I can finance.
    5. He has my vote now

  2. Apa ndiye ndale zabeba. Ku DPP kwanunkha mtope man. Agwape anabisala pa tsamba LA mtedza. Mungaswere ndi Saulosi mnyamata wa IT? Mudziwanso. Even APM wanuyo Amadziwa bwino za SCK. Apa Ndiye ndale zikukoma. Pofika 2019 Kaya kukhala zotani. Ine anga ndi maso. Mumayenda mphepete mudziwanso

  5. Ntchito za anthu ena nzosagwirizana ndi ndale. Mulungu amapeleka maluso osiyanasiyana kwa aliyense. Ena asangalatsi, ena atsogoleri, ena andale. Asangalatsi aliponso mmagulu osiyanasiyana ena ampila, ena oyimba, ena zisutso, ena alakatuli, ena makatuni. Makatuninso alipo osiyana ena anyuzipepa ndi ena apakanema. Kubweretsa anthu amenewa mundale ndikupha dziko komanso kusalifunira dziko. Why? Amalubwalubwa zambiri kenako anthu abwinobwino mumayambanso kulubwalubwa. Ndivomelezane ndi Patricia Kaliyati APM adalakwila mtundu wa amalawi pobweletsa Saulosi Kilaulosi Chilima kundale za dziko. Saulosi ndi katsiri wa makatuni. Amatha kujambula Mtengo, Kalulu. mkango. zonse zopandamoyo koma muluso lake lapakanema zimaoneka kuti mkango ukuthamangisa kalulu, kalulu akukwela mumtengo. Mkango ukufunsa mtengo wamuonako kalulu. mtengo ukuyankha eye kalulu wathawira kunkhalango. PANO WAPANGA KATUNI YA DPP. DPP ndi chipani cha asangalasi. Opposition siyakuona zao pano akuombera mmanja zisudzo za DPP. Everyone right from the president down is cartooning. The cartoonist is cool and happy. Amfumu Saulo yankha. Msangalatsi samayankha iyeyo ntchito yake ndikuona kuti kanema ikuyenda bwanji? Akonzenso pati kuti zisudzo zikomelekomele? Nanga kanemayi ilindichikoka chotani? I give 100% blame to Peter our President. Akupangitsa anthu oganiza kukhala ozaganiza. Kodi ku DPP kudalibe anthu pamene adabweletsa zisudzozi? Zikonzeni msanga. Iwowa akudziwa zimene akuchita and they do not care. Do not pretend, its real resolve forthwith if you want to politically survive. Achewa anzeru adati,”Muvi oyang’anira suchedwa kugwera m’maso.. Unoyiwa? Apikene? Mwamva?

    1. Achimwene ziko liri pa mavuto chifukwa APM alibemphatso ya utsogoleri anta.Ndi Unduna uti anapasidwa ndi Bingu anatoukwanitsa?

      1. Ndale zanuzo zikusokoneza mtendere pamalawi pano. Mukuchita ngati Malawi ndi DPP. MCP kapena AFORD bwanji? Mungokangana ndiye tikupaseninso boma zitha bwa? Anthu oipa ntchito zao ndikubweretsa ziwawa mdziko. Tisiyileni Malawi wathuyu we can do without you. Maso a anthu 17million sangaonenne chimodzi modzi. Ngati president akulakwitsa yambani chanu chipani. Pangani kampeni yanu. Amalawi akakhutitsidwa adzakuvoterani. Osamangolubwalubwa ngati anzeru ndinu nokha. Mukambirane muzipani mwanu. Mukapikisane kukonveshoni owinawo adzapikisane 2019. Oluzawo athandize anzao owinao. Ngati sakufuna konsititushoni ya Malawi imalora kujoina zipani zina, kapena kuyamba chanu chipani mukazithemba, kapenanso kuyima pawekha (indipendenti kapenanso kungokhala. Zonsezi malamulo amalora kuletsa zimene mukuchitazo. Tizingomva DPP, MCP, AFORD. Mumulore Malawi akhale bata. Muli a Malawi ambiri anzeru mudziko muno osati ukafokomba mukuchitao. Please we have right to peace. Munthu wabwino bwino akamakangana ndi wamisala nonse mumakhala a misala. Ngati APM alibe utsogoleri koma inu mukukangana naye ndiye kuti nonse mulibe utsogoleri. Khalani pansi nonse anzani. Tidzaonana povota. God bless Malawi.

    2. The same big mistake Mluzi did when he brought a big crook Bingu wa Munthalika to udf like they were no potential leaders in the party. Did he sort the problem after Bingu became greedy and abandon the party that gave him a lifeline? It was a big NO, he went on to sacrifice his son and that was the end of that cartoon movie. Oyenda ndi lupanga amafanso ndi lupanga- this is just the beginning.

  6. YOU THINK YOU COULD JUST DUMP CHILIMA LIKE THAT? YOU MUST BE JOKING! TIMANGOKUONANI IFE. ZANU IZO!

  7. DPP HAS GOT ITSELF TO BLAME. THEY SIDELINED CHILIMA AND THEY DID NOT GIVE HIM ANY POSITION IN THE PARTY. THAT IS WHY HE IS FREE TO PENETRATE THE DPP AND CAUSE HAVOC. HE CANT BE BLAMED. ZINTHU ZINAZI ZIMAFUNIKA KUZIONERA PATALI. NOW THE DPP RISKS SPLITTING THE PARTY. THERE ARE SO MANY DISGRUNTLED SUPPOTERS WHO ARE BACKING CHILIMA. MUSOVA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  8. MBAVA ZOOPSYA NDI ZOLUSA ZIKULAMULIRA DZIKO DZAONONGA MALAWI. MEC TIKUFUNA CHISANKHO CHAKA CHOMWE CHINO NOT NEXT YEAR. TIPULUMUTSE NDALAMA ZATSALAZO NDITHU. GOVERNMENT UNDER SIEGE BY DANGEROUS THIEVES LED BY THE PRINCE HIMSELF

  9. They don’t even know how to protect themselves from eve’s droppers. Onyo mwapezeka. This is a high tech generation. Nkhalamba nonse mumva mbebe chaka chino!!

  10. It looks like Jeffrey has no eyebrows ……….only a pencil line! Latest fashion perhaps?

  11. Santana, ulipo koma?

    Koma mulimba…………………………………………………………………………?

    Tchaya tchaya tchaya tchaya………………………………………!! Koma muphana muphana!! M’mene mwayambilamu, mpaka kuotcha manyumbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa? Kenako timva awotchanaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

    Koka koka koka kokaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa kulimbilana chikwama makosanaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

    Chakwera oooooooooooooyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! Amvekera Mr Speaker please protect meeeeeeeee………………………….. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

    1. Ine ndikuganiza kuti tisamakhale ndi vp chifukwa mutati muone chilowere democracy ma VP onse amayambitsa mpungwepungwe olo atati satana walola Chakwera ndikuwina mukuganiza Mia azangokhala kumangomumvera chakwera . Hmm Mia walowetsa zake zambiri tiyeni tizaona ngatiMCP ikuyenda sichifukwa ch aChakwera ayi koma Mia ndiye akamazati ndikufuna mnofu osatiiyayi zidyani1 mafupawo koma pempho langa pepeni amalawi za ma VP zithe awa akutumidwa ndisatana. Malamulo asinthidwe ndithu VP siofunikira musamangotengera za azungu anthu okuda ndiovuta ajerasi

  13. DPP is still alive and very vibrant. DPP PC 2010 is SKC. Those who wish SKC are the ones causing terror and havoc. As per Kaliati’s sentiments, the number 1 supporter of SKC is APM

  14. Chilima, iwe duuuu osatekeseka, you don’t even have to issue a statement nkhondo akumenyela ena!!!

  16. Its Full blown choas in DPP, the 2 camps are clearly divided now, the gloves are off, point of no return!!!! backstabbings etc, etc, I’m loving it! kkkkkkkkk, THERE IS NO WAY ANYONE CAN CONVINCE ME THAT DPP IS A UNITED PARTY, that is out of the window1111

  17. Guys mukunama that’s not nakhumwa’s voice musawanamizile anthuwa I know him personally. Ndi anthu a MCP apanga record idzi.They are not fools to talk freely like that pa phone. Zabodza idzi

    1. Wise people own up mistakes and take full responsibility for their shortfalls as a first step towards adressing the same. Instead of finding realistic measures to adress this wind you are bussy pointing fingers at MCP. With this floppy approach of yours be assured of more trouble

    3. Kkkkkkkk. Misala iyi. Wait for more…unamizila MCP. MCP ilibe problem see next scenes in DPP.
      God is paying you for all bad things you have said against Chakwera. God will punish you more……

  19. Hurricane Callista continues to gather steam, its now packing wing winds of 140 miles/hour with severe tornados

  20. Shaaa if this is true then DPP is in a bigger trouble than MCP. So, it is true that DPP is a party of thieves. Mwanamveka is a technocrat. Wa Jeffrey akufuna adziba ku Ministry of Agriculture in the name of the party? Shame on you. What a useless lot she is. A true sycophant indeed.

    The Fearless Samurai
    (Jwampiriu)

  21. Koma Hot Current ya this week ikoma kwambiri! Can someone release the audio please!

  23. Aftr maize gate mumafuna nso musokoneze ku ADMARC? brava Mwanamveka 4 putting your foot down

  26. Ndie mwati Mwanamveka atokana Kubar.Ndie mkuona akulu aja anatowotcha ofesi eti Ku Agriculture. Akanganya amenewa ndi akubar kooopsa ndipo ziko iri liri pa moto.

  28. SLOWLY BUT SURELY
    MALAWIANS AND THE ENTIRE WORLD ARE GETTING TO THE CORE OF KNOWING CLEARLY AND VIVIDLY WHO THE BEASTS /MONSTER’S /VAGABONDS /MAFIAS /FIELD MARSHALS WHO ARE
    ENEMIES OF DEVELOPMENT’S
    AND WELLBEING OF MALAWIANS
    YOUTHS AND THE LESS PRIVILEGED

    JUST IMAGINE ALL THESE
    YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE
    WE HAVE BEEN BORROWING
    RECEIVING DONATIONS BUT NOTHING DONE ON THE
    GROUND

    A BIG CHANGE IS REQUIRED !!

  31. Since 2013 no NGC meeting.
    You can’t sustain a fake plastic stability. Go read History

  34. DPP , pakalapakala thawi yathera ,musiye kusokoneza MCP koma izi sizitha mpaka muluza basi zonse mungapangane tikudziwa kumeko kuli maso athu.

  36. Kkkkkkkkkkk! Wathuwathu Chakwera ndi Mia akugwedeza, inu muchedwa ndi miseche basi. DPP kutha ngati makatani, mpaka a Jefu wa Jeffrey kukhala opanga nawo ziganizo za dziko, paja mbewa zikatha amanona ndi swiswili, a Muthalika muika mbuli mu cabinet. Eeee eeesh!

  37. GOD IS NOT A

    MAN !!

    JESUS IS LORD !!

    NEXT YEAR YOU GUYS (DPP)
    YOU WILL GREATLY NEED /LOOK FOR CSOS PAC CHURCH LEADERS
    AND THE YOUTHS /LESS PRIVILEGED

  38. Boomerang.You sponsored MCP squabbles now it’s your turn to face the music.DPP woyeee

      1. Iwe ukuti China ukhala chomwecho…tayilekan mcp inu tamasovan chimpwilikiti chilikwanuko..iwe zoona mawu a jefule sumadziwa?wautali basii mwatizuza kokwanila

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