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Ntonya
Ntonya
5 years ago

Bwana Chilima we expected you to be part of the blame. What’s waste of time? Why do you cling to power in government? Malawians think you are part of the problem…. Sir. Don’t fool yourself

Oscar
Oscar
5 years ago

None of thez Ma* Fukz is talkin about Fixing Electricity problems in Country … No one at all in their Manifesto… Yet magetsi Mkumazima in the parliament itself onse ali Mitu mbuuu… Shame on uuuu

Mupanga bwanji chitukuko mziko la Mudima ngati ili…. Zaziiiii

Really?
Really?
5 years ago

If SKC cannot understand the dynamics around the global fuel prices and local pump prices, then I am afraid he has been spending all his time in Office Number 2 drinking and what else… Either he does not understand which is very worrisome for someone who is apriting for the top office or he knows but for political expediency he has chosen the populist rhetoric at the expense of the truth. In either case, these are dangerous traits that remind me of Tcheya who said anything as long as it would make him popular, never mind that he was misleading… Read more »

Kondwa
Kondwa
5 years ago

So Chilima is protesting against a government decision is part of? He told the nation he can’t resign as VP of DPP led government, meaning that he is part & parcel of every decision made by the government. He should be the last person to speak e.g he us using free fuel provided by the same DPP led government…onsewa ndi asankhwi

Apoche
Apoche
5 years ago
Reply to  Kondwa

Inunso ndachisilu

Msasa
Msasa
5 years ago

Chilima don’t take advantage of people’s ignorance if you yourself understand how things work. All countries in the world pay the same price for fuel on the world market. However, the price of fuel differs depending on the situation of each country and what sort of taxes are imposed on fuel. I would like to believe you know the truth, but because it is politics you want to side with the masses all for votes.

Chilungamo
Chilungamo
5 years ago
Reply to  Msasa

Say the truth yourself. You have said nothing to justify your claims. And that’s typical of mediocre cadets. Like mera cadets are miserably failing to answer basic questions. Why raising fuel prices while world markets have gone down by 7%? Where is the so much touted price-stabilising fund to cushion Malawians at least temporarily? What is happening to the economy that cadets claim is on the upward trajectory? What can explain upward price adjustments 3 times in barely 4 months? Bragging and “uneine” is in DPP DNA but delivering zooneka ku maso kwa anthu aaah!. Of coz fake miseu, yes!… Read more »

My Name is Salim (mphungu)
My Name is Salim (mphungu)
5 years ago
Reply to  Chilungamo

Unfortunately Chilima is lying .

Fuel prices per LTR at filling stations globally are high.

Very high in fact in the UK a LTR of Petrol in a space of a year has increased by 15%.

Nothing to do with taxes more to do with oil companies not being allowed to buy cheap iranian fuel after the ban from America.

Kondi Mwafulirwa
Kondi Mwafulirwa
5 years ago

Rt. honourable Chilima

You are right the weakening of Kwacha cannot be corrected by raising fuel price. And that’s not what MERA has done. But the weakened Kwacha means you now need more kwachas to produce same amount of Dollars to procure fuel. If you don’t do this by maintaining prices it means the Kwachas which you get can only buy lesser fuel and that’s recipe for fuel scarcity.
If international prices are going down fuel prices could only go down if both inflation and exchange rate are constant.

Noxy
5 years ago

You are absolutely right and Chilima was to understand this better than anybody else.That’s why I have never been attracted to this dude from the word go,he is just to be seen as if he will make a difference.

Samson
Samson
5 years ago

Get it, right Boss! the point here is deal with the weakening of the Kwacha so that either price remain or reduce because generally, World prices have slumped. Deal key economic fundamentals to tame weakening of the Kwacha!

Kanjedza
Kanjedza
5 years ago

Malawi is not the only country that has raised fuel prices a couple of time. Last month India was increasing prices literally on a daily basis www. economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/fuel-prices/petrol

Gome
Gome
5 years ago
Reply to  Kanjedza

Please lets talk about Malawi, we are not in India neither can we compare ourselves with them. Malawi is miles apart from Physically and Economically.

JJ Mbewe/pathfinder
JJ Mbewe/pathfinder
5 years ago
Reply to  Gome

Iwenso Gome opepera eti? Kanjedza wapereka chitsanzo cha dziko la India chifukwa chitsiru chinzako ka Chilimako kanena za world fuel price and India is part of the world. Snatanthauze kuti ndiife ma Indians ai, ndipo ndibwerezenso, Kanjeza wapereka chitsanzo and it does not mean that we are Indians. Bwampini muzimvesetsa zinthu.

Maluwa
Maluwa
5 years ago
Reply to  Kanjedza

This is very disappointing! Should our country raise fuel prices bcoz other countries are doing it? Is it not possible to manage our economy and arrest these fuel price increases? why are we not good at some of our measures on strategic commodities like fuel? Let’s admit we are simply not good for this job!

JJ Mbewe/pathfinder
JJ Mbewe/pathfinder
5 years ago

In which universe does this political novice live? What do you mean by saying world fuel price is down? Do you follow the world news, can you even read? Do you even know what’s happening in France right now? Your so called young or youthful leader of the french government has turned france into chaos. I remember telling people here one time that, having a youthful leader does not mean greater things, rather chaos. Almost all the countries that are led by a young leader have turned into a war zone. So Chilima find something else as your campaign tool.… Read more »

Okocha
Okocha
5 years ago

Tamangobisani maliseche inuuu

Kapanda
Kapanda
5 years ago

While France is not a universal reference for comparison, I am bound to blv that increasing interest rates and fuel prices are signs of very bad economic management practices! To say that there is nothing we can do about rising fuel prices is showing that we have nothing to offer as far leadership is concerned! Right now, on earth, we have economies where things are working but bcoz our reasoning is sub-optimal and we are incapable, we always think that some things are unattainable or impossible. This is a clear indication that we are lacking calibre that can turn around… Read more »

SITTING ON A MIRACLE / BREAK THROUGH
SITTING ON A MIRACLE / BREAK THROUGH
5 years ago

MALAWI AMENEYO !! PITALA AMENEYO !! ALIBE POLOBOLEMU !! KAMUZU COULDN’T ALLOW THIS NONSENSE TO HAPPEN UNDER HIS WATCH !! A LEADER SHOULD STAND UP FOR THE POOR MASSES !!

M'Malawi Weniweni
M'Malawi Weniweni
5 years ago

I was there in 1984 when Kamuzu substantially raised fuel prices.
Don’t peddle falsehoods as truth

Apoche
Apoche
5 years ago

You need to be dictated? Thus stupid… if you are doing fine does not mean all

Kholowa
Kholowa
5 years ago

Tiye nawo asakhwiwa atidyela kokwanila. Mafuta akutchipa pano choti akwezele ndi chani panopa? Even atakhala kuti afika $1 a barrel sangatsitse be apumbwa amenewa. Malawi sadziwa kutsitsa koma kukweza basi.

Josemapem
Josemapem
5 years ago
Reply to  Kholowa

Prices are rigid downwards and flexible upwards. That’s the painful reality

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