Chakwera faces MCP mutiny: Members want SPC Zangazanga out

February 11, 2021 Wongani Chiuta - Nyasa Times 63 Comments

Some senior Malawi Congress Party  (MCP) officials under the Second Liberation of Malawi Nation movement have written President Lazarous Chakwera accussing him of only employing his relatives and Assemblies of God Church members at State House and have also demanded that he fires Secretary to President and Cabinet (SPC) Zangazanga Chikhosi for frustrating the Tonse Alliance agenda.

Zangazanga Chikhosi: SPC under MCP fire

In a letter dated February 8, 2021 and signed by former MP for Kasungu West Alex Major, the MCP officials accuse Chakwera and Chikhosi of neglecting young, qualified and energetic members within the Tonse alliance in his appointments to various positions.

The letter has listed a number of people appointed at State House such as  Chief of Staff Prince Kapondamgaga, aides Reverend Martin Thom, Samson Limbani, Sean Kampondeni, Elias  Sauli, Bakuwa and Gedion Kalumbu as being either relatives of Chakwera or members of the Assemblies of God Church while Zangazanga is busy recalling his friends to take up positions in government.

“We have searched in our records and all of the people above are not party members but rather church elders from the Assemblies of God and your immediate family members. Why is it okay for you to work with five people only and leave out all party structures,” reads the letter in part.

The MCP officials have implored Chakwera to do “serious soul searching” about his actions against people in the party who fought tooth and nail for him.

“Do you know that you are there because of the party and not because of your church and family members?” the letter says.

The MCP members have also accused Chikhosi of deliberately frustrating Tonse alliance agenda by sidelining those who fought for change in appointments in civil service.

They claim that Chikhosi – a civil servant –  has never been an MCP member but has connections with opposition DPP which saw him being appointed Controller of Statutory Corporations during its rule.

” Apart from frustrating the Tonse administration he is on the forefront sideling those who fought for the liberation…and he is busy rewarding and recalling his friends from retirement to pick up jobs in the civil service meant for young boys and girls who have belief in Tonse philosophy,” says the letter.

It further says Chikhosi is behind most of the shady deals in government which are denting the image of the President.

This comes after uman Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC)  chairperson Gift Trapence and coordinator Luke Tembo said in a statement that Chikhosi is threatening Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) to award oil contracts to two suppliers amid corruption allegations.

Chikhosi is forcing the award of oil supply contracts to two companies Mera rejected whose cost will be USD 50 million more.”

Mera reportedly refused to approve the contracts because of irregularities in the awarding of the contracts to the two companies out of 23 bidders.

It is further said that there are also concerns over the capacity of the two companies to supply fuel and over reports that Lake Oil is facing a debt crisis in Tanzania.

HRDC has since demanded the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ABC) to quickly move in and stop the un-procedural award to these two companies.

The MCP officials have listed down seven demands to Chakwera to respond and address by February  28, 2021 saying failure to do so the movement members will mobilise MCP party members to hold vigils in March at MCP district offices ” for prayers so that or cry must be heard”.

Some of  the demands are that Chakwera must recall all the diplomats in foreign missions who are known DPP cadets, immediately clear all the rubble in government and provide a clear timeline how the government will implement the consolidated manifesto which propelled Tonse alliance to victory.

The MCP members say that have the full backing of the majority of MPs, executive members. party structures and members from Tonse alliance partners and have enough funds to carry out their plans.

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63 replies on “Chakwera faces MCP mutiny: Members want SPC Zangazanga out”

  3. This tiny country will never be built as long as Kamuzu Banda is off. Only crooks will rule this country.What we all know is that others within UTM and MCP colonies are playing games against Chakwera. Of course there are some issues whereby Chakwera is not doing well and we see them but not not compared with APM who is too old to run the government and this is not Uganda. What one should remember is that this is not running a grocery rather the government and some decisions are made by the Vp and presented to the President but always the head is on cut-cuff.
    Chakwera please though its time of Coronavirus can you bring all the Diplomats in foreign missions and one thing you are forgetting is all those diplomats are the true cadets of DPP and some are here at Capital Hill and they have day to day communication. One as a leader should be very careful.

    2. I support the the removal of rubble.this happens even in highly developed countries.These people have allegiance to the former regime and can frustrate the current government.
      2 I think the the SPC knows what he is doing when he hires retired ‘friends’ into right positions.If he is intoxicated with power , then appropriate action in needed
      3 I think it’s a little premature for the grouping to start their action ,it borders in greed

    3. Nobody said Malawi is a grocery, a d Chakwera must gave known the scale of responsibility he was chasing when he vied for the presidency

  4. This just the beginning more is yet to come. Soon the deacon and the deaconess will will start pulling the strings

  8. Iwe Alex Major mpaka kumpatsa president deadlines? You will fail and you have dug your own political grave. You lead a mutiny just because sanakupatse ntchito? Mwayi unali nawo koma anthu a kwanu anakukana. Lero you want to bring confusion in MCP just like Jesse Kabwira, Kaliwo, and Richard Msowoya. Pitani ku UTM akakulandirani ndi manja awari plus miyendo iwiri.

  9. If you talk about the positions at the state house the president has the prerogative to choose the people he trusts like Kampondeni, Kapondagaga etc. Did you know that Namondwe is a relation of APM? Did you know that Chimwemwe Kajawo was a nephew of APM? What about Duwa Muthalika who is at South African High Commission. Anyway Bingu and APM employed cadets in the public service and the current civil service commission is full of dpp cadets and the aim was/is to fill positions with Lomwes. Now it looks Major and others wants Chakwera to be doing the same. Kalimeni. Kasungu is very fertile.

    1. Kumeneko ndiye kusowa zonena.Tell Alex to camp at State House and these are the people who want to dent Kasungu district.The only sensible issue you have mentioned in your letter is the QUICK RECALLING all diplomats in foreign Missions and its taking too wrong. Corona or no Corona they must come back

  10. It is now clear that the fight through the courts was to remove individuals( dpp) .not a wrong system.people fought a wrong battle.used as makasu a anthu ena.shame..we are doomed.at this.point ,I can’t see us picking up the.pieces anytime soon.we are now completely lost..years wasted in advance

  11. Tiyenayeni amaona ngati kuyendetsa dziko nkopweka. Next are alliance partners to submit ultimatum.

    Akuona ngati ife a UTM zikutisangalatsa akudya yekha ndi abale ake.

  13. Chakwera should begin to recognise the true dissatisfaction in his nepotism and corruption. He is stone deaf and oblivious to the suffering of us Malawians. He should compare himself with APM and JB, both of who were one term Presidents. Fir Chakwera it will not just be loss of election, for Malawians are getting wiser by the day, Chakwera will end up being led out of Kamuzu Palace for his acquiring wealth by corruption and fir his misrule. Wait and see.

  14. Chikhosi is not fit for that position!!he has performed badly!!there’s no way he can serve tonse with deligence!!he has been ps in dpp all these years!!and some pastor thinks he can incorporate tonse philosophy !!no way!!muzavotelana nokha nokha we won’t vote again selfish greedy people

  15. 1. Employing relatives and church mates is lack of consideration for other, in short it is selfish

    2. Employing party members in public services just for the sake of it is worse than the above

    3. So both Chakwera and mutinees are wrong thus, there is no case here. Let people with genuine intentions complain

  16. Shame! this country is really beyond fixing, it is completely fucked up, listen to this dunderhead fighting the president against hiring of family and friends, instead he wants the useless president to hire tonse alliance bandits instead of every qualified Malawian, what difference does it make? we are really fucked up big time if our elders and leaders reason this way, Malawi a land of eternal cursed minded people!

    1. I totally agree. Democracy has failed us. Where did the the campaigners for multi party go wrong? To enable corrupt leaders and nopotists like Talk Talk Chawera to be elected.

  17. See? another dunderhead fighting the president on employing friends and family and he wants the president to employ qualified individuals mainly from tonse alliance, does it make sense? so in other words nepotism is good when it favours the umbrella tonse alliance excluding the rest of Malawians, we are really far from real and honest reform, our elders and leaders are just decorated fools!

  19. I wish you all had known how Zangazanga suffered under DPP. This guy was tortured and he endured.This guy had to.work from somebody’s secretary’s office .Zangazanga has never been political. Let him breathe!

    1. Zangazanga seems to be tired, he needs to retire to clear the TONSE reputation of being slow in doing things. The SPC position is a demanding one, it needs an energetic, intelligent, and balanced up person. The deputy SPC, Janet, is not up to the mark, she is not providing the required cover-up. Tonse administration must identify a jack-up person to fill up that demanding job.

  21. Zangazanga is probably the most useless and stupid chief secretary to have occupied that office. He has completely destroyed the civil service and he is busy creating positions for his relatives and party cronies under the watch of chamba smoker who is the attorney general. I can’t believe such mess is happening while Silugwe is watching.

    1. Zangazanga is not as useless, unethical, and unprofessional as your uncle Muhara was, somehow, Zangazanga is professional. Muhara was behind the stupid Lomwelisation policy.

  22. You have failed us big time. Why did you not balance the story with those mentioned in the story?

    Why did you not seek comment (s) from one of the country’s renowned political commentator?

    Latter day’s journalism leaves a lot to be desired.

    1. Do you need someone to comment on your behalf. The petition to the president is clear and doesn’t need a political commentator.

  24. Koma tili pa 9 months, pomwe kuzafike 2025 dzikoli lilitachoka pa Malawi Kusanduka Mali. Eh Dziliko.

  26. Foseki
    You must know that there certain positions which you must employ people who are honest and can be trusted.
    You don’t just employ someone just because he has a Masters degree. You could be employing a thief. Or a crook. Leaking sensitive information to the public.
    You will agree with me that most organisations state that they want someone with sober habits.

    Kamuzu had a point go to YouTube and listen to the speach when he opened Lilongwe Teachers College.

    1. Yes but the dispute in contest is employing family members, church friends and relatives. All these summed= Nepotism. There are so many qualified and honest people from all within Malawi not only within Tonse Alliance.

  28. Ya chakwera should do the right he can’t employee his family and friends at his office if something happens he won’t let his family to go to jail or to be proscuted , he should walk the talk corruption is not finish why his hi5 he choiose to abandoned it

  29. Yes indeed Dr Chakwera has lost track I don’t really understand what is happening with Reverend Chakwera?? I think the family has captured him. You can’t surround yourself with family members in government business some can argue that Trump had family members working for him BUT we are talking of Malawi here. There is still time I think if he can open his eyes he can still make things right. Things started going south the moment he announced his Cabinet, as much as it is the President’s prerogative to appoint Cabinet Ministers but the formation & quality of that said Cabinet can give people hope or disappointment the Citizens. If people can remember very well, Bingu’s first Cabinet was accepted by a very good percentage of Malawians cos he casted his net wide enough to make it more inclusive. We wish Reverend Chakwera all the best BUT if he wants to be successful he must make a U-Turn the direction he has taken will not take Malawi anywhere. All these people who are complaining are not all DPP sympathisers its a sign that something somewhere is not right.

  30. Let us become second class citezens and give this country back to the british to run for 20 years. Then onky will we see change. Until then,this is hell here on earth.
    After 20 years hopefully there will be a different brain wave that will take the countrys interest as priority.
    For now accept suffering.
    Saulos is busy digging up dirt and wanting MCP to look bad so he can take over. As it is, he still all smiles that sidik passed on coz that was hes only obstacle.
    As for chakwera, you are the most clueless president malawi has ever had. Even JB seemed to have a better idea of how to run her country, despite her countless hiccups

  31. Clueless Government. A Chakwera awa ndi mbuzi yeni yeni yamano kunsi. Bele lawirirana ndi a chipani chake chomwe kumukira. A Chakwera uko a chilima pati bii pali mungu. Munga uchita kudza ndi mafinya omwe. Ulamuliro wanu ukutha moti ndinu wosauka mmaganizo kwambiri pano. Ku Nyanja mumapita kuja kunali kujoyeratu. Madzi afikira nkhosi pano. Zakutayikani ndi dyera lanulo. Power hungry president. Maloya anu pano angoti kukamwa kakasi. Hehehehede. Kugona tulo ndi mbiri yakale kwa inu. Gule kwao please pano ndiye mwatikora kofikapo ndikulephera kwanu ndiye muthe chaka kenako zitatu kenakono 5 yeee tili pamoto. Pitani musanaononge zambiri.

  33. If you are feeling pain while in government what more those in opposition kkkkkkk …..this pain is here to stay boma iloooooo..

    1. the fact that everyone is complaining, in government or not means something is being done right.

      STAY FOCUSED TEAM. NO FOOD FOR A LAZY MAN.

  34. This is tip in the iceberg and the gallant challenge against Lazarus who has shown so much contempt and negligence towards the many people who fought DPP. The majority of Tonse people are very frustrated by Chakwera’s arrogance.

    Zangazanga Chikhosi is such a corrupt person who is behind the shady fuel deals and the one backing corrupt NOCMA management to award dodgy contracts to foreign companies at the expense of Malawians.

    Zangazanga is just another version of Muhara. There are no differences at all.

  36. When you see a NEPOTIST like Talk Talk Chakwera you better believe it. Talk Talk Chakwera is a NEPOTIST per excellence. Another dictator in the making. Malawi is on the path of increased suffering and poverty under this corrupt Talk Talk Chakwera. A corrupt NEPOTIST masquerading as a Rev. Seventh Day Adventists always act as if they are the elite.

  37. I don’t think the story is true. But if it is true then it’s not surprising. We complained that Peter was tribalistic but now it about family relations and church cronies

  38. Tiyeni nazo ndimmene ndale zimakhalira .Owenga mafuta satuwa ndipo mbuzi imadya pomwe aimangilira.Ukaona anzako atonola maso nawe chita chimodzi modzi Adanena kale Ambuye Yesu kuti padziko lapansi mudzona mabvuto monga iye adonera.Limbani mtima maka inu anzanga akongress mwina zidzayenda.

  39. Alex Major why do you want party members in positions in government? Are you not trying to politicize the public service like the thugs that we just removed? Fine I have no problem calling for the head of Zangazanga Chikhosi. I am told he is self centred. Some of us were part of the fight to remove dpp from government but we are not expecting positions. Even Kamuzu told his people in 1964 that wealth does not fall from heaven like manna and people have to work for it. Everyone in Malawi pays tax including dpp, udf and other parties’ members. DPP got it wrong when they sidelined others for jobs and you want Chakwera to follow the same? There are a lot of farms that udf and dpp forced to close because of their stupid policies and Major and others can get loans to open them again. I am not surprised you never made it as an MP. Give MCP and alliance partners time and we need development. We need schools, we need hospitals, we need roads etc. These things will help all Malawians collectively and not positions for individuals.

  40. Peter Munthalika ali ndi ana ku states ma lawyer ophuzira bwino kwambiri Koma sitidamvepo kuti peter walemba ntchito ana ake kapena azipongozi ake. Kodi amzathu aboma la kukhothi wa ndiye pano mudzi onse pano you m’boma.Kodi Abusa mene mumkati mudzabweretsa Malawi watonse uja ndi ameneyu kapena tibadikirira? Kodi a Chilima kukenani mumkanena kuja tafika kapena Captain wakumana ndi storms Ndiye njira sakuiona? Tiyankheni paja tym ya campaign mumayankha ma phone athu

  42. But now I’ve began to ask myself why did we remove DPP government? What I can notice so far is that the fight that we fought was only to change the live of Chakwera /Chilima/Mtambo/Joyce/Kweni/zangazanga and Chakwera’s siblings.

    1. Chitsiru chomwa madzi ometera , ndakukhululukira poti ndiwe CADET , Muthu wanzeru angafuse kuti ndichifukwa chanji amalawi anathamangitsa Dpp ,

  43. THATS THE CHILIMA I KNOW I CAN SEE ANOTHER BREAK AWAY UTM FROM MCP IN DPP IT ALL STARTED SAME NYEKHWE IS REAL.

  44. Hahahaha! Nanuso MUKWANTERE!! kkkkk ziliko uko!
    On a serious note though uyu Zakezake Chikhosw eish agwetsa ka boma ka wede wedeka. I see another norman chisale in him.
    Anyway inu olo mutalira magazi palibe angakuveleni, Kwantele munamusankha nokha. Ife a mboni sitimapanganawo zachibwanazi

  45. This tells you Chikhosi akugwira bwino ntchito. Mmafuna adzingokupatsani ntchito a MCP nokhanokha, sidzitheka. Chikhosi yemweyo kuti wa wa wa

    1. We done Mr Chikhosi, mupitilize kuwakana achipani, sadzagwira ntchito mukawalemba coz azakhala alesi kumangodalira ndale

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