Chakwera reaches out to Kagame as Kenya’s Uhuru pledges to help Malawi president
In his media briefing statement, Chakwera said he spoke to Kagame “as part of my quest to forge strategic partnerships towards the strengthening of Capable Democratic Developmental States across the Great Rift Valley.”
He said the aim is “to leverage the bounties of our natural and human resources for the shared prosperity of our peoples.”
Kagame is revered for stopping Rwanda’s genocide and engineering what admirers call an economic miracle.
In 2000, Kagame inherited a country that had been torn apart by genocide. But he has rebuilt the country to a stable, prosperous, unified and, in large part, reconciled.
Social services, such as education, healthcare, housing and livestock are provided to the needy, with no distinction of ethnicity or region of origin – two forms of discrimination that characterised the governments leading up to the genocide against the Tutsi, which Kagame, as leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), brought to an end.
But his critics see a despot who crushes all opposition and rules through fear
Chakwera, on his part is advancing a mantra of clearing the rubble that has put Malawi into ruins under the previous regime of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
He has set out the pillars and values of the Tonse Alliance philosophy through which they secured electoral victory together and by which he said they will lay the foundation of a new era of “shared economic liberation together.”
Chakwera said together with his deputy Saulos Chilima, they are putting together a government team of transformational leaders to carry the work of “draining the swamp, clearing the rubble, overhauling the rotten systems of the state, and building new systems.”
The Malawi leader has since highlighted the key deliverables so far that includes ordering a freeze on high risk government tenders and contracts being awarded without due diligence, pending a review of both the bidding process and the contents of the bids.
Chakwera said he has so far met diplomats of the governments of China, United States of America and Britain to begin discussions on the bilateral relations within the context his administration’s policy prioritizing development, production, trade, and governance institutions over consumption and aid.
The President said the new government has also engaged heads of parastatals, heads of commercial banks, foreign investors, and captains of industry “to begin orienting them to the implications and opportunities of the Tonse economic policy of Prospering Together.”
He said government has also commenced an audit of multiple nation-building projects that have long been frustrated by bureaucracy and corruption, such as the installation of an oxygen plant at Kamuzu Central Hospital to assist in the treatment of Covid-19 patients, which has been stuck in a warehouse since 2016 and led to the needless wastage of US$2 million on unsustainable bills under the previous administration of DPP.
Meanwhile, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has assured Chakwera of his support as he begins his tenure.
In a good will message delivered by Senator Gideon Moi, who joined a section of African dignitaries to witness Chakwera’s inauguration in Lilongwe on Monday, President Kenyatta wished Chakwera success in delivering his promises and meeting the expectations of Malawians.
Chakwera won the presidential election re-run with 58.67 per cent of the vote, reversing the fortunes for former President Peter Mutharika. Mutharika’s victory in the May 2019 election was overturned by the court.
The Kenyan President commended the government and people of Malawi for navigating the unprecedented exercise. In his message, he said Chakwera’s victory is a clear testimony of the trust the people of Malawi have in his leadership and policies in his manifesto.
Uhuru expressed his confidence in Chakwera, saying he has no doubt that he will see Malawi soar higher regionally and globally.
Kagame was hushed in power by musevEni killed his own people killed and still killing Congolese plundering the minerals rich nation fearlessly helped by Kabila and its generals of 500$m yearly,destabilise Burundi, learned from Malawi, counseled by top lobbyist’s. …SO WHAT’S NOW Paul Kagame is cynical enough to know that the love of money is the root if all Evils
I envy Malawi for its political maturity. 62% in respecting political and civil rights while Rwanda has a score of 22%. Critical voices are in jail, dead or in exile. Corruption is only allowed to those close to the boss, President 27 year old son has just bought a house for $2 million in New York ” read ( Kagame son Ivan C Kagame recently bought a two million mansion in New York’s upper class neighbourhood”. The ruling party is the 2nd biggest employer in Rwanda with a capital of half a billion dollars
As the commonwealth Human Rights Initiative rights delegation to Rwanda in 2009 pointed out “excellent public relations machinery has succeeded in hiding the exclusionary and repressive nature of the regime”.
The economic miracle is a myth.
world Bank report June 25, 2019
55 % population live on $1.9 a day
stunting of children 49% among 20% of the population 38% national average in children under 5
education worse than in neighbouring countries:
completion rates in primary school 61 % as compared to 68% in low income countries ; low secondary school level completion rate
34% as compared to 37 % in similar low income countries and only 8% completion rate for tertiary education
Rwanda is dependent on aid average 17.5% of GDP annually 5% amore than the average for SSA-IDA countries and nearly double for low income countries.
Human Development index 2019 Rwanda ranked 142 out of 152 countries. Burundi was higher up at 138.
If I remember very well, Kagame came to Malawi and tapped wisdom from Dr HKB.
Bingu not HKB
You can’t have factories without roads, which company would pitch their operation in area where they can’t transport easily to market. Not forgetting lack of electricity. Now you will realise the urgency of Muthalika infrastructure led growth
Is this a joke. Rwanda got their developmental plan here in Malawi. There is nothing to learn other than knowing how to operationalize and implement project effectly. But first all all have a growth policy and development plan. Which you haven’t said as a president yet you have made numerous speeches all full of just rhetorics
You know what. Let our President go and see how Kagame rules if it is as you say. He will find a better way to make the promises he made towards Malawians come true. God(Holy Spirit) will help him accomplish his plans for Malawi. But please don’t forget that all presidents on this earth are human beings like you & I and they make mistakes but all we need to do is pray for our leaders. It is not an easy seat to rule over a nation.
Our President Laz should go to Ghana adopt a one district one factory model that has made to develop fast economically and has created millions of jobs within a short space of period.
Rwanda army invaded DRC and triggered what came to be called 1st african world war that has led to more than 6 million dead worst human loss since 2nd world war. Rwanda funded and aided logistically the murderous M23 rebel group in DRC which was defeated by african intervention force that included gallant sons of malawian forces some of whom lost their lives. UN mapping report issued October 1. 2010 accuses rwanda army of having killed an estimated 200,000 fleeing hutu refugees in DRC , UN report 2003 accused Rwanda of looting DRC minerals and Rwanda becoming gateway for DRC minerals to outside world.
US HR report 2019 accuse Rwanda of “unlawful or arbitrary killings by state security forces; forced dusappearances by state security firces, torture by security forces, arbitrary detention by security forces; political prisonefs, worst form of resyrictions on free expression, press and internet etc..” This is why Kagame was voted 99% in 2017 elections. Genuine opoosition leaders are dead, in exile or in prison. He pursues his critics abroad to kill as it happened in SA.
These are things Malawians would never imagine.
According to Freedom house Human rights index 2020. Rwanda is considered no free country with a score of 22% in political and civil rights Malawu is considered free country with a svore of 62%.
What Malawi leadership can learnt is how to keep grip on power permanently and how to use public relations firms to sell your image abroad. He is in charge since 1994 and changed consitution making it possible to rule until 2034.
He wants good relations with Malawi to control Rwanda refugees. He is afraid of not having them under his grip. His priority no 1 is to destabilise rwandan refugees who do not pay allegiance to his regime.
Here is some good Intelligence for the Malawi Security Services…
There is so much hate in what he wrote. I am very sure 100% this person calling himself Innocent is a Rwandan Refugee in Malawi. Rwandan refugees disappeared to Malawi in 1994 and few years after running away from justice. They committed Genocide and went into hibernation in Malawi. On reaching Malawi, they immediately started learning the local languages, got into farming, blended into the country, and married Malawi women., giving birth to so many children.
Let me advise the Government of Malawi please carry out vetting of these people they want to take over the Government and opportunities from Malawians. I am very sure they penetrated malawi security services, corrupted their leaders..Iam telling you..Malawi needs to wake up.
If they didnt commit Genocide or run away from justice and crimes aganist Humanity in Rwanda, why are they still in Malawi? Rwanda is a Stable and firm country making so much great progress. Why are they in Malawi enjoying Tax payers money, taking resources at the expenses of Malawians? Whoever is reading this please go make your home work on Rwanda refugees in Malawi and how much financial resources they have accumulated when Malawians are poor with out anything. Let me give you a hint. They keep money in their houses to avoid follow up by Malawi security agencies..
Malawi has its own problems to solve. refugees should not be part of Malawi Government. Those people are taking all and making money out of Malawians funding rebellions to fight the Government of Rwanda.
The worst part they are corrupt, now because of their hidden agenda, they corrupt everyone they come across… give birth to as many children as possible and by the time you realise, they will be part of the decision making system in Malawiand it will be difficult to differiate between a refugee from a Malawi national.
Thank you for your Time. I am a concerned Malawian national.
But why don’t I see Tanzania’s Magufuli at least for the some positive he has ushered in the arena. That aside, I am of the opinion that the president ought to focus on an innovative approach to chatter for unique context that’s e are in. That means, analyse your situation, continue what is working, adopt foreign approaches, blend with yours until you come up with something new and move on monitor progress. Adjust along the way and see what works and not. Well done Mr President!
At least Magufuli policy was similar Muthalika, infrastructure led growth, for them with their favourable geographical position, ie port and mining. Have been able to achieve more. Us on the other hand corruption plus agri- based economy that has been affected by floods, fermine means we are still behind. But the policies were similar. However this new govt has no idea hence outsourcing different countries with different growth plan. We are in trouble with these policyless make it up tonse govt
Shaaaa!! what a shame! mwatenga boma mulibe maplan kani? mpakana kukafusilan choti muchite kwa dictator Kagame? Amayo going back to the old days of mcp apa basi
Imagine, the plan was to get to state house. Now that they’re there they’ve started asking each other now what. It’s shambles
Sorry for that ,have u been to Rwanda especially in its rural areas?As well as Lilongwe is not Malawi ,Rwanda is not Kigali as the mentioned development is centered in Rwanda’s capital Kigali.If really u want to know more about Rwanda and its Paul Kagame come here at Dzaleka and meet Rwandans and fellow Congolese why they are here?Rwanda does not have resources than Malawi only that Kagame causes chaos in DRC to steal its minerals.Ask your MDF soldiers the cause of the war in DRC .They will only mention Kagame’s role in the killings and mafia groups created and funded by Kagame.
You know what you are talking about bud! This guy Kagame is a psychopath president who live by killing his critics. He shut the public political voice, there’s no opposition in Rwanda and who ever preaches peace and Reconciliation due mysteriously. I don’t recommend him to be my president’s role model
If you would like to learn from a leader or country then learn from Mauritius, Seychelles and Namibia. Kagame is a first rated dictator who kills his critics like chickens and financially excludes their families. Rwanda is not united the people live in fear. The development is fictitious as it is designed by top PR firms in London & New York to potray an image of Rwanda developing. In real sense Rwanda is where Malawi was in 1975. You can learn nothing good from Kagame. He will teach you how to loot without getting caught. Kagame controls business interests in all sectors of the economy using proxies and the Rwandan Patriotic Front as a holding company. He owns banks, hotels and there is no contract in Rwanda where he does not get a cut or stake. He buys presidential jets using state funds but registers them in his name and then leases them to the govt. He owns title deeds in his name to all State Residences. Tell us when you talk to Hage Geingob of Namibia or Danny Faure of the Seychelles
Very informative! I thought I was the only one who follow things. This guy is a psychopath! Nothing ndahari would gain from him. He is the cause of all the atrocities happening in great lakes regions. He is responsible for the death of of three presidents: 2 Burundians and one former president Juvenal Habyarimana. He is the burden of rwandans be it Hutus or tutsis.
Those countries you’ve mentioned third growth plan is industry and tourism. Tonse govt just remove tourism from trade into culture meaning they don’t see it as a gdp growth sector. They don’t know what they are doing
Bwana President yea Rwanda has greatly transformed they leased our Sapitiwa Boeing and today they are mile ahead of UA in terms of national airline. Vision 2020 they copied and perfected it beyond recognition and we went to copy their housing project now called DAHSP. However Mr President the guy is no democrat he is eh nonsense autocrat who transverses borders to kill dissenting voices as Ramaphosa of SA. There is no country in this world which has developed under democratic rule lookat China.UK USA you will not that they developed under some undemocratic environment. Amalawi without chikwapu soomva
True, Kagame is a notorious autocrat.
By the way, I have heard stories that Rwanda used our Vision 2020 blueprint to develop. But I don’t buy that! It suspiciously sounds like wishful thinking on the part of us Malawians. Is there any documented proof of this? Any internet link to a credible source?
Benchmarking in Rwanda is a good move however you can’t copy and paste their strategies as the political landscapes of the two countries are different. Kagame is applying the rule of fear and torture. Those from the opposition who criticise his government are forced to flee the country and are pursued to their host countries where they are assassinated in Mafia style. Many Who failed to flee are languishing in jail. This is the exact style of Kamuzu Banda which can not be tolerated to be applied again here, no no!!
Please, Mr President, get as much as you can from Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania and Botswana. However, make sure you learn from Justice Chifundo Kachale not to copy everything from those that seem to have the experience but know what to copy and what to reject. For example, the intolerant attitude that Kagame and Magufuli have cannot work in modern-day Malawi despite their success stories. Here, the issue of human rights is in our constitution and in our culture. Do not allow your critics to accuse you of being a dictator just because you think development is the only important thing. Let your mantra of rule of law be respected by both your friends and your enemies. Long Live Tonse Philosophy!
Its good to look at strategies of other country but for rwanda,one of the reasons they are progressing,is because kagame rule like a dictator .he does not tolerate rubbish.in fact, the likes of mtambo and trapence cannot survive in rwanda.here in malawi kamuzu and bingu are only presidents who has achieve something to show.reason is because they were tough and visionaries.kagame knows what his country wants and how to do achieve it.he is a visionary.he is busy building factories to assemble laptops ,vehicles in his country.while here ,we are busy talking of free fertilisers ,instead of building a fertilizer making factory of our own.we are busy talking about gossip like 1 million jobs within a year without specifying how we are going to do it.such number of jobs cannot be created without create industries in the economy.
Kagame will indeed help you well Mr President
Kagame’s despotic tendencies aside, any African nation that wants to rise from the rubble of underdevelopment can learn a thing or two from Rwanda. They are not totally out of the woods yet, but what Rwanda has achieved in about 20 years is a stark contrast to our country’s 56 years of independence. A lot of people have also mentioned it that we could have done better with the aid and the taxes that MRA collects if it were not for the wanton plunder by the previous governments.
I was, for example, very impressed that car manufacturer VW decided to open their manufacturing plant there when we know that VW and other car manufacturers have always favoured South Africa as their base of operations. At a glance, it seems very convenient that VW went the Rwanda route at a time when there was a bit of political uncertainity here in South Africa – my observation could be wrong. Of course it was worded that they would like to serve their East African base better.
I have mentioned the VW issue because I read another article earlier where it was mentioned that the new government over-promised on job creation and now they are back-tracking saying it’s people who have to create jobs. What I mentioned is that governments do not really create jobs, but they make the environment conducive to job creation through things like reducing red-tape in ease of doing business, political stability, helping real entrepreneurs create jobs by helping with guaranteeing of finance (if needed) and the like.
Me thinks this is a good move as it also goes with his and Tonse Alliance’s philisophy of celebrating and learning from one another’s achievements instead of kaduka.
Kagame is a dictator, has been in power since 1994, rigs elections in which he usually wins by 93% way above 50+1. In the world only saddam hussein and the likes of bashar Al asaad win by such margins. Mr chakwera please don’t take Malawi on that route. Rwanda is not a democracy and was founded on genocide. Malawi can learn from Botswana, Mauritius etc not Rwanda
Good move. Rwanda is the only country in Africa that has been cleared by the EU to enter its zone for successful handling of COVID 19. Better leader than noisy Trump. He contributed to the downfall of APM because he gave bad examples to our fallen leader.
Kagame is a killer.
Rwanda! …..kaya!
So you went into government without any agenda. Kagama manages because he does not allow desenting views in his country and he has trampled on all opposition. There is nothing you can learn from Rwanda apart from tyrany
Thank you Mr.President cyakwera for choosing to learn from our president Kagame.
I’m a rwandese by nationality but I want to tell those people who critises our president you’re far away backward…our country was buried by bad leadership and ideology of separate and rule but President Kagame has brought unite and reconciliation among all Rwandese but as he always say he will never tolerate galatons.So we’re talking about exemplary country in terms of rapid development under the leadership of Excellence Paul Kagame but not fiction