I know some of the executive thieves, says Malawi VP Chilima
Vice President and leader of United Transformation Movement (UTM) Dr Saulos Klaus Chilima has said he knows some of the people in government plundering public resources and will give them 30 days to pay back once he takes over the reigns of power.
Chilima said this at Mangochi Turn-off in Balaka district Tuesday afternoon during one of his Imbizo tours as he returns from Mangochi to Lilongwe.
As has been the case during his previous tours, the Vice President gave a chance to the local residents to ask him questions, which he responded instantly.
A woman from the area observed that there were many people languishing in the country’s prisons after committing minor offences yet people are stealing millions of Kwachas and going scot-free.
She asked the Vice President what he would do about the situation once he gets into government.
In his response, Chilima said he knows some of the thieves that have been plundering public resources and will give them only 30 days to pay back the money before getting them fill the spaces being occupied by those that stole matches, chicken and brooms.
“I know some of the thieves and once we get the mandate to govern, we will give them thirty days to pay back the money before facing the law,” said Chilima.
After leaving Mangochi Turn off, Chilima made a stopover at Balaka Town, where a huge crowd turned up to hear about his plans before seizing the opportunity to ask questions.
The Tuesday tour started at Liwonde and was expected to cover several areas along the M1 Road including Chingeni, Mphate, Ntcheu Boma, Tsangano, Njolomole and Lizulu.
Mukudziwana nonse akuba nokha nokha. mbava imaulura inzake…..
Koma DPP yathadi ma strategy eti? Let me share you one.. Send more DPP diehards to join UTM before their convention..let them be active and get influence. they also feed u back infor….amene mwatuma aja sakutha kupanga spy.
UTM is called to make MCP or DPP win….there is no way UTM can win presidential election in this Malawi …….Anthu a UTM mudzamva pain simunamverepo……Anthu onse okuba walowa UTM…
I have come to believe that he is indeed a baby. He is talking about doing things the government is already doing – ODL strategy of increasing university access – and impossible things – 1 million jobs in just a year.
Mkwatibwi okhumudwa….atchule pano. Why wait for 2019? Nanga akazaluza adzatchulabe? I wonder the journalists we have here who cannt ask real questions to these fake and exaggerated promises.
Brian Banda can you help ask these qiestioms to the Veep…(you are the ony one who really try ur best):
1. Why is Chilima failing to mention them now?
2. Why does he not disclose his campaign funders? Are they not the ones he is bidding?
3. Is Chilima going to arrest even those in his party? Why focus on DPP only. He mentions those in government only.
4. When did he know those stealing from government coffers? Why kept quiet all this time?
5. Why did he promote quota system during his campaign with APM?
6. Why did he not reform quota system in his reforms which he prouds himself if it is that evil? Is this not just one way of creating his opportunity to get in government? As part of president isn’t he part of this policy now?
7. How true is it that he wants to use Kaliati, Masangwi and Winiko and once he goes in government he wants to dump them and probably arrest them coz Kaliati was involved in Nyika Case and 76 Studentsgate?
8. How true is it that he is inheriting Kabambes UTM as a registered party with a promise to make him veep?
9. Can he distance himself from allegations that he is just power hungry as he left DPP reluctantly and did not want to join UTM but was forced by Kaliati and Callister who told him to lead without convention?
10. How can Chilima distance himself from a legacy that he rigged elections and that this makes him very potential to be a big corrupt president and his team.
11. Can he justify why he and his APM failed to end corruption the very evil that they campaigned against? How sure can we say he is the change we need?
12. Why did he use his personal assistance to rig Mchinji by elections if he is serious that DPP wants to rig elections?
13. How can he distance himself from the fact that he is a Son Pumbwa and APM is his Father Pumbwa? During a launch of water project in Lilongwe APM called him my son and he agreed publicly. How can he distance himself not as Young Growing Pumbwa and that those around him are not cousin Pumbwas?
Brian and those courageous journalists can u help with these questions. If satisfactory answered am ready to join Chilima and UTM as a new Young Pumbwa.
Democracy is sweet…..God bless Malawi…
I concur with with you on all questions raised! Please journalists do not just be carried away with excitement just like anyone of us! You need to help Malawians make informed choice! Protect our conscious please by asking right questions!
This is nonsense – Chilima why don’t you just tell us at once who the corrupt individuals or thieves you claim you know! Please Malawians, do not take this man seriously! Let me remind Chilima that we knew the bunch of thieves before you joined them in 2013. Now that you lost the DPP candidacy you want to claim you are any better?
If Chilima were allowed to be a dpp torch bearer he would not be talking about this bullshit.
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we need more pictures of utm mangochi and lilongwe can,t be two photos please . KUTI APUMBWA AZIPSA MTIMA.
kodi mukuti eeeee nayeso ndi mbava eeeee croock eeee awatchule eeeeeee nanga iyeyo akupangapo chani? kodi iyeyo ndiwa police kapena wa ACB mumafuna atani wakuuzani inuyopo ngati mulindi mzeru kawagwireni SKC tu ndi vp osati presidenti kayamutani mufune msafune timuvoterabe basi full stop
Zachibwana za muchigoba basi. A polisi pamodzi ACB ali Pandino la boma. Iyeyo ndi VP waboma. Ngati akudziwadi atchuletu basi. Ngati saatero ndekuti nayenso ndi crook.
Cadet kumva pheni
Pa kuyankhula kwake ku mangochi anati ngati apolice ayerekeze kumanga mmodzi mwa iwo chifukwa chonyoza president akuti awulula anthu atatu pazotsatira za meeting. Panopa abiti manice wamangidwa ndipo ndi mmodzi mwa iwo, bwanji asakuulula. Chilima is a drama queen.
MR VP it would be wise to name them now or report them to ACB or Police. Otherwise you could be also committing a crime. Help Malawians to end this vice now and don’t wait till you become a President. Information you are holding could help Malawians chose wisely in 2019, Otherwise whats the use of knowing and terming a thieve?
Which ACB you are talking about? ACB is just a name on paper but in reality its a government tool to intimidate opposition or to silence the truth, all numerous scandals that the government has been involved in, nobody has been brought to book so far only
A handful capital hill government officials who stole millions during Joyce’s Banda regime have been convicted so far leaving those who are still stealing billions of kwacha free and who are the less powerful in the society are the ones who have been convicted so far. Every Malawian knows that ACB bias so is MBC.
Did he tell you that he hasn’t done anything, .can one fight a dozen. Remember Gustav kaliwo tried to fight from within but what did he reap. It’s not possible to win. It’s not only SKC who has evidence like m cousin who is P.S. who has tried all the means to stop the vice but to avail. In the fullness of time God sent His begotten Son. Period
Iwenso nde wina. My cousin who is a PS has evidence……. untraceable and you are chigoba called “Malemu”…..kkkkkkkkkk
koma ndipo
Usatitopetse. Atchuletu.
ndangodutsamo uli ndi vuto. why are you twisting nkhani. nawenso wakuba
He is only keeping you in suspenseto engage your mind.He is not serious. Akagwere……….,………..
So we have a VP of a country who says, I knew people who were stealing but because I was VP, I didn’t care because they were my friends. Now he is still VP of the country, says I know people who are stealing from you, but will let them steal your money til May next year, and if I lose the election, I will let them continue stealing because you didn’t vote for me. Meanwhile drug shortages continue because of his silence and being an accomplice past four years. UTM is full of people from all sectors even the Police Force, ACB, FIU, national audit office, the Press, Bankers, if he really knows thieves and has evidence am pretty sure we can have people in custody. Leak out the names and what, where, when, how they stole and investigative journalists can do the rest just like the Maizegate scandal. But playing with our minds just because you need votes is immoral. What if you get in and you keep quiet and don’t arrest anyone. If you said ndikazampeza wina akuba while president its a different story. But you say you know them now. What if they are now covering their tracks. People like Ben Phiri have already sold some of their properties. Or kapena you are all stealing together now you know simungawululane.
This boy reasons so foolishly. Enjoys keeping Malawians in suspense.
Join the discussion…akuona ngati ife mwana,,azatipange za a chair hiiii,,and tht habit of sayin vote for me n then nzaululu sizachi baby zimenezo?
We respect your opinion but we ready to drain the swamp. I know Dpp zealots are constipating now
GO GO GO SAULOS WE ARE SUPPORTING YOU AND WE WILL VOTE FOR YOUR PRESIDENCY IN 2019 WHAT WE WANT IS THE LEADER OF BETTER UNDERSTANDING LIKE YOU
Kodi mmene mwayambira kunena muja Mr. VP kuti mukudziwa mbava, mwapangapo chani? so you have known the thieves and never did anything about it waiting for 2019 to be the president so as you can act on the thieves? shameless VP. When one knows a thief there are procedures like tip off anonymous etc. by telling us that you know the thieves but doing nothing is the same as you are the accomplice
I can’t as well understand the narrative from the VP. He is part of governing as Second in command but has just been observing people stealing without doing anything. He is, in a way, an accomplice to the plunder of our resources. He knows the names but can’t mention them now or formally report them to the ACB for the record even if they fail to act on them. Eish this young man is a danger to society and can’t be trusted a bit. As per their song, timvadi kuwawa tikamusankha munthuyu.
kodi za mafuta ku escom anaphulitsa ndani, inu simukumva pati zoti apumbwa akutikita chipwetee!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????
so in your very intelligent analysis, what would you have the VP do? report to the same people he is accusing of stealing? he is VP but all the people heading the governance bodies are headed by people who are appointed by the president not VP and he only appoints people that are loyal to him not VP and only president can fire them not VP….wake up if you are asleep but if you are only saying this coz you are part of the looting, then shame on you
True, there is no reason for the VP to keep corrupt related issues under wraps. It is an indication of lack of support for whistle blowing. May be he has fear that there could be some sort of retaliation which, at this moment, is causing him too much stress and discomfort. The best for him is to report them through tip off anonymous. Once he does that, he will go down in history as the best ever whistle blower. Let’s wait and see.
“The tour was expected to cover several areas”..nde osanena bwanji mene tour inayendela kwinako,kuti kunali zotani..U reporter ‘tu sugwirizana ndi ulesi..
Kkkkk kudikira kut avoteredwe nde umbavawo..munthuyu ndi crook smalawi anzanga, ndayamba kumudabwa..chenjerani..nae ndithu..ngati akuwadziwa akanene Ku ACB,hiyaaaa
It’s so heartbreaking to read some comments clearly purporting that all SKC needs to do is report to ACB or Police and all culprits will be apprehended. It’s as if such people have never lived in Malawi.
Since the advent of multiparty democracy VP’s have never been allowed to exercise their real (constitutional) power. It’s high time people realized that government has been operating like a cartel and all law enforcement agencies pander to the whims of the political elite. SKC is not a core politician; rather he’s a proven corporate leader, and because of that, I would give him the benefit of a doubt because he is not as deep into the cartel as the others. If truth be told, Malawi needs change otherwise some comments here akusonyeza kuti anthu ena either anazolowera umphawi (which is very abnormal) or they are part of the looting machinery (which is very unfortunate).
A SKC talk about the landlessness. People in Mulanje and Thyolo have been suffering from chronic land shortage ever since colonialists touched the brows of Nyasaland. Chilembwe died for this issue. Thyolo has produced two presidents both have chosen to skirt around the issue. They have looked the other way as if this matter never touches the raw nerves of the poor of the poorest. Dr Chilima you handled outlined the issue by introduction of a thinktank you’ve gone silent why? You’re constructing
Chilima is missing the point! If you know the thieves, why not report it now to police? If indeed you mean it, report it now, otherwise you just want people’s votes after which you won’t do anything.
As for me, I cannot trust you.
Please report them now with evidence so that they should face the law..
Fore sure, he would have been a whistleblower to both police & ACB which we would have used as a reference, otherwise to me this SKC is a crook who just want the presidency taking advantage of peoples ignorance
Which police? It looks like you are not following what is happening in this country. What happened to Chaponda. The police themselves are thieves evident by food ration scandal
the ACB is pro Mutharika…. they can’t even prosecute a simple and straight forward case like MK145m but are instead challenging the intention by YAS…why not join as interested parties?
Chaponda case…the ACB deliberately presented a weak case so that he is acquitted and even a layman like myself saw the obvious loopholes.
I dont why people still trust this super liar. If he knows the thieves why not expose them now. So he wants us to believe that it is only when one is president that is when he can expose thieves. While in Managochi he said his model of ending qoata is by open distance education by online. Who will feel proud that his or her ward has been selected to college and she or he sits down at home and study on the computer. What we want is for our kids to be selected to colleges to be resident and be in class and study not what he is saying. He acknowledged that to built an university takes time.
My friend these are modern times where technology is playing an important role in various aspects of people’s lives including education. Moreover in our days managing time is another serious factor. ODL is another way of learning even in advanced countries. The system is effective especially where the use of television and videos is included. You have several centres having lessons together through tv where the lecturer would be lecturing from a different location. Izi zimathandiza anthu kumapanga zina while at the same time kumaphunzira. Komanso issues of space on compus while waiting for construction of additional buildings in all colleges would also be solved with this system. My loud thoughts!
Mr Chilima, a true and patriotic citizen would not set as a precondition to revealing names and details of persons ripping the country of its little resources the ascendancy to power. If you have the information, bring it out. Otherwise we, as voters and ordinary citizens irrespective of our political allegiances, should not be held at ransom as such. We know you have been in the corridors of power and that you have information the ordinary Malawian does not have. But you should not go out and about peddling such statements. Many Malawian following your movement, as well as those from other parties, have been interest to see an end to this anathema. If you are a man of your words then name and shame them in public. The battle will not be fought by you alone. There are several other well meaning Malawians who will then take up the legal battles against those allegedly sucking our economy.
The big thieve get old for prison Bakili, will be APM next! The likes of Mugabe, thus the problem with our british justice system. We should use the American federal one so these people locking up their own nieces and grabbing property from the in laws shouldn’t be scot free. Our MPs dont do sh1t in parliament to reform laws but play, skip sessions and demand with approval salaries hikes of themselves. Sad country….even Zambia kwacha gained strength to beat our Malawian Kwacha.
You are really a dunderhead. Do you know that among all the three neighboring countries, Malawi is the only country that has a stronger currency? All the three neighbouring countries dropped the last three digits of their currencies. A Zambian Kwacha is ZK1,000 in true sense. Umbuli is the greatest Malawians’ enemy.
The true value ya ndalama is not ma number ama zero mukunewo baba. It’s the availability of it to majority of the population (and not only kwa THIEVES and their cronies) and its buying power (not K500 kungogula tomato muwiri)
Ma Neighbouring countries mukunenawo makobiri akumapezeka mosavuta bola kulimbikira (not only kwa mbava chisale ndi nzake phiri.
SHAME!!!
My friend, precondition for me to give you my vote to take you to government is to mention thieves and that it should be proved as such beyond reasonable doubt. Otherwise forget my vote you are proving a crook!
Keep the fire burning SKC this is our country we want a better Malawi for us and our children. Aren’t people human enough to consider the very poor who are unable to access public services due to plunder of resources
We already know that you know that eaeach other that you are thieves. It is said that you send a thief to catch a thief so unless you’re a big thief catching a thief will be a Pipedream.
This is how it will work; these criminals will be either be given 30 days to pay back the stolen money or going UTM for protection. Once UTM is given the mandate by 35% of the voters with 32% parliamentary representation, the party will need to woo a few independent, MCP and DPP MPs to avoid a deadlock in parliament. Once these legislators move to UTM, they will be assured of protection from prosecution. We all know the game by now!!!!
Seriously, do you really believe that UTM can beat MCP and DPP? Hahahahaha
Stealing is all the same, do not back those in prison for minor offences, they are equally offenders. Both the cashgaters and them must be punished.
Referee do not wait to blow the whistle in the next game for a mistake of the past game. Whistle blowering is pompo pompo. Name them now we need to know what is happening with our tax money. Do not skip yourself receiving our money without a service
Tell us your manifesto you greedy fool osamangoti mbava mbava chonsecho ulibe umboni.
@ shaft
Manifesto will come soon . One of the issues in the manifesto is rooting ou corruption and that will include arresting peter mutharika and his cronies who have turned this country into a cartoon republic where they steal with reckless abandon. I hope this addresses your problem Sir. Write again