Chakwera installs new Chikulamayembe King of Nkhamanga kingdom amid chaotic scenes
April 30, 2022
Owen Khamula – Nyasa Times 6 Comments
President Lazarus Chakwera has installed Joseph Bongololo Gondwe as Paramount Chief Chikulamayembe amid tight security as a rival camp mounted violent protests, damaging vehicles and cutting down electricity poles.
Sixty-year-old Bongololo Gondwe is the 13th Chikulamayembe.
Bongololo Gondwe being installed as Themba la Ma Themba the 13th
Inkosi ya Makosi M’Mbelwa of Mzimba and Paramount Chief Kyungu advised the new paramount chief to be a unifying figure and serve all people of the Nkhamanga Kingdom in Rumphi.
The two chiefs said the chief has to ensure justice, love, unity and peace in the area while avoiding corruption.
They also pointed out that the big challenge in chieftancy issues in Malawi is political influence which must be avoided but instead follow the dictates of the Tumbuka culture and traditions.
The two senior traditional leaders were speaking after President Lazarus Chakwera installed the new chief at Bolero Community Ground in Rumphi today.
Boma sitimalimbana nalo or utakhala wamtima kwambiri. Atumbuka musaononge mbiri yanu ya Utumbuka.
Let it be so, we are all Gondwes.
Let peace flow after the installation of the 13th Paramount Chief. Hoping for the best to benefit the people within the Paramountcy
The Gondwe store the kingship from the luhangas. If justice is to prevail, revert the kingship to Luhangas
If they cut electricity poles, let ESCOM not bother fixing them. That’s clearly anti development and there has to be consequences
It’s time for the tumbukas to unite and forge ahead together for the sake of development.