Chakwera not audible, phony American accent affects recording – Court

September 19, 2019 Wanga Gwede - Nyasa Times 43 Comments

The Constitution Court hearing  historic elections petition case in Lilongwe told opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera in the witness stand  to be audible when testifying as court reporters were having problems to record his answers.

Chakwera:   Speaks with American accent

Justice Healy Potani, chair of the five-judge panel, told Chakwera, who wants nullification of the May 21 2019 presidential election and an order for a rerun, that court reporters had indicated that they were struggling to record his responses in the cross-examination from Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale representing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC).

Potani said Chakwera was not audible enough and wondered if it was his phony American accent.

He advised Chakwera to “improve on audibility.”

Chakwera is known as a man of style when it comes to speaking with his American accent.

During the first part of cross-examination, Chakwera justified his prayer seeking nullifying of the declaration of President Peter Mutharika as duly elected in view of the grave and gross irregularities surrounding the recording, tallying and reconciliation of the national poll.

Asked by Kaphale if he has brought any monitor to testify in court to comment on the validity vote, Chakwera said “ no with an explanation.”

He said those who have sworn statements will argue their case .

Chakwera is also asking the court to nullify the results of the May 21 Presidential Election as he claims it was not conducted in accordance with the Constitution.

He further claims that the electoral body had been negligent in its control and administration of the elections by failing to ensure that the relay of results from the polling stations was secure, accountable, accurate and verifiable.

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43 replies on “Chakwera not audible, phony American accent affects recording – Court”

  5. Kkkkkkk. Malawi tsopano. Cry My Beloved Country

    Kodi ma court reporter in question sanapange ‘note taking or dictation’ ku sekondale? Nthawi yathu in the 80’s and 90’s dictation was a must in English ndi Chichewa. Or mwina analowa ntchito chifukwa cha ubale kapena? Ka tiyowoye kuti suzgo ni vichi apa nthena?

    FYI – tinkapanganso ‘mentulo’ (mental arithmetic – 20 sums, 20 minutes). Kept us sharp!

  7. This is not america a busa. mbwerera zokhazokha bola chilima OSATI IZI I THOUGHT THAT U HAD HARD UMBONI KOMA iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii MULUMMADZI LOOK AT AG SO COMPITENT WALKING IN THE PARK SHAME LAZALO

    1. This man grew up with missionaries and spent a lot of years studying in America. I have friends who are Northerners but grew up in BT and their pronounciation of such words, plus their vocabulary leans towards Yao and Lomwe

  8. Kodi nanga akanakhala kuti ndi mzungu moti mukanalephela kumva? Kodi ndekuti inuyo simunalankhulepo ndi mzungu? Hey! Ichichitu ndi chizungu, chikufunika chizimveka monga eni ake azungu amalankhulira. Kaya mwamva kaya…

  9. AG is dull and stupid, how come he becomes so defiant busy asking academics of other people which have irrelevant additives to the case, if AG thinks he is genius he would have learnt from his past failures where he has been busy appeal the case which he claimed Mutharika to be victorius therefore the case had to be dismissed using his purpoted law academics but the court rejected his narratives in no delays and orderd the case to proceed using the same legal measures, (2) on the begining of the case he asked for the adjournment of the case based on the fact that he wanted to have enough time to go through the newly loged papers brought by the opposition but the court rebuffed his agument again, (3) he tried to bar the HRDC from organising demos using his legal sections but still he lost that argument when court directed the matter positevely infavor of the people using the same constitutional narratives , so if AG already had lost all of these loged basics then can we guarantee him educated? is he really accredited as a country’s law expert with the law academics? it only potrays that even this presidential case aswell is a loosing game for AG which proves a way to a Re- Run thereof. AG is not legitimate enough to convince us about the procurement of his accademics, he is not deligating the potential exercise as mandated, he is serving that ministerial out of difiance and by chance not by the degree of his education, my advice to AG and the country is that let AG refrain from that postion else persue another career or go back to school for the better acknowledgement of wisdome

    1. Indeed you are not learned. It’s called pitch. These are lawyers who deal with many people. Being a pastor and speaking English does not tell much of a story. When he knows a person’s qualifications he knows how to ask his questions so that the person being asked can understand them.

  10. There is someone, very inaudible, who speaks with what he thinks is an English accent when in fact it is a Nguru or Lhomwe accent. Is it possible

  11. Malawians are hard to understand. If a Northerner speaks chichewa with Tumbuka accent you laugh that their Chichewa is not good. If a Yao speaks chichewa with Yao accent you laugh at them.Chakwera speaks real American English with American accent you say he is fake. Exactly how do you want one to express himself in such languages? If a chewa can speak Yao with proper Yao accent or Tumbuka in Tumbuka accent how does that person become fake instead of being real?

  12. All those who speak English speak with an accent. Lomwe, Tumbuka, Zimbabwe, Indian, Jamaica etc and I don’t know why it should be a problem to you, English is not even your language

  13. Pali anthu akhala ku USA for more than 7 years koma amayankhula zonveka not kubwebweta nooo,,, his phony won’t help the case,, 😂 ati kuyankhula zosanveka kut ma judge asamanve mayankho,,, wayambaso kukaikitsa bwanji esh

  14. His mounth itself is a sign that he forces hiself to speak an American accent. Fake man of God since everything about him is fake.

    1. Mwazolowera kumva/kulankhula Nyanglish (English ya nyasaland). Ayi izi ndi za ma big. How phony is your tippex President wolankhula ngati wapana chule mkamwa. Apita kukhala kwa America nthawi yonse koma kachizungu osachapikako? Kulankhula chichewa komanso kufuna interpreter omasulira chichewa to chichewa eish!!!. Msiyeni Chakwera alankhule

      1. And Chimulirenji ku Japan kuchita kukanika kunena kuti “at this juncture” koma chonsecho pepala lili mmanja akuwerengatu kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

  16. Awa saangakhale President wadziko kudzikonda kwake kumeneku kkk.He feels being a highbrow class too much kkkk.
    Koma auponda.Nonse who are rallying behind MCP you have nowhere to stand for the elctions.
    APM is the president till 2024 kkkk.Achina Mkaka tried to chip in with their lies for results but they have hit a khoma kkkk

  17. M’busa wamatama ngati uyu sindinamuone. Kungokhala ku America masiku atatu kusinthiratu accent amveke g’we g’we g’we. zoti amavala nyau kuiwaliratu. koma abale kkkkkkkkkkk

    1. Hehehehe a DPP kulilatu ukuuuu!!! President koma uyuyuu Chakwera amuna bambooo. Maonekedweee presidential mavalidwe presidential speech ndiye kananjiii Ayayayayaya Chakwera ndi Katundu bambo English yosalalalaaaaa eish I just envy him he is in a league of his own
      Chipukupuku chanuchi chi pretending president in a pretending government hehehe mchochititsa manyazi bwanjiii chokuba chopanda mano mkamwa sichidziwa chichewa sichidziwa Chilomwe sichidziwa english sichidziwa utsogoleri sichidziwa decision making changokhala chinthu basi. Mmachimvetsetsatu nokha a DPP and you baffle the entire world as to what you see in this time and space waster. koma mchochititsa manyazi chipulezidenti chanuchooo ummmm chonyansa chosatha kuyankhula chosatha kulamula chithumwa basi
      Iillegal state house occupant. His eviction is nigh

  19. Why not just say simukumva chizungucho bwanji? Now it is audability kenako timva kuti vocabulary. Bwerani poyera ngati chizungu chavuta apa.

  22. If the recording had a problem then it’s not for Chakwera to rectify it but the recorders to fix their gadgets.

    Why are u so jealous about Chakwera’s accent? I, myself speak like Mexican and no one is entitled to change that. It’s my tongue.

    Just sober up and fix your stuff .

  26. Interpretors should be people of international standards not those who can only understand the Chimulirenji kind of Tchingilishi

  27. Zitsiru. Wanga Gwede do u even have a mere MSc degree? Get education first before you come here with your stupid reason. We had Dr Ntata, a brother to Allain (May his soul rest in peace), the guy could speak English with so many different accent and it was a pleasure to listen to him so what are you talking about?

  29. Mutharika have an American accent as he lived in USA. No one says Mutharika’s accent is phony. Rev Chakwera has also lived in USA for many years and adopted an American accent. What’s wrong with us Malawians? Always jealous and always pulling someone down. When will we mature as a nation? No wonder our national anthem incorporates a prayer against envy and jealousy.

    1. Those criticizing Chakwera for his accent are not only jealous but they just showing their ignorance, wickedness and dullness.

  30. Did this Kasiya Mwini Dambwe not tell us that APM fraudulently won the elections…nde pano ikuti chani nyau…kkkkkk

  33. Fake Fake Fake…..komanso fake accent ex-reverend Nyolonyo Yona Chakwera of Kasiya Been-to-America……..kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

  35. Leave Chakwera to speak as he wants. If you don’t understand his American accent, that’s your problem but calling his accent phony is inappropriate.

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