Introducing President Chakwera of Malawi, a man who speaks with God

July 4, 2020 Janet Karim 37 Comments

The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he answered. 28 Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”–Genesis 32:27-28

When you argue with God, things happen. And they happen big!

Chakwera praying

Since taking power as Malawi’s sixth President on Sunday, June 28 2020, Lazarus Chakwera has made brief speeches that indicate that things are not going to be the same as they have been in the past 26 years.

We are witnessing a new beginning in Malawi, moving from dreaming to actually living the dream. This shows that with the right leaders, Malawi can do good all by itself. And Chakwera, the man who argued with God, is forging ahead to take Malawi to that greater good, for all Malawians

The President’s acceptance speech on Sunday had less than 10 pages. He has exhibited that he is a man of few but focused words. He has also started providing briefings to the nation of his day in office. This is something very new and transparent.

An important aspect of Chakwera’s presidency is that of bringing into his Cabinet people that are important, not just members of Parliament (MPs). In the past, presidents have mainly appointed MPs as a way of increasing votes in parliamentary decisions. This has proved problematic as some presidents have failed to get ministers to live up to their mettle.

The appointment of highly qualified persons that are outside Parliament, is a brilliant move that will entail Cabinet operating effectively, and that the President will not be held hostage to keep ineffective or redundant ministers just because they are in Parliament.

Chakwera’s Cabinet is expected to be result-oriented, especially since his new Finance Minister Felix Mlusu presented an amendment budget calling for release of money for fertiliser subsidy.

Another big concern and reason for celebration is Chakwera’s pledge that 40 percent of the Cabinet will be women. If the Cabinet has 10 ministers, four of them will be women. If the Chakwera Cabinet has 30 ministers, 12 will be women. How awesome is that! It is a great and mighty change for Malawi.

As a gender advocate and champion of women’s rights and equality in Malawi, I salute President Chakwera, and celebrate in advance with the new Cabinet members!

To Modecai Msisha, your appointment was absolutely awesome. And I always salute you for your help at The Independent. Congratulations bwana SC.

A new and brilliant indicator is that of allotting a steady flow of work to the Vice-President as head of a ministry. The ministerial designation means the VP has a job that will keep him busy; he’s a young and energetic fellow and will boldly animate the Ministry of Economic Planning and Development. If there are some people who have any doubts they should re-watch the Tonse Alliance campaign trail.

However, I have perceived a more potent ingredient that makes the Tonse Alliance different. Five of the party leaders are in inter-regional marriages. A grand result of this is that there can be no question of tribalism or regionalism from this band of leaders.

It is hard to be regionalistic or tribalistic when half of your family comes from another region. Malawians have another thing to thank God for: the family lineup of the Tonse Alliance leaders.

Chakwera comes from Lilongwe, the First Lady Madame Monica Chakwera comes from Rumphi; VP Chilima comes from Ntcheu, Madame Mary Chilima comes from Mzimba; former president Joyce Banda comes from Zomba, former Chief Justice Richard Banda (Rrd.) comes from Nkhata Bay; Mark Katsonga comes from Neno and Madame Agnes Katsonga comes from Nkhata Bay; and Petra’s Kamuzu Chibambo comes from Mzimba, Madame Kate Chibambo comes from Zomba.

This is 2020, Malawi has raced fast-forward to embrace its dream of being a God-fearing country. Things have changed, Malawians buttressed themselves to pray demanding change seeking and using the judiciary to effect change in government.

President Chakwera, you have surely STARTED STRONG and we pray you will FINISH STRONG!

 

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37 replies on “Introducing President Chakwera of Malawi, a man who speaks with God”

  1. Mukanasankha vesi lina, ilili aaaaaa, nde mwati munthu wrestled with God and munthu overcame? meaning mulungu anagiva, kapena analuza?, ati kunkacha nde anamusiya, was he (God) afraid of the day kuti anthu amouna kuti he is wrestling ndi Jacob” or is God afraid of arguments? ndekuti mulungu is handy for argumentsi? and why would God argue or wrestle with man? ndekuti munthu amagwirana nthupi ndi mulungu? (wrestling) izizi pena pake tikanasegukako mmaso nkumazifunsa mafunso okwanila.

    pepani zinangondikhuza

  2. Chakwera still thinks Malawi is the Assemblies of God church. Get out and smell the coffee Mr Chakwera. We need actions not manja paguwa thasaaa!

  3. All leaders are God given leaders . Bad ones are removed before end of term of office like the experience of APM in the just ended presidential elections . Chakwera has been brought in by God replacing APM .

  4. You miss one thing in your reasoning !!!!
    There is SATAN the DEVIL watching 😈
    He will very soon overtake you and all your hopes …….. HE OWNS THE WORLD

  5. You chose to skip the issue of UNIVERSAL subsidy. It’s praise singers like you that have destroyed presidents for time immemorial. When someone DOES (NOT just says they will do) something correct, let us applaud and when they do wrong let us also tell them it is wrong. Lying about the universal subsidy was wrong. He should be told so that going forward he does what he promised and that will keep him in power. Also please remember he is just a human being so do not attach the name of God to him anyhow. Rather let us all remember him in our prayers so that he is a successful leader. Only when he succeeds do we also succeed.

  7. Another story from a third world mind. Who told you Janet that he speaks with God. All who are in Christ Jesus speak to God through prayer. Third word thinking of painting some holy picture of someone, thinking he is super human,. This third world thinking has to go if we are to be taken seriously. Shame on you Janet,

  8. Thanks God The almighty, for giving us Chakwera as our leader. We seek your divine power to fill him. Bless him together with Chilima as they do your work of serving us and turning our country from being a tail to being a head, from being borrower to being a lender in Jesus name Amen.

  9. Kuzaufuana upresidential spokesperson a Jeneti pamenepaja. Ayi mwaonjeza, pololani moto. Thy shall not mention God’s name in vain.

  10. Make malawi great again ,no corruption and bribes,we want Malawi wa Tonse from Chitipa to Nsanje.All 28 districts adzitukuka and all 193 constituencies adzilandura development, osati zina amati kuchipani cholamula ndikomwe Kuli chitukuko ayi zabodza zimene zija.The president is for all Malawians.

  12. Praise singers kapena titi azimayi anthungululu singing for a diplomatic or other appointments. Kkkk

    1. Gas station attender anapitisidwa ku embassy a thank you note pogula tippex
      mai CHIMBALANGA kuimbila nthungululu koma pickup koma nyumba with a PS salary .bwanji pamenepo

  14. Lindani madzi apite ndiye muzitii tadala. Next time dont bring your insecurity, lack of confidence and perpetual helplessness of aligning people to region. Have confidence and stand neutral. People are betrayed by their blood brothers.

  15. You can’t believe that the author of this article is a graduate who apparently should be spot-on when it comes to comparing/contrasting issues. But here we are, when you read this crap one would think it is a Junior Certificate holder labouring to put forward a point.

    Surprisingly, what she is discussing has no bearing hence her encountering problems trying to sell an out of date product. If you are truthful you people, you will realise that Chakwera is found where he is due to a lot of external forces who assisted him to be catapulted into that undeserved position. For starters, the judgement made after a lengthy court hearing of a kangaroo court was a sheer miscarriage of justice. Procedural court ethics left quite a lot of gaping holes (I don’t intend to go into all the anomalies, everyone saw it). To show a layman their biased machinations, all you have to do is look at the ruling concerning payments to MCP/UTM lawyers. Their thinking was that they were penalizing DPP not knowing that government responsibility would change hands. Actually, the money we are talking about here is tax player’s and not Dr.Ansah’s, APM or DPP. Most times God allows some stupid things to happen for a reason. Here we are, MCP/UTM crooked minds dipping their hands in the government coffers to pay their own unscrupulous lawyers who with under-hand tactics cheated Malawians all along. Basically, all it means is like stealing from yourself to pay yourself, taking with the right hand and receiving with the left. Fortunately, that is the same money your government needs most in order to fulfil your fantasies of Manifestos. Therefore this article is coming from another daughter of a staunch MCP cartoon, hence its credibility is not worth the salt.

    1. This is awesome. Zokakamizazi muziti Mulungu wamudankha. Wait and see to see if he’s God’s Angel or Satan’s Angel

    3. Apparently you sound very bitter and obviously you are using Munthalikas brains in your assessment of the court ruling. You have missed one point in due course. Just before the court ruling the security organs in Malawi were busy setting up themselves for trouble. When the ruling came it was all quite on all fronts. Now court must save justice as understood by the community they save and that can be judged by the acceptance of the ruling by the community. It goes without saying that the absence of violence after the ruling meant the ruling was accepted by the community. So your cry out against the court is complete foolishness

  17. A God given leader, bold and capable. We pray for his success in the mission of transforming Malawi for the better

  18. Who owns the copyright of the name “Tonse” as in Tonse Alliance? Is it MCP, UTM, or any other party? I am asking this suppose MCP or UTM dumps the Alliance who will go away with that name? Or can the other 7 briefcase parties take out Tonse Alliance from govt and leave MCP and UTM ruling?

    1. tyeni tiganize zopititsa dziko patsogolo.
      basi . pano ndi TOSE ALLIANCE BASI . ONE MALAWI ONE NATION.

  21. Bravo to the president elect we do see new Malawi now as things has started happening. We the youth’s have hope in you Mr president & VP. May all we unite for the betterment of our beloved Malawi

  25. Much as personally I may appreciate what has been done so far I have reservations whether right or wrong on the partial cabinet. The president should have left the ministry of home security and appointed crital ministries such as health and education to tackle thecovid 19 issue which is a crosscutting urgent situation requiring ministerial attention. Schools need reopening and the health sector needs new impetus

  26. For the first time, God is speaking with a bloodthirsty individual. Chakwera watched while his blessed cadres burnt office buildings in the name of demos, chakwera has shown he is willing to shed blood to achieve his goals. He is not a tolerant leader at all.

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