First Lady opens up: Born-again Christian, met Chakwera during Scom meetings in college

August 7, 2020 Mike Fiko –Nyasa Times 22 Comments

First Lady Monica Chakwera has spoken for the first time with the media narrating her inspirational story of a typical Malawian girl who grew up in the remote of Mwazisi in northern region’s district of Rumphi.

First Lady Monica Chakwera

In an exclusive interview with Rainbow Television aired on Thursday, the calm and composed First Lady underlined that the story of her has always been defined by her relationship with God.

An accountant and a social worker by profession, a pastor and a mother of four, Monica Chakwera met the youthful Lazarus in the university during the Student Christian Organisation of Malawi (Scom)  meetings.

“He  [was at Chancellor College studying Theology and I was at Polytechnic  [Unviersity of Malawi constituent colleges] studying Business Administration. We first met during series of SCOM meetings. I was a born again and he, too, was,” she said.

In her 42 years of marriage, Monica Chakwera—who is a professional accountant and confidently says ‘I am very good at money issues’, has worked in a number of international organizations as an accountant.

Some of them include: British Council, Irish Aid, Delloite, Icrisat and several others.

On her upbringing, Madam Chakwera—who enjoys nsima, the country’s staple food ade from maize flour with  there’re (Okra), shares the story of most girls in Malawi. She grew up in Mwazisi in Rumphi, struggled with fees and, at one point; Save the Children organisation came to her rescue.

“I thank God that He gave me the grace and favour to come this far. I am really indebted to Him for that,” she said,  adding that: “the first time I left village was when I was going to begin secondary school at Likuni Girls Secondary School.”

As a human being, Madam Chakwera says she has had her moments of pain and disappointment but thanks God that she has a great a family – now the first couple and first family at Plot Number One.

“My children have never given me sleepless nights. They are well bred and I am thankful for that. One of the happiest moments in my life was to see all my children get married. Their weddings were immaculate,” she said.

On her role as a First Lady, Madam Chakweta  said she already has a Foundation that has been running for years.

“My passion is with street kids. I have done so much to help and I am excited that I will do more. I also have interest in the girl child, we need to contain early marriages,” she said.

Thokozani Chiromo, a woman living in the high density Mtandire Township, said she listened to the  interview and was inspired by the First Lady’s story.

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22 replies on “First Lady opens up: Born-again Christian, met Chakwera during Scom meetings in college”

  3. Dr Lazarus Chakwera never studied Theology at Chancellor College he was doing liberal studies he studied theology in South Africa and that was after graduating from
    Chanco.

  7. Malawi now has a second wise visionary first Lady from zcarrista Muthatika.
    Request the two to get United and really see the girl child on the streets of Malawi.And in schools.Most girls fail to go further because of fees..Pleade note,primary schools now we pay fees indirectly,they call DEVELOPMENT FUND,most of us cant manage.I also urge the current President to cease Development feed immediatly,
    Thank you very much and congratulations for being at Plot#1….you Your Excellency Madam,contributed much to the Predodent hence he is now MG1..
    Wish you well 24/7&hope one day to call appointment meet you.

    Regards,
    Nixon Mzakwacha.

    +27724932299
    +27732440799.

  8. May the good lord the almighty give you wisdom and strength to resist all temptations of greed and pride from Satan.

  10. Looks mayi wa khalidwe ozichepetsa osati za calista and Gertrude dyela basi. Good luck mayi Chakwera

  12. Wonderful story and interesting to hear. New journey has started mum, God will take you there with family support and us as nation we will support your and our dreams to reach where God will take us.Together we can achieve more.

  13. The great Apostle Paul regularly asked for prayer support from fellow Christians. I am humbled to hear the First Lady also asking for prayer support from well wishers. Some of us are already praying for her and her husband so that the devil should fail in his old tactics to tempt people of God to embrace spirits of greed for more and more of wealth and power. I happen to know that former First Lady Gertrude was also a devout Christian and served in a certain renowned pentecostal church in various capacities but you see how quickly she succumbed to spirits of pure greed and accumulation of earthly riches which is in itself not a sin as long as the riches are gained in an honest way minus greed! The world will be watching very closely to see whether Madam Chakwera is going to be spared from the devil’s trappings—that’s where universal prayer support becomes relevant and Madam Chakwera, you can count on many well-meaning prayer loving Christians.

  14. Let’s hope what has been said is getting done, be careful with advisors becoz are the ones misleading our leaders… I wish u well and stay blessed ever our mom.

  15. I am DPP but this one looks ngati wakhalidwedi than zathu zija. From Calista-Izi zatuluka last monthizi. Hope you will not embarrase the office madam. You husband’s success depends partially on you too. Read newspapers to understand what Malawians out here are saying. I am convinced that advisors indeed mislead more especially when they begin to be intoxicated with power and money. Wishing you the best. No hate.

      2. Walakwa chani Felix marumbo wandikwiyitsa ndiganiza mbuzi ndiiweyo osamakhala ochenjera pazinthu zopusa sanalakwe mwina akulembere chilankhulo chomwe uchidziwa kuti umve zomwe walemba iwe ndiye wandikwiitsa

    1. At last we have got an educated first lady who is humble and has a stable family. It is always people from humble beginnings who make it in this world! One might come from a remote village but it is what you achieve that matters. It does not matter if you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth, it is what has become of your life that matters. often people from well to do families end up with miserable lives because they cannot make it on their own. There is a lesson here to learn.Osamanyoza anthu osauka a kumudzi cifukwa cakuti inu munabadwa ku banja lolemera.

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