‘Chewalisation’ of Malawi top jobs, public service retrogressive as Chewa grouping calls for CVs

February 5, 2021 Judith Moyo - Nyasa Times 74 Comments

In a move many have described as retrogressive, the Chewa Heritage Foundation (CHEFO) on Friday courted controversy when  announced it will compile an inventory of all skilled and professional Chewa people with various academic and vocational qualifications to push for   “Chewalisation” of the public service and public appointments.

Chewa people: Its their turn 

According to a statement signed by CHEFO secretary general Dr Numeri Geresomo, the move is aimed at strengthening CHEFO and serve the Chewa nation better.

But critics  accused President Lazarus Chakwera’s administration of favouring his Chewa tribe, a move which the CHEFO wants to accelerate.

“We therefore appeal to the general public to assist in identifying such people and forward their curriculum vitae or particulars such as sex, name, highest qualification, experience and any other information that one may consider necessary to share,” reads the CHEFO statement.

But after the move received backlash on social media, the Chewa heritage made a tactical withdraw of the statement.

Private practice lawyer Bright Theu condemned the  move by the Chewa heritage in his post on Facebook.

Theu wrote: “The primitivity and backwardness is too deep rooted. Not even formal education up to the highest level can redeem those who are wired with this vice. Things are tolerable in this country thanks to the effort of much fewer individuals. The majority have this primitive socialisation to  self identify by tribe and that’s what matters the most to them.

“And we have wasted valuable time as a country fighting hordes of tribal ingrates trying to attain hegemony by seizing political power and using the state machinery to further their disgusting proclivities for tribal dominance. Retrogrades. Somehow they find their way to state power!”

Critics query that as it was during the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regime when all key positions in government were being held by people from the Lhomwe Belt—where former president Peter Mutharika also comes from. The trend, is becoming the same for ‘Chewalisation’ under Chakwera government diluting the whole essence of national meritocracy— doing things on merit.

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74 replies on “‘Chewalisation’ of Malawi top jobs, public service retrogressive as Chewa grouping calls for CVs”

  1. The list are as follows

    Chimwendo NKhoma , Chimimba Nkhoma,Chidzanja Nkhoma,Matako Nkhoma,Chisisi Nkhoma

  2. Kodi Ife a UTM tinangojiya eti?

    Zikomo KU KONGERESI ko Ife ndi CHILIMA tinali opusa kujiya MALAWI yonse.

    Ndiye pano mukuti muzilembana ntchito nokhanokha.

    Okey.

    Timaziwa kuti CHILIMA si opusa.

    Nanga ATUMBUKA nawonso anali zitsiru?

  3. I dont see anything wrong in recording names of Chewa. We provide this information to Police and other Government depts including during completion of forms for job applications. Those who vomited rubbish against the mighty tribe before hearing the other must rethink. We will go ahead with the tribal census and we are not forcing you to join. You can do your own. Ours is meant to unite us. A friend of mine attended an interview Mzuzu in a Government dept. He heard interviewers telling each other in Tumbuka saying this Chewa just wasted his time coming. Why didnt u write against it. Zayipira galu kugunda mbuzi. CHEFO go ahead keep our database. My CV is ready with copies of certificates Std8. JC, MSCE and College.

  4. It’s astounding how seemingly educated people can spew such rubbish and hate sentiments on social media. The author, Judith Moyo, compiled the story without cross-checking with the purported authors of the controversial memo. And people with brains like mosquitoes go to town on us Chewas as if that is true. Shame on the author, shame on all those who have written hate statements against Chewas and any other ethnic group in Malawi. There is no tribe that has a monopoly of intellect, as a matter of fact, every tribe has men and women with exceptional intellect. So let’s stop this tribal posturing and embrace each other as fellow Malawians

  5. If the aim of Chewslisation story was to test the waters and cause confusion, then he has succeeded, judging from the passionate and emotional contributions from the warped minds of some readers, more especially the Lhomwes who have been the target in recent years.
    Fortunately the story was fake as the rebranded MCP in liaison with other Alliance members cannot condone such nonsense

  6. Guys, it is alleged that Kamuzu Academy and another international school in Blantyre are still open and teaching is continuing despite the directive to close. How true is this? Nafensotu ndiye titsegula ma private school athuwa!!!!

  8. Unity is power. A divided nation cannot stand. Fellow Malawians lets embrace cultural diversity but at the same time we should stay away from tribalism and nepotism. For so long we have been a peaceful nation. Lets consider peace as our assert. We cannot afford to have a country where selected tribes should be employed in civil service because of selfish gains. We are one Malawi.

    1. Iwe ndiwe Mulomwe wanzeru ngati one. What chewas are doing in government is shameful. Let all tribes work in government…..not chewas alone.

  9. Most chewas are uneducated hence they dont have chance to work in the private sector. If you find one in the public sector they are useless and they do things which are very boring. Just check with top officials like zangazanga chikhosi the guy is useless and stupid. In fact instead of correcting things in the civil service he has actually destroyed them. He is busy creating positions for his stupid guluwankulu dancers like Bendulo.

  14. Chewalization of Top offices caused the lack of development in Nyasaland. Under the peticoat government of Cecilia Kadzamira with her proxy lover Kamuzu and her uncle JZU Tembo. Chewalization caused only one area to be marginally developed i. e. the central region. Even so it was a dust ball. So let them chewalize the offices. Its a dead end. The best way to rule Malawi is to have a confederate. Split the place in 3 and let everyone govern and ask for budgets from goverment. And No intermarrige can save the cancer of tribalism. It still shows up as now. Because some of the family members of this ruling president have families from Thyolo the so called Lhomwes so please stop lying to yourself and just SPLIT THE REGIONS.

  15. Guys you started it. Yobwezeratu imapweteka kwambiri. Back in Kamuzu era ma northerners ochokera ku Chancellor College mumasona ngati first degree ndi dhilu kumawanyoza ana a ku Secondary School ku Central Region kunoko. Ine ndinakamuwuza Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda zimene amapanga asibambo amenewo atafufuza and kupexa kuti my grievances were founded ndiye mtengatenga ndi mtikoma anagundika uja. Please do not take things out of context. Though I personally suffered pyschological trauma bdizimene amapanga mtumbukayo komabe zinathandiza kuti a big anapanga declare and decree pa rally kuti ndikuti mawa aphu zitsu ayamba kubwerera ndikumakaphunzitsa kwawo…the best decision ever moti I bounced back moti ku ma University skuchixungu timapezeka ndithu pa Dean’s List. Ndikamamea Coffee ndi muffin ndi a Dean Faculty ndimamupemohetera Dr. Banda for fighting my battle. Ma northerners you have always demeamed anthu a ku Central Region. Shame on you guys. Even today mumakakamilira minda yathu mu Lilongwe muno kumapanga ma plot mwachinyengo. ADr. Laz ndi a Dr. Sau nkhani ya malo obedwa mu Lilongwe please do NOT underestimate it. More than money, land is the most important asset minda yathu imene asanamangepo nyumba muimitse ma illegal development zikuonekabe ngati ku Lands ndi ku Lilongwe City Council kukanali ma cadet amene they are still pushing their selfish agendas. Cashget ika alipo eeeh, zikamangani minda yakwanu kumpoto kapena kumwrrs. Adlong as you have homes zokhalamo mu Lilongwe timakunyadiranu koma zoti.muzilanda minda yathu kuti muzipangira ma real estate a briefcase it simulipiriraneo misonkho kuboma izo ndiye mavuti osayamba. Milandu in iri my court you mako minda yathu mumamanga ma weekend ku City nkumati ditikuziwa amene akumanga pamene paja eerh…atumbuka beware…kamangeni kwanu Kaya ku nkhatabay…

    2. Mutu ukazaza ndi mamina ndi chonchi, u need deliverance. Even school sinakupindulire ngatidi unapitako.

      Come to North and see your brothers and sisters settling here.

      Enanu kaya ndimisala I don’t know, stop smoking marijuana.

    3. Inu kwanu ndikuti?.You are just repeating the same tribalism that previous regime tried and at the end failed miserably.Do not overtaken with the honey that all tribes in this country contributed

    4. The best way to respond to your useless allegations was kungokutukwana, kapena kukulavulira kuchikamwa kwakoko. Malawi is one. There are chewas in the north, in the center as well as in the south. Any other person can be anywhere. The northerners you are talking about supported Lazarus and SKC. And today you have the audacity to hate them? The chancelor college issue is not something we can base our argument now. Honestly speaking, there is no single tribe which we can say is more educatated than other tribes.
      Tame your lilime next time you want to make a contribution. If Laz follows what the chewa heritage said, then forget re-election in 2025.

      1. Kodi mumakana heritage yanu chifukwa chiani. Muli ndi mitu yodzaza ndi mamina ndi inuyo..
        Munthu umakwiya chifukwa anthu akukulozera njira yakwanu? Where is the wisdom there. Your collective responses add more clout to what I said. Chilungamotu kupwrteka kwambiri. School ndinapita, kuposanso by far ma schools.amene munapita enanu. Zitukwanani tiri phee ku ma stand…

  16. Munthu uli kwa Ngabu bwinobwino, chopangiranso steaming ndichani? Haha pepani Asena Nonse!! As for chewalisation, this is true. Chakwera is the most nepotistic president we have ever had in this country. Kodi ulendowu ndi waku Kenaniii kapena waku Kasiya??

  17. The public notice is fake and if was disowned by CHEFO leadership. This is work of cadets….muchila imwani panado

  18. Malawi okomera tonse ameneyo President amene anakakonza dziko la Malawi anali Gwanda Chakuamba basi ndi munthu ekhawo ankaganizira a Malawi not zinazi kubisalira ku ubusa koma ili nkhalamu yeni yeni ndi bwino tinakaika Chilima patsogolo mzathu waguleyu pambuyo zinthu pano bwenzi zitasintha kale bwezi pano tikuona kuti tikulowera uku koma eish fitsi ndi fitsi komanso wapakeliyala saimba beru

  19. Wakwiya ndi mfiti ife ma CV taponya kale. Everywhere one tribe reigns supreme over the others. Amene zamuwawa akakolope nyanja

    1. Ponyani ma CV anuwo. Enafe si achewa koma ndifebe a Malawi. Zomwe mupangazi ngati zili zogawana ntchito za m’boma pa mtundu wanu ba pangani. Nthawi yizafika yimene muzafune anthu amitindu yina.

    2. Chewa tribe reigns supreme? Achewa ruled for 30 years with the killer president, nepotistic president hk banda and still yet the Central region looks like a toilet. Dust all over the place, Shit all over the place most off all nyau all over the place. It was only after UDF Came to power that foreigners from all over the world came to clean up the shit hole a little bit while milking the cheap labor of malawians. Reign supreme in the smelly capitalhill built by Kamuzu Banda. If it was not for Bingu and the chinese coalition there will be no updated infrastructure. So take your smelly cunt and indeed go lick machende a nyau. ps. lake malawi levels are down

      1. There is no shortage of idiots in Malawi. It’s disgusting to compare Kamuzu’s performance with Muluzi who brought corruption and theft in Malawi. He diluted education and facilitated the decay of all government sectors in Malawi

  20. I JUST HOPE THAT THIS PUBLIC STATEMENT IS A FIGMENT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE AN AXE TO GRIND FOR MCP, FOR POLITICAL BATTLES AHEAD. OTHERWISE, I CANNOT IMAGINE A PERSON WITH PHD ACCEPTING TO BE USED TO SPEW THIS NONSENSE!

    1. True_Zamanyi basi_primitive thinking_after 57 years since independence, still, there are people who think like this_sad!

    1. Pita ukachindane ndi mako. Wounded lion is your cunt mother with gray mavuzi. mcp the most nepotistic party full of smelly apes. You fuckers used sidik mia and now cadets. Show your face and will show you how cadety we will get.

      1. This is not “expressing an opinion” or “commenting on an article”, this is hate speech. It’s terrible to see this tone being used in a comment section of nyasatimes.

  23. This strategy from the Chews heritage can not be doubted to be true. You can just look at how Chakwera appointed his cabinet which is over 90% chewa from which about 45% comes from his home district Lilongwe. There is no doubt that this strategy has the blessing of Chakwera at the time when people don’t want this nonses.

  24. He he he Ulendo waku kanani. This happened during kamuzu time too. Koma a cha lomwe kupanga alakwisa.. Atumbuka amangolembana ntchito kudzadza Kuma khothi. Even the chairs and benches are Tumbuka in the judiciary. Koma kuti mlomwe ayesele watolakwisa.he he he this country of ours. Tasochela muchipululu

  25. These are the types of people who cause civil war, and tribal hatred, we won’t allow for one tribe to get all the opportunities because the president is a chewa🤨🤨🤨

  28. The more things change the more they remain the same. People will never learn, it is very sad that everybody knows what Mulhako Wa Alhomwe has done to Malawi as a nation in the past decade & now someone or some people think that since Malawians removed Mulhako then they will tolerate this CHEFO nonsense????? Which Chewa Nation are they referring to????? This is 2021 guys we don’t need these tribal groupings. Who is fooling who? If MCP doesn’t know this is the biggest blunder ever made. Remember people must not forget this, MCP did not win the elections, Tonse Alliance did, whether one needs it or not but that is a fact, so don’t be fooled. PP did not win elections & remember when elections came what happened?? Malawians need to be put in one Wagon & move on, not make others feel left out, that will be a disaster. There is no Chewa Nation in Malawi. Don’t take people for granted you will learn a punitive lesson like DPP. This is the time for ONE MALAWI ONE NATION 🇲🇼 🇲🇼 🇲🇼

  29. Lets just divide this country into 3 regions otherwise this will create mayhem in this country, the Chewas should know that the days of watching u grabbing all relevant positions in government is long gone.

    I don’t support Lhomwelisation, Chewalisation and even Tumbukalisation in this country but I always advocate for one and better Malawi for all.
    So stop this nonsense once and for all otherwise u Chewas wont enjoy this administration as we will start taking up our arms and defend this country again.

    I was very critical with the past regime “DPP” due to its policies and nepotism then we voted them out just to get lid of this nepotistic behaviour and I supported this Tonse Alliance so don’t let us down with your myopic moves.

    We are ready to defend this country again if need be for the sake of our Children.

    Chewas stop your stupidity.

  30. Shame Malawi we thought this time could been different things but mmmm is same Calibre in different faces or tribes

  31. An author of a fake statement, like this Chewalisation story, can make a tactical withdrawal after testing the reactions from readers. This was obviously deliberately done to discredit the Tonse Alliance government as being double faced after DPP was acused time and again of Lhomwelisation.
    It’s interesting to note that the target is Chewas when the current government’s decision making is inclusive of all tribes and one wonders whether the other members of the alliance would entertain such nonsense.

    1. Please post the screen shots from their whatsapp group where they tell each other to brand it fake bu carry on with the agenda underground. Mwayaluka

    2. The very idiotic idea of such a foundation existing in Malawi is disgusting and appealing. These things should not happen in this day and age in this country.

  33. I am a Chewa but I look at this as stupid and not in line with progression on national unity. Malawi of these days is totally different from the Malawi of the 1950s and 60s where tribes were strong. That time marriages were arranged. The new generation mostly comes from intermarriages. A Numero Geresomo mutu wawo sukuyenda and maganizo awo ngosayanjanitsa dziko and the President should not be part of this stupid scheme and should not align himself to the heritage like that idiot who started Mlakho wa Lomwe. That is what brought down dpp.

  34. It’s hard to say but Malawi belongs to Chewas if culture and language is to define the nation. The official languages are Chewa and English yet Malawi has more than ten languages. The culture that is inculcated in teaching Chewa language in Malawi schools is Chewa. Malawi is getting polarized along tribal lines. Look at the number of tribal formations that have come up in recent years under the guise of protecting and preserving their heritages. Instead of celebrating our national heritage on a single day, we celebrate on different days in a year. Although the Chewa culture and language has been given supremacy in Malawi, no tribe wants to be seen as the underdog. It’s time we consider all other languages official in Malawi. Not even Tumbuka is official in the north, likewise, Yawo is a majority language in the south but does not enjoy officialdom in the south. Every Malawian who has gone through formal education has been indoctrinated to view Chewa as a national language.

    3. koma ku North kokha we respect our Language, we hate Chichewa too much. Even woiyitanira ma minibus, amayitanira mu Chitumbuka.

  35. It will fail.Not this malawi.
    Thursday I moved late in Lilongwe passed bwandilo at around 8 pm the place was closed and cops around. Yesterday I traveled later to Blantyre and when I got at Mango just before roundabout I found the place was busy and full of fun. I wondered. Life was normal with the place filled to capacity. Is this place not a super spreader of covid? Can authorities look at this?

    1. Is it bad for them to know their brother and sisters? I can’t see any case in it unless if they have mention government jobs. Or resources. But for then to take CVS of their brothers is not a crime Malawian. And these people they have been doing that even when mutharika was ruling the nation

  37. Chewalization is a well known act of mcp. Just as the lomwelization by dpp. But lets also not forget the tumbukalization of the judiciary. All these are evil and should be condemned equally.

  38. The Chewas have demonstrated their dullness. The approach used in searching for their own is a childish one. Their colleagues would do that without being spoted. None the less, the practice itself is retrogressive and would continue to sow seed of hatred among Malawian tribes. Let’s move to also ban these so called tribal groupings because they serve no purpose to national development but encourages tribalism.

  39. When we say MCP is useless, tribalistic, nepotistic and dangerous, even worse than DPP, this is what we mean. Right now they are busy sponsoring Aford to weaken UTM in the North, and arresting top DPP officials to weaken DPP in the South and East. Malawi must unite to boot these Chewa clowns out. Is this Tonse Alliance or Tokha Alliance? Posachedwa apa amupha Chilima ngati mene anachitila Sidik Mia. MCP will never change. Party of darkness and death.

  40. Chewas digging a political grave for Chakwera. MCP is a very soft target. They should just look at the results of the 1993 referendum. This will be a one term government. The likes of Chris Chaima Banda are proponents of this chewalization scheme. That’s how the monster John Tembo made life difficult for other tribes especially Northerners and Southerners. Now this explains why MCP is being referred to as an institution by Chewas.

  43. Ma die hard supporter bwana ERUTU. hopefully you have already submitted your name. Wait a minute ” you don’t qualify” kkkkkkkk

  44. George Orwell said it a long long time ago. Now that the farmer is gone, the pigs are doing exactly the same. ” Four legs good, two legs bad”

  45. But Sony be surprised these people have already formed cartels that is why after stealing money for the celebration Chiponda is not being taken to task. Teo other serial thieves kapondanganga and kalumbu after stealing money from statehouse they are not being taken to task. Chakwera is the most useless president and very tribalistic the chess he is favouring most of them are very dull and useless that is why you dont find them in the private sector because they can not compete.

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