I’m hard worker and results oriented —SKC
Malawi’s vice president and United Transformation Movement (UTM) leader Saulos Chilima, Saturday confidently spoke with his head high, saying he is a result oriented person who has always strived to propel the country forward.
“I am a hard worker, and once I’m given a job to do, I do it with all my might,” said Chilima, popularly known SKC by his followers, during an exclusive interview on Times Television hosted by award-winning journalist, Brian Banda.
According to Chilima, Malawians should prepare themselves to watch and listen to the Sunday rally at Njamba Freedom Park in Blantyre which will be broadcast live on the same Times TV.
“People should come en masse because that is where we will outline our practical manifesto,” he said.
The former Airtel Malawi boss whose security detail got trimmed by powers-that-be laughed at those that think the movement’s idea of creating a million jobs in a year is impossible.
“Actually, they said the US has failed to achieve such a milestone, but I ask them to re-do their research. The country created more than a million jobs in 2017 and yet there is low unemployment rate there.
“Our unemployment rate is high here, and that means we have an opportunity to create jobs. We need to have our factories working. We need to start moving things,” said Chilima.
Chilima, who recently fell out with his boss President Peter Mutharika, has since admitted that his name will appear on the ballot only if he is elected at a convention to be announced soon.
Former first lady Callista Mutharika, widow to president Bingu wa Mutharika, said Chilima is the only hope for change to replace her in-law, President Peter Mutharika.
Callista said she believes Chilima has what it takes to lead the country as hevjac the capacity, is visionary and youthful.
yes we can! US actually created 2.1 jobs in 2017 google it facts. we dont want to wait 24 hours for somewhat expensive electricity while Goodall and APM are partying with Karim with our tax payers money, giving us Gen sets which dont even work. I never voted but enough with these thieves with no shame i’ll try Chilima for a change. Your brave you told us not to nature snakes t, you told us the duke is sub-standard. These fools commenting here were u 4years ago ? dont even stand up to injustices they wait for CSO, they dont even go to demos but happy living in the dark. go vote make a difference. Your president is a thieve and u still vote for him to root more? you must be benefiting then. love your country for your grand kids.
Bwana SKC, kodi siinu mumapanga ma reform ku Road Traffic zaka zoyamba ZANU ziwiri? Pali cha nzeru chilichonse chimene mungaloze ku RTD ko chimene chasintha? To us if there is a change then its a change from bad to worse. Ma charges akulu akulu aja siinu munkayika. Man inutu ndi a bodza inu.
I have entirely a different view on Chilima. He is such a greedy man who wants zake simuyendele and go his way. Just for a good cause; he should resign from Government not only from the party. Can he say what he is doing in government? Well, he was voted by Malawians together with APM. In all wisdom, Chilima should resign without any legal cause, but out of statesmanship – just to show that he cares for Malawi. As it is he is taking Malawians for granted in fact hold the entire country at ransom. if you have noticed mess in DPP government, just leave and let them sort themselves out. Chilima should tell Malawians that “I am unable to do what you told me to do because I am in the wrong camp” He should then seek the mandate of his own. But receiving the salary while you are doing nothing is immoral, irresponsible and criminal; such behaviour has no room in the new Malawi! zomayankhula ngati you know what you are doing and let people sympathise with you is genuinely are old monkey tricks!
Why kudzayilira in future not now?
And they tried to hire cadets to write negative comments about Chilima…….
Was the ACB closed past 4 years that he couldn’t report all the rot happening.
You’re a hypocrite, Chilima, not a hard worker. Would you pay an Airtel employee who stops working and started his or her phone company.
Selling Airtel money is simple even a standard 8 dropout can do it. Running a country is serious business. Chilima can’t create 1 million jobs – it is a lie.
Koma that is a daft comment. You think running a telecoms company is just airtel money? No wonder we are behind in this country of ours
Some of us we are just listening to this I’ll minded administror. We worked with him and to leave Air tel was a God’s blessing. He is an evil person in all respect. He thinks by sleeping with the Widows is a Cham to rule this country. Walemba mmadzi Chabwatha.
Do not be misled by the past 4 years. One can only change what is within ones power and that was stripped away by dpp so skc hands were tied. If he had fought in two years nothing would have come of it but destruction within the country. He is private sector. Ya 1m jobs do not think he is a fool. He earned his own doctorate unlike others. He has worked from bottom to top in multinational companies nd knows what it takes not just talking in the air like pastors and academics. Just because us in malawi have small minds it does not mean we cannot reach higher. Be positive. Have faith in intelligence and youth. Even if 1m is not created, 200’000 is good.
If you say he did not work properly coz he was under the president and he should be free as a president himself. kumusiko Malawi nkumeneko…boma is not one person. Malawi cannot change coz of one hardworking person. This surprisingly is in young pipo well educated. education indeed doesn’t help some pipo to think.
SKC was or is second in command. the constitution gives powers to him to act. If he misused this chance it’s done. Pitala did same as minister and failed but Malawians played phada to try him. here we cry. SKC brought this failed government and suffering to Malawians. he rigged elections…We suffer coz of u and cannot allow u to cheat us. SKC is as good as APM.
APM cheated us that he has experience and can transform Malawi but here we are…no way. We better try new ones who have not been part of DPP.
Mwangogawana DPP. mwagawana zida….
kanyimbi iwe usatinyase
KOMA UTM AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA TSEKETSEKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Honourable Chilima, I have just one question for you. What are the tangible results of your 4 years tenure as VP?
Ask APM that question..
eti. where has he been for 4 yrs
Bwana VP, I think you are blowing your own trumpet too loud. What hard working spirit do you have which is lacking in others? Your experience is actually in selling self selling products and services such as beer and airtime which everyone can do. Such egos we see in you do not produce a good leader unfortunately but a know it all dictator. I hope am not the only one observant here.
That’s a fair question that he should take .Bulu wachabechabe
Kudzalamulidwanso ndi Chilima Callister Kaliati Masangwi Kalindo Ngumuya Chidanti is the greatest mistake Malawians will make that will keep these second class thieves ruling us. We are not going to allow this. Both APM and UTM no chance. North and Centre and East and Lower Shire will not allow this.
SKC ndi kawawa akakhala Adadi iwo aja akulu mapeto ake ndikuona anthu osafunila dziko zabwino akumawauza zochita
A power hungry pumbwa original uyu clinging to state benefits when he is not working. Ofcourse, not surprising as he is not different from the rest of malawi politicians who surviv by being parasites to tax payers money. With vultures like Callista, Kaliati and Masangwi surrounding him, it is foolhardy to believe that this is the change we need. Of course, some gullible Malawians are stupid enough to believe his one million jobs joke.
zoona.
Pitani Kaye ku convention. Why launch a party with a manifesto when you have not yet had a people’s convention for legitimacy first. This seems to be a personal one man party
moto buuu
Another JB, akufuna azasolole mwa njira ina atha kusolola ndi Muthalika. JB introduced cashgate after kusolola ma Billion ndi Bingu. Fisi ndi Fisi ngakhale atasintha tchire. Uyambepo lero kuwulula mmene mumabela potchula maina ena aja umatilonjeza ku Masintha umutchulenso Kaliati wa cashgate ya ku ministry of tourism. Wamva @Chilima!
iwe anakuwuza Ndi ndani kuti boma limatsegula ma factory Ndi ma company
1 million jobs in 6 months ofunika uwalembe atumbuka
If I’m a Northerner I wouldn’t buy into Chilima’s movement. We need to elect more MPs from the North under one party that will talk about our issues such as abolishing of the quota system, federal system, or self determination. The coming elections are not about winning but unifying our Northern region people under one party as we prepare ourselves to the struggle ahead of us for self determination. Don’t worry about other regions because they never voted for a party that its candidate or running mate is a Northerner. We must not pretend here, but we must call a spade a spade. We must tell our people why it is important to vote for a party led by a Northerner instead of spreading our votes to slave masters that none of them have made changes to free us from the bondage of slavery. Your campaign must concentrate in the Northern region as a unifier of our people. Tell them why it is important to put our votes in one basket just like the way other regions do. Chilima will never pick a Northerner as his running mate because that will be his defeat. Nyika people need to peel off from this union and write their own history in the Republic of Nyika. The Unitary system is very oppressive to the Northerners. We are treated like the skunks of the world—we’re no humans to them. The two regions have International airports and a railway infrastructure that link them. What do we have? Nader or Nothing. The struggle must continue until Nyika people are free.
Malawians deserve to know the following:
1. The difference between the sizes of the United States of Anerica and Malawi.
2. The difference in population between the United States of America and Malawi for them to understand 2% of American working population against 20% of the same in Malawi in absolute numbers.
3.The size of the private sector in the United States of America and Malawi for one to appreciate the comparison.
4. The conflict that Trump has created with its trading partners despite the country’s power and convince Malawians that they can afford to do the same with its landlocked status and power status globally and regionally.
5. SKC’s position on the number of trade agreements that our country has signed with other countries; is he going to respect them or not?
6. How much does it cost Malawi to import raw materials for the factories and how does that compare with the United States of America?
SKC, please tell Malawians that the United States of America is made up of 52 states and most of the states are bigger than Malawi hence the America you are talking about is made up of more than 52 malawis!!!!! If Malawi can create 1 million jobs in 6 months then United States of American must be capable of creating more than 52 million jobs within the same period of time; better still with its so many advantages over Malawi, the United States of America should be capable of creating 1 trillion jobs within 6 months.
That has never happened and I am sure it will never happen. Simply put Bwana SKC, you are lying and liers cannot not bring any transformation to Malawi.
MALAWIANS WATCH OUT!!!! YOU MIGHT BE IN FOR A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT.
You call someone who was at Chancellor College with a girlfriend youthful? OMG. What has Chilima done for Malawi? The transformation theory is a baby of Atupele . Chilima has never condemned the quota system while working for dpp. He called himself a snake. Njoka saweta and it’s biting the dpp. He is a king cobra that eats other snakes even fellow king cobras. Watch out.
KKKK … IF YOU ARE A HARD WORKER AND RESULT ORIENTED YOU WOULD HAVE CLEARED THE MESS IN YOUR GOVERNMENT…. YOU WOULD HAVE HELPED YOUR FAILED BOSS JUST LIKE YOU TO RECTIFY THE ELECTRICITY PROBLEMS WE ARE FACING .. YOU WOULD HAVE STOPPED RECEIVING SALARY AFTER NOTICING THAT THE GOVERNMENT WHICH YOU ARE LEADING AS A VICE PRESIDENT HAS MASSIVELY FAILED. .. YOU WOULD HAVE ACCEPTED THAT YOU ARE A FAILURE … BY NOT ACCEPTING THAT YOU ARE A FAILURE IT MEANS YOU ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS CROOK MALAWIANS WILL BE SHOCKED TO SEE
He was only doing what his boss APM told him to do.
THIS ONE IS THE ONLY HOPE FOR MALAWI. YOU HAVE MY VOTE MR PRESIDENT
Chilima you are failing to make a convincing argument now. USA is a rich country hence it can afford to create more jobs – it has a lot of skilled labour, infrastructure, it even gives subsidies etc.
Cheat others not all of us. We know u bidding behind some unreasonable youths….We are not gonna allow this. we are also youth….