Cracks in UTM as 4 district governors quit party for DPP

April 28, 2020 Owen Khamula & Zawadi Chilunga-Nyasa Times 25 Comments

At least four central region district governors for UTM  have dumped the party amid disagreements over elections last month which ushered in a new regional governor and his team.

Mithenga: Cracks, what cracks, the defectors did not leave with a following
UTM defectors welcomed into the DPP 
Governors and their committees for UTM in central region defected to DPP.

The old team is refusing to work with the new regional team now headed by Samson Mithenga.

The old regional team was led by Daniel Mlomo.

In interview, Mithenga confirmed that four district governors have quit the party.

“It is only four regional governors which means we have 24 district governors intact. Their leaving of the party has no impact on UTM,” said Mithenga.

He said the four left the party without any following.

The four district governors are said to have now joined the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and their structures got officially welcomed into the DPP on Friday.

This comes at a time when people are questioning the future of the  Malawi Congress Party MCP/UTM alliance.

First, the defection weakens UTM in the region which contributed significantly to party leader Saulos Chilima’s vote tally in the elections last year.

Secondly, directly related to this is the fact that it takes away large numbers of voters that would have voted for the alliance candidate in the fresh elections in July.

But most importantly, it is yet another evidence of disapproval of the alliance between the two parties.

Analysts have said an alliance between MCP and UTM is untenable as they are evidently ideologically different from each other.

Besides MCP presidential hopeful  Lazarus Chakwera and Chilima and their respective followers have a strong mistrust against each other.

The defecting  governors  said  they had dumped UTM because they dreaded the prospect of allying themselves with MCP,  a party which committed untold atrocities in its 31-year rule.

They said they did not want to be part of the instrument which killed thousands of Malawians and which could turn on them should the alliance win the election with Chakwera as its leader.

The defection of the governors, chair ladies and youth directors is a telling signal to UTM that it risks going into extinction faster than could be imagined should it continue to force itself into an alliance with MCP.

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25 replies on “Cracks in UTM as 4 district governors quit party for DPP”

  3. mlomo the old fat guy amaoneka osolobana nkale lomwe aja kodi? amaoneka a njengunje ngati awagwila ku cigololo ndi mwini wa nkazi

  4. All Malawians, we were MCP in those days of the so called atrocities so this nonsense dosen’t carry wait anymore. This is a story written by a Cadet.

  5. Mr mlomo and company are people who think that their positions in a party are for life…..let them go.

    We need fresh dynamic and forward looking leaders in both UTM and MCP alliance.

    Mr mlomo can go and join his old folks in DPP like Dausis etc….and we wish them well…..okavota ndiife.

  6. Power grabber and power hungry Chilima will find himself to be alone and lonely soon enough as his followers will abandon him in droves. Nothing new about Chilima and UTM, one only needs to look at Kaliati. The same woman who lied about Bingu’s death when she conspired to tell to the nation that Bingu was alive and flown to South Africa for treatment.
    You Chilima sadly are like the medicine which is worse than the decease. Power hungry and greedy to grab power. Malawi needs change not you. You will be sorry as no corporate will employ you.

  10. As the journey continues. More in waiting especially the south, no one with sound mind can support MCP. History will remain intact, it cannot be erased, even we try to put new faces. History remains whether bad or good, as long as it is history, you cannot delete it. MCP still uses the same building when it was victimising people, same symbol and same slogan. Who can forget, unless the person was not born, but history is told, on how people suffered under MCP. 31 years cannot be forgotten, it was Gehenna on earth. The central never suffered, no wonder they are fine with MCP. I don’t know the know.kkkkk

  12. There are other reasons why those defectors have left their party than the propaganda that is being explained here. Politicians think they are clever or smart; they move from one party to another, back and forth or beyond for one reason, which is money or higher positions but they fool us with another. And….. this thing of repeating same old song of mcp this, and mcp that, have reached its sell-by-date. Which mcp are they always refering to; of Mluzi or Dausi or Mpimganjira? Many civilised malawians moved on that old nosense as the same way people plant a peach tree on a demolished pit-toilet; they love and enjoy the fruits of the same tree regardless that it is grown on human feaces. Mcp did alot of good things minus a few bad things; dignified public hospitals, good education, long and reliable road networks, industries that were keeping our cities awake 24/7, professional defence force and police service, capitol hill, reliable-on-time public transport in rural and urban areas, airports though small but all ruling parties built none 30yrs down the line, bus depots all over of which are now turned into rubble, we can go on and on and on, but one thing that is for sure; only a fool, stupid headless monkey can despise and hate someone who built the houses that you and your wife sleeps in.

  14. Currently MCP is announcing and promoting MCP and its leadership only -Lazaro Chakwera leaving behind alliance partners- A decision already made that people should vote for MCP and its leader .UTM becareful- MCP wants to use your party to ascend to power and later dump the party alliance members.

  16. They have been paid by DPP to pose as defectors bcoz UDF/ DPP are loosing their members to UTM at a faster rate that’s why opted on buying governrs of UTM.

    Just wait someone will resist this buying thing and will spill the beans afterwards .
    How can someone with 5 senses join the sinking ship like DPP?

    UTM is soon going to lead this country , and there is no reverse gear but forward forever.
    Have u heard of some news seculating on social media about Sanjika Palace ???

    Let’s keep on praying hard so that the Sanjika thing mustn’t be real.

  20. ZA ZII IDYANI MABAZIWO.PALIBENSO ZOCHITA KAMPENI KAMPENI INACHITIKA KALE.NKHONDO AMENYA MULUNGU PALIBE ZA KAMPENI.

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