First Lady appeals for unity among Malawi political leaders
The First Lady Gertrude Mutharika has called on politicians in the country to learn to co-exist and work together despite coming from different political parties.
Mrs Mutharika spoke on Friday night when she hosted Malawi Members of Parliament who are members to the Pan-African Parliament-PAP to a dinner in Johannesburg South Africa, where she also opened this year’s PAP Women’s Conference.
United Democratic Front (UDF) Parliamentarian Abubakar Mmbaya, People’s Party (PP) MP Roy Kachale and Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Cecilia Chazama attended the dinner.
The First Lady hailed the MPs for accepting her invitation saying unity among leaders of different political parties is essential and critical for Malawi to make progress in its development agenda.
“We need to understand and accept that Malawi will remain a multiparty state where different parties will exist and people will belong to political parties of their choice. But that should not be a recipe for divisions and fighting, it should in fact be a way of bringing together different ideas that should strengthen our unity and zeal to move our country forward and take our people out of poverty,” she said.
The First Lady urged the Malawi PAP members to represent Malawi well during their tenure and ensure that women issues are being brought to the attention of the PAP.
Speaking during the dinner, the MPs expressed gratitude for the gesture, saying it is a demonstration of goodwill from the country’s first citizens.
“You had all the right and freedom to choose who to invite to have dinner with you. It was possible only to invite members of the DPP, this is a very rare occurrence that should teach some of us that we must always stand together,” said PP’s Roy Kachale.
While echoing Kachale’s sentiments earlier, UDF’s Mmbaya also commended the First Lady for accepting an invitation to be Special Guest of Honor at this year’s PAP Women’s Conference.
“We are grateful that you saw it fit to invite us to dinner. Most importantly we are proud of you for flying the Malawi flag higher at PAP with your presence and powerful speech. Be assured that as we continue to represent Malawi at the Pan-African Parliament we will not disappoint you. You may need to know that you are the first Malawian First Lady to open the PAP conference and that is good for our country,” said Mmbaya.
a Malawi muli ndi nsanje ya umbuli, very different from where I come from.
fedalism basi osatinso zinazo
Ngati wasowa chochita just go and sweep in lake malawi usatinyase!
Chamba eti rotational president? kukhuta kondole eti? mmwera ingalore zimenezo?
Just go and sweep the streets and collect garbage. You look better doing that.
Amuna ako oyamba adapita kuti? Kodi iweyo siwoyendayenda? Ndipo ndamuna ako mukusiya zaka zingati?
A maroon vine or black dress cud be appropriate for dinner. An up-do hair style cudve been better than hair hanging which is gud for day functions.
Tazingo tolerani zinyalala muTown mama.Ku BT kuseri kwa Mage. court pa fupi ndi maoffice aboma paground pali zinyalala zambiri just imagine mkati mwa town.
She must learn to do what she talks.Getrude timakuona ukusekerera atsogoleri a DPP akunyoza azipani zina.So what are you saying now?
Which country will unite? We need Federation for us to have unity.If not will not my dear.Don’t cheat your self.Let’s have rotational President from all Regions
Nonsense, she should be telling that story to her husband in bed because he is the one who is causing all these problems. He is practicing bush politics…..where he believes that only ‘wild pigs of the South can run/manage the hole affairs and not the porcupines from the Centre and the North…….Mayi Maseko, ntchito yanu ndiyayikulu kwambiri……..muli chimtengo m’maso mwanu ndimwa amuna anumo…..yambani mwachotsa chimenecho…..kenaka muchotse chili mwa anzanu otherwise you are wasting both our money and time on dinners…….free advice.
You must be a bad example on co-existence Madam
same old nonsense
Abale stop picking! she is making an effort to co-ordinate! lets support that idea. In fighting is a wste of time folks! she is right, difference of opinon does not mean enmity, learn to agree to differ and still be friends!
look who is talking???? didn’t you run away from JB in New York a few weeks ago??? you failed to demontrate co-existance and you’re telling us what??? practice what you you preach fool!
What’s up with the fake hair???? looks like wasenza mphaka pamutupo. You need to be your authentic self if you even know what that means kikikikikikiki
All these praises for dinner. I suppose the dinner was more than any other dinner in their lifetime.
BUT SHE FAILED TO ATTEND JOICE BSNDA’S PRESENTATION IN USA LAST MONTH AT UN SIDE MEETINGS
First Lady appeals for unity among Malawians, Useless & speechless.
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha koma maseko ngati ndi wopinimbila