DPP’s Kasaila slurs at MCP’s Mia, says Lower Shire people are not ‘masikini’
Spokesman of the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Francis Kasaila has accused the media for portraying people in the Lower Shire as ‘masikini’ [beggars] to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) politician and business tycoon Sidick Mia .
He made the remarks Wednesday in Lilongwe during a news conference in which minister of information Nicholas Dausi was clarifying on the alleged interference of the DPP in the forthcoming by-elections in Nsanje Lalanje.
According to Kasaila, people of Chikwawa and Nsanje eat from their sweat and not from Mia’s handouts.
“We, people of lower shire are not happy with you the media. You are disseminating information that we are beggars to Mia while we are not. Who is Mia to us? Go and ask the civil servants in Chikwawa, they will tell you who he is,” he added.
He demanded respect for the people of Nsanje and Chikhwawa saying people from the areas are not fools, sellouts or beggars at somebody’s house.
Kasaila, who is also Member of Parliament for Nsanje Central, was responding to a question as to whether the DPP is shaken with the recent development that saw self-styled Lower Shure political giant Mia joining the MCP.
Throwing out any kind of threat or concern regarding the move, Kasaila went on to say that people from the Shire Valley are not Mia’s puppets that whatever he says, they will dance to it.
“Do not look at us as tools. People of Nsanje and Chikwawa are people who think on their own. They are people that depend on their own sweat.
“People from Shire Valley get so angry when you talk about it this way because the impression you give is that all of us are fools of somebody else. We are not,” Kasaila said.
The DPP spokesman also questioned the achievements that Mia had made in the area when he abandoned the DPP after the death of the then President Bingu wa Mutharika and joined the Peoples Party (PP) that got into power.
“I want to ask you people to tell me how many MPs for PP came from Nsanje and Chikwawa when PP was in power? And why should Mia be a threat today just because he has joined the MCP,” Kasaila challenged.
He charged that people from Shire valley are strong minded people who know what they want or not.
He cited the example of the late Gwanda Chakwamba who at one point in his Malawi Congress Party (MCP) political career commanded a very large following from the Shire valley.
“But when he continued moving on from one party to the other, we dumped him. These are the people from Shire valley. We can assure you that we are not sell outs because we are people who know what we want.
“So if you are talking about Mia, leave us alone. We will show you in 2019 what we are made of,” he said.
Member of the DPP National Governing Council Ken Msonda was careful in his words when he commented:”In politics all politicians are important but very few are useful. The useful ones are the ones who can actually get you votes during elections .”
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In the MCP, don’t forget that we are experiencing a fight between Msowoya alongside his northern region followers, and Mia alongside his Lowershire followers. They both want to contribute votes to MCP. Supporters from both sides need their man to be runningmate. It is obvious that any losing side will not support the party, this Chakwera knows pretty well. Both sides are not originally from central region who would vote for MCP on regional lines. Its easy for Msowoya’s supporters to dump MCP out of frustration Same with Mia’s supporters if their man is denied the runningmate post. So MCP in either way it is to lose some supporters after the choice of runningmate is made. People are talking as if the only issue here is just adding supporters to MCP through Mia. . That is not the end. It is not an MP seat where a person can alternatively stand for an independent seat. And this comes at a time when Msowoya is being bashed and mocked as lebwedelebwede. Do you think he will accept the defeat while lying down? He will do things to show that he also has a muscle to flex.
Another thing is that people are forgetting that the issue is not about how many people will Mia add to MCP. Will that number be bigger than that which Lower Shire people gave Mbuya when he was MCP candidate? That time almost all the seats in Lower Shire went to MCP but failed the elections. Who is Mia to Mbuya when it comes to politics? Chalaka bakha nkhuku ingatore? MCP ikukweza kamba m’mwamba chifukwa yadzimbidwa. MCP tortured Chakwamba in the 1980s. When he came from prison Dr Banda invited him to the party and he accepted it with conditions. After the death of Banda the party started again torturing him by saying he is a southerner so cannot lead the party whose strength is in the Centre. Chakwamba braved the winds but finally threw-in the towel. That is the MCP we know. So Mia wants to once again bring the Lower Shire people to that ridicule again? Yet he is not even the top man as Chakwamba was? Kasaila is right.
Mia woyeee!
kasaila watha nzeru – why highlite such remarks! It’s one’s choice to choose; donot put ALL in one basket
We will see and hear the voice of the people of Nsanje after the polls take place. Kasaila is right people of Nsanje aren’t beggars of Mia and same is true to Malawians. We aren’t beggars of DPP. We will show DPP what Malawians are made of come May 2019. Dont take us for fools and sellouts as you think we are.
you say civil servant ,what about those who are not civil servants kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
All in all, Dpp knows/assumes Mia is not a threat : then why bother talking about him? After the by-elections in Nsanje lalanje I don’t know what else Hon. Kaisaila is going to tell country. To my knowledge Mia has a bigger following in the lowershire than Hon. Kasaila who is struggling with his own Constituents.
Ife anthu a ku lower shire tinabvutika kwambiri pansi pa ulamuliro wa MCP. Even the Mia family suffered in one way or another. His father (MHSRIP) joined UDF because of the cruelty MCP did to people ofChikwawa and Nsanje. Mia may be rich but not a threat at all. We are shocked that he wants to bring MCP to lower shire when this party killed a lot of people. The party of darkness and death. The party whose hands are full of blood. Sitingayiwale. Chakwera is another worse dictator. He has chased key people like njobvuyalema . He now works with puppets. We will not vote for the party that illtreated us. Agalu inu a MCP munatizunza kwambiri. Go to tell with your your Mia. Tinatopa ndi congress.
Strongly speaking Mia is a NOMADIC POLITICIAN he is a well blessed man of Malawi but he is never looted he goes were the wind blows …… if the wind blows to the Dessert he is there, if it blows to the Grave he also goes there kkkk!!! I don’t think he ca be trusted ……. If he is giving hand outs let the people recieve and eat …… because VOTE yanu ili mu mtima, tiyeni nawoni andalewa tiwadyere yaaaa!!!! Tiyeni tilandile nsalu zonse za zipani…..& we should try to attend ma campagn meetings azipani zonse kuti tidye nawo kkkkkkkk!!!! koma Voti ili mumtima…. iwo adziufiila kuti yaaaa koma kunabwera masapota anga ambili ….. shaaaaa!!! kupusa inu andale.
It’s very funny what Katsaira is saying. He wants to be referred to as the giant of lower Shire when by far He is not. Why does he always talk about Mia when Mia doesn’t talk about him. His days of being someone in the Shire valley are gone puse puse ailuza seat yake ya u MP. Mia is not even scared of Katsaira or DPP but the opposite is true. Bwana Katsaira please tame your tongue
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I like the language politicians use. There are in self denial. A few month ago MCP was nothing in the lower Shire and a well meaning person must confess that MIA has shaken the area and has a made MCP an overnight darling to the esteem people of the lower Shire. A lot is at stake for the honorable minister and he must rise above his usual pride to be relevant in the lower Shire going forward.
Mr Chakwera, its a pity that you have your head in the clouds.There is no way you can win an election in Nsanje.Malawi’s political history (presidential & parliamentary general elections history) will tell you that people vote for a candidate not because of the policies their parties stand for, but rather the region a party leader comes from.Mark my words.
If Chakwera’s MCP wins the Nsanje-Lalanje by election, it will become one of the wonders of the world- probably the number 8th wonder of the world.
Msonda is right this time. Kasaira is out of his mind.
So Mr you have said something important. Its true that the people of the lower shire are not beggers and they eat from their sweat. The same is true with all Malawians. We are not fools whereby the DPP want to take us for granted. Let me conquer with Msonda, not all politicians are useful!!!
To be honest DPP is very much scared with Mia’s move in joining MCP. If Mia had joined DPP the Kasailas could not be talking bad of Mia. They are just trying to wear a brave face but deep down their hearts they know that Mia is not just an ordinary politicians. He has a large following. In politics every vote counts.