DPP SG Wa Jeffrey scolds UTM as ‘agalu’: Mutharika dismisses SKC’s ‘bullet train’ pledge
The outspoken Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) secretary general Greiselder Jeffrey wa Jeffrey on Thursday took her outbursts on United Transformation Movement (UTM) when she spoke during President Peter Mutharika’s whistle-stop rally in Nkhotakota.
Mutharika was on his way from the Northern Region to his base, Lilongwe the capital city.
In her remarks, Jeffrey accused some political leaders in apparent refrence to UTM which is led by State Vice-President Saulos Chilima of attempting to pull the governing DPP down.
She called them “agalu” and “akuba” (dogs and thieves).
But in his speech, Mutharika also accused the UTM for practising what he called “inflammatory politics.”
Mutharika, who last week warned Chilina, former first lady Callista Mutharika and other movement leaders against attacking him, threatening he would drop on them like a tonne of bricks on their heads if they continue doing so, said promises being made by Chilima to do if elected as President in next year’s tripartite electios were empty.
“There is no way someone can create one million jobs in one year here in Malawi,” said Mutharika quashing Chilima’s pledges.
“Do not let some people deceive you. I hear someone has promised to provide a bullet train for the country when elected into power, this is pity considering that America which is one of the richest countries in the world failed to do the project because it is expensive, can Malawi achieve that without sufficient electricity?” he wondered.
“I was in America for 40 years… I know. They tired to build such a train but failed because it’s expensive despite their huge economic muscle,” he added.
But UTM secretary general Patricia Kaliati in an interview with Nyasa Times, said the DPP should not twist the message of their movement.
She said Chilima has promised high-speed railway transport from Blantyre to Lilongwe and trams in cities, saying that is possible,citing Kenya in East Africa which has just launched their railway link.
Kaliati said Kenya recently launched the modern Madaraka Express passenger train service in Mombasa, saying it is possible for Chilima and his UTM administration to implement similar vision.
She said key transport link, to run from the busy port city of Mombasa inland to the highland Kenya’s capital Nairobi, is eventually hoped to extend onwards to Uganda, and then connect with proposed lines to Rwanda and South Sudan, saying Malawi can step forward with their landmark project when UTM is elected to govern.
In his speech, President Mutharika says his government would embark on realistic infrastrucre development projects, disclosing that they have secured funds for construction of M5 road from Kaphatenga in Salima to Dwangwa in Nkhotakota.
While acknowledging that some sections of the 170kilometre road are in bad shape, President Mutharika reiterated that his government is committed to making sure that various developmental projects take shape and get completed in the country.
“Currently, the government is committed to undertaking 190 projects which are progressing smoothly and among those projects 18 roads are under construction countrywide. This is not an easy job and it has never happened in Malawi.
“The construction will be in two phases, shortly we will start with the Dwangwa-Nkhotakota road which is characterised by single carriage bridges and potholes and then we will finish off with Kaphatenga-Nkhotakota section,” he said.
He also said that he would construct a jetty on Lake Malawi at Nkhotakota Boma to ease water transportation for the people who use the lake.
He also promised that he would construct 2000 houses for vulnerable population including those people with disabilities adding that he is going to ensure provision of potable water to people living throughout the district especially in hard-to-reach areas.
President Muntharika further advised people never to take opposition politicians seriously saying they are always opposing government to advance their selfish personal interests.
“Currently Malawi has the fastest growing economy in Southern Africa, the inflation is low and Kwacha is stable. My government has managed to work for a successful nation just within four years,” said Mutharika.
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Akuziwana Paja anatotinamizira limozi pa Masintha kuti azasisa Malata ndi Cement.Kenako kusintha atawina.
Paja UTM ali ndi nyimbo yawo ija amati mukumva kuwawa eee! mukuva kupwetekaaa! mukamalimbano nayo chilima eee. Koma a DPP mukoma chaka chake ndi chino.
The cheapest BULLET TRAIN is Califonia Bullet Train. Its cost is $10.6 billion dollars which is about 8 trillion Malawi Kwacha. Our annual budget is currently at 1.5 trillion Malawi Kwacha. The cost of a fast train rail is at not less than 82 million dollars per mile. Blantyre to Lilongwe it’s 186 miles. Ndindalama zingati zonse pamodzi? Kkkkkk Kunamizidwa ndakana.
mukamalimbana naye chilimayu,mumumva kupweteka…simunati nkhalamba inu..iwe jefule ndye uzaKHALA PA NUMBER 1 KUMANGIDWA
Chitsiru ndi iweyo Manzo. U have eyes but can’t see & ears but can’t hear! Wasn’t there a meeting for DPP inner circle & SKC was not allowed to attend? What were they discussing that they did not want SKC to hear? I thought as second in command he was part of the inner circle? Ngati amakambirana zotibera misonkho yathu SKC zimukhudza bwanji woti anamuletsa kukhala nawo? Yes, SKC is in government but not in DPP. If u can look back, all the assignments SKC was given, he did them diligently including waddling in muddy waters to visit flood victims, a thing ur stupid mtchona has never attempt to do. What would u have done in such situations if it was u being treated thus? Typical of DPP using others as condoms. God is closely watching!
Tell Pitala not to poke his nose into UTM pot. These are signs of desperations and disillusions!!!! More fire Chilima mpaka Jefule yo akoze basi!!!! Amawona ngati masewera lero akuchita kumamva malungo ndi UTM.
President wabvomera kuti anakhara ku America for 40 years, tsopano first lady Carista analakwa chani powachula MUCHONA.. Ndimayeatsa munthu akakhalisa Ku dziko laeni ndi MUCHONA
A Kaliati musawanamize a Malawi za train. Do you know Kenya’s economy? You can not compare Kenya and Malawi. Ife amene tili mu diaspora we know better. Tell people realities and dreams. Recently i was on leave in Malawi and visited the rural areas including Kaliati’s and Winiko’s plus other areas. People dont want you amayi Patricia and believe you me you will not win in your constituency. Mukazawina muzandifunse. UTM is just wasting its time. You better join other briefcase parties and form a grand alliance against DPP.
So if you say we can not compare Kenya economy and Malawi, how did Kenya get where they are to day? Nzeru za Mulopwana nadi ndizochepa eti. that is why the president is also thinking like “Mulopwana”
you were critisizing your your opponents that were calling you kuti apumbwe??? nanga inu mukuwatchula kut agalu komanso okuba bwanji????? obweza ndalama zamisinkho yathu inu mmesa ndi amene muli akuba?? you a pumbwa are thieves!!!!
ndizotheka kuchita create 1000 jobs, just believe and work on your strategies bwana. give yourself targets and work hard towards them
Jeffery ndiwe hule ochititsa manyazi ndi kuvetsa chisoni kwambiri. You are a mad loose dog Jeffery! !!!!! Find something better to do. ……
Okalamba wakuba uyu. Do you really know why these guys are talking about projects? That’s the easiest way to steal money just like Zameer other contractors give dpp gurus something. Contractors add something meant for Pitala and other government officers. How do civil servants build multimillion Kwacha houses from salaries avereging K300,000 a month? How does Pitala build flats at Bunda turn off from K2.7 million salary? These are things Malawians don’t look into. There is a lot of stealing in Malawi. When you see people driving latest Mercedes Benz cars and Toyota VXs just know it is your taxes being stolen through projects Pitala is boasting about. Amapakula and keep the cash in their homes just like Chaponda did. Kupusa a Malawi and you clap hands.
Pitala Pitala Pitala! Just because you have no idea how to create 1 million jobs and giving us mordern means of transport; it does not mean that everyone is short sighted like you. Let people with ideas lead us please!
Jeffrey galu, who, nyani, mbuzi, nkhumba, mbala ndi zonse zonyansa
Ahaha…
Good riddance! DPP. Mr. President bear with me. You are the one who made empty promises. The list goes on and on. Mombera University, what level is it? Police and military houses. Corruption. We are going to drain the swamp. Very soon. We are tired.
DPP ndiye agalu, achule, afisi, akanyimbi, mbava kuyambira APM, S G wawo wonunkha mkamwayo. Mxiew!.
This madala and his dpp has run out of ideas and is confused. I thought you said you will turn malawi into Europe how thwn will our country achieve that without bullet train, i thought bullet train is part of development that makes europe and thats what you want our malawi to be like. Furthermore how will you turn our malawi into europe wirhout requiring more man power thereby creating more jobs. You, our president and chilima are saying the same thing but differently only that may be you are confused and you dont know what you are doing.Asiyileni anyamata agwire ntchito inu mukapume mwakula nzeru zikutha.Jeff wa Jeff inu nde ayi zero pa ten ntchito kulongolora basi i think you belong to the kitchen.
Ahahaha
mtchona uyu! kuganiza kwa matchona, akatukwana a DPP palibe vuto koma ena akabweza moto, akuti amangidwa? kukomera mbuzi kugunda galu………….mtchona very low thinking capability, kukalamba!!!!
ETI
Hahahahaha i remember the President said he will make Malawi to be like Europe, now your friend is saying he will bring a bullet train, why cant you just be together and what is right to Malawians regardless Europe or bullet train, these dreamers should not think every dream becomes true, though every dream can be big or small dream is dream.
We in M.C.P we only want Malawi wokomela aliyese.
What if SKC mechanises tea, tobacco and maize farming, you mean we cannot employ even more than 1 million people? What makes you doubters to think when one says jobs it has to be an office job? So you know that even the malata subsidy programme can create thousands of jobs? When one says 1 million jobs, that is a general policy statement; which will be qualified during speeches and in the manifesto….apumbwa muli mmadzi
SKC is in govt and he is the VP.what had he done for the past 4 years.Iwe Ndi chitsilu bwanji
iwenso nanga agogo akowo chazelu mchani, nkhani sikuwopseza nkhani yomangana basi.
mudziwona zosapota, ngati akumakupatsani soup ifezitikhudze
Public Reforms that got Dpp and APM jealousy of his hardworking ethnics.. speaking out on substandard and half assing projects done by the dpp led gov. educating the public of corruption and moral decay etc the list goes on his humble he doesnt go on a hill with his works like APM and all greedy idiots stealing from govt coffers. And he has no corrupt shit on his sleeves like chaponda, Peter, etc
@manzo
You are being naive . You think chilima has any say in this good for nothing ? Why are you skirting around issues yet you know the truth regarding chilima’s situation in your DPP government. Chicken brain
Technological development increases unemployment and not the other way round!
Mpaka agalu? Zomwezi? Mai pelekani citsanzo cabwino kwa a Malawi. Ndi zosiyilana izi .I don`t UTM went this far. . Do we really want these people to be back in power? Definetly NOT!
It seems APM thinks he is the one who has monopoly over making promises. This idea of saying it cannot happen is the one that has prevented him even to complete projects which were started under his brother. Bingu dreamt of Nsaje -in-land port. And this Mutharika promised that the first thing he was going to do when elected in 2014 was to take a helicopter and visit Nsanje -in-land port. Has he done that?
Dogs and thieves kkkkkk. Anyani kusekana zikundu. Anali amodzi anthuwa akudziwana.
“I was in America for 40 YEARS!….. I know” Alamu sakunama munthuyi ndi MTCHONADI!!!
Akagwere!
To you iys very much impossible to created 1 million jobs in 1 year fine. What is you plan on this issue of job creation? Chitukuko simiseu yonkha bwana president. We need to grow our industrial sector, tourism, education, health, security etc. All those will help in achieving social and economical impowerment to the people of malawi. Single digit inflation rate song you have been singing means nothing if the people have no money in their pockets
Just saying.
That’s very true. This president of yours thinks when we talk about development it’s all about roads . That’s how archaic and shallow he is. Transport sector goes beyond construction a road here and another road there. It covers air transport, water transport and rail transport . He has never said anything about rail, air and water transport . Believe you me with mutharika we should kiss development in bigger sense good by because he doesn’t understand what development is all about in the first place . To him a road here and another 10 km road there and changing old myp base to community college are what constitute development . He is simply not smart enough . So shallow he is.
The road to May 2019 has very exciting curves. Our drivers with their manifestoes tend to pilot us in unchartered waters even mouthing sour language. Now that APM didn’t unveil Chimunthu at Dwangwa as the only material in Nkhotakota North while he was able to display Etta Banda and Richard Chirwa at Chintheche and Tukombo attracts more questions about the value of Chimunthu to the DPP. APM had a stop at Nkhotakota to support Aunt Jeffrey. Nkhotakota had political luminaries across the Malawian skies Prof Chilivumbo then Clement Stambuli Dr Chilumpha and Chimunthu but which storyline are following on them
Who’s galu? Nanga kumeneko sikutukwana? Do you get such stupid talking from mighty UTM, no. Paulendo mbuzi inu.
I agree with Peter Mutharika the man walks the talk.
UTM
There is nothing that America can’t do. Economically right not viable because they don’t want to kill other parts of the economy once these trains are operational.