Chimulirenji goofs in speech at US-Africa summit: Says Malawi got independence in 1994

June 19, 2019 Umadziwa Mophiwa - Nyasa Times 61 Comments

Malawian Vice President (VP) Everton Chimulirenji made a goof in his speech which he was reading on Wednesday during the opening of the 12th US-Africa Business Summit in Maputo, Mozambique when he said Malawi has enjoyed peace since her independence in “1994” yet the country will on July 6 be commemorating 55th independence.

Vice President Chimulirenji: Oops he goofs in prepared speech

Chimulirenji addressed the summit while reading word by word in his prepared speech and did not made a correction when he goofed.

“Malawi is today’s choice as a location for foreign direct investment and tourism, we have put in place deliberate policies and strategies to enhance collaboration with the private sector and ensure that  their concerns are taken on board all the time,” said Chimulirenji.

He also had pronunciation problems with some words such as “tourism”.

In his speech, Chimulirenji said Malawi welcomes the Africa Free Trade Area as a tool that will boost exports and other trade opportunities in the country.

“One of the advantages that Malawi is expecting from Africa Free Trade Area is that it will help in improving the country’s productive capacity to have quality products, as it is one of the areas that need improvement,” said Chimulirenji.

He disclosed that Malawi has also devised measures to woo foreign investors through the establishment of the Malawi Investment and Trade Center (MITC) through the One Stop Service Center where investors get all the necessary investment requirements under one roof in less than five days.

Chimulirenji further said Malawi also offers investor friendly climate with competitive tax and non-tax incentives package.  He said among others, Malawi offers both general and sector specific incentives such as tax allowances for the agro-manufacturing sector.

“There are investment opportunities in the private sector as prioritized by the government of Malawi in energy, manufacturing, agro-processing, tourism, infrastructure and information communication technology (ICT),” emphasized the VP.

The Summit has brought together more than 1,000 U.S. and African private sector executives, international investors, senior government officials and multilateral stakeholders.

 

Follow and Subscribe Nyasa TV :
Follow us in Twitter

61 replies on “Chimulirenji goofs in speech at US-Africa summit: Says Malawi got independence in 1994”

  1. I think His Excellency the vice president of the Republic of Malawi is a true representation of the majority of ordinary Malawians,thats the beauty o democracy where the majority choose their own leaders,Chimulilenji is an ordinary malawian who u can find in almost every village,the likes of of a school teacher,ordinary civil servant,the businessman at a trading center,the pastor in a local church..he is the real representative of a Malawian,not fluent or eloquent in the Queens language ,he is an average Malawian walking down a Market place…after all i ucheck the qualification of a president are the simplest compared to that of a consellor or Mp…u only need to be 35 years and aboe,Malawian,registered voter…..u dont need to know how to write or speak any language…the easiest job on the Land is that of a president…after all the real job is done by men and women qualified in various disciplines…so DONT STRESS, Democracy has spoken…
    Kamuzu was not an ordinary ma,Muluzi wasa rich businessman and a former cabinet minister,Joye Banda was a rich woman and successful civil society activist…Bingu wa Muthalika was a highly educted professor with massive experienc in internation world organisatios….Peter Muthalika is highly educated professor with international exposure….these are not the reflections of an ordinary Malawian…..Chimulilenji is a real representation of an ordinary Malawi who nobody knew like most Malawians ,not famous,not rich,not highly educated,not well travelled,not internationaly exposed……Thanks to Democracy a true and correct Malawian is now on the helm since 1964…

    1. Mphandazaphuka well explained and well put. I have heard and seen many a Malawi putting Chimulilenji through the gutter, akuti wosaphunzira, wosatha chizungu, sakukwana and I have said, kodi inu mukuti Chimulilenji sakuyenela chifukwa chiyani mwa anthu onse ali ku Malawi APM anasankha Chimulilenji? Wokanidwa u MP kwao? Kodi Mulungu ngati analemba kuti Chimulilenji azakhala Vice President or President ife sitingasuse Chimulilenji azakhala. Ndipo panopa ngati pali munthu amene akupemphera kwa Mulungu chifukwa chakumukondela ndiye ndi Chimulilenji enafe nsanje yakula. Zikoma polemba bwino muzilembalemba.

  4. I am not surprised at all with all these comments, let us face it all my Fellow Malawians.
    1. God does not use people with Characters- read the Bible from Genesis to Revelations

    2. God qualifies the unqualified and He uses them to advance His Kingdom so whether Our Vice President is educated or not but God appointed Him simple.

    3. Jesus had no shape nor handsome—He had an ugly looking that His own people Disliked Him to the last drop of His blood.

    4. Malawi will be blessed because of Vice President Chimulirenji not Peter, Our Vice President has been strategically positioned by God to bring Change to Our Beautiful Malawi. Peter Muntharikas days are numbered because of disobedience to The Almighty God hence Vice President will take over and rule Malawi according to God’S will.

    5. I have spoken as an Apostle of the Gospel take it or leave it

    1. Thanks but preach about Vote Theft as well as Jacob did! You may also recite the ten commandments regarding theft

    3. Go to state house and tell APM about Exodus 20 verse 15, which says, “Thou shall not steal”. You are preaching to wrong people my Apostle. APM need repentance more that we Malawian. You can also fast for him God should have mercy on him.

  5. kodi amangowelenga asakuziwa zomwe akunena, and before the speech does he not himself go through it………….as a public figure does he not know reiterations?

  6. What makes you think he will change? if he was not able to participate in the debate what makes you think he will now change? Malawi my poor Malawi

  9. maybe he should have used his spectacles as i can see these days he is donning some fancy glasses. But dhe looks as if he does not take baths- even his wife

  11. BRAVO MALAWIANS!!! The unwitting courage and your love for our dear Malawi have made us in diaspora proud and real human beings.Malawi is today regarded as a real nation with bright people.Fellow countrymen,time has come for Malawians to defend our human rights and Pan-Africanism wether Muthalika and his cohorts like it or not,the African people where ever they are,rejoice for your courage and human decency.Since independence,we Malawians have been a loughing stoke of the world people but,today we show that we are also human beings as others but,the appearance of CHIMULIRENJI,LOOKED LIKE A CHIMPANZEE LOOKING CONFUSED IN THE WORLD OF TODAY.ANYWAY,HE LOOKS LIKE HIS CONFUSED BOSS!!!!!!!! Banda also took Malawians as waste garbage but,he saw what they did to him.On third March 1959,R,Armitage was shown who were Malawians,having thought they were cowards and unlearned How about John Chilembwe’s revolutionary trial of the 19th century? in 1953,Nyasalanders made an uprising against the Stupid Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.In 1994,Banda and his stooges were thrownout of the government.Fellow Malawians,time will also come for the corrupt President Muthalika and his quislings.Once againg,FIGHT TO THE GOOD FIGHT MUTHALIKA MUST GO,HE STOLE THE VOTES FROM CHILIMA!!!!!!!!!!

  12. Sometimes is the problem of the writer not hearing properly and you portion your hearing problems on the Vice President. Even if he was reading, not all of us are public speakers who can say things without reading. What is the use of writing the message if you cannot read it? We saw even Chilima doing the same. So stop telling us lies.

    1. @ favour

      There is nothing to justify or defend here inu a cadet. That was an embarrassment to himself and all of us as Malawians. It’s sad that we still have people in malawi who wil do everything to defend mediocrity and failure. Comparing Chilima to chimulirenji is one terrible thing you have done and one that will leave even your ancestors agonizing. The bottom line is Chimulirenji is simply not good enough to be any country’s Vice President.

    3. thats the problem akamakulembera speech…komanso a Chitsiru chanucho sichinaiwerengenso speech to check ngati pali pena ndipena polakwika chinangopindira mthumba basi….vuto la ndale zakumalawi zotengana poti ndi Mlamu wanga

    4. Every one knows when malawi got her independence…..hahahahaha mpaka goofing history ya ur own country when u urself claim to be the vp of the country? and why didnt he read or practice before presenting knowing he did not write the speech?

    5. You are missing the point here…The point is it reading but having an understanding of what he is reading as well. And if he is not a public speaker then it means he is wrong career, because he will be expected to address different type of people throughout his entire career as a V.P….How is gona do it?

  18. By the way “Did not made a correction” should have been “Did not make”… to err is human and many Malawians can barely articulate themselves in the queens language. Big deal…

    1. its a ”typo” not grammar problem am sure if you check your phone text history you will discover some..

    2. 100% Han. To err is human. Truth of the matter is Many Malawians struggle with pronounciation. From news readers who are supposed to be eloquent to University Proffesors. English is not our mother language. When a white man.speaks broken Chichewa black people clap hands that he is trying. But a fellow black man goofs in English it makes headlines.What a shame. ??? That mentality needs “tippex” .Too many Uncle Toms.. The number of times news readers or journalists were saying Presidential Erections ( instead of Elections) or Parliamentary erections is countless. BRAVO Chimulirenji. Not many people can make it first time on the ” world stage”.

  19. Pa zonse zabwino wanenazo kungotengapo ka mistake kakang’ono ngati kameneko. Shame. Enanu mumatha kupeza ma mistake anzanu koma ngakhale pa maliro akwanu simunayankhulepo. Mumaona ngati kuyankhula pa gulu ndikophweka. Shame!!

    1. if you know that you also have a problem as your vice president its better not to comment on what is on the ground

      1. You should have said “it’s better” meaning it is better, instead of its better which is a serious grammatical error. That means you are also in the VP’s league. Nkuwona timati tingozisiya chingelezi chilibe mwini!

  20. This guy is another waste of taxpayers money!
    Another convincing performans chasing the last foreign investors away from us!

    1. Acapulco

      This was not an error. It was outright lack of knowledge. Treating this as a simple error simply shows how basic and lowly you are.

  23. Tiyeni nazoni. Si mumati Chimulirenji yemweyo! Or niyowoyowe kuti mukatenge “Chimulerenji mweneyuyo!”. Kkkkk. Seems we are very good at justifying or giving excuses for mediocrity. It is this mentality that is keeping us where we are – not a luck of resources, not a lack of better, well-read and focused people. We can’t progress if we keep voting clue-less people into power. I don’t see him talking to potential investors and inspiring confidence in them. My 18 year old daughter can beat this dude to a debate on any topic, impromptu – yet giving him time to prepare for it in advance – no shit!

  24. Kkkkkkk ! Anyani kusekana zikhundu ! Most of you reporters from nyasa times are a shame. Kodi dzikutsiyana pati pakati pa iwe ‘ umadziwa mophiwa ‘ ndi chimulirenji ?
    I quote you ………chimulirenji addressed the summit while reading word by word in his prepared speech and did not ” MADE ” a correction when he goofed. Kkkkkkkkkkkkk

  25. Anthu ananena kale izi. Koma dyera la inner circle ya Peter especially his wife & Chisale .

  28. Abuluzi inu mukumuseka Chimulirenji kuti has goofed yet your story has so many grammatical errors

  29. The man has openly exposed his ignorance and it tells how dull he is, the fact that he could not correct himself after making that serious mistake at an international forum. Even a standard 3 pupil knows that Malawi got its independence in 1964. He probably doesn’t know the actual date and month. I am not surprised he is the same guy who said late Prof. Peter Mutharika in Lilkoma. We are going to have another eduquation – this is 2019. The first ediquation was in 1999. Sizinati uku nkuyamba.

Comments are closed.