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comrade
comrade
5 years ago

what every one is forgetting is that VP Chilima did not ask the lady to do that. Look at his gesture people!!!! he humbled himself. There are no golden wheel barrows, gloves or red carpet like APM and his wife would do

Buno
Buno
5 years ago

Thanks to Callista – the overblown Chilima has shown his true colours. He is obsessed with power. Not fit for office of president.

Chilima For President
Chilima For President
5 years ago

Her Excellency Tett is okay to get surprised with this kneeling tradition. However she need not be shocked. Rather she needs to understand that this kneeling as in the picture here is only reserved for those highly respected in our society. The swift response to these disasters by Chilima is very remarkable, and perhaps never seen before in Malawi. You know pretty well how slow moving Malawian authorities are on issues that require speed. Trust me if any government official or Mutharika himself was entrusted with that undertaking, it would have taken ages before the victims were visited upon. Chilima’s… Read more »

Kaka
Kaka
5 years ago

Please, Chilima is not a traditional authority. People should not kneel before him and he should NOT allow such stupid cultural gestures because he is a public servant not a traditinal leader like the Queen or Mbwelwa. His swift ŕesponse to disasters is because the DPP government has ensured that resources are there for people affected.

Agenda Setting Theory
Agenda Setting Theory
5 years ago
Reply to  Kaka

Who said people should kneel before traditional authorities? Lay lady choose how she wanted to show her appreciation and this is how she did it. why are the rest of you being bothered?.

Mwinithako
Mwinithako
5 years ago

Ohooo,what I have discovered is that, all those who are condemning the gesture by e woman in Karonga are Thumukaz.Even the way Dr Saulos Chilima gestrure in exchange from the old woman,he belittled himself too,to show he respected her.So you wanted him to kneel!!!If it was a Thumbuka here there was no word of say!!!Kodi mtundu wakudawu ngati makala unakhala bwanji??????

mussa
mussa
5 years ago

as usual the big headed azungu who thinks there can decide for us how to behave these people are a problem there think there better than all of us no wonder there are always under threat from terrorist

Gwenembe
Gwenembe
5 years ago

Our cultures also demand respect for elders. I would have given that woman a hand and told her to stand up and just shake my hand. That man kneeling before the queen is being knighted which requires the queen to put a sword on his shoulders. Its a function. But allowing an old woman to roll on the floor because of a bag of maize from govt is plain stupid. Just don’t say culture culture. Culture my foot that’s why we had that fisi defiling kids in Nsanje as part of culture.

Holly Tit
Holly Tit
5 years ago

I reported the stupid white bitch’s tweet to Twitter. They removed it.

Agenda Setting Theory
Agenda Setting Theory
5 years ago

Nobody asked this woman to do this it was spontaneous. It was her way of saying thank you.. azungutu pena mumayenjeza. if it was Bingu he could have thrown you out you silly cow.

Angela sakala
Angela sakala
5 years ago

The queen Knight knighting a man, who kneels and she conducts the ceremonial knighting with a sword, that’s all culture or a practice of a kingdom, same as Swaziland.we are not a kingdom.. The queen is not a servant of the people, the country belongs to her it is their kingdom, the VP and the govt, the president here are servants of the people, the people are doing this as they are desperate and in dire need, they could or could not kneel to MCP leader or UDF leader if he was to visit and clearly publicising that they will… Read more »

Nick
Nick
5 years ago

Britain and Swaziland are kingdom, men kneel when they are being given a chieftainship by the queen or king that’s culture..young girls shoeing their briest to nswati is culture maybe not very great practice.. However there’s no poverty involved or natural disaster victims involved or any desperation in the queen men kneeling when being knighted or Swaziland scenario. Our leaders unlike the queen are servant chosen by use to serve us , we pay them taxes they have a duty to stop stealing the taxes and effectively deliver services and effective policy to the poor people who feed the govt… Read more »

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