Chilima absence raises eyebrows as leaders congratulate Chakwera at his house

June 26, 2020 Wongani Chiuta - Nyasa Times 105 Comments

Eyebrows have been raised on social media over the absence of State Vice President Salous Chilima among leaders who have visited Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Dr Lazarous Chakwera at his residence to congratulate him following unofficial election results that show that he has headed to be declared Malawi’s next Head of State.

Chilima: To remain as Vice-President

Social media has been awash with pictures of leaders meeting Chakwera at his residence at Namiwawa in Blantyre on Thursday and Friday to congratulate him and plan events ahead.

Some of the notable figures who have met Chakwera at his house is former president Joyce Banda who leads the Peoples Party which is among the 9 parties in the Tonse alliance.

Speaker of Parliament Catherine Gotani Hara has also met Chakwera.

“Should we start reading too much into these events and the absence of Chilima at these meetings at Chakwera’s residence?” queried Steve Malamula on his Facebook account.

During campaign, Chakwera on several occasions promised to end vitimisation of the Vice President which has been prevalent in the past regimes.

Chakwera said he would work with Chilima “as partners” and that he would be Deputy President with specific duties.

“DPP failed to properly utilize Chilima. He is a performer and very capable person. In our government, he will be at the core in implementation of our promises and champion reforms in government,” said Chakwera during a political rally at Njamba Freedom Park.

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is yet to announce final official result and declared the results.

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105 replies on “Chilima absence raises eyebrows as leaders congratulate Chakwera at his house”

  3. Kuzolowera taking presidents as semi as semi god’s.
    Take the new administration as business unusual.
    Chilima is workaholic, he is busy with transition arrangements.

  4. You expected Chilima to travel from Lilongwe to Blantyre to contratulate Chawera? Attention seeker!!!

  6. In his chivalrous humble Spirit Chilima not being at Chakwera’s home for congratulatory celebrations would make sense because he wanted to focus the lime light on his boss elect Chakwera and his hard earned victory at this time as well!

  7. Useless article indeed. Chilima was also at his home and people went to congratulate Chakwela at his home, they would also have to go to Chilima’s house to congratulate him why should Chilima go to Chajwela’s house. This I snot a family affair its a political one. Once they establish their hierarchy and a central office you will see them working hand i hand as Ngumbi.

    1. For sure useless article. What exactly did you want Chilima to be doing at Chakwera’s residence when he is being congratulated? Rubbish do not mislead the people’s mind.

  8. I don’t think there’s an issue here. A phone call is enough while they are concentrating on bringing back sanity to gov.

    He does not need to physically go.They are both winners and I don’t think a day goes by without talking to each other.

  9. Chilima and chakwera are all winners ndiye apange congraturate mzake ndani pamenepa.Stop this propaganda

  10. Congratulations doesn’t mean one has to go physically. Just a call,txt serves the purpose . Those going physically are opportunistic ,they are up for favors ,imagine mayi ndi mwana wake tutuwili

    1. not all the time you they should be together kodi if wife and husband separate as long as each other no the whereabout of each other matters less zenizeni wrote ( stop this propaganda ) ndi zimene zikubwenzera dzikoli mbuyo basi all the time they should be together after all their countdown has just begun so why wasting time they need to show us what they got for malawians congratulations dont mean physical contact i buy that too mwayambapotu za ujeni mufuna mumbweretse mu 2020-2025

  11. What nonsense. My friend, if you have run out what to write, then you are a slave indeed. Consider doing something more beneficial. You are an agent of Pitala and you assure all and sundry you will do this till when. You definately need mental therapy. find soemthing else to do.

  15. I don’t know how i can talk, what a useless post. Chilima is working on a new budget as per the campaign promises, no time to waste.

  18. Creating drama where there is none, stick to the relevant issues of everything that needs to be fixed in this country that has been devastated by the self-serving DPP.

  20. Muli nayo ntchito mwafulumira tiyeni tikoze dzikoli mimenezo muzayambe after five years akulu.

  21. warning Chilima should ignore this at his own peril. There is a plan to assasinate him and the people in the plot are Nsungama, Nkaka and Chimwendo Banda. They are saying they need to kill him and frame the DPP and thereafter appoint Mia as vice president. Watch this space for more details. Meanwhile let me warn Chilima of this move.

    1. Kaukonde ulibe manyazi. You keep on commenting and contributing nonsense to every article. It clearly shows that you are a dumb person. Malawi has the intelligence community which is able to do its work. Stop trying to be relevant. DPP has lost live with it…oh by the way you can go and dry lake Malawi if you have nothing positive to contribute.

    2. No sense in Kaukonda’s article. A complete dreamer! If there is nothing in your thick head the best you can do is SHUT Up.

  23. Chilima does not need to see Chakwera because they are working together for the next five years. If they are congratulations both of them need to be congratulated because they have won or they have been elected. This article is not even worth reading. It is the work of saddists.

    1. Nosense post, what do you expect from chilima to congratulate chakwera when they fought war together instead of preparing the big task that is a head of them.Lets fix our beautiful country that has been turned into the laughing stock being branded the poorest country in the world.

  24. A Wongani Chiuta palibe nkhani apa. Chilima is waiting for the official results to be announced. It boggles my mind that in your desperation to remain relevant you are itching for something that is not there to exist. Really now would it make sense for someone to waste his time and money to campaign day and night and then after voting has taken place he decides to not partake in the new administration? Word of advice go and dry lake Malawi if you have nothing to write about or better yet go and find where Mutharika is and write something along those lines.

  26. i do not agree with this article, why are you so much into causing confusions . So you want chilima to go to chakwera or what . they are in this together so please do not put your negative ideas here just to confuse tonse alliance supporters

  29. I don’t comment on nyasatimes but I feel its important that the author should be told he is VERY STUPID.So your agenda now is cause fights in the new government, you are very stupid.

  30. Koma a Yufi mukumva bwanji mthupimo? Macomenti akubwera apa zikuonekeratu kuti candidate waMCP Lazaro Chakwera wawina chifukwa chawapakiyala wake president wa UTM SKC!
    I very much doubt if aYufi will entertain this nonsense for long. Ife macadet tinakana kuzikuza ngati finye kopusa ngati kumeneku. A pillion passenger can’t avoid an accident! MCP kungogwedeza njingayo nonse tizipani tapakaliyala toti maMP anu sangazaze mu Bongo mulakatika.
    Ife a DPP & UDF are merging soon (Atupele mudekhe osapupuluma 5 years out of govt is not a longtime tisayambe kumva zina zija SKC amakuopsezani kuti aulula). ATumbuka get ready we will take a running mate from there and we know muzativotera. Muzivotera munthu Joyce Banda, Chakwera kapena Chilima chifukwa chongokwatira chabe mtunduwanu nde mukakanike kovotera running mate wachitumbuka..nde kulodzedwatu…

  32. Some people think that Chakwera is an idiot that he doesn’t know Chilima. And in Malawi, by precedence, whether one likes it or not, a VP is a threat to a president. Chakwera should be wary with Chilima, Kaliati, Joice Banda. It’s time for MCP. UTM just supported the mighty MCP. Period!

  33. I don’t see any prob on that coz Chilima is an equal victor who needs to be congratulated so don’t make out issues here.You have started your games & you were the very same people against the Tonse Alliance,be the light to them not darkness.

  35. There is no formula to these things. Lets talk issues and minimising sensational speculation. Is there anyone monitoring phone conversations btwn these two greats.

  36. This is a very childish article. These are the perceptions that have contributed to the previous sour relationships between the President and the Vice President. Leave them alone please, this is just too early. Let’s publish articles that will move this country forward, we have stagnated for far too long.

  38. Actually some posts are just stupid and nonsense. It seems Nyasatimes is occupied with Cadet editors. Does Chalima doesn’t congrats himself?

  39. Stupid observation by the author . While other may have visited Chakwera who told you they went to congratulate him before the winner is announced
    In the event of an announcement, Chilima fully disciplined will go any meet with Chakwera
    Currently Chilima is still VP And he will be DP when Chakwera is declared winner
    KUPUPULUMA AGANG’ANTHI

    MUWONA NYEKWE

    1. Conspiracy theories from those who are HURTING. Anthu amanena ignore Chilima at your own PERIL! The man has completely changed the polical LANDSCAPE of Malawi, no more DYNASTIES or wakwithu, wakwathu, Amangwetu!

  42. People should be congratulating Chakwera and Chilima. I see no point why Chilima should be the first to go and congratulate Chakwera when he was the running mate , in fact those who went to see Chakwera were supposed to go to Chilama as well. Maybe that could have been a story inu a Wongani Chiuta, if that is your real name,

  43. According to protocol, you don’t congratulate the presumptive winner before MEC makes the announcement. What that does is that it undermines the tidious work that MEC is doing. All Votes matter there fore there is no rush to give congratulatory messages before ALL votes have been verified coz that leads to Voter apathy.

  44. Chilima azikapanga congratulate Chakwera chifukwa?
    Team yawina chikho Basi maplayer kumayenderana mmanyumba kupangana congratulate?
    Afana oganiza bhoo akupuma panopa kudikira inauguration.
    Olo Murano simungawadanitse

    1. Izi nde zoona zenizeni, ma player okhaokha kumayenderana kupangana congratulate nde chani kkkk. i think writer wa story imeneyi walemba ndi cholinga chodanitsa Chilima ndi Chakwera koma sizingatheke. Gulu la ma leaders akunenedwawo sakulitchula bwinobwinonso,, nanga speaker wa nyumba ya malamulo angafanane ndi Chilima.

  45. Koma nanu.we don’t have the official results yet mukufuna aziyendayenda.relax.inuyo easy.chilima amaganiza bho.Heavy!!!

    1. leave cadets alone my friend. Chilima shud not go to chakwera congratulating him bcoz as somebody has said if a team wins why shud a vice coach go to his coach and congratulate him yet they are in the same boat? All who wud like to congratulate shud do so to both chakwera and chilima simulatenously.

  48. So even when Chakwera visits a bathroom or toilet Chilima is expected to be always found close to Chakwera. Reporting from Kuwait or Iraq? Koma ndiye!

    1. Mulekeni mufana apume don’t soil him with your trashy tidbits
      It is possible this reporter is on the DPP teats too minor and observation to paste on this page
      Our observation is simple that this chiuta man is off hinges let the FPE Man of the Year find some rest as the work he applied for rolls out for the incoming government.
      Don’t dangle stench wrapped in flimsy journalism

  50. Chilima is in Lilongwe and Dr Laz in Bt…. that’s what the writer didn’t know. Those who were in Blantyre went to congratulate Dr Laz.

    Cadet sizamunkhudze chokspa

    1. Komaso musayambepo kudanisa anangwetu. The results are not yet out. Asiyen a Chilima ndi a Chakwera apume kaye. They have bn so close all along. Polani moto, pangani zanu

    2. Pa Eazy. Its too early to start speculating on irrelevant subject. For now, write on how the elections have been conducted. The man of the match is resting.

  52. Koma ndiye kulakalaka, I guess this is Dpp propaganda. One thing certain , this alliance would not have worked in the first place if not for the people. Even Chakwera and Chilima can not be above the wishes of majority Malawians and the alliance is not for those two leaders , it’s all about Malawians, including you, the write of this useless article

  54. Mmmmmm nanu!

    These two will swear in together and they are communicating via whatsapp and even phone.

    Mukufuna chani kwenikweni?

    Wongani, this is a worse and poor write up my friend!

  55. Hahaha! my Simple advise don’t try to create enemity between Chilima and his boss.This is what has destroyed the Dpp. The inner circle in Dpp created enemity between the Apm and Sck and they thought it would be easy to get rid of Chilima and Dpp would consolidate it’s power without much hurdles but alas! It was bad political move which has destroyed the Dpp a party with many tried and tested political strategists who know exactly how to win elections. If you ask them today why the Dpp has Lost election, they will frankly tell you that their plan of trying to get rid of Chilima has backfiredso badly. Mind you,the prowess of Dpp Strategists can not match with that of Mcp but they have failed to bring down Chilima. Mcp managed to get rid of Gustave Kaliwo,Jesse Kabwila and Richard Msowoya but i can challenge you that if Mcp dares to get rid of Chilima ,after 5 years it will be out of Government.Mind you,the manifesto which tonse alliance has used to win this fresh election, 80 percent was extracted from Utm’s manifesto. Brace for fierce political Battle Malawi has never experienced before if Mcp dares to get rid of Chilima. It will be story of let’s fall together. My Simple advice, if you want to tame Chilima, you have to be very clever, smarter, and extremely versatile other wise your world will crumble as what has happened to your political foes, the once seemly invisible Dpp. That will come with huge political cost.

  56. Kudana between them is just a matter of time but as of now this is nothing. Chilima only has 5 years as per constitution. So he has to organise himself in order to fund his campaign after the 5 years. Same thing with Chakwera so inevitably they’re on a collision course. However let’s enjoy these moments now.

  57. As chilima is the only person in govt as of now..he is the one busy trying to stop the last minute corruption which DPP did so he is in office working from home bus he has a bigger fish to fry..its very important to keep eyes open because bank transfers as stuff can happen last minutes..uf a check of k70milion is given to a DPP party operant to service a lift at state house.theres o way to reverse that so gates need to close and all urgent issues requiring presidents attention needs to be intentioned to chilima before the results are announced

  59. So you think Chilima is not happy with his own victory? After all what he did to help the Tonse Alliance? You guys are absolute shit! Ndikukanika kuganiza how stupid you are.

  61. This is stupid reporting my brother. If you have nothing to write about its good and proper to be silent not breeding this rubbish to bring confusion. If you are an agent from MUMU family remain quite. shatapu.

  62. Chilima is going to court to ask the court to declare these elections null because of irregularities. Last time in their judgement the court had to use a dictionary to find the meaning of majority hence in defining sytematic I am going to define sytematic using dictionart meaning which means done repeatedly. In the present circumanstances what hashappened in these elections has a systematic pattern. we have sytematci places where votes were declared null and void yet at the tally centre they were either declared valid and others void. We also have sytematic violence.

    1. Kaukonde kumachita manyazi osamapanga comment zinthu zakuti mulibe knowlege yake (Law). Using a dictionary in law is acceptable. In fact there are law dictionaries such as Black Law Dictionary. Let me give you a crash course: In law, particularly in statutory interpretation, one is permitted to use other tools to ascribe meaning to words in a provision which are not expressly defined in the Act. An example of such tools include dictionaries. So I dont understand what you are trying to imply by faulting the court when it used a dictionary to determine the meaning of a provision of the Act. Please refrain from commenting when you are out of your depth mudzachititsa ana anu manyazi pagulu…lol

    1. Eyebrows are kid’s stuff! They would need something that would raise Salvador Dali’s moustache before things would even begin to approach something serious! 😀 😀 😀

  66. The author of this article is very stupid does he expect SKC to drive all the way to Blantyre from Lilongwe to congratulate Chakwela?

  67. Stop speculating rubbish people ! There are no issues here so do not create them. Chilima has done a massively recommendable job during this past campaign period so let the man rest. It is not the limelight that he wants but a good government for all. Let Chakwera take care of business now and all that comes with it. When time comes Chakwera and Chilima will govern together as is required by their alliance. It never felt so good to be Malawian with these two at the helm !!

  68. DPP nchito zanu. just sit down. we dont want your nonsense. stay home and nurse your sorrows.
    ife tokha ndiye ai takana uve wanuwo.
    musatinyasepo apa or undinyasilapo cani apa.

  70. This creating a mole hill out of nothing. You think the way Chilima criss-crossed the length and breadth of Malawi does not require some rest? Malawians, be serious, after all why should he rush when he knows he will eventually be in the presidency?

  71. Nonsense absolute nonsense. Nyasatimes trying to stir up divisions already. DPP failed for the same reasons, stirred up divisions between APM and SKC. Malawi is bigger and cleverer now. No one will buy this nonsense.

    I can tell you that the relationship between LC and SKC is great. Lessons have been learnt from the past.

    Nyasatimes you will probably block this post as you have done many of my posts.

  72. Chilima simwana, MEC siyinalengeze za Chisankho,why rushing to congratulate Chakwera, these leaders they know how important this election is to the citizens,so stop bringing these type of stories.It is in your mind where things are not okay, Even Peter Munthalika sanasamuke Ku Sanjika palace chifukwa MEC Mwalamulo lache sanalengeze yemwe wawina.Chilima samapupuluma, enawo ndi azimayi,atha kumupanga congrats yo.Tamalembani zoti Tonse alliance yikutsogola siyinalengeze kumva.Ineso sindinapange congrats yo, Chifukwa MEC commissioners sanalengeze yemwe wawina,phuma silabwino.You can also write about family alliance Kut yikuluza,tikumamva kukoma kwambiri.

  73. We know that Chakwera and Chilima have heavy security according to protocols, but please, Malawi Police should beef up security for our public servant at ACB. Matemba, he doing a commendable job and some uncomfortable cadets who have thieved public resources might have dirty tricks. New Malawi, New Hope for our country. Please MCP and UTM do not go down the wrong path, aMalawi’fe we have huge expectations. It will be devastating to see things falling apart just because of greed. Let us work diligently towards build our beautiful country.

  74. This will not be business as usual, These guys have set a new precedence This is a New Day, A New Malawi

  75. mwayambapo kale kufuna kuwadanitsa anthu even before asanalumbire. amalawi abulutu inu, leave them alone to enjoy their vistory

  76. I see no reason why Chilima should go congratulate Chakwera. This victory is for both leaders and all the Malawians who voted for the change.

    1. Absolutely. They have forgotten that they demonized him & now its sweet revenge for him.

  81. This is childish….where on earth do you think that people should always synchronize their programmes just to go and congratulate someone. He also needs to be given makolokoto… for a job well done. Please do not sow seeds of confusion on these platforms..report positives and criticize when it is due..

  83. Mwayambapo mabodza nyasatimes. That guy worked so hard campaigning for Chakwera, so, what are you expecting him to do at this time when MEC has not yet declared Chakwera officially as HE? Chilima is resting and healing, leave him alone.

    Chilima amagaza bho heavy, musamuuze zochita. He knows when to do what. Siwaphuma ngati enawo kapenso ngati inu a nyasatimes.

  84. SKC IS RESTING. HE DID A WONDERFUL AND SUCCESSFUL JOB. HIS WALKING FROM NDIRANDE TO NJAMBA WAS NOT IN VAIN.

    3. Wadya Masanzi uyu musiyeni ucadet tathetsa. Muyambe kufunsira ntchito osadalira kuononga our taxes. Hehede chewing the curd

  85. Dekhani akulu results are not yet out, the vice president will be seen soon, he is resting after kutipula campaign

    1. Koma inu ,Chilima ali busy kukodza , kapena nditi kumphika kuti ife amalawi tidye ,kodi iwe Cadet usatibowe siya kusuzumira ku chipinda cha eni, Chilima si babe kuti azingolondola Chakwera kuli konse ngati Atupele ayi

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