Harry Mkandawire touts MCP supremacy in Tonse Alliance, slurs at ‘tiny parties with less than 10 MPs’
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) second deputy president Harry Mlekanjala Mkandawire, on Sunday heightened his touting of President Lazarus Chakwera administration saying “it is the government that people looked forward to” and that Malawians should not be misled by “some noisemakers.”
Mkandawire, who not long ago raised controversy as regards the disbursement of government loans when he said the first beneficiaries would be members of MCP, said by the fact that MCP has a majority in parliament the others “really do not matter.”
He made the sentiments at Chisalankhanga Primary School as he drummed up support for the party’s candidate, Leonard Mwalwanda, in the November 10 Karonga Central Constituency by-election.
“When we say we are in government people should understand. Currently, MCP has more than 60 MPs in parliament. What can a party with 3 or four MPs do?” asked a rhetoric Mkandawire in his address to a sizeable audience.
According to Mkandawire, MCP was geared to bail-out the people of Karonga Central if only they voted for Mwalwanda.
“Why should you make a mistake of voting for someone who has duped you for years and years when he was MP when [Leonard] Mwalwanda has offered himself to help you here?
“Make no mistake. Vote for this young man with a passion to develop this constituency. Leonard is a young man with a proper education, a humble and mature politician who has the full support of the Tonse Alliance under the leadership of President Chakwera. No one should cheat you that Tonse Alliance has endorsed another. Vote MCP through Mwalwanda and get immediate solutions to your problems,” said Mkandawire.
He assured constituents and Chisalankhanga School Committee, on the spot, that a directive would be made to the Northern Region Water Board (NRWB) to reconnect water to the school after the Board had disconnected it for a K120 000 bill.
For a poorly built school block, which was used as a podium for the rally, Mkandawire advised the Committee to liaise with Mwalwanda so that construction of a new classroom block begins immediately.
For one Yohane Mkandawire, a young man who has 14 points on MSCE but has not been selected to college, Mkandawire assured of recruitment into the Malawi Police Service (MPS) for the next intake.
“I have not done this because he is also a Mkandawire. Even if it were a Kishombe, I would have done the same. MCP believes in youth empowerment, and this is what I have just done. Please if you know of any of your friends with good points like you have, please let me know, through Mwalwanda, so that they too be assisted,” he said.
On his part, Mwalwanda, seemingly cool and very at ease assured the constituents that he will bring the government closer to them.
“Actually, this should have been happening from long time ago. But those that have been there before me have cheated you. Their time is gone. The vice president’s [Harry Mkandawire] frequent visits to this constituency should show how intimate I am to government and this will trickle down to you enormously after you elect me as your representative to the national assembly on November 10,” said Mwalwanda.
Mwalwanda, nephew to late Dr Cornelius Mwalwanda is battling it out with independent candidate Florence Nthakomwa, Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Ernest Mwalughali and UTM Party’s Frank Tumpale Mwenifumbo.
A snaphost opinion poll Nyasa Times has conducted as of Sunday shows the battle is between Mwalwanda and Mwenifumbo–former parliamentarian for the constituency.
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I always say that ZODIAKIS DEAD WHY CANT THEY COMMENT ON THIS?ALLIANCE IS DEAD BECAUSE THEY ARE IN POWER? LET THIS HUMAN BODY PARTS SELLER KNOW THAT ALL THE PARTIES IN TONSE PLAYED A PART FOR THEM TO WIN. BUT MY ZODIAK CAN NOT PUT THIS IN MULIPOTI LATHU LA LERO WHY A BWANA ANADYA BAN HEHEHEDEEEEEEEEE. NOW LOOK AT THIS 1 PRESIDENT TWOTERM PLUS VICE PRESIDENT. DEFECTOR FROM GOD CHAKWERA IS IN HIS FIRST TERM, BUT POMPUS CHILIMA THE DRUNKERD IS SERVING HIS SECOND TERM AS A VP.SO WHAT HAPPENS IN 2025? THE SO CALLED POLITICAL OZUKUTA ALIPHE NGATI SAKUONA YET THE BOM SHELL IS COMING WE WILL LAUGH THE LAST.
Can someone please enlighten Harry Mkandawire to Aristotle’s observation that ‘ the whole is greater than the sum of its parts’. It does not matter how small and insignificant a political party may seem, the truth is that the presidency was won as a ‘whole team’ of nine partners. MCP probably could not have landed the presidency without the other partners. Now for a political party VP to look down upon coalition partners who helped to bring his party president into national office is just amateurish. He is overtrying hard to please his boss but this is increasingly exposing him as a political illiterate who does not apply his mind before uttering political statements. Chakwera should be careful to the damage this man might bring to his presidency.
Correct observations.
I agree whole heartedly. He is from my constituency. I never knew his lack of decorum. He is not a politician period.Now I understand why he lost during the elections.
The fact that Chakwera is tolerating this kind of campaign by Mr Mkandawire doesnt sit well with me. We been talking about public reforms for parastatals and someone says he will order the water board to reconnect water to a place which owes 120k bills. Why not just pay the bill? We can now even just plant police officers in the public service. smh.
And we calling ourselves ‘TONSE’
who killed Dr Malawanda with nanga
The only valuable commodity at utm is Saulos Chilima but the rest including the AG are dustbin material. That is why all political prostitutes are flocking to utm. They know that MCP does not take crap like Frank Mwenifumbo.
Adding zero value.
Ku DPP kuli mavuto ndithu. Chipani chikung’ambika….Koma this Tonse alliance….hhhmmmm I can smell a very big disaster in this coming near future. Let’s wait and see…
Yes utm ikukula mtima kwambiri yet ali pa msana pa njovu. Utm think that with the demise of dpp they can take over the south. Mlomwe ndi munthu wa makani and will do wahtever is possible to frustrate you. This is an MCP led alliance but utm with Frank Mwenifumbo ikuchita mwano kwambiri. Do not blame Harry Mkandawire for being straight forward like Donald Trump.
Without UTM bwenzi mulibe ku Opposition. Harry analuza kwa Billy no impact
Both Harry Mkandawire and Mwalwanda are useless campaigners. Harry, a boy with 14 points instead of encouraging him to up his education you want to enlist him in the police service, sure? Would you have done the same if he was your son? That’s being very cruel. MCP shall be destroyed in the North because of Harry. He is the master architect of imposing candidates on constituents. Now to Mwalwanda. He says all those MPs before him have failed the people of Karonga Central. Does he realise that his uncle late Cornelius is part of the MPs that failed Karonga Central? He had been praising his uncle and promised to start where from where he left, from a failing point? When you talk of former MPs in Karonga Central it includes your late uncle. But honestly speaking reliable sources from the constituency say Frank Mwenifumbo will come out the victor.
Hon Mkandawire
Said he will pay the K120,000.00
Water bill
What is your problem big mouthed utm fool?
This Mkabdawire what he is forgetting is that people did not vote for the Party. Its not about having the most MPs, DPP had more MPs than any other Party BUT where is it? If you talk of MCP how many times has it gone to the Polls from 1994 but didn’t make it? Don’t start being big-headed cos this will result in Chakwera becoming another one term President. Remember there is 50%+1 which MCP can get 50%+1 vote. That arrogance is the same that made DPP an opposition Party as we speak. Dont think that you can just dump Chilima & expect everything to be rosy then you’re fooling yourself. Work as Tonse Alliance that is what people voted for NOT MCP alone.
Dont forget where Chakwera comes from, Lilongwe where he was voted with over 600,000 votes and with 21 MPs while SKC comes from Ntcheu where his political base is shaky. Dont also forget that even before the alliance MCP had a good showing in the North with two MPs from South. LMC wife is from North and so far influential Government positions such RBM Governor, Secretary to Treasury Accountant General.Speaker of Parliament amongst others have gone to the North.With these developments ,it will be a like climbing Mulanje Mountain to dislodge Chakwera
wait for 2025. UTM will get with the South and part of the north and dislodge this fake pastor
Is Harry Mkandawire this stupid????
So he can;
Direct waterboards to reconnect water to institutions that are failing to pay water Bill’s
He can employ police officers
He can instruct relevant ministries to cinstruct school where he wants
Same useless politicking
Mkandawire must know that there is a way through which Malawi Police Services recruit their officers and not this way. He needs to be smarter than this. Please MCP call Mkandawire to order and let his stop all these useless slurs.He is heaping shame to the MCP, he needed to know better that, that he support MCP does not mean he is government and he should strta respecting the separation of government and party issues.