Chilima urges Malawi citizens to register enmass for 2019 polls: ‘You don’t change breed of chicken by plucking hen’s feathers but changing a mating cock’
State Vice President Dr Salous Klaus Chilima (SKC) has urged Malawians to go and register enmasse when the voter registration exercise starts next week to enable them vote in large numbers during the May 2019 watershed Tripartite elections.
Chilima made the call when he spoke at Kagwa Parish in Lilongwe where he prayed on Sunday.
He said: “I encourage you all to go and register in large numbers for the voters’ registration so that you can be able to vote for the change you want in the forthcoming general elections in 2019.”
“For things to change for the better, we will all need to play a part and the only way to bring that change is to vote for the leaders we want and therefore I ask all of you to take part in the drive to make Malawi, our only home, a better place again. Let us all register so we can all vote and bring about the change we seek,” said Chilima.
He said voting is the only weapon people can use in 2019 to put in place leaders and a government they desire and deserve.
“Kusintha mtundu wa nkhuku sikusosola nthenga ayi koma kusintha tambala [You do not change a breed of chicken by plucking the hen’s feathers but by changing a mating cock],” said the tough-tounged youthful vice president amid heavy hand-clapping and ulalation.
Chilima said elections are not like football where you only participate by cheering, saying registering to vote is one crucial step in ensuring that you will be eligible and able to vote in 2019.
Said Chilima: ” In the election you participate by voting for the team/candidate you want. This is why I am urging all eligible Malawians to come out in large numbers and register.”
The Chilima movement has taken Malawi by storm since former First Lady Callista Mutharika came out in the open in April to urge DPP to change leadership of the party if it were to win the 2019 elections, urguing the party will not win with her brother-inlaw, Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika as its presidential candidate “because he is too old to run affairs of the state.”
Former First Lady, Madame Callisita Mutharika, the wife to late President Bingu wa Mutharika said: “I know my brother-inlaw is a very good man as a person but he is not the right man for this country. He is too old. He is no longer in control. He is surrounded by vultures and thieves.”
“This is not about me siding with my family or supporting my brother-inlaw, this is about putting the interest of the country first. Therefore, I cannot support Professor Peter Mutharika because he is my family, I will have to support someone who will take this country to a better place – a good leader and for me that person is vice president Dr. Saulos Chilima because he has all ingredients for a leader that Malawi needs,” she said.
The movement has been spreading like bush fire since its formation two months ago with its senior members holding several meetings across the country where multitudes have been in attendance and declared support for Chilima.
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has announced that voter registration in preparation for the 2019 elections will be carried out from June 26, 2018 to November 9, 2018.
The first phase of the exercise will be conducted in Kasungu, Dowa and Salima from June 26, 2018 to July 9, 2018.
Chilima is yet to speak out about his next move and the country is eagerly waiting with a baited breath for his announcement regarding his political decision.
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Take your time SKC, no need to rush! it’s politicians who make knee jerk decisions that have driven this country to the toilet. We need thoughtful leaders like you, love you baby, just give us a signal when you are ready, we will move mountains for you!!!
Ndale za chi Malawi ndizovuta. You can’t win with the approach Chilima has taken. His strategy will only work in a middle-class country where a majority are educated, politically aware and have access to the media platforms. Campaigning in a church is as absurd as whispering in a maize mill hoping that people around you will hear you. Peter’s politics is ruthless and doesn’t follow logic.
I find the analysis on Zodiak Radio that analysts interpret SKC message last Sunday in Lilongwe as indicating loss of confidence in APM. In such circumstances, the most honourable for VP is to resign from such an administration. Otherwise how will he discharge his duties as part of cabinet collective responsibilities?
why should he resign??? he will be VP till May 21st 2019 wooooooo as the constitution stipulates, let him get his benefits
Chilima knows he will be a laughable stock if he joins the race in 2019.
Mr Santana mulipo? Mukusowatu. Koma tikukumvesetsani. Paja zinthu zikamavuta kuchipani chani cha DPP mumabisala kaye. Mumatuluka mukamva ka nkhani za zipani zina.
Mwadzuka a Santana munati ziiii
KONDWA ! Chilima is a vice president. Where in the world did you see or hear of a vice president overidding his or her bosses leadership style? Wapakaliyala sayimba belu. Give Chilima a full platform to lead and then we judge him later.
Ndale zopangira Ku church zi mbiri take siyabwino..EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE OF MALAWI,..letsani izizi tisiyapo kukapempheratu zikapitilira chifukwa enafr so anthu okonda zonena za ndale..timakapemphera pofuna ufumu WA mulungu osati WA anthu..panganipo kanthu a ECM.
Kutha ma plan VP Chilima. Ndale sizamasewera.
I for one used to respect the decorated intelligent second in command. Wise people do not associate with mediocrity hence his purported move out of DPP which is yet to materialise. However, i lost confidence in you SKC the moment you preached against mediocrity yet you are standing in the swamp. Why should we believe you? Frankly, you are indecisive and your leadership style is full of confusion. People look forward to a visionary leader who can give people hope. But you have done nothing to prove that other than kulubwalubwa with your parables. If you continue like that, you won’t be any different from the team of comedians that are following you and Manganya….no wonder they are supporting you. Perhaps, you are from the same cock. I would have respected you only if you had resigned outright from both the DPP and the Vice Presidency. Infact, corruption is not rampant in the DPP, rather, its the civil servants that are corrupt. They make deals with politicians and steal from Govt where you are second in command. If you were a general, you would have failed big time in commanding your army to war except for confusing your own soldiers. You have alot to do to convince us that you can be a good leader. Enjoy the remaining few months in office sir and probably return to the pvt sector or you may join priesthood, or even start your own gym. These are the areas that you have proved to us that you are good at. The cock to look forward to surely is not you.
We need people with development conscious mind that can propel Malawi to better greater heights. Our neighbours are progressing very fast and it leaves us wondering if we even have any ambition and goals as a country. Looks at Kenya; Uhulu Kenyatta and Raila Odinga have United for the cause of Kenyans, look at Uganda, look at Rwanda, look at Tanzania, these countries are developing fast, they have set their house in order and have put their difference barriers behind them. I have a sense that even if we change government, it is unlikely that we are going to change the status quo. We need something greater, something stronger that will shake out domancy from us, that will instill feain our leaders to manage the affairs of gvernment transparently, I dont believe Chilima, Chakwera, Muthalika or Joice Banda can propel is to prosperity as a country, but together we can make Malawi a better home. In unity there is power.
SKC will do It!
A Chilima tiyeni tipite ku villages and ask people to register. Leave this to the priests. We respect you as a born again Catholic now becuse you never lived to this billing while at Chancellor College. Fine you went to church but you were a selfish person who formed a group of the rich together with your friends like Dick Mkandawire, Mvalo, snatching your friends girl friends at will.
This is cheap talk!!!! if you never had fun in college then you missed a very important developmental mile stone, but we all grow out of it. I don’t believe you were a saint in college either!!!. and what is wrong with forming a group of the rich??? what is your problem with that…….sour grapes???
Chilima akuti voterani Tambala MCP ngati mufuna kusuntha boma . a malawi timakuuzani mcp ndi Chakwera ndaamene angabwerese kusintha. DPP A & DPP B yachilima siyingabweretse kusintha. Wanena yekha
sananene kuti tivotere mcp,akuti kusitha mtundu wa nkhuku sikusosola nthenga koma kusintha tambala
Ine ndamva ngati bebeyu akuti kusintha sikuvotela MCP ndi tambala wakuda poti kutero ndiye kuti tangososola nthenga tambala wakudayo zikadzamela nthengazo adzakhalabe tambala wakuda koma kusintha mtundu wachipani koona ndi kusintha mtundu watambala. Tidikile bwanji. Chifukwa akulankhulayi ndi mwana paja mau akulu akoma akagonela. Mwana salankhula zomveka. Mwina chizindikiro cha chipani chake ndi tambala woyela. Musaiwaletu Katolika imakonda kugwiritsa nthito mauwa. monga Banja loyera, Mtanda woyera, Mai woyera, TAMBALA WOYERA. Zithanso kutanthauza kuti akufuna kudzaimila MCP ngati zilichoncho ndiye kuti zikutanthauwa kuti MCP ikadali yakuda kufikira bebeyu atakhala pulezidenti wake. Ndangodutsamotu poti MVULA IKAGWA ZOLIRA ZIMACHULUKA. TIMVAZAMBIRI MIYEZI YAKE NDI IMENEYI MPAKA PA 21 MAY 2019. PA AKONGELESI MUNKAMUOMBELA MMANJA BEBEYU PITILIZANI MUSATOPENAYE. AKULU ADATI MCHIUNO MWA MWANA MULIJE NKHUKU.
that is not what he said, phuma limeneli bwanji mmalawiana??????
Anthu a MCP mwambiwu ndwanu. Pazinyama zonse kuphatikizapo munthu bwanji wasankhu tambala? Kusintha MCP (black cock) sikuthothola achina Kaliwo, Kabwila ndanzawo koma mwina tambala wake akhale iyeyo. LOL!
hahaha Iyeyo akufuna kujoina MCP, koma ife tidasankha kale OChakwera
Chakwera is a very weak leader my friend!!!!. SKC knows better not to join MCP with its history of atrocities that it committed in the past
asangokhala duu bwa, linda mazi aduse
By conducting the registration exercise the MEC is the most corrupt organisation there will be a lot of equipment breakdowns in the central and northern parts of Malawi while focusing on the time frame. This lopsided registration will be carried with a view to sinking the say of those who aren’t their MEC chief’s belt. Read the way the new constituencies were created all at the behest of Bakili right there in the south a political thieving towards parliamentary majority. Apart from Likoma zero in the vast districts of Mzimba Lilongwe Kasungu and Nkhata Bay have not been redemarcated to democratise the whole terrain. The registration won’t favour Malawians Chilima is naive to believe in a fair registration. It is a fair call under our circumstances
Kodi campaign kutchalichi ya akatolika basi? Nanga bwanji kuvalanso ma colors amai Banda? Ine strategy yanu ata nditolapo ine
Kikiki awanso a chilima ndi miyambi yawoyi eish
wokumva wamva miyambiyo!!!!
SKC is too smart for APM and DPP. What has DPP done to this country? DPP people are the most daft people in the whole world. All they care is about themselves. Poorest country in the world lead by the worst mentally challenged people. DPP should tell us what you have achieved the past 5 years. Oh yes, blackouts, water shortages. DPP made this country the poorest… Prove to the masses what you have done to change people’s lives, don’t just talk The country is in despair ! Don’t brag about the small, normal projects, that are normal and can be done by any government. Look at Rwanda, Look at Tanzania. Look at Zambia! They are all progressing because they have strong leaders! On the contrary, Malawi is in such a mess, in a bad state, governed by the cowering docile leader! Give SKC the mantle, he is no nonsense… All the rubbish going on now will be a history! Malawi and its citizenry are the only people who support mediocrity! The DPP bandwagon know that once SKC takes power, they will all disappear under the stone . DPP is full of mafia!
God help Malawi!
Is SKC not the vice president? if together with his DPP they have achieved nothing, what wil he achieve with his party…What new things will he bring?
His hands were tied by the mafia chronies of the APM, Watch what he will do soon!!!
I totally agree with you, I cant wait to join in the band wagon, SKC for ever!!!!
Koma iwe Chilima please stop preaching to the converted. Go out there and convince the multitude that itsvtime for change and that you are willing and able to bring about the change. These miyambi will take nowhere. No one understands what you’re saying and therefore people are taking it that you’re a coward unable to tackle the “enemy” with resolute. One notable quality of a leader is his ability to articulate issues clearly to the voting masses.
I was beginning to believe in the Chilima ability to rule the country but now I realize the boy is senseless. Why continue to use the Catholic Church gatherings to advance his political agenda when he should have joined the rallies being conducted by his followers. He is being fooled by the priests that they will guarantee him to the Catholic vote but that is utter nonsense. There is nothing like a religious voting pattern in Malawi but rather regional and tribal patterns. Either he should start campaigning openly now or shut up and save himself and his priests from embarrassment.
Chilima akuziwa kuti strong hold yake ili mu church,because we have more catholics in the country, so lets wait and see, kuti what will happen 2019
You are thieves that is why you are supporting dpp
Chilima is losing steam everyday. How can he use such an example at a church function. Kutha ma plan tsopano. watsala pang’ono kuyamba kutukwana mtchalitchi.
This man is still Government that’s the point. So when he talks he does so from the Government dock. He is DPP Team B. Kodi miyambi tipanga mpaka liti? I have never seen coward politician like this one man, Chilima. He is taking Church podium for granted forgetting that Church is not a political party!!!!!
Chilima’s association with the Catholic church is destroying any of his chances. Really? Why are you using the church’s pulpit?
Poor choice of illustration – changing a mating ‘dock? I thought you are a DPP cock, so what new breed can you produce.
But has he said you vote for him? Putting words in somebody’s mouth as usual…the Malawian way
SK Chilima is somehow a coward. Why doesn’t he go flat out on the ground to start campaigning? It appears he likes to hide behind church leaders such as bishops, fathers and pastors. This is what he is good at. He personalities could make him a good priest and not a politician.
He is wasting his time this baby. Roman Catholic Church is also a political movement. Why is he campaigning in the church.
Watch out he has big support to make Catholic church to be only church in Malawi.
Where is mcp now ? Which means we should expect Nchilima to rule not mcp or it’s a plan from Mcp to weaken dpp. Mia is busy spending his money,he will cry for it. Mark my words.
Dpp is going to win come 2019.
Mulila magazi agalu inu
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