Chakwera seeks God’s intervention as Malawi Covid cases surges: Sets 3 days of prayer and fasting
President Lazarus Chakwera, former head of the Malawi Assemblies of God, one of the largest Christian denominations in the country, has called upon Malawians to go into three days of prayer when churches are supposed to be closing and observing social distance with the crisis-hit country now suffering one of the highest infection rate in the global coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
Chakwera has since pleaded with religiously-inclined citizens to join him in observing three days of fasting and prayer from Thursday to Saturday, against the spread and impact of the virus pandemic.
Minister of Information, Gospel Kazako, who is also government spokesperson, in a statement said the prayers are being called upon for the recovery of those infected and affected by the virus; the protection and susteinance of healthcare workers on the frontline in the fight against the pandemic.
The statement further calls upon the country’s citizenry to again join the President on Sunday 19th July in observing a National Day of Thanksgiving with a vision of creating an opportunity within our homes and religious gatherings across the nation in expressing gratitude to God for the grace he has showered upon the nation.
Chakwera’s aide Sean Kampondeni said while the 65-year-old President is a preacher, he does not want to turn Malawi into a theocracy and neither does he want to proselytise.
Government is also calling for strict adherence to the Covid -19 preventive measures during these religious gatherings.
However, some people have been quick to observe that President has run out of clues and resigned to fate or that the call to prayers is only a PR stunt to divert public attention from his policy failures.
On Monday, the Attorney General Dr Chikosa Silungwe stopped the Presidential Task Force on Coronavirus from enforcing any safety measures.
In response, Professor John Phuka who co-chairs the Committee appealed in a statement to Malawians to “use your common sense to protect yourself and your loved ones”. Most public health officials have backed the Professor and said government has abandoned Malawians.
Chakwera and his political allies have been downplaying the issue of Coronavirus in Malawi.
Meantime, the whole country has run out of testing materials with hospitals also running short of protective gear for medical staff. The numbers are rising high and deaths increasing.
Malawi is now the second country in the SADC region with the highest number of virus cases next to South Africa – the eighth highest in the world .
As of 12 July, the number of virus fatalities increased by 63 per cent from 19 in the past week to 38.
Returnees and deportees continued to arrive in the country mainly from South Africa and so far the country has received 1,977 returnees.
Koma Abusa inu mudzinena zoona inu mukuonekeramu mungasale chokudya?? Njala yomwe mwachoka nawo ku opposition yangonangona ndiye mukatinamize zosala kudya? kkkk!!!! musandisekese mwamva…… mukumbukile paja munkalengeza ku mtundu wa a Malawi kuti Coronavirus kulibe mwaiwala? Ndiye panopa mukuti chiani? panopa kakubwera ku chipani kwanu komweko kenako kafika kunyumba kwanu komweko. Mapemphero ochita mwachinyengo samveka pamaso pa Mulungu ali ngati nsembe womwe ankapeleka Cain mumunda wa Eden.
Uzipemphera wekha ndi mkazi wako ambwiyako ana ako sumati korona virus kulibe lero waitenga kuti ndipo ikukathe iwe amene umasogolera zoyipa zofalitsa uthenga woyipa Malawi muno munthu wa chisokonezo iwe olirira udindo ndiumenemo sitikufuna ife tizimva za korona uyichotseretu ukayisiye kumene wa itenga ko ife za uzete sitikuzifuna mtsogoleri wolephera iwe umawona ngati kulamula dziko ndi masewera ngati unalephera ku assembly of god kuja tisakumvenso ukuyankhula za korona sukulu utsegulirenso osati zofoira zikupanga iwezo tikupatsa sabata imodzi ukangolephera tikupangira ma demonstration a massive dziko lonse sumapanga ziwembu zambirimbiri nawenso ikukathe zedi isakusiyire moyo.
People are dying and your strategy is to pray and fast. Koma Malawi azionatu chaka chake ndi chino. Inu abwana pa nkhani yanu yobeledwa chisankho bwanji simunakhale kunyumba ndi kumapemphera? Mumaswela kukhoti indicating that God works through human means after they put effort. Put plans in action and then you can make all the noise you want about prayer.
Kkkk! Koma abusa, zamapempherozi munamuuza mtambo? Tawerengani zomwe ananena mtamvo pa 24 May . Inu ngati abusa munamudzudzula kuti ine sindingathe ngati mapemphero sangathe kuthandiza dziko la Malawi? Ine ndinamva chisoni kuti inuyo ndi wokutsaturani anu mtambo anakukwezani kuposa mapemphero. Inu munanyadira tsono lero mukuti chiani? Tiyeni tilape namalenga akhululuka ndiye kukhala kwache.
No one is forced to fast and pray. If you don’t believe that prayer can help a nation then don’t it but don’t discourage those who has seen prayer working for them.
Kodi zatha zakudya katatu patsiku?
We prayed to win the case at the High Court, and we won the case!
We prayed to win the Election on 23 June, hehehehe we won the election!
What can stop us to win this pandemic after taking our knees down to the floor as we did during the election?
I just don’t want to say that those who are against prayers are of the Devil and they have their king and queen whom they trust!
God is so good and much good! He has sent Chakwera in time to be the President of the Republic of Malawi. This is the time Malawi will see the hand of God! We are winning this!
By reading many comments down, it has really showed me that many Malawians don’t believe in God rather, they are just Christians who doesn’t know what and how to pray! This is the time you will see the God of heaven. Kaya mupemphera nawo kaya ayi, muone mmene Mulungu atapangile ndi Dziko la Malawi. There is no Politics in prayers Baba, pano pa Nyasatimes, khalani choncho koma the majority of Malawians have taken the message seriously ndipo they are going to pray. Sizinaoneke! Glory to God almighty!
AMEN, AMEN AND AMEN
God does not hear a prayer of a sinner. Chakwela knows about this. He is only mocking God. You can not serve two masters, God and the devil. You chose to go into politics to serve the devil. You openly resigned to serve God.and joined the agents of the devil to work with. Do not fool God. The love of money is the root of all evil. Remember the the money you are now swimming in is the root of all evil!!!
The last time i checked God was the one who elected people to positions of leadership (through the people of course). If you are deep in sin, he will give you leaders who will show you Nyekhwe. If you revere the Lord, he will give you Godly leaders who will lead you into peace and prosperity. So yes, God is a politician and no, politics is not of the devil when you are in the latter group.
Now reality kicks in. If he thinks he is going to solve the country’s problems by prayer, he will become heathen soon.
Even God who created Malawi is laughing at our Country .This president of ours together with vice and the entire tonse alliance denied the presence of Corona in Malawi just 4 weeks ago with the aim of winning votes. If these things you are talking about today was implemented when we just registered the first 10 cases ,things would have been oky.Mr president with your crew you went as far as rubishing what Ps for healthy ,Dr Dan Namalika was saying .You called him all soughts of names ,just becoz you wanted to become president .Yes indeed ,God is the listening God ,but the stupidity that tonse alliance showed when we registered the first cases in Malawi ,leaves alot to be desired.God is the forgiving God ,first you need to hold a press briefing and apologise to the rural masses that you told them that there is no Covid -19 in Malawi ,its only the dpp government who wants to scare people not to vote.Because God in his commandement does not condone tellling lies .You first need to be forgiven on this issue .After that you may call the nation to observe the fasting you are preaching .My president becoz of your power hungry together with your VP ,God listened to your prayers ,but at the same time you should know that God loves every person that he created .In this case APM was loved most than you .According to the way how corona numbers are escalating akanakhala kuti APM was the president bwenzi pano mukukuwa kuwoneka anzeru .Lero nzeru zakutherani just 3 weeks in office .Find solutions Mr president together with your VP .These things of fasting just instruct the clegy to do that .
When you were outside government with SKC you said DPP government was cluess government ,they are giving peanuts to frontline heathly workers ,may you please tell Malawians how much have you given to healthy workers up to now .Is it not the same allowances that DPP government revised ,are the ones that these healthy workers are receiving ?
Yes we will pray ,some of us we already started praying and God will hear our prayers and Covid will vanish ,But Mr president and your foul mouthed VP learn to speak the truth ,when it comes global issues like Covid .For your own information if you dont humble yourself and seek God forgiviness for lying to Malawians about Covid ,the same Covid that assisted you to take over power will also take your tonse government out .Because the aftermath of covid are more disastarious than Covid itself .
You said there was no Corona that DPP was exaggerating to attract funding so don’t tell us about praying now. Act God is in his heaven it is up to us to strategise.
Well, you elected a cartoon character. What do expect?
Ma bishop zija mumaombera m’manja zija ndi zimenezi. Dziko lonse lilowa Pente.
That’s not true! You want to tell me that Catholics doesn’t pray? It’s only Pentecostals who prays? Moslems and or religious leaders are people and they know whom they believe, they know that there is God in heaven! Kaya tinva zambiri pano kuti kodi mukamati kupemphera ndi chani? Kikkkkkkkkk!
Clueless president
Onse a dpp azingolila chilichonse,munthalika anali oipa kwambiri kuposa chilichonse and lero muzingokamba zopanda mutu? Nkhalamba yanu ija yapanga chani? Mumafuna kuthawa kuti zisankho zisachitike kunamizila covid apumbwa inu.Mumva water simunati.
African leaders at it again. Guys, why do you continue embarassing us on the world stage with this type of thinking amangwetu? Please, you need to understand that secular problems need secular solutions. Currently, there are some countries who are successfully fighting COVID, and they seem to make some strides, e.g S. Korea etc. Which one of these did you hear they are defeating COVID through “prayer and fasting”? Leaders of this country, please know that we have high expectations from you. We need you to provide us with clear, practical directions, guidelines, measures etc. Please, let us not mix zazipembezo ndi kuyendesa boma. I know some faith fools will try to sympathise with you, but honestly that is not the direction we have to take to fight COVID. Ngati wina akufuna kupemphera olo kusala kudya, let them do so PRIVATELY, it will be between them and their god, but not announcing it to the whole nation. What you must be announcing to the nation is the governmental direction on this. Dont copy how some lunatics of presidents such as Magufuli, Bolsonaro or Trump view this pandemic. Malawi is a secular nation, not a religious one and we need a secular DIRECTION, NOW.
Malawi is a secular nation to those who want to be secular and religious to those who are religious. The Pres has not called your kind to fast but THE RELIGIOUSLY INCLINED.
And you want him to announce a governmental direction …., what does the declaration of the fasting look like? He is a pastor for heavens sake and you can not take that away from him. He will lead this country with the fear of the Lord and what ever he feels has to be done or the Lord directs that we do, he will announce to the same to the masses, so learn to live with it for the unforeseeable future or relocate to South Korea or where they do not have lunatics for presidents while we develop this country to unimaginable levels with our Pastor Pres in the name of the Living God.
Please can you just first come up with a solid strategy for Malawians. God cannot act unless you have a plan. Meaning praying and fasting are not a plan.
Very true brother.
Iwe mmbusa Chakwera, why should we fast when we have an injunction against Covid 19 preventive measures in court? Is your head working Mr. Judicial-coup president? Do you think you can run a country with prayer? You have been telling people that there is no Covid in Malawi so we should continue hugging and behave business as usual, so what are you saying today. Go and pray for your hypocrisy alone. We don’t want your fasting. After all you told us that we shall be having three meals a day, not that we shall be fasting three days on end. A clueless accidental president you are. Fotseki!!!
Constantly be checking up to date numbers for Africa, Malawi is standing at number 3 after South Africa and Madagascar.
How do I wish GOD to strike these tonse alliance people with deaths of whatsover. They forced this and now they want God intervention. Malawi still in deep slumber.
Life is precious than our political leaders but we chose politics than our lives .zimenezi
Fasting and Prayer zilibe vuto koma thats not the best we want for now. We need new government direction towards the controlling of the rampant COVID 19 infections. We need NOW what the new administration will do to minimize infections, how it will protect the health workers, how the health facilities are capable of handling spiking number of patients. We need as a general public to know how long are we going to be in “lockdown” so that we can plan issues of schools for our kids and our our dwindling businesses.
My brother Khima,first of all you need to understand the meaning of a prayer,and then you need you need understand who is God and his only Son Jesus Christ and also you need to know who is Holly Spirit,this trinity are the commanders of everything,if God say yes i have forgiven Malawi from its sins and i will heal the land,no one will say no.A Prayer is the only option to eradicate this devil disease.
Prayer and fasting my brother is not a joke,you receive instant answers,try it and see Gods greatness.Ask God in every problem you face through his one and only Son Jesus Christ you will be answered.
Sanitize, I am not undermining power of prayer or fasting but I am just being logical. The administration needs to give us a new direction of the pandemic fight..is the Minister of Health alive?
Logical, so prayer is not logical. Okay, God uses the foolish things to confound the wise. Just wait and see. Ku USA komwe ati kuli ma lockdown and proper measures in place to combat the disease ndikomwe ikukweranso kwambiri and you tell this forum we need logic. What can we do to combat the virus that the western world has not done but prayer.
Pena zimene timazazisa mmutu sizinthu zofunikiratu….. are you sure you are making sense here? those who pray through muhamad get answers also, even those who pray using Krishna, bhuda or who ever… they also say God has answered them this is adamant thinking, if he is his only son, where do you place yourself…. use your head well
Then they should pray to their gods. No one has stopped anyone. Sanitize is confessing what s/he believes in. One can not be talking about muhamad when he is not a muhamadan, neither can they be praying to krishna when they belong to the creator of the entire universe. So Nyoloka, you are the one who is not making sense.
Nde ukutinso you receive instant answers.. are you saying akufawa sakupemphera? use your head well… have we not prayed of HIV? is it instantly gone by prayer.. is your head okay man? you think you know God more than everyone?
Teach me what a prayer is and i will ask you more questions… am not saying prayers are bad though
You want to tell us that people have not prayed for God’ s intervation on Covid- 19? Haven’t you prayed also for the same? Am sure you prayed and why are the figure still rising? You mean churches were silent on Covid -19? The problem with people like you is that you have been all along preaching about what I can call material gospel or monetary gospel.Men of God were busy on 31 December 2019 telling their followers “you wll be rich in 2020, 2020 will be a year of great harvests, 2020 will be a year of open doors” and alot of people as am speaking have lost their jobs because of Covid- 19. As I am speaking some well known both local and international churches are closed because of this pandemic. The church had lost direction long time ago and God has allowed this to happen for His on reasons, that’s why people have been praying even well known pastors have prayed for this pandemic but the figures are still rising. We must repent and stop preaching about monetary or material messages and start preaching about the true gospel of Jesus Christ. What will happen to a person who is poor and is a sinner, if he/she becomes rich instantly without Jesus?
I like your last question…. he has no brain, he cant answer tthat, brain washed… plus midiocricy has crippled him… life is life
Chakwera tell me, how do you love God yet hate your dpp brothers? Why should Malawians join you in prayer when they are under police custody? Malawians know you as a man full of vendetta, that’s why you expelled senior party members like Jumbe, kabwila, Gustav kaliwo, speaker msowoya etc. Stop this hypocrisy
Those who live by the law are under the law. The law will seek its own. It is not Chakwera amene akumanga anthu. It is the law, so face it. You break the law, it comes after you. Actually him as a pastor should be on it in ensuring that the law is not infringed upon. Or do you want a lawless Malawi because we have a pastor for president and he will forging your lawlessness. You are wrong. Go read your bibles and understand what it says about breaking laws and commandments of God. You steal, you pay back 7 times. God does not change and his law changes not. Jesus said, do unto others what you would want them to do to you. I hope you understand this word.
As far as the fasting is concerned, a very good and welcome idea. He did not call everyone to fast but those who are RELIGIOUSLY inclined (Pachiwewa anthu apembedza Chauta/Yesu Khirisitu). If you are not one, you are not invited to the fast.
And I tell you, soon and very soon, you people will be silenced when you see what God will do to this country. You will confess that this doing is not of man. Mulungu angokuyang’anani ndipo akhululukire umbuli wanu.
Mr president, Malawi is not sick. You and your team had been fooling us that there is no COVID 19, you wanted to be in power…there you are, clueless of running state affairs. You are busy arresting people who distracted your rally in 2016. You have not forgiven them yet and you expect God to forgive you?.. You are arresting people chifukwa chotosana mmaso, zoona? Are we really serious? You and your team got an injunction stopping implementation of prevention measures for COVID 19…..Lero Zili pa mphuno mukufuna mapemphero athu. You have been terrorising this country for almost 1 year……burning go public offices, destroying businesses, killing police officer, undressing police women, burning and digging roads……Nonononono…..Malawi is not sick. It is you and your team who are sick. You have a very big task with you. Fix the mess you had created with your own hand. God had given you this chance to embarrass you big time like the other king in the bible. You shall pay for your dirty hand and others will take the leadership when you fix what you broke. Tiyambe kupanga fast lero mwangokhala 3 weeks in power…pofika 2025 anthu saonda? Sitisala mafupa okha? Nanga kukabwera njala, ma floods….army worms…..fuel akakwera sitisala kudya mwezi onse? Mumanama ndikumalubwalubwa mumaona ngati kuyendetsa dziko ndikopweka? Mr president you are running a country NOT a church. Wake up and fix your mess. See you on the other side.
Amene mukutukwananu you don’t know what you’re doing. So we forgive you. We can not fight this pandemic without God’s intervention
Lero ndiye mwavomeleza kuti matendawa aliko? Mesa mumati kulibe? Mwatani kodi?
Paja mumalambira satana eti,
Ine ndilipemphelera dziko langa ndipo Mulungu atiyankha,
Kudana ndi Chakwera kusakuyiwalitseni kuti kunja kuli Mulungu
Almighty God is so faithful. The best decision ever!
Nthawi ya DPP munatiudza poyera kuti ku Malawi kulibeko CORONA nde wabweretsa nthendayi ndani pano? Fasting for what? Ukufuna tife ndi njala?
Oh no! I never knew some Malawians have decayed so badly spiritually that they don’t God is able to do any thing. Think, if He was able to give you life what more about taking it away because of ulter arrogance. Please there are certain things you can joke of, but don’t joke about God’s sovereignty. I pray that God may not put Malawi under curse while we have enough rubbles because of all the committed.
I haven’t read that the President says the programs to fight covik 19 should be stopped. Don’t you think common sense some people it is not common. They end up cleating rubbles.
If you doubt about God ability, ask the Egyptians.
You mean people have not prayed and fasted for this pandemic? Ask men of God they will tell you that they have been and they are still fasting not for only three day but forty days. God want us to humble ourselves.
Prayer is good but can u discuss with the Judicary to facilitate the lifting of the lock down injunction, it seems we have a clueless leader in Chakwera
This is the making of Chakwera and his allies. Only a fool will deny this. When we had very few cases the previous government put in place measures to curb the spread. Chakwera and company frustrated all efforts. They even supported the court injunction which is still holding. They said that Munthalika was clueless. Do they have clues now, the current ones? Any measures to contain the pandemic? Am not against Chakwera by the way
Prayers, eh?? Uchindere! Asatinyase m’busa ameneyu. Asa!!
Touch not the anointed one,mr ngombwax,zilibe udolo izi,mupezeka ndi matsoka oti simunazione.
Who is anointed one here? A fallen man of God?