Consider credibility of running mates when voting new Malawi president, advises Chilima

May 16, 2019 Wongani Chiuta -Nyasa Times 48 Comments

Vice-President Saulos Chilima, who is also UTM Party presidential candidate in the May 21 Tripartite Elections, has advised voters to consider characters of presidential running mates when voting next week Tuesday.

Chilima: Running mate should be a good alternative to the president, not a mere puppet
Chilima campaigning at ‘Ziboliboli’ market in Blantyre
UTM’s Louis Nggalande campaign with Chilima
Chilima and his running mate Usi
President Mutharika and his runningmate  Everton Chimulirenji
UDF presidential pair of Atupele Muluzi and Frank Mwenifumbo
MCP presidential candidate Chakwera and his runningmate Mia

Addressing Imbizos in Blantyre rural and urban Wednesday to wrap up his Southern Region campaign, Chilima advised the voters not to be hoodwinked .

“When you go and  vote next week, please consider the running mates as well. This is the presidency and if the president cannot go ahead to rule, then we should have someone who can ably take over. So look at the ones that we have and see for yourself,” said Chilima.

Chilima, promoted by his initials SKC for Saulos Klaus Chilima, also reiterated his position that he will be “the last Vice-President to be victmised”, saying the holder of the office in the UTM Party administration will have specific duties to avoid breeding a bad working relationship that has rocked the performance of the country’s President and Vice-President over the years.

SKC’s running mate is Dr Michael Bizwick Usi, a former country director for Adventist Development and Relief Agency (Adra) Malawi, holds a doctorate from the University of Bedfordshire in the United Kingdom.

Usi is also widely known by his nickname Manganya, a character in the Tikuferanji series. He is basically an actor and playwright, besides working as a corporate executive.

Mzuzu-based political analyst Emily Mkamanga also argues that voters should look forward to a a running mate who should be a good alternative to the president, not a mere puppet.

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera has Sidik Mia as his running mate. Incumbent President Peter Mutharika has Evertone Chimulirenji as his running mate while United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi has  Frank Mwenifumbo of Aford as his running mate.

Mkamanga argued that the presidential candidate and his running mate must be equal in all spheres to complement well in serving the country.

During the Blantyre campaign finale, Chilima’s  remarks focused on agriculture, economic development and education while reminding the people about the power of the ballot paper.

In his speech during the tour which took him among other places, Chilomoni, Lunzu, Makhetha,  Chilima  maintained his promise of mass tax incentives, including removal of 16.5 percent value added tax (VAT) on airtime, electricity and water, if elected president.

He insisted that removing VAT from water, electricity and airtime will go a long way in improving Malawians’ lives.

Chilima also campaigned at Curios market (Paziboliboli) in Blantyre City where he  appealed for support, urging Malawians to “allow a new generation to take charge”.

He said the elections offer Malawians “an incomparable once-in-a-generation” opportunity to fix the country and set it going.

He said: “We must pull down the cobwebs of corruption and nepotism and unleash this nation’s true potential.”

Chilima severed ties with governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and President Peter Mutharika last June, has been facing a huge turnout of voters during his meetings mostly especially of late as his momentum grows.

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48 replies on “Consider credibility of running mates when voting new Malawi president, advises Chilima”

  1. Chikudabwitsa kwambiri ndichakuti a MCP kapena DPP akamalemba ma comment atakwiya, why? Is that a sign of defeat? All comments coming from UTM are sober and constructive. Anzanthu amene muli ndi ukadaulo wopeza zifukwa pazinthu ngati zimenezi tithandizeni. My fear is come May 23 many people will commit suicide or cardiac arrest at least. Zuluopsya. Makamaka anzathu a MCP. Chonde calm down.

  2. The UTM 14th May 2019 Rally at Njamba Freedom Park, Zomba Mponda rally before it tells how unpredictable the 21st May 2019 Presidential Elections will be.UTM will highly likely get a good share of presidential votes in all the four major Cities of BT, LL, ZA and MZZ so those of you who are counting SKC out, you must be sleeping on your death beds, dreaming about death, death! your eyes and ears are no longer functioning , you cannot see how embarrasing it is to see the 80 years old APM struggles to articulate campaign issues compared to the effective communicator SKC and most probably you have already started digging your own graves, surely your burial is next Tuesday.

    1. Mlamu wakula, don’t confuse Chilima’should lying and greed for power as ability to communicate.

  3. LOSING CHILIMA TO OPPOSITION UTM IS ONE OF THE INDICATORS THAT PROFESSOR PETER MUTHALIKA IS REALLY OLD, VISIONLESS AND TOO LOMWELIZED.I THOUGHT IN CHILIMA ONE SEES A LEADER TO HAVE TAKEN DPP TO GREATER HEIGHTS.

    LOOKING AT HOW CHILIMA HAS EFFECTIVELY ESTABLISHED UTM IN JUST TEN MONTHS SPEAKS VOLUMES AND VOLUMES OF HIS STRENGTHS AND PROMISING POLITICAL CAPABILITIES .ASSUMING THIS OLD PROFESSOR MUTHALIKA OR HIS SLEEPY RUNNING MATE, OVERTON CHIMULIRENJI WERE IN CHILIMAS SHOES TEN MONTHS AGO, EVEN NKHUMBA OR MBUZI ZINAWONEKAKO ZANZERU NDITHU, AKANAZIKONZERA, AKANAPENGA MISALA………….

  4. So bwana chilima…if you die or indeed go mad. Dziko lino tizasiyile manganya are you serious? Unkasimbwa Masankho ali kutali lelo ndi awa afikawa usova. One thing you can count on…is that you can never get my vote

  5. I think Arafat Hamdan-Chilima now feels defeated. Does he think Manganya is any better? Some of the other running mates are far much better with a good leadership acumen. Nest Tuesday we are voting for the president not presidency nor running mate. Who wants a cabinet full of brainless Kaliati, useless Kalindo, thief and vulgar Masangwi, thug Saonda? Get alive small boy. You will soon realise how much time you wasted and how you exposed your rotten mouth and disrespect for others that were created in His image.Go to hell and roast little nthumidwa.

    1. Nthawi timadikira ija yakwano kuti a MCP ndi cashgate bedfellows a PP pamodzi ndi mbuyawo ku DPP amve m’bebe. Mumangoba eti. Tikukwidzingani kuyambira tsabata yamawawu. OChakwera too blind. DPP convinced PP to go into alliance ndi MCP. Cholinga kuti ngati DPP ilephere kuli bwino MCP iwine. Chifukwa akawina Chilima ndiye kuti mbava zonse zili pa mavuto. Chilima ali ndi information ya onse akuba. That’s free piece of intelligence for you.

  7. True all the way. Comedians as VPs are a big question mark. Imagine: The Right Hon. Manganya. Kkkkkk

      1. No, he/she does not know. He does not understanding international politics so his/her comment is out of ignorance

  8. This is really true. Manganya is really not presidential material and not even you!

  10. Chilima’s momentum has grown just like his drinking habit,which compels him to dancing during his political gatherings.Its big up to the mkalabongo king on the ballot box.

  11. osasekekelela apumbwa onse pa 21 may 2019 out chilima woyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee utm woyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

  13. Thumbs-up DR SAULOS KLAUS CHILIMA. You are absolutely right. READERS of this article will agree that WE HAVE CONFIDENT, DETERMINED, INTELLIGENT, KNOWLEDGEABLE, EXPERIENCED, COMMITTED TO THE WELFARE OF ALL MALAWIANS, ENERGETIC and BRIGHT LEADERS in DR SAULOS KLAUS CHILIMA and DR MICHAEL USI. Even their faces can tell – unlike the rest of the pairs we have especially the SECOND PAIR on the list which I don’t want to name – you already know this vision less pair – look at the faces of this vision less pair.

    Malawi needs DR SAULOS KLAUS CHILIMA and DR MICHAEL USI if the country is to move forward.

    VOTE FOR DR SAULOS KLAUS CHILIMA! VOTE FOR UTM!

  14. That’s very true for example Chimulirenji puppet weni weni do you Peter china chake chitamuchitikira angalamulire dziko obviously olamulira ndi Gertrude Mthalika even now she is the one ruling, let’s go to MCP Mia is a power hungry and am very sure MCP kuwina Mia azaipanga capture Malawi kufuna kubweza zomwe waonoka Ku MCP coz mukulu amene uja ndikhuluku,Dr Utsi ambiri tikumuziwa kt ndi freedom fighter and zambiri wachitapo ali wamkulu wa ADRA komaso simunthu omangoti YES BOSS so a Malawi azanga tayeneratso kuona ma running mate kodi chinachake chitachitika kwa munthu yemwe titamusankhe ndi running mate angapitilize kuwatuikira a Malawi moyenera

    1. “Zambiri wachitapo ku ADRA” ku ADRA cannot be a leadership measurement. What makes you think that running an NGO is the same as running a country? Why do some Malawians reason in such a simplistic and shallow manner? Cry my beloved country!

      1. kukhala comedian si chifukwa koma antchito basi, mufune musafune SKC akudutsa basi, God is there watching

      2. Ask Arnold Swarzenneger who was governor of California. Also ask Ronald Reagan. Nanga Marc Ravololana in Madagascar. The list is long. Onsewa anali ma actors before going into politics. Ukraine has President who was a comedian

  16. Manganya is far from Presidential alternative….just a comedian and nobody takes him seriously…

  17. ITS TRUE…MALAWIANS SHLD ALSO CONSIDER THE RUNNING MATES…USI IS BEST OUT OF ALL RUNNING MATES IN THIS COMING ELECTIONS. UTM IS THE ONLY PARTY WHICH CAN RULE THIS COUNTRY…INDEED ITS A GOOD COMBINATION USI AND CHILIMA…GOD BE WITH US!

    1. Best pa nkhani za masero kapena kuyendetsa dziko? Mukati kuendetsa dziko ndiye mwanama.

    2. Ufuna UTM idzabe dziko chani? Kaliati milandu ya Nyika-Vwaza, Masangwi akukhudzidwa ndikuphedwa kwa Chasowa; Chilima, mbava ya mavoti, pano kulinso Jesse Kabwila confusionist, analephera to confuse MCP..Hule la ndalama. UTM is another DPP fools wake up>

      1. Ngati anthuwa ali ndi milandu amangenitu. Phuma limene muli nayo mungalephere kumanga munthu amene akukusautsani mtendere. Mwalimbana ndi Bon Kalindo eeh mwalephera nokha

  18. The Vice President is the right hand man of the president. So check on the pictures who is shown at the right hand of the president.

  19. Iyi yokha ya Running Mate’yi mukanayisiya iyi! Nanga Manganya amwene! Iyi yokha itayeni!

    1. @Peace, what level of qualification do you have? Have you ever been a country director of a certain organization in your life? Anthu amene mukumunena Michael Usi kuti ndi comedian basi mukundipatsa chithunzithunzi choti ku Malawi kuno tinachulukanadi anthu a low IQ ndithu, go Ku Ukraine now, Petrol Poroshenko was defeated buy a comedian who was working as secondary school teacher………but do you know why they voted for him? First of all, those people in Ukraine are intelligent (that’s why they are wealthy), they vote based on the ability of the people deliver, osati chifukwa akuchokera Ku region kwathu, secondly, he convinced them beyond their expectations and they voted for him with a landslide…….penapake Dziko ili ndichifukwa chake lilidi losaukitsitsa padziko lonse, ambiri amaganizira kumiyendo….
      Look for policies in persons and their viability osati eeeh ndi chidakwa, ndi comedian, siwakwathu bra bra bra………you guys make me sick for sure.

      1. Most Malawians don’t think beyond their nose. They like riding on other people’s thoughts and move with them.

  20. But you were not a credible running mate and Malawi is bleeding because of you. Vote for Chakwera and MCP.

    1. nanuso anthu apa central vuto lanu ndiloti mumafuna munthu wakwathu, lero mwagwa naye,lero a Malawi anaseguka mmaso

  22. Pomwe wapita SKC ndikuwalakhula anthu akumawasitha maganizo nthawi yomweyo kuyamba kumukonda. Kunena zoona SKC wasitha kayendese ka ndale ndipo pa 21 May pano ndili ndi chikhulupiliro atenga Boma kwa APM. APM mbali yake wapanga pano akacheze ndi zizukulu ku Ndata ndi ku America naye SKC apitilize pomwe APM wasiyila nzake.

  23. Chilima!very painful situations seeing Malawians being very poor to extent that all moneys borrowed from their commercial banks end up losing their property. More worse property are sold to foreigners and bank staff at a give away price?Where is the government to protect citizens?why not teach citizen not to borrow ?why not government coming in to rescue citizens rather stealing moneys through supplies and road constructions?

  24. Honestly, SKC is the only hope for Malawi. DPP and MCP will only add on the misery we have. We will remain stupid country once these thieves and killers come to govern. Their eyes are at the local villagers vote since a villager can not understand their evil motive. How can you allow someone who stole K145 million to still be the president? Its only premitive people who can do that. They will steal big time this time.

  26. APATU NDIYE WANENA ZA MNZERU. KUMAWONA KUTI MUNTHU YEMWE NTCHITO YAKE NDIYOPANGA MA DRAMA(MASEWERO) AKALAMULIRE DZIKO ZOWONA ZIMENEZI ? MALAWI WATHADI NDITHU

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