CCAP Blantyre Synod guides flock on best leader for Malawi: Mutharika touted for re-election 

June 14, 2020 Watipaso Mzungu - Nyasa Times 79 Comments

The Blantyre Synod of the CCAP Church says Malawians need to choose a leader that cannot only enhance and promote good governance, but also who understands fully that rule of law with a high degree accountability, integrity, consistency and responsibility.

Reverence Billy Gama:Mutharika is the only one with a track record of leading the nation among the candidates for the fresh presidential election

The synod’s General Secretary Reverend Billy Gama and his moderator, Reverend Masauko Mbolembole, emphasize that Malawi has reached a critical stage where a leader who will be able to oversee checks and balances of the three arms of the Government.

“Against this background, it is critical to assess objectively the track records of those competing for the presidency in order to establish how constructive they have been in their usage of power.

“With this observation in mind, it is key for citizens to critically assess abuse of power in every candidate before they are entrusted with more responsibility and power,” say Gama and Mbolembole in a statement issued today.

Ironically, President Peter Mutharika is the only one with a track record of leading the nation among the candidates for the fresh presidential election.

The others, Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Alliance and Peter Kuwani of Mbakuwaku Movement for Development (MMD) have never led this country.

The statement comes barely a few days after the synod suspected four of its clergymen for holding a press briefing without the synod leadership’s consent.

The four are the Reverend Donnex Mateyu Ngalande of Chileka CCAP who is also coordinator of the group, the Reverend Dezio Maloya of Sharpevale CCAP in Ntcheu, the Reverend Frank Mkwezalamba of Madziabango in Blantyre Rural Presbytery and the Reverend Duncan Kananji of Blantyre City Presbytery.

The quartet on Tuesday held a press conference at the synod’s Grace Bandawe Conference Centre where they accused the synod’s leadership of politicising the pulpit by urging clerics to campaign for governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Peter Mutharika in the fresh presidential election on June 23.

During their briefing on Tuesday, Ngalande claimed that the synod leadership held a meeting at Likhubula Youth Centre in Mulanje on May 28 where 95 ministers were taught how to encourage CCAP members to vote for DPP, a claim Gama dismissed as not true.

In their letter, Gama and Mbolembole advised voters not allow themselves to be misled by candidates that are just hungry for power, saying such candidates service their own needs at the expense of the poor electorate.

“Malawi needs a leader whose campaign is based on issues and a concrete agenda to develop Malawi rather than politicians whose campaign is full of empty promises and castigation of others.

“Furthermore, if we are to put in power real democrats, the test is in how they have conducted themselves throughout the career of their politics,” say the two men of the collar.

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79 replies on “CCAP Blantyre Synod guides flock on best leader for Malawi: Mutharika touted for re-election ”

  2. But there was no issue when Livingstonia Synod unequivocally asked their congregants to support Tilitonse alliance.

    1. There’s difference, Livingstonia/Nkhoma/RC, etc towards BRIGHT LIGHT and Bt synod towards continued DARKNESS.

  3. NO MORE HIDING THIS TIME AROUND FOR BLANTYRE SYNOD BUT TOO LATE.

    LIVINGSTONIA SYNOD OPEN MINDED AND TRANSPARENT APPROACH MAKES THEM TO STAND OUT, TO ALWAYS TAKE A LEADING ROLE WHILE OTHERS ARE THERE TO FOLLOW THEM.

    WUZIMU WAWATHELA MOCHEDWA A BT SYNOD.

  4. Man of God do not deceive or mislead christians by telling lies. Those christians some of them are more educated and spiritual than you, do not forget that. Some have even theological degrees, check out. One day you will find yourself alone with an empty building on one sunday, after all have protested against. Worship God in Spirit and truth. Jesus is the Truth.

  5. Malawi it’s not for lomwe or yawo n Malawi it’s not a farm for some one,let’s change everything kuti tonse zikhale mofanana

  6. Uthenga wake ukumveka ngati ochokera kwa Gelezeda Jefule kapena Dausi osakhala atumiki a Mulungu

  7. Any Southerner who will not vote for DPP is a traitor because MCP win will mark the end of Blantyre as a major industrial hub of this country. Mark my words all those major projects APM outlined for Blantyre will be shelved. The Chichiri stadium interchange, 20 story office block at Wenela, wanderers and bullets stadiums, bypass/ring road, factory park at matindi, etc. All you will hear is our capital is in need of this and that infrastructure or that project must be in LL because its centrally located.
    Please my fellow southerners we are scattered all over the country and combined our votes for APM can reach 50% and my vote will be the +1. We lost the capital what will be our pride if we again lose the authority to govern?

    1. This is not time to outline false projects. Which dull person can believe in these projects?

    2. Kuganiza kopepera koteleku ndikomwe tikufuna kuthe Southerner ndiye kuti chani I will not vote somebody because of where he comes from but based on the facts.Last time we voted for atcheya who ended selling all the industries and companies which were employing a lot of Malawians but many people ended being jobless. Zitukuko zonse zomwe mukunenazi ndi zaboma, misonkho yathu osati misonkho yachipani kapena mtsogoleri wachipani ayi

  8. Churches do not have the most intelligent people as leaders. That’s all I am going to say about. And also if you continue with this nonsense, I’ll find another church to join.

  9. Yes yes yeeeeeesssss
    BT Synod muli ndi zokuyenelezani kunena zakukhosi
    ngati momwe amatakasukila
    Aloma
    Nkhoma Synod
    Livin Stonia Synod
    Ali pamwambawa akalankhula zitsilu zimaombela mmanja
    Ndipo inu pitilizani kuziwunikila nkhosa
    Moyenela kudutsa

  10. Iwe Gama nde utani popeza anthu 51 pa 100 aliyense akufuna Dr Chakwera and Dr Chilima osati anthu akuba, okondela/atsankhu, akonda violence, okanika kuyendetsa nkhani za chuma, osatha kuyambitsa ntchito kuti anyamata alembedwe etc etc!! Gama, Gama, Gama iwe, tiye tione amene aseke kwambiri komanso pomalizaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

  11. We all know Who to vote for 😂😁😉 you don’t need to guide us since we can see with our own eyes that the current government has failed us malawians. If you go to the hospital or clinic will find that there’s no medicine 😡😡 you go to escom electricity though on and off but after wiring your own house and you have money to pay them akubweletsele magesi Koma ugube ugubenso ziphuphu Momo Pali chitukuko pamenepa, Ku MRA, immigration awa a police traffic ziphuphu zokhazokha . Ulembedwe ntchito despite having paper qualifications they won’t employee you unless you have some connections with the big bosses eish you Blantyre synod kagweleni uko ndi amene akutumaniwo mwadya chi Bansi

    1. Mr Gama know that you are a human being like any of us, same number of bones, except the uniform which anybody can ask the tailor to sew. What distinguishes a Reverend from an ordinary person is holiness and truth. Do you believe in Jesus mr Gama? Follow truth. life and the way.

  12. With this ;leadership BT synod is going nowhere. Some of us foresaw this coming with the leadership we have. The four revered those who are suspended are God fearing and may the Lord bless them abundantly here on earth and beyond.

  13. Blantyre Synod trying to tell us to vote for Mutharika just because Billy Gama wants to keep his job. Unfortunately there are many in the BT Synod who will not vote for Mutharika. And what track record are you talking about? This Mutharika is a failure.

    1. We know it very well that Billy Gama is a cadet, very unfortunate to have him as a mouth piece, Time yatha to tell us about this. Malawians are geared to change, thats when u will see

  15. CCAP and other Sunday-going church members besides your azibusa busy into politics, can you go back and check what your fore fathers stood for pankhani ya protestantism!!!! Are you still protestants or just on paper? The current position your churches are is not what the reformers stood for! No wonder azibusa anu akungokusocheresani. Get out of babylon Jesus is coming and He is even at the door

    1. Iwenso usapusepo apa Yesu sanabwerere opulumuka kale ngati inu ayi ,anabwerera ochimwa kagwere uko ndi kupembedza tsiku kwanuko.

    1. Yes, achitsilu. Backing the failure, tribalist, nepotist, murderer (Njauju, Lilongwe bomb), otukwana a zimayi, liar (stone planter), thief, etc.

  17. This is good news from Blantyre Synod. Malawians, we all know what the Livingstonia Synod and the Catholic Bishops do. They have misled Malawians. Blantyre Synod doesn’t speak. It’s this time they are speaking. Wakunva amve. Enawa amabwebweta during each and every election but mulungu wawo sawayankha. That’s why today they still talk of CHANGE. Abale, Did we not CHANGE in 1994? Kkkkkkk

    1. Gama’s statement is the most stupid ever issued by clergy. The man should be part of the corrupt DPP crime syndicate. Let his family vote for the APM

  18. If the salt loose it’s saltiness it’s good for nothing. Please SG don’t forget monthu about the kingdom of God

  20. Read the bible to get wisdom. Do not love money like Judas Iscariot. You know how Judas ended his life by bursting intestines, and his field is called Akeldama. Watch out mr Billy Gama. Do not own the world and choose Barabas and reject Jesus who is the way , the truth and the life!

  21. This is a very sad and shameful mark in history of Malawi.So the once almighty CCAP has been captured by the evil mafia! Just because of one erstwhile reverend who wants to placate his earthly hand that satisfies his desires?

  22. Blantyre synod is politically divided. House divided can not stand. Satan can not cast out Satan.

  23. Even in days of our Lord Jesus Christ the guards at the grave yard tailed to speak the truth that Jesus Christ has risen and He is alive because of money. What about the issue of K70,000,000. Nkhanga zinaona kale just leave it.

  24. Abusa a madyera. Mukutichisa manyazi. Kodi kukamba za uhule ndikumwa wine ndi issue based campaign? Your gogo is too old to do what you want him to do. Tatopa ndi kuyika maliro a mapresident. Spare us from that.

  25. Who doesn’t know this foolish Billy Gama is a DPP senior cadet. He is lying to the Blantyre synod because he benefits from his dying DPP. No one with a straight and normal thinking can vote for DPP today. Inu bwana Gama kavoteleni DPP yanuyo,, asiyeni anthu akavotele zina. Nanga zachigogozi mpana liti? Ya! Kumasuntha.

  27. CCAP Church and other Pastors should deal with their own issues and refrain from discussing Politics just as Government should refrain from discussing issues of Religion.
    Government and Religion should remain separate.

  28. You cannot count on the President to respect the RULE of LAW and promote good Governance with the actions he is taking and the excessive corruption in his Government. The President is NOT KING and does NOT oversee all checks and balances of the three levels of Government. Leaves only Chakwera and the UTMCP Alliance.

  29. Thanks Blantyre Synod. Mutharika is a calm and democratic leader who is focused on development. The past 12 months MCP has shown that it MCP is still a party of violence. Chakwera has led in perpetrating violence – with Chilima he has sent MCP and UTM thugs to destroy shops and buildings, chasing people from the southern region, destroying government property and killing police etc.

  30. Abusa Billy Gama osanena bwanji kuti ndinu cadet wa DPP, zomwe mwalankhula apa zikuonetseratu kuti ndi cadet, don’t mislead Christians they have the right to chose the leader they want, APM has done nothing in this country. There is no medication and equipments in the hospitals but the normal person donating buses to football teams. Most voters are suffering even those in Thyolo, Mulanje just to mention a few. There is a high rate of unemployment in this country, yet you said APM is the best leader, this shows how cadet you are Abusa, it’s better to say the truth to shame the devil.

  31. Mudzakhumudwa, akalemba walemba basi, people need a change. We need a change baba

  32. Ambuye tikonzeleni church yathuyi,
    Ambuye kodi azibusa amenewa ndi MAITANIDWE kapena kunali kusowa kwa ntchito? Azibusa dzina lokha koma mphamvu yake anaikana,ngakhale kuweruza nkwanu,koma awa sangalalikire za Jahena chifukwa chifukwa akudziwa kuti iwowo nde ma agents aku Jahena,shame on any Reverend osocheletsa anthu,repent and ask for forgiveness from God to restore your calling if indeed you were called.

  33. Kodi a Billy Gama ndi aja anapezeka atagwilira ka nsungwana ku lake…….titulutse zithunzi kapena???

  34. Blantyre Synod make up your mind becausein this statement alone you are speaking from both ends of your mouths! Your description of good leadership cannot be in the same sentence as Peter Muthalika the failure on all accounts !

    1. If you see what I see, just by removing the name Muthalika from the speech, the rest means Chakwera is the right candidate.

      Anzanga a CCAP, abusa a Gama asatinamize apa. Is APM a righteous man filled with the holy spirit? obviously no.

  35. Paja Blantyre Synod ndiyija inadalitsa ukwati wa nkhalamba ziwiri ziri ku state house?

  38. A certified adulterer and his accomplice lecturing us on how to make a choice in the forthcoming presidential poll is like having Satan preach to you on the subject of morality. I for one will take this for the joke it is. There’s no doubt that these two have taken money from the candidate they’re touting.

  40. absolutely! APM has experience, APM has gone through a very difficult time and stuck with Malawians. APM is peaceful! APM has brought development in Malawi,The other group is a collection of disasters, JB – Cashgate Queen she still owes Malawi millions! why the hell should we let her heat the government agin! Chilima- could not even execute the role VP so what more with being an actual president? Chakwera- well the church was a failed endea if you want malawi to continue improving.vour and there was a money issue there as well why do we think he will change and get more efficient as a president. These three have themselves in mind and they will destroy Malawi
    like they lerd Mtambo to dismantle hard earned development in the infrastructure! All of them have failed at something major in their careers. Even most of the people in this party have failed at some part of their career do you think when they get elected they will improve? VOTE APM!

  47. Mbuzi, wakugulani NTCHONA. How can a sane person support tribalist, thief, failure, liar (stone planter), murderer (njauju, Lilongwe petrol bomb, etc), drunkard, user of foul language against women (Joyce Banda), etc. Whether you like it or not, GOGO NTCHONA akupakira basi, and its a landslide for the opposition.

  48. Mbuzi za anthu you are the one amene muli power hungry anthu ndinu azibusa koma ma udindo ku ma board abusa amenewa wina ali ku post office wina ali ku university kusiya ubusa azibusa adyera awononga BT synod akuziwa kuti boma likangochoka zawo zada

  49. If one leader “oversees checks and balances of the three arms of Govt” then we have no checks and balances! This is exactly the situation which we had with Kamuzu Banda for most of his 31 years. It saddens me, as a southerner based in Lilongwe, to hear Blantyre Synod advocating for autocratic rule after valiantly fighting against the same type of rule in the early 1990s. I just hope that more members of the synod will come out clearly against the synod leadership on this issue.

    Barack Obama used to say that “Africa does not need strongmen (i.e. autocracts/dictators) but strong institutions”. The Church should be the leading voice for strengthening democratic institutions, instead of placing trust in undemocratic leaders simply because they shower the church leaders with money and parastatal board positions…

  52. I used to respect Billy Gama up until after this so called advice on his synod.
    This guy is really a fool who outwardly seem to be a Rev , but inwardly, he is a leopard.
    Simply because he was given K70m by the dpp agents to preach about Apm, then, he thinks every Bt synod member is on his side.
    What a shame !!

  54. Kiss of betrayal like Judas iscriot won’t help you sustain a place in heavenly places a Gama, time is really gone watch your steps!

  55. Angamumvere ndani Billy Gama ntchito yache ndi kunyenga atsikana apa mulanje mission nursing school where he is the overall boss

  56. God is looking for men who can be true as iron to the steel, men who cannot be bought. Am wondering who you are but God has his own way. You as a clergy and your DPP government , God is seeing you………..

  57. One (BT Synod only) out of four (Nkhoma, Livingstonia and Roman Catholic) equals failure.Change is coming on 23rd June 2020.

  58. A senior reverend (a member of the BT SYynod) friend of mine confided in me well before the eruption of this chain of events at the synod that some senior leaders at the Synod had allegedly received large cunks of cash in Millions to counter-balance the threat that the other two CCAP Synods from the North and Centre are perceived to pose to the survival of the DPP government. Apparently these leaders are now by far acknowledged millionaires among their flock. They need to pay back in kind in appreciation of being transformed into millionaires in just a matter of days after expressing willingness to put their allegiance to support DPP with appropriate religious weight. There is nothing new under the sun these things are happening all over the world. The Republican party in the USA relies heavily on the support of the evangelicals though in the case of the evangelicals it’s purely a matter of issues pertaining to some Christian beliefs relating to abortion, same-sex marriages etc.

  59. Who needs to be guided?
    All grown ups with eyes to see and ears to hear, know what is going on. We had wasted a whole 5 years under a corrupted administration, not to mention this last year, when vast amounts have been spent to pay lawyers, instead of developing our country.
    Church leaders would do better to simply pray for God to deliver us from the evil one.

  60. Stupid Gama Cadet, ukunamatu iwe, u think anthu angamvere iwe. Am ccap BTsynod but cant take your advice with all these evil we are seing. Ard u really a man of God? How can you encourage people to vote thieves? Tome is up for your boss APM.

  61. The Blantyre Synod was captured by DPP many years ago. All synod positions are held by DPP cadets. Billy Gama is a DPP die-hard. So we are not surprised by the tone of their letter. The letters of this synod are just aligning their pockets to get more favours and they have no well-being of Malawi at heart.

    1. You got no right to tell Malawians who to vote for.Anthu a Mulungu amenewo !Chi Kristu congovala ici.

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