Divisions rock persons with albinism: Apam accused of adopting ‘elitist approach’, parallel group PACPWA emerges
A group of persons with albinism calling itself Poor and Concerned People with Albinism (PACPWA) has emerged with a spirited swipe at the Association of Persons with Albinism in Malawi (APAM) leadership accusing it of politicising issues to do with the abductions and killings of their kindred, and taking an “elitist approach.”
PACPWA has, through a statement published Wednesday signed by the group’s chairperson Francis Masambuka and secretary general Ellen Khonje, indicated that it is ready to meet with President Peter Mutharika Thursday morning for dialogue over issues affecting them.
The move is a challenge to APAM leadership as its president, Overtone Kondowe, outrightly pointed out that they would only be meeting Mutharika during their vigil scheduled for March 6 to 8 next week.
In the statement seen by Nyasa Times, PACPWA says “APAM has adopted an elitist approach in its operations leaving out the most poor and vulnerable who unfortunately are in majority as regards to PWA. These are the target of the killings and abductions in the country.
“There is a difference between the leaders, executive of APAM and rest of the PWA as the gap of poverty and issues faced with is huge and alarming. Of late, APAM is becoming a more political organization with a select few elite at the helm and more concerned with their image than the plight of the PWA.”
As a response, PACPWA says, it has put “our destiny in our own hands where we become brothers keepers and not trust the elite PWA whose focus seems to be a self-enrichment process.”
Among others, the block has accused APAM of taking a stand which is more of a militant position against government and “a soft spot” with the opposition political parties thereby throwing lives of persons with albinism into dangerous political games.
“In this regard, the lives of PWA has been reduced to a political puppet which can be showcased for sympathy of votes and not necessarily assisting in addressing their plight,” the statement says.
According to PACPWA, they find wanting “the decision and reasoning of APAM for turning down a meeting with the Head of State.”
Reads the statement: “First, we the PWA believe that dialogue with different stakeholders as key to addressing the issues affecting us while APAM feels that only the Opposition leaders should be met while the President and Government must be made to be our enemy.
“We are saddened that the opposition political parties seems to fuel PWA disdain towards the Government while they have little or nothing to offer to the plight of the same group.”
PACPWA further acknowledges the “strong political will” and “multiple interventions by government” through its various departments and agencies, and other organizations and development partners to curb these attacks and ensure the security and safety of people with albinism.
While APAM president could not be immediately available for comment, social commentator Stanley Onjezani Kenani, backed APAM’s decision to turn down the Thursday meeting with President Mutharika.
“APAM is right in turning down the made-for-the-cameras meeting with the President, whose half-hearted attempts at ending the killings of people with albinism leave no one in doubt that there will be no tangible outcome,” Kenani wrote on his Facebook wall.
Persons with Albinism will hold a three-day vigil from March 6 to 8 2019 at Kamuzu Palace, official residence of President Mutharika, to express their displeasure with continued attacks of its members.
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Without public trust u albinos will b mowed like grass. U have exposed urself. Shupit anthu opanda nzeru inu
Koma chibwana mukupanga ma alubino inu, muzingotoledwa ngati mafulufute kapena kuti nyamu ndithu. Kondowe was serious but your love of money will take you to the grave.
Shaking hands with the devil himself…………….. you guys have goofed big time, i liked the approach taken by your leader Mr Kondowe, but due to dyera lanulo amongst the few, mark my words akuthani anthu mumakadya nawo ku nyumba ya chifumuwo, DPP ndi chipani choopsya ma mafia achuluka m’menemo, lero akusekererani ngati zenizeni, mikono yomweyo mwalandilira ndalama yo ndi yomweyo ataidule iwo nkumalemera, SHINE YOUR EYES PEOPLE, ndakwiya nanu koopsya
Mxiiiiiiiii mukupitaso kwa chirombo chifukwa cha ndalama. Are you serious you people?
CSO parties,opposition parties&APAM should be ashamed.Those symphathizing with disgraceful comments here should know with this rudeness u can’t win elections in Malawi..majority of Malawians know where respect is due.You R just decampaigning urself. There is no devide&rule here but u shud come to ur senses that ur approach has failed u in everything..killing of albinos did not start during DPP time unless if u dont know.Its only now that people R coming in the open.The government need support from every Malawian to solve this mystery¬ rubeke!
Mr Masambuka should be the president of APAM not this MCP/UTM’s booty, licker tumbuka piece of shit Khondowe. Nawenso Monjeza usandionjeze pano ndikutukwana moyipa.
Mwayamba chibwana anthu inu.
I applaud this new albino grouping for coming out open.These organisations do really favour the rich and not poor.So its good you have started your own poor organisation to represent yourselves.Great! and can access help with easy now that you are known.Mbewa yamanyazi inafera kuuna.
Noxy i knew that.not every person living with albinism is behind this so called presidency of APAM. Only few of them that were making noise. You can even agree with me that there were only three or four people living with albinism who were wttending MCP rallies and talk shit, and Khondowe was in every meetings that MCP was conducting. Khondowe must resign, akuyika miyoyo ya ma alubino anzake pangozi. I again say, Khondowe akudziwapo kanthu pa chipolowe chomwe chikuchitikila anzath a chi alubinowa.
Apam March The Street To Meet The President They Refuse To Meet On Invitation? It Doesnt Make Sence!
dpp using divide and rule
Divide and Rule, many bad governments use this strategy. We will continue praying till those responsible for these atrocities are exposed and brought to book.
Greed is dangerous you will only promote the hunting & killings just because of your greed. You have recived money & do you think that money will protect you???? Zinazinso mufuna kulakwitsa anthu ndikulankhula. Mr Masambuka why now? Even a child can see that this so called parallel group is a product of selfishness & greed. Tiyenazoni koma ife chathu ndi chisoni basi.
seriously? PWA seriously? am disapointed .dont let money devide you coz you are safe as a pack .
DPP always use money to buy weak minds. Yes we all know you have money which you got through fraudulent ways and we know that you have bought many politicians , NGOs, pastors, and now a faction of PWA but there is one thing you can not buy, and that`s the truth. God is watching you cabinet members one day you and me will stand before His judgement sit. Where money, VX, Fortuners, and Mansions shall be of no help.
The problem is any organisation led by tumbukas is an asshole. Look at what this albimo Kondowe is doing
Gread take centre stage here.
mmmmm this ‘divide and rule’ will just weaken us and increase our vulnerability; please wake up guys
who is meant to protect these guys if he is not the president of Malawi? why do you need to hold a virgil at his residence when you dont need him.eeeeeish,politics politics,why the foolishness
I think stupidity on the part of APAM leadership. If I were them I would meet the President and go ahead with my vigil. But if I don’t want to meet the very person am demanding security from, how do I get what I want? How do I suggest solutions? On the street? Or on placards?
All along the president has been a failure and those siding with him are fools who are selling their lives. Had it been that the leader of opposition rekindled the debate after the killing of one in Dedza the president could have continued sleeping on duty. We didn’t know that the Ntaba group is still existing only to come out to make political statements with Dausi. You can’t need somebody who doesn’t care of your plight.
Here is a president and his government which will do everything possible to keep the secret of albino abductions and killings jealously guarded going to the extent of eliminating the lead to these atrocities in police custody. Though at this point it is not proven, the president and members of his parties are being mentioned as the ones behind these killings. And then you have some greedy victims leading divisions within the association. Let them understand that not everyone can be a leader at the same time. They elected the current leadership to represent them. Greed will not lead members of the new albino association anywhere. Remember the story of Judas Iscaliot? After pocketing the money for betraying Jesus where did it lead him? To his death.
kkkkkkk i like that statement. “not everyone can be a leader at the same time” preach that to Chilima, preach that to Chakwera, preach that to Mtambo, you know what, preach that to you whole opposition, because you don’t seem to understand that. RIGHT NOW OUR LEADER, OUR PRESIDENT IN MALAWI IS APM, ARTHUR PETER MUTHARIKA so back the fuck up!
They are divided its too dangerous for them according to environment in Malawi now. I understand politicians divided them and tell them to open parallel group that will fight each other to weaken their demands
PACPWA accepting money from the very people who are behind the killings, money from the bloody deaths of your brothers and sisters
APAM knows what they are doing but because someone has been feed a full bans he cant voice together with friends untill that ban get swallowed. youll regret that meeting
PACPWA is more sensible than APAM. I salute you PACPWA for refusing to hold vigils at protected areas. We do not want to see a repeat of what happened earlier when the former Leader of Opposition, Rev. Chakwera, joined Trapence in a demonstration in support of SAME SEX MARRIAGES.
What is the relevance in this comment?????
Killers who want to continue killing albinos can think like this.
why calling yourselves “POOR” ? You are just greedy people
That’s what DPP government are good at. Instead of solving problems they create parallel groups to create confusion. This has happened with chiefs, CSOs, the church etc.
Unfortunately, this statement has the language and the flow of thought of one person called the, “Talking Computer” written all over it . This creates the impression of disunity amongst the people with albinism. By not being critical, NyasaTimes seems to have swallowed it hook,line and sinker !!
The PACPWA has been formed to destabilize the real cause being advanced by APAM. The K50,000 they got from Nankhumwa has bought our brothers and sisters with Albinism. Shame on PACPWA, an organization formed out of dyela, deceit and without vision. You can not put a cat in the house and expect rats to live peaceful in the same house. A PACPWA dyela lanulo will dilute the very same cause of your existence. You are an opposition to APALM. Are you sure you have been formed to help government become even more clueless on who are the masters of this heartless killings of alibinism?
APAM met with the opposition presidential parties and outrightly took a sinister anti DPP posture and has continued to threaten government with vigils and marches despite the fact that government is willing to engage them regarding their plight. Dr Laz Chakwera in his phony accent has outrightly declared that this is a political matter. Instead of pursuing a multisectoral approach of engaging all stakeholders, APAM has shown a very distasteful coziness to opposition politics at the expense of thousands of endangered brothers and sisters living with albinism. What a shame.
Ma K50,000 ayamba kugwira ntchito
Peter Munthalika shame on you, not a time for discussion but action Baba, we want to know the market isaaa
DPP government working to divide the group, shame God is watching
You are A FAKE GROUP. very greedy. So that you meet the president kuti mudye sikono with no guarantee of security. umphawi nd mmutu momwe.
You are really poor mentally and spiritually! How can you guys choose to frustrate all those individuals and groups who have stood with you to see to it that the vice is out of the land just because you have been palm oiled? You should be as clueless and empty headed as ambuyanu akupatsani ndalamawo. Simudzandionanso writing for you guys!
Dyera. You will get rich dont worry. But it will be short lived….no security….what this new group wants is money….reality will bounce back
So they r fooled by 50000 handouts forgetting they are being killed,did they ever thought of who can go to police to kill the witness other than the same people they rushed to??
Money should not blind your eyes be united and meet the president on your agreed dates 6 to 8 march period.
We feel the same pain when you are being butchered yet you forget that for a mere 50thousand kwacha which cannot guarantee your lives.
Open your eyes and see the evil.
This is totally myopic group, why accommodating parasites within your bloodline?
Stay away from syckers. Divided you fall indeed, mind u.
Mutilakwitsa poyankhulano. Zoona Masambuka and your friends you have been bought to act against the stand of APAM? How long shall you be dialog ying instead of having the President offer maximum protection to.you all? Sad development.
Zitsiru zapasidwa ndalama kuti ziyambise chisokonezo ku APAM… its so obvious the statement is so politically motivated to frustrate the virgil. Ambuye atikhululukile ndithu ife anthu okanika.
I fail to understand…who is selling who? I thought it is their own relatives that are conducting evil business….and oppositions are behind it……
This new group is created by dpp with stolen funds from Nankhumwa. Divide and rule. Nankhumwa is giving local government contracts to his company where he is a shareholder. DEC Construction is in Limbe new Limbe market. Please wake up Malawi ans. Goand see howmuch they have accumulated illegally. I cry for my taxes
Apam is being used By MCP And UTM. Becareflul .These two parties have nothing to offer towards your protection. It is government only.Kondowe akusocheretsa anzake. You want vigil ku state house??? What will be the benefit? Go for dialogue witt government osati zomvera awo otsutsa simuphula nawo kanthu.
I SAW THIS COMING. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THE POOR GUY MASAMBUKA ? KOMA ANTHU ADYERAWA A DPP , MPAKANA KWA GAWA NDIMA ALBINO OMWE ?
Mutha chifukwa che dyera
Khondowe is a member of MCP. Hence his conduct. Sorry to say. We are equally concerned. We cannot allow our relatives to dies in that way. Pls abwana OK be flexible. We want to find a lasting solution. We need sharia law in this country. I personally blame all those who claim that ndi asinganga azisamba. They the ones who encourage these killings am at amadziwa ku kwimila. We arrest all these singangas isaaaaaa
Wina wadya chi banzi apa. I can smell a rat
Away asiyeni akufunazo azipeza ndithu.
It seems these people with albinism are not serious themselves — why divisions amongst yourselves ?? You are very stupid people !!
It just shows that Albinos are human beings like the rest of us. And that the DPP as usual thinks it can splash stolen money at everything.
At the end of the day, we have Albinod being killed and maimed in our country. Bribing some of them wont stop the problem. DPP needs to sort out the problem, they need to address why the DPP cadet who was arrested over the buying and selling of an Albino boy was killed by DPP operatives in a police cell. A police that answers and reports to Mchacha and Dausi who are on record declaring the murder of Albinos in Malawi is not a crisis.
Most importantly, they need to address the recorded accusations by one of the people arrested over the Albino killings who clearly states that Dr Ntaba collected Albino bones on behalf of the President himself. These are very serious accusations and if true they would be worthy of impeachment and criminal charges.
They need to explain why they dont allow the police to search DPP vehicles that have illegal DPP slogans instead of legal number plates. Is this how bodyparts are being transported? Why else would a government led by a law professor allow such anarchy and illegality unless it is hiding something?
Some one has applied the ddivide and rule formula. Take care.
You are busy attacking opposition political leaders and glorifying those who are attacking you,are you serious with your lives?
What kind of dialogue will change your fate which seems to be in the hands of government? Didn’t Peter Mutharika send a delegation to Rwanda and Tanzania to learn how those countries handled the issue? But has anything changed?
Albino killings in Tanzania are now history but in Malawi they haven’t reached the peak yet, thanks to Dausi’s observation and knowledge of the killings.
I see some tribalism at play amongst the Albino society. It is obvious with the new developments, tribal lineage is starting to take shape and divisions will be almost impossible to control. That is the typical way of how issues are handled in Malawi.
Tax payers money has funded this new Dpp now called pacpwa.. Sad
A Bamusi khalani ndi umunthu ndinu akulu a mpingo. Zoona mungapange create parallel group to devude security concenrs ya anzanu with albinisme? Mulungu akulangeni
United you stand divided you fall. Money has exchanged hands. If you become divided like this how do other groups and the general public come in to help you. Shame on you people. You will regret the approach you have taken.
The biggie knows the game.
Ku Malawi dyera penapaliponse, tiyeni nazoni!!!!
Be careful of divide and rule. Our leaders should resist from divide and rule policy
Why do you fail to modernise or approve my texts all the time after fulfilling all your requirements.? Where do I go wrong Nyasatimes?