Bishop Mtumbuka bemoans abject poverty in Malawi, says North denied development: ‘Naked politically’
Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of the Catholic diocese of Karonga on Sunday said although the northern region has produced political giants, the region has been denied development.
Mtumbuka made the remarks at St Andrews CCAP Church of Livingstone Synod in Mzuzu on Sunday during the farewell ceremony of the Synod’s former Secretary General Rev. Levie Nyondo.
His Grace Mtumbuka said the northern region has failed to replace the political stewalts and that the current political crop is not inspiring.
“Kumpoto kwasono tiliwaka nkhuli pandale. Tilije wandale wakulimba mtima nakuyimilira winampoto nge umokale vikawira [northern region as of now is naked politically. The region has no strong representative in politics because all the politicians we have are unstable and unreliable]. We need to have a strong representative,” said Mtumbuka.
Mtumbuka told the gathering that without a strong political representative, the region’s voice will not go far to attain meaningful development.
He said it is not the clergy’s duty to criticise government but that they will also proclaim the truth especially when the governing elites fail to perform their duties accordingly.
“Our main responsibility is to preach the word of God, but when you fail us, we intervene and speak out,” said Mtumbuka, who chairperson for Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP), an arm of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) .
Mtumbuka further bemoaned abject poverty in the country and challenged Malawians to start demanding answers from duty-bearers on a wide range of socio-economic ills affecting the country.
“Some learners walk 70 kilometres a day in Iponga, Karonga to access education,” he said.
He also expressed concern with killings of the elderly, mostly women, on witchcraft allegations.
The event was attended by former president Joyce Banda, Speaker of Parliament Catherine Hara, leader of opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa, Aford president Enock Chihana and government officials.
Rev. Nyondo retired last month.
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Livingstonia synod is busy develoing central region.How can the north grow.Iven investors invest where there are development s and hard workers.Many northeners are too pompus admiring themselves while other regions are buy working with their own hands.
Northerners go home and develop your region. Quit this land grabbing illegally in other regions. Rise and Shine in the northern region. If you hate your DEAD north, who you think will love it??? Uchindere wakufikapo..demmetiii!
Bishop Mtumbuka, i am your fellow northerner and i would advise you to minimize on making such comments. they are controversial and debatable. they may not be completely true. i work in the civil service and i know that government usually considers the north when allocating development
Iam not Catholic because I cant be. This Bishopu is regionalistic. Can he tell us which district in Central region has gained development since Tonsefe Government took over. The fact that people of central region are quite doesn’t mean they have development. Lately we have seen, heard and read about roads project in the north and almost none in central region. Northerners always want everything for themselves and nothing for central. When they make such claims they should show us the percentage of their contribution to national economy. That must be proportional. Tiziwalimira ndife. Some day I hope someone in central region will rise up and call a spade and spade without minding votes from northerners. There is no one in the north who can bind northerners because northerners dont want to be in opposition.
Mwayambapo atumbuka. Sikunache uku, mukufuna mugalukile Tonse nthawi yomweyi. Chakwela anali konko pompano kutsegula ma project. Muyembekezeni kaye pilizi.Kenako timva tikufuna federal govt. as song you play with every govt? When you look at other districts what development do you see really? Kungozolowela u cry baby basi? Zisiyeni kaye za utumbuka tiyeni tipange kaye za Malawi pano.
How do you expect development with these greedy politicians? These are not politicians but thieves. The MPs just increased their salaries and allowances yet we don’t have enough schools. The issue of the former RBM governor and directors if true is appalling and needs to be addressed. K27 million for one person and you expect development. Tax payers money is not meant to make millionaires but is for development. The CEOs still government vehicles after five years. Public vehicles are supposed to be sold through public auction but it doesn’t happen. You expect development in Malawi. The country needs strong leadership. A leader who should take risks and not appeasement. Chakufwa was thought to be a strong leader but proved to be useless. He was after the pulse. We need a new approach.
Ayamba kuyionera patali awa a Katilika ndi a CCAP. Ayamba kutokota mpompano muwaona. Mmene ayamba kuyitanana kuti mamphwandomo pali bii pali minga. Thuza latukusira pamenepo kwakhala nkuthuzuka.
kkkkkkkkk. wanseketsa iwe
Sometimes northeners you have to blame yourselves you speak highly that you are well educated than the rest you hold high offices and yet when you want to invest or build your retirement homes you do it in Lilongwe and Blantyre and another thing is that when one is a recruitment officer at a certain company or org you tend to employ all northeners but you fail to develop your region.Charity begins at home.For instance if some of you have noticed 80% staff at PEP stores is all northerners because of your wakwithu syndrome so instead of blaming it all on govt use your wakwithu syndrome to develop your region than settle in other developed areas.Even if you call me Chindere but thats a living fact with northeners.
That’s not right. The mlakho might be the example in your explanation. This syndrome of hating Tumbukas will devour your reasoning and you will have been reduced to a mad person by the time you realise this
Ambilife tinavera pa media kudzera ku MEJN kuti
zitukuko zikulephera cifukwa tikawavotera amangoti male ndapana cikwama.
Nduna lha MP , constituency money allocation zikalandilidwa io amapangila zitukuko mmabanja mwao. pan’gono cabe tindalama tina amazatipaka ife a mmidzimu.
Ma VDC kaya amati saziwa zikucitika ninji.
ndipo anthu aderalo safusidwa kuti akusowa cani.
kwa mfumu Bodzole ka ndi ku balaka kha macinga kaya!! zinaonetsa.ku mangoci kungochulapo pan’gono.
ndipo ma bwana ena ngati bright msaka anali mmodzi ochulidwa pa nkambilano wina kuti anthu a delalo amangoona bwanawa abwera ndi anchito kale k7zayamba ka n jigo pomwe anthu eni sanafusidwe zowasowekera. ndipo ndalama zake sizichulidwa olo zotsala ziziziwika kuti ndi zingati ndipo zapita kuti.
kunena za ku North eeeeee mavuto
osayamba. Ma MP akazilandila basi ndi personal money. no winder zikafika apa amakhapana. mpaka lelo it is a DEAD NORTH’ cifukwa ca dyela la mabwana ku bomako.
apa ndiyesa amva. kayatu.
TOO MUCH CORRUPTION.
CASHGATE NDALAMA MMA BOOT AMA BWANA.
Milandu yake kha izatha.
NAYE JB ATIMASULE BWANJI! AKUKHALILA PA N KHATE
Bamboo Nyondo mwakalamba
Don’t cry what have you done yourself. The North has fertile land which can be used for farming and hence reduce poverty and hunger.
Koma unfortunately most of the youth run to cities where they suffer poverty and end up in criminal activities.
For as long as people from the North love to invest their hard earned pennies in the centre and south, the North will never develop.
Tumbuka Bishops serve the interests of northerners ONLY while the rest of Bishops serve the interests of and speak about problems facing ALL Malawians. This is where tumbuka people differ from Malawians. Anthu odzikonda akumpoto inu fotseki. Your bishops are a big disgrace to the word of LOVE from God.
Nyondo is another devil in white robes from the satanic livingstonia synod which encourages it’s members never to congregate with chewa people in Lilongwe. Fotseki chi Nyondo.
#Social Suffering
Bishop, I agree with you, but let’s not forget that you are rich according to the version you have given us because it is the same poor people who tirelessly bring money in your table and pay you. Don’t blame the Government! Government is not for one person, you are the Government, the church is the Government. This means the church should also stand up and educate the mass of children who are walking a70 ks to school by taking some of chopeleka ndi kumanga school near by. Mukutchedwa Bishop Mtumbuka, the school you attended was Kachebele, now here you are, footing your finger in the pocket of the same poor people from the North, let’s take our offerings and start paying for development of this country sir, how do you think. Or the church should start paying Tax? I’m just curious Rre Mtumbuka.
Let’s come to the Northern Politicians, you can agree with me, it’s the same poverty that has drove the Ngwiras to insult some who are in Government today, have you forgotten that Ngwiras organised people to chase Chakwera and at one point they almost wanted to kill him at Chigonapamuhanya ceremony? Remember those days? Northern Politicians are always playing savage politics. So you reap what you sow. Sorry to say this here but I feel your pain.
I thought you are following politics of Malawi. But I have found that you are just too kokoliko to the extent that you can’t recognize a snake as long as it carries a frag of tambala.
You have started again to insult the bishops. Have you already forgotten the mcp’s 26 years in opposition. It was the same bishops and revs who initiated tonse alliance. Today mcp is in government wayamba kutumbwa ngati mukanakwanisa pa nokha. Samalani asiyeni ama Church. Learn from the mistakes of kamuzu. Otherwise the new generation will learn from your mistakes.
There is complete quietness on development by the current administration, why????? The North continues to witness non implementation of road construction projects and other important infrastructure. This is the sole reason why people of the North will not vote for the MCP next time. We do not have to do auditing of construction projects for a year! That’s why it’s better to have the devil that you know than the one that you do not know. There is completely no action on Rumphi-Bolero-Hewe road, same with Njakwa- Livingstonia road and Ekwedeni- Ezondweni- Mzimba road. What is Govt waiting for?????? What are you doing at Capital Hill????
Thank you man of God. You are very true the north is disorganise politically just from the time it lost trust in late chakufwa chihana. The North is also supposed to have a leader and a party to follow as how central, southern and eastern are. The party must sweep all mps from the northern constituencies. The party must enter into alliance with any other party with similar ideology. In alliance agreement it must be put on open the development projects which the north will benefit if they win. It’s a clear fact, with 50+1, that no government can be formed without the blessing of the votes from the north.
If notherners can not wake up, north will remain dead north.
I remember very well chilima promised the north that he will construction rumphi chitipa road starting from the first year he takes government. As tonse alliance, chakwera promised that rumphi chitipa road will be the first to construct. Persuaded by rhetorics us the northerners gave them most of our votes. Come budget there is not even a mention of the promised road. To my surprise not even one mp be a minister has ever reminded chakwera and chilima on this.
Chakwera and chilima are very clever, they knew the ones who can trouble them from the north are Mama Gotan and Mwana Timothy Mtambo. Chakwera and chilima they put in the mouth of Mama Gotani and Timothy very big sweet cakes that they can’t swallow them nor spite it out. One is speaker of parliament , another is minister , that’s Mama Gotan and Timothy respectively.
They are finished they can’t talk anymore except clapping hands.
Father Mtumbuka and all malawian s of good will please pray for the north.