Chakwera faults poor Malawi leadership for driving citizens to be economic migrants
Poor leadership in Malawi perpetuating poverty are a fertile background promoting migration of individuals in search of better life in South Africa and other countries, president of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Lazarus Chakwera has said.
Chakwera said this on South African Broadcasting Coorperation’s (SABC) Agenda programme monitored by Nyasa Times on Friday.
Speaking from Cape Town, Chakwera attacked the Democratic Progressive Praty (DPP) led government for its ineptness to provide economic transformation.
He said many Malawians are denied dignified life s only a few are enjoying economic development hence Malawians flock to South Africa to get jobs with some of them ending up victims of xenophobic attacks.
“Many of the struggles we [Africans] face are because we have not provided economic transformation for our citizens,” said Chakwera SABC.
He continued:”We must understand the context that Africa we must not be divided, not just South Africa but in a way that gives confidence to all countries.”
Chakwer, further, said inadequate human and economic development forces people to migrate.
“We tend to create cliques that rule and this creates a certain amount of hatred from unfulfilled promises. We need to face up to the fact that as people, we must be responsible to our people. If we run for office as politicians, we must be honest and be people of integrity serving the interest of other people rather than our own, create the jobs, create the environment in which true development can take place,” he said.
During the interview, Chakwera called for coexistenc among people following days of looting and violence in South Africa targeting foreigners in which five people died..
“ If we are not accountable, we become a worst kind of enemy, our own enemy. So as leaders we must educate our people to say, we are but one people so we must live right with our neighbours,” Chakwera said.
South Africa has become a magnet for migrants from other parts of Africa. It has one of the continent’s biggest and most developed economies.
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This is true leadership that Malawi needs than illegitimate, and insensitive APM who only cares about his false victory. Malawi needs more than self imposed leadership that lives only in utopia whilst poverty spreads like a deadly virus. It’s very unfortunate so called educated fools cling to power with no solutions, and no wonder Malawi is 4th poorest country in the world with 50.7 percent of the population living below the poverty line and 25 percent living in extreme poverty. Xenophobia won’t stop until corrupt leadership is completely wiped out in the country & the rest of Africa.
Koma mbusa wonama ngati Chakwera sindinamuone. Mmmmm Mulungu akukhululukire ndithu mbusa iwe. Tikukhulupilirani bwanji abusa Kuti mutatenga dziko muzayendetsa bwino pamene Moyo wanu ndiwabodza komanso kulodza Chala anzanu? Mpachione Mulungu anakukanani kulamulira dziko. Mtima wanu sulibwino. Nkhani ya xenophobia siyopangira ndale abusa. Ndivuto lokhuza continent yonse Reverend. Ku SA kuli anthu amayiko onse amu Africa muphatikizapo amene Chuma chawo chikuyenda bwino. Mukufuna mundiuze Kuti Simbi wa Khato anathawa mavuto Ku Malawi? People’s destinies are connected to different countries according to God’s plan. The only thing you can do is to condemn the barbaric act of xenophobia. Otherwise kuyankhula kwanu ndikowapatsa mangolomera nzika Za south Africa Kuti zizipangira nkhanza anthu amayiko ena. Speak as a responsible leader. Don’t speak to gain political mileage. I think you are full of yourself sir. Mukuziona Ngati inu nokha abusa ndiye anzeru amene mungathetse mavuto a dziko la Malawi. NDI mtima wa satana umenewo. Who are you boss to solve the problems of Malawi without God’s hand? Stop being puffed up sir. Your speech is boring. Ask God to help you before you say anything. Shame on you!!!
Basi anthu kumangopanga ndale paliponse?? walakwachani Chakwela kubwela kuno? Anthu anzerutu mwawaona nanga wa DPP wabwela kuno ndani? Mbuzi za a malawi dpp dpp ndiye kacahani
Inalitu meeting ya otsutsa boma. Too inferior for DPP to attend.
This is a problem when you are filled with hate in your heart for a person and even worse when you have serious hunger for power, you lose your nuts
Malawians have always been migrants starting from the colonial era, through the MCP regime what this behavior worsened with political persecution by the party of death and darkness till this day. It is undue political mileage and preposterous to attribute the current xenophobia debacle in South Africa to the elections loss by the fake accent ex-reverend foolish Nyolonyo Lazarus Chakwera. This stupid man should have rather kept quite.
If this country had a proper foundation in the 31 years of MCP rule, we should not have had all these labour migrants. MCP has institutionalise labour migration by what the called WEnala and most people had to run away from atrocities and high level nepotism where the chewas took all the jobs. If a house has a strong foundation what you do is just do maintainance but because MCP built a weak foundation for this country that is why we all have these problems. Even when you dont feed a child properly when it is growing dont expect it to grow healthy. It is sad moment to fall from the hands of God and Chakwera is one of such fallen being and he is cursed.
Chakwera is boring. Does he mean Mozambique, Zambia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Namibia, etc., all have poor leaders? Even during MCP era, Malawians were trekking SA. By his comment, Kamuzu also provided poor leadership. Is Chakwera’s head moving?
I also wonder if this man’s mental faculty is working properly. In fact if anything it is MCP to blame for most of the problems the country is facing today. 31 years of MCP’s rule was too long a time compared to the developments this country enjoyed. MCP never laid a foundation for the country’s development. I don’t think Chakwera is visionary enough to propel this country to prosperity.May be Chilima but surely not the MCP leader.
talking rubbish Chakwera.Which country do not have economic migrants in this world? speaking careless like that on SABC is like fuelling the same.What R u doing in CapeTown?Why can’t u make ur statement right here in Malawi?those attacks got to that extent koz others were making careless statements like what u are doing.But there’s no doubt u have ur own looters back home here so u can speak shit like that.Go to hell!
I would like to know if we have so many Rwandans in RSA just like the other nationals, I believe politics aside there’s sense in what Chakwera is saying.only if as a country we change our leadership style and populace mindset we can improve,17 million people in a resource rich country like Malawi shouldn’t accept migration of such magnitude.we need such labour to develop our transport,mining, energy and other important sectors.zomwe tilinazo muno ndizokwanila tonse wina osapitanso ku joweni but dyela,usatana ndi kupanda mzeru kwa a ndale since multiparty era.we have very competitive human resource kunjaku in both technical and labourer why should our nebas beat us in development?Abusa what you’re saying is the plain truth olo enafe tikwiye.
Nothing good can come out of this Chakwera. He is as fake as his accent.
Bwana chakwera
Even the church could create jobs over the years you were there
You could build schools and colleges and hospitals
You came out with zero
OChakwera you hate DPP with s passion! AMalawi sanayambe ndi DPP kupita kuJoeni ndipo kwathu kuno kuMalawi kuli azungu, matchaina, amwenye, etc, tinene kuti ali kuno chifukwa chothawa umphawi kwao?
Sichina koma pitala ndi aziphwake mu gavamenti. Achoke anyani amenewa! Achina gilizeleda, kukamwa ngati milamba yowedzedwa ikafuna madzi. Micheni yachabe chabe. Kaphale amufumbatitsa thumba la mphalabungu.
@Aleke anene
It’s not APM rather political leadership that was not chosen by the majority. That’s why the 50+1 electoral bill is very important. Otherwise minority government creates unnecessary mass poverty and economic inequality.
The trend for the economic impact is DPP in an attempt to remain illegally in power will start abusing taxpayer’s money to buy political favours. For example, start appointing incompetent but DPP cadets as heads of parastatals, manipulate the military leadership with cash to buy royalty, splash money to the judiciary to confuse court witnesses and Concourt judges to in favour of thieves.
Next it will opposition MPs, the Speakers of Parliament, mass defections to the ruling party to weaken the opposition, etc. The economic impact is huge. All this money could have been invested into something useful for the country. But it only benefits few selfish individuals, DPP handclappers. But we are still surprised about economic migrants and consequent xenophobic attacks in SA.
Abusa inu ndiye mwathapo ngati makatani basi.
Rev Chakwera, be honest with yourself dont try to betray your Country like that. No one has a solution to a Migration issues and it is not only Malawians that are flocking to RSA. There are many attractions that make many Nationals trek to South Africa and dont cheat people here, you dont have a solution to stop it in Malawi. South Africa is a Country that was developed to European
standards by the White regime and those standards attract people to flock there as is the case now west africans flocking to europe and south americans flocking to USA. In the Malawi scenario MCP failed miserably on infrastructure as Kamuzu had spent more money in Constructing of expensive State Residences in Blantyre and Lilongwe. MCP then blocked investors from constructing good structures in Blantyre for Lilongwe which many investors objected to. MCP was responsible for the down fall of our Railway system due to the fact that they supported clandestinely RENAMO and delibertly abandoned the Beira Corridor in 1992 when the war ended in Mocambique and opted for NACALA which is far and not efficient because of the distance. Railway was the biggest employer in Malawi and most of those who used to work for the Rail, some migrated to Zimbabwe and RSA. The things that were messed up and politicised during MCP is what is affecting us today. NACALA rail line was constructed by the west ( CANADA) to counter the construction of TAZARA by the Chinese connecting Zambia and Tanzania.
Honestly, you are living in the past, when was MCP out of government? Is 20+ years not enough to change Malawi. We will only change as a country if we change what we are doing today. We have same old politicians with no agenda for transforming Malawi apart from enriching themselves or their next of kin or their tribe.
Chakwera mbuzi yamunthu,nthawi ya MCP anthu samapita ku Theba? Anzako akumwesabe madzi ometera Basi.
This reverend is useless. Even during Kamuzu and UDF young boys have migrating to SA. School ikakanika SA becomes next option. Lets start agricultural oriented MYP like organization to put all cardets there irrespective of party affliation.
chakwera talk sense good man carry on