Chakwera refuses red carpet treatment at Area 18 Interchange site tour

September 2, 2020 Alfred Chauwa -Nyasa Times 36 Comments

President Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday  declined to use the rep carpet after alighting from his presidential car to tour the country’s first overhead traffic interchange at Area 18 in the capital city Lilongwe in order to appreciate the project’s progress.

Chakwera touring the Area 18 Interchange project

The car carrying the President made a stop beside the carpet and immediately after stepping out of the car he was directed by one of his aides to take a walk on the carpet as it’s required according to presidential protocols instead Chakwera went straight  to meet officials and tour the project.

Official who rolled out the red carpet were told to take it back as Chakwera said he could not use the red carpet at the construction site.

During the function Chakwera also used only 6 vehicles on his motorcade as one way of fulfilling his manifesto in which he promised to reduce the number of vehicles for his motorcade.

Speaking after the tour,  the Malawi leader said he was impressed with the progress of the project.

“Am happy that the work is coming to an end am also happy that the project is not only to deconjest the city but is connected to various economic factors,” he said.

Briefing the president on the progress of the project, Minister of Transport Sidik Mia said the interchange will be ready in two weeks.

The Area 18 Interchange  the only remaining work on Parliament-Bingu Stadium Road dual carriageway upgrading project which was initiated by the previous regime of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

The K4.9 billion project started in 2017. So far, about 90 percent of the work on the interchange has been completed.

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36 replies on “Chakwera refuses red carpet treatment at Area 18 Interchange site tour”

  1. Mnthawi ya Kamuzu kale kale kukanakhala opitala bwenzi azimayi anali munsi mwa museum kuvina mwezi ukatha alandileko ndrama.

  2. Kodi ndekuti sakanangonena kuti kapetiyo isabwele? OOOO, I know, he wanted Nyasatimes to find something STUPID TO WRITE ABOUT!!!

  4. Don’t exaggerate simple non-entities. Convoy of ONLY 4 cars? Kuombera mmanja mwa uchitsiru. Did you expect more cars on this 3 km stretch from his house Kamuzu Palace?

    Say the same when he is going out of the city like when he was going ku maliro last week. He had 24 vehicles on his convoy, and you were silent on the number of cars.

  6. So what!!!?? Kusayenda pa carpet ikhale nkhani? Did you expect the entire DPP’s interchange to be red carpeted? You Nyau fools where are your heads???

  7. I have liked his attitude, acknowledging projects initiated by the former regime.
    People should understand that as government there should be continuity, some would have not acknowledged good work done by others just out of spite. Bravo Lazaro.

    1. Thats the spirit we need to have as Malawians because these politicians they are using our Tax money so project kupanda kumalizitsa its a wast of resources as well as our Money

  9. Yinakakhala nkhalamba yinakafuna chi carpet all the way. Things have really changed. Bravo mr president.

  10. While he was refusing red carpet but he was defying Convid measures with more than two hundred people trailing him and his minister Mia even being too rude not to put on face mask.
    I have noted this man called Nkaka always wanting to draw proximity with the president even when the activity does not involve his ministry. We have Chisale or John Tembo in the making. Take my words if Chilima and Chakwera are going to part ways it will because of this devil called Nkaka. Just look at his facial expressions, he has all signs of a devil and hard hearted man.

      1. Agreed. there is need to reduce the number of people trailing the president at such functions. This should also happen with Ministerial functions – we do not need all those people.

  11. This interchange road cost Malawi Government mk4.9 billion. A certain stupid Indian was given mk156 billion to make Police uniform. Can you imagine what mk156 billion could have done to the roads in our country?

    1. Very true. This country has been raped big time by these crooked Indians with the assistance of our corrupt and misguided public officials. We could have been somewhere by now.

      1. And the President gets MK145 million as his cut from mk156 billion. Zoona….We had a jocker at the Palace.

    2. Certainly you are absolutely right that a certain Indian was given that ridiculous amount of money for nothing.. However as the saying goes “it takes two to tango” so as much as the Indian is to blame we should not only focus on them but also our own black man who allowed this to happen no matter what the incentive was… In the end it the black man decision to say yes or no! He could have said no and saved the country billions but the truth is he didn’t and so blame him too!

  12. Mwalimu Julius K Nyerere used to drive himself in a small Fiat and his widow and children live like ordinary Tanzanians. Nothing prise worthy in Talk Talk Chakwera declining red carpet treatment. Chakwera is President of a poor country let him act as one and indeed how inappropriate it would be for red carpet at a road construction site.

    1. Not every day though. Some of us were there. Do not deceive the world. Do you follow Chakwera wherever he goes? So you think he does not self-drive? Find something to talk about.

      1. In a democracy your sound an uneducated voter for you lot believe “Chakwera is our leader, so Cjhakwera does no wrong”. It people like you who breed dictators.

  15. Imeneyi ndi nkhani kuyenda kusowa zolemba eti? Kuyenda pa Red carpet ndiye kuti ndowe president ndipamene tinaphonyera aMalawi pamenepa kunali Dr Kamuzu Banda mkango wa Malawi akamayendera chimanga ku ma Estate timati crop inspection tour amayenda pa red carpet . Carpet ku munda? When was the writer born. Write nkhani za nzeru ngati kulibe kulipe skip the page.

    1. Chita manyazi Satana iwe! The comment you have dropped here shows that you have taken care of the article, upusa eti? Chimutu chachikulucho!

    2. Patrick, the time they were mentioning of 1million jobs and fertilizer subsidy, did they mentioned your name as one of the beneficiaries? Kangaroo weniweni iwe ndithu. Zako izo, simudzalamulaso Malawi mbava inu zoba ndi Maliro omwe.

        2. Kusowa chonenatu uku! Zipitani mwatikwana! You will never seen anywhere close to the State house! Chakwera the man! Mukhaula ndipo simunati. Muone mmene Opposition imanunkhila!

      1. Patrick, you don’t! It’s your own words, now why do you while you don’t? Azanu ntchito zayambika kale inu vimaso psuu udikila ati 1 million jobs! Tengani khasu Baba, kalimeni Napwili kwanu. Zunguli zunguli pa Nyasatimes pano sipakuthandizani.

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