DPP aspirant wants 50-50 campaign to be redesigned

Ruling Democratic Progressice Party (DPP) aspirant for Nsanje South West constituency Helen Buluma has asked 50-50 campaigners to think of doing things different from the way they are doing it.

Buluma: 50-50 campaign should not start in times of elections

In an interview she said the current design where the campaign starts just a year before elections fails to address women’s challenges hence reducing number of women who could have otherwise managed to make it into political positions.

“The 50-50 campaign should not start in times of elections, it should start when we have just been voted into power, say three years before elections, to be able to groom women so that by the time they start campaigning they should be way ahead and compete competently,” said Buluma.

She said most finances that are meant to help women in the districts have not reached the beneficiaries although the crucial time of primary elections is now.

“How do you expect women to win primaries when they don’t have proper funding? They should start investing in the primaries because if they fail at primaries level, there will be no way they will reach out to them,” said the DPP shadow Member of Parliament.

She said there is a gap that has been left and it needs the 50-50 campaigners to be prompt in their response to aspiring women woes.

Buluma  said women should support their fellow females because they know the importance of a woman in the society.

She said once voted in power as Member of Parliament, she would prioritize availability of portable water and food so that the country should have healthy people and children for development of the country.

Commenting on the 50-50 campaign, Action Aid Malawi, an agency managing the campaign, Executive Director Grace Malera, said the organization has already started rolling out activities supporting women in rural areas.

“So far what has been happening on the ground we provided funding to 21 NGOs to go to all 28 districts in the country doing capacity building and community mobilization,” said Malera.

She said she is assured that the campaign will bear fruits.

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DJ ZOKOKA
DJ ZOKOKA
5 years ago

Its too late pack all your katundu mukayambe ulimi otaya madzi bansi,

Keen observer
Keen observer
5 years ago

Why you need to be groomed?

Banda
Banda
5 years ago

Five months to pack and go!! Prepare hangovers now for Chapter or Chilima.You are all doomed

Make Malawi Great
Make Malawi Great
5 years ago

a terror group….

Geryrude
Geryrude
5 years ago

It will never happen If we wait for somebody to do for us.

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