Covid-19 affects implementation of Tonse campaign promises
There are growing fears that President Lazarus Chakwera and his Tonse alliance administration might fail to implement some of its campaign promises due to Covid-19.
One of the key campaign promises include the creation of one million jobs.
George Phiri, a political expert with Livingstonia University said the upsurge in new infections and deaths over the last few weeks will make it difficult for the Chakwera administration to fulfil some of its promises.
Phiri says with the Covid-19 situation, government will in the long run find it hard to fulfil promises as tax revenue is likely to drop due to policies such as the K100,000 tax free band.
He has challenged government to prioritize initiatives that will enhance peoples livelihoods in times of Covid-19 pandemic if it is going to maintain public trust.
In a televised address on Sunday, President Chakwera said Malawians should accept that the scale of the pandemic demands a change of priorities.
“This is important to say because there are some who are still obsessed with politics, some who are still obsessed with cabinet appointments and reshuffles, and some who are still obsessed with campaign promises that were made on assumptions and in conditions that no longer hold.
“When a ship is at sea and it comes across unexpected rapids and is hit by an expected storm, only a foolish captain would insist on maintaining the same course,” said Chakwera.
The Malawi leader – who last week lost two Cabinet ministers in a space of a day to the virus – said “selfish and careless behaviour” fuelling the pandemic at individual and communal levels must stop.
You campaigned at a time when Covid 19 was around. Your promises therefore can not be negatively be affected. Give us what you promised us
Sakunama, Corona ikachepa zitheka.
A person who keeps changing goal posts and behaves in a monkey style is surely not fit for the presidency. Chakwera is too talkative. Angoti lero wanena ichi mawa wanena ichi. But is Lazaro aware that he is leading Malawians who have eyes, ears and functioning brains and that he is no longer leading empty headed christians at the assemblies of God?
No, Chakwera must not bury his head in the sand and start saying he will not deliver on his campaign promises because of covid-19. He must remember that he made all those promises when corona was already here. He should not begin giving lame excuses now. DPP and APM delivered remarkable development projects despite major problems such as droughts, floods, worms, disease, albino killings, effects of cash gate, endless demonstrations by Chakwera and his mercenaries, ungodly behavior from PAC and catholics, etc etc. APM delivered amidst all these spikes. There are new roads in all city centres and townships of LL, BT, MZuzu and Zomba courtesy of APM. We have an interchange in LL courtesy of APM. There are new roads in Kasiya, Dowa, Mburunji, Njakwa, Thekerani, Mangochi lake shore road, Chiradzulo, Phalombe, Tsangano, Chapananga, Eastbank Chikwawa,etc etc courtesy of APM. There are new state of the art Technical Colleges and university infrastructures in all districts courtesy of APM. We have electricity in villages under MAREP and we have a new barrage at Liwonde and a big Dam in bwanje courtesy of APM. We have a big irrigation project in Chikwawa and new mango cotton and sugar factories in Salima courtesy of APM. We have state of the art boarder post building at Mchinji courtesy of APM. We have new TTCs in each Region courtesy of APM. The list is endless but he delivered all these in just 4 years amidst problems too. So it is too early for abusa to abandon all promises and coil his tail because of just one problem called covid-19. Wake up abusa onyenga inu. And where is kachilima the chief liar? U president ogula kukhothi sizinthu sure. Tinabetsa. Lazaro is simply clueless and he thinks he is still at the assemblies of God leading empty headed christians who don’t ask questions using their brains. Fotseki! He must resign if it is already too much for him.
Shakwera is a joke hahahaha
This is highest order of stupidity from a President. They were saying, covid no covid, elections must go on. This time, no excuse, covid no covid, promises must be fulfilled. Jobs must be created, u already created dozens of useless advisers for your office, now those jobs cant be created because of covid. Nonsense, inutu anthu akupanani because ife wont listen to your stupid excuses. Inu za ma passport, water and electricity, we are still waiting. Inutu, I doubt if you will even build a bridge in a village, machuzi mwayamba, we dont have any hope in you and your government.
I really don’t trust this church property in a form of PULEZIDENTI, very soon fasting will become a law in our country.
This is the country not a congregation, so bwanawe park your bibles and we need politicians not pastors who are too slow to act.
Promises were made during covid 19, so is the the implementation should be fulfilled whether in covid or not. Don’t be cowards hides behind the pandemic.
The whole world is affected negatively by covid, why would we be spared?
Precedent was set kunena kuti things can’t fail because of covid. I.e elections nde pano mukuti chani???
The writer is fucking looking for a job
Chakwera you must go mutharika House and apologise if you have not already done so. You should also apologise to Malawians for raising their hopes too high. You should also take a pay cut more than mutharika did.
I arleady said it but he should actually GO AND NEVER COME BACK
This dude is a narc personality and christianity enables this foolishness. He is a dim wit and he will lead the poor into darkness
There is a lot of sense
Oh really? How come Covid19 is not affecting minister’s self enrichment schemes at the expense of taxpayers? How come your government pays for minister’s cosmetics treatments in India? How come Timothy mtambo has become a big transporter overnight with fleet of freightliner trucks? Chakwera you are worse than a boat driver, No excuses. Did your advisor Lucius banda not tell you that he once sung a song saying ‘poti sitima imwaphweka akayendetsa wina’.?
nanunso a George Phiri seeking for appointment in government or what?, these promises were made amid Covid19 so what has changed to change the promises?
Za zii.Cvid yayamba lero.Mmesa inu mumatiuza ma promise covid ili mnkati.Ichi mchibwana mluchitachi.Covid or no covid muyenera kukwaniritsa zomwe munatinamizazo.
Chatsika alibe mutu ataaaaaa. amaganizira ukuku
yes bwana president takumvani ndipo ndizoona kut with covid nzosatheka kut zonse munatiuza zija zikwanilisidwe…komabe zina nde zikungoenera kuchitika with or without covid….like ngongole ku NEEF zikuenera kuyamba kut anthu apeze chochita poti ambiri apangidwa lay off mma company mu…the loans must roll out msanga bwana
Excuses excuses.2025 chipande kuwomola
George Phiri, stop this stupidity. Tonse government made these promises between May an d June 2020 and we already had Covid-19 and nobody knew exactly when this would come to an end. Why did they continue to make these unrealistic promises? Was it an issue of bola DPP ichoke? This is the most outrageous and silly confession I have ever heard from a government in power. As voters, we have been duped. I bet you 75% of what these guys promised won’t be fulfilled. Lord have mercy
manifesto analembedwa 2018 bwana osamasokoneza zinthu poti ndinu cadet….
But they still campaigned during the time of covid19 right?
munthu wopusa ngati iwe usamayankhilire zinthu zoti sukuzimvetsa
Hahaha kunamizila covid!!!! Mbuzi zenizeni
CLose your Shirt Mtumbuka iwe George Phiri
This is Bull Shit!! Don’t find Covid 19 as a scape goat to your campaign promises. You were making those promises when Covid 19 was there already and you were chosen as president amid covid 19. Worse still, you were the ones that told us that Covid 19 is fake, we can hug one another. So what are you telling us today? If you knew Covid 19 is real, you would not promise us what you said because you would know that in Covid situation it is difficult do implement your promises. Shut up your mouths Mother Fuckers!!!
You too shut up big Cadet, don’t you know that shit happens and shit flies! What campaign promises did your DEAD DPP fulfill. Eat your stolen money quietly. BTW, I know who you are demmetiii zako.
COVID-19 has become a reason for failures of this govt. Half a year has passed with no single job created, and you blame it on Covid19. Failures
No Dr Chakwera, your short-sightedness and lack of advisors are the conditions withholding the fulfillment of campaign promises. You were warned against nepotism in your cabinet appointments, against underplaying the dangers of Covid, against overpromising. Now you are trying to find an excuse.
Umaka uwunanso.
Dont take us for Granted. We dont need your Clueless Speeches yoti akanalankhula a mfumu a Khongoni
Bola DPP is out of government, we were tired with u Cadets, coz of your nepotism, corruption , stealing on day light, tribalism .
We breath fresh air now without DPP
You are on the verge of collapse if you were so tired of nepotism, corruption and tribalism because it’s much worse than before. Chakwera’s cabinet and all other of his picks are the worst of them all- so stinking of all of these issues.