Joyce Banda blasts ‘failed’ DPP govt: Promises universal fertilizer subsidy if elected Malawi President
Former president Joyce Banda, who is also opposition People’s Party (PP) leader, has announced she will introduce universal fertilizer subsidy if she is given the mandate to rule the country again.
Banda, 68, recently returned home after four years of self-imposed exile when she lost power after being embroiled in a massive graft scandal in which government officials siphoned off millions of dollars of public money.
She has since described her two year tenure of office from 2012 to 2014 as most successful and better as compared to the current regime of President Peter Mutharika.
Banda, who is popularly attributed to ending power outages, said this at a public rally she addressed at Mataka ground in Machinga Central East constituency where she also promised to bring back power in within a short period of time.
She said the way Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) is being administered leaves a lot to be desired.
Apart from accelerating corruption, Banda said the program has also helped to bring hatred amongst members of the community.
“I hear people are getting about 30 coupons per village, I will introduce subsidy for all,” she said.
At this point, Banda said her government had done a lot of development activities in just two years some of which include improvement in the economy, fuel and electricity.
Banda who started her political rally with introduction of new members from other parties said she is touched with the poverty levels in the country, accusing Mutharika and his government of failing to govern.
She has bemoaned the hunger problem that has engulfed some of the districts in the country, including, Machinga.
The former president has challenged that she will continue with development programs including construction of houses for the needy.
Speaking earlier on at the rally, PP Treasure General Yusufu Matumala said Banda is a flag carrier and a true ambassador of 50-50 campaign for women leadership being championed by civil society organizations and all other relevant stakeholders in the electoral matters.
Matumula said Banda and her People’s Party, have demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that it is possible for a woman to be a leader.
“We have a leader who has shown the people world over that it is possible for a female leader to lead and perform wonders just like Joyce Banda. JB is a gender issue, we are a gender issue,” said Matumula.
The former President is currently in a crusade addressing a series of political meetings indicating her political stance.
She has since been to Zomba, Blantyre and Machinga before heading north through Nkhotakota.
Banda founded the PP in 2011 after splitting from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which is led by President Peter Mutharika.
She was Malawi’s first female president, serving from April 2012 to May 2014, but analysts say she stands little chance of victory in the next polls.
“Her chances of winning are very slim. Her party is in tatters. The decision to leave the country for so long eroded trust of Malawians in her leadership,” said Henry Chingaipe, a political scientist at the University of Malawi.
Her downfall came in part from the so-called “Cashgate” scandal, the biggest financial misconduct in the country’s history.
Banda says she did nothing wrong and that the allegations against her are politically motivated.
After she returned to the country in April, police said an arrest warrant against her was valid, but two months later she has been neither charged nor arrested.
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Mwananyanian, you are right. Anthu ena anawapatsa ng’ombe za mphongo eti azikama mkaka. Zoona? Usawiiiii, chichi? Enanso anangowapatsa zingwe zaoranje, ng’ombe sizinabwere mpaka lero. Musayetse taiwala; timacha posachedwa.
Amaiwa anakhalitsa komwe anakabitsalako. When She was a caretaker president, she had two national budgets prepared by her. The 2012/13 and the 2013/14 were PP budgets; why did this crooked woman not introduce universal fertilizer subsidy? The universal fertilizer subsidy has been the song of the inexperienced MCP to rule in a multiparty democracy. The fact that JB is selling MCP policy is evident enough that the parties MCP and PP have formed an electoral alliance. It is not the first time they have formed such a working alliance. Lutepo told Malawians that Amai adamupatsira Ndalama za cashgate kukamupatsa Chakwera Ku konveshioni ya MCP mchaka cha 2013.
A Matumula mwanena zoona kuti her administration proved that a woman can plunder government money and be on the run for 4 years. Amai muzingolera zidzukulu, upulezidenti unakukanikani.
Azungu anu amalima Ku Mbalachanda aja abwera liti?
The district of Machinga, kwakuntembwe, ku mombo, Balaka rural have areas of njala right from the time of late Dr. Kamuzu Banda. izi ndi dale basi
Akuti agogo a Joici Bandas PhD (hence Dr Bandas, of late) spent some of her time in the USA at Howarder University, in Washington DC, where she successfully defended her thesis: “Serious economic benefits from various subsidies I introduced in Malawi, from 2012 to 2014.”
Note: some prominent economists specializing in Third World development have literally laughed off her two projects of giving livestock to villagers (some promptly sold off for food), and of building cheap two room brick houses, with lowest grade corrugated iron sheets (life span three to five years)
Her supervisor was enameled by the candidate’s energy, intelligence, her thinking outside the box, and her original ideas, to boot.
It was apparent that Ms Bandas would some day, design enviable programs, like giving every unemployed Malawian enough money to live on, if she were ever to become President again. And now, the idea of doling out fertilizer to every body is leading to that direction: The country is rich, and can afford this, no buts, no ifs. It no longer needs any foreign aid, according to Dr Bandas.
She’s sui generis indeed; as she defended her thesis without obtaining a Bachelors’ or Masters’ degree, but rather straight from GCE in 1969 from the then prestigious Providence Secondary School in Mulanje District, her paternal home.
…only if we had more women (and men) of this caliber in our country!
Goooo mayiiii goooo more fire ayambakale kukuopaaa zoyankhula phwiiiiiiii nanga… Bubu wanuyuuuu angamakeeee ndi nabiwi to iyiiiiii azimyi titakateeeee pp yanyamukeee
Sad!
JB is continuing where she left off when she campaigned for the Presidency in 2014, i.e. promising freebies. She handed out bags of maize, bicycles, cows, even houses to try to garner votes. Four years absence from the country means she has lost touch with what the country really needs. She also failed to bring those six traitors to justice. Had she done so, APM would not have been able to manipulate himself into power. No, JB had her chance in 2014 and she blew it. There’s no way back for her now.
yeaah blasting us, shit ndife anaako??????? mxiiii just fuck this fat bitch with stinky mouth, zokauza anthu akwanu aja akungounjikana pakhomo pako kumamwa tea ndi ndi ma fanta. bastards,nfwi nfwi,
wacita bwino wabwera azungu omwe umawanamizao to gain their hand. ubwererasotu, suunati,
zisilu nzomwe zukulondola pambuyozo, nnankunyinda iwe. tisiye tisankhe tinfuna ife osati anancibwe inu
A DPP mangani mbava ya mai iyi. Ndiponso munayenera kumumanga upon arrival pa airport. Mai wokuba, wankhanza, wachimtima cha nkhwidzi uyu. Olo zitatani ng’0000 sungauone u President. Fotsekiiiiii
This business of just introducing more freebies as If it’s from your pocket should stop! How longer shall we continue to waste money on recurrent expenses? I want my tax to go to infrastructure development. That’s the only way to develop this country and amen end this cycle of dependency!
Mau! Mau! This means the candidate is lying!!! she just wants to attract yur attention . Of all people Jopyce Banda why does she think people can trust her in Malawi? She thinks ife ndakape! if she gets voted in she will just look after herself like last time! Talk about failed governments! shame on you Joyce Banda to have the gall to show your face again in Malawi politics! shame on you! people died because of you! people suffered hardships because of you!
Take the shithole dpp out. They are a bunch of thugs.
Re-cycled politicians are in every party including the newly-formed Chilima Movement. And JB found cashgate, she did not start it. It was and still is massive and rampant.. Malawians especially the media should learn not to report facts not what is convenient for their comfort.
Corruption is an ailment that is quiet embedded in our society, fact. Pretending it came with JB is a mere fallacy & self-masturbation which doesn’t help to cure the cancer. It’s like one has a cancer or HIV and pretends s/he okay.
Let’s thanks JB that massive graft and LOOTING of state resources was exposed and not condemn her as if she was the alpha and omega of graft in Malawi. NO!!!
This self-pretence won’t help us!!!
This woman is very dull indeed, we want to discontinue FISP And here she is saying universal fertilizer subsidy???????
Foolish Jezebel!!!
Chingaipe’s analsys is wrong. The fact that she went outside Malawi for too long is not reason enough for her not to excel. In politics, 11 months is a very long time. JB has all the time to re-organise the party. What political science are these professors teaching? PP has stable leaders like Kamlepo Kalua, a very influential politician who contributes effectively in parliament. Jooma is also a very good politician. For me, all good politicians are still in PP not these political prostitutes the likes of Brown Mpinganjira and Sidik Mia.
PP is not in tatter’s. It is true that some people resigned. But that does not make the party weak. We are talking about numbers here. Look, if 4 or 10 people leave the party and an equal number of people join the party can you say the party is weak? Some people like Brown Mpinganjira and Sidik Mia left the party because they are power hungry. They have been replaced.
JB for presidency in 2019
Mai wopanda nzeru ngati uyu sindinamuone. Ife to kufuna subsidy it atha iye akuti akufuna universal?
Kkkkkkkkk – koma this woman thinks Malawians are still for hands outs – old politics.
Maybe it’s coz anachokapo sakudziwa how Malawians now comprehend cheap politics. Pepani mai Banda
Can somebody PLEASE tell these so called leaders that anyone who comes up with a solution to solve the electicity woes in this country will have the people
s vote!No electricty, no investment resulting in Malawi descending into further poverty. Give Chilima a chance and not these recycled MPs and Presidents.Let him raise his hand and fight for it. Don’t give it to him on solver platter otherwise he won’t learn how to fight for his people. Leading a nation of 18.8million isn’t for the faint-hearted. Politicians have died fighting to rule a nation of only 700,000 people.
KODI THUMBA LA NKHWAILA MUNKATIONETSA PA NSONKHANO CA KU MWAZA UKU DZANA LIJA, MUKUTI TIKUSANKHANI MUJA, NDIYE KWATHU KUNO SIZINAFIKETU NDI THUMBA LIMODZI LOMWE .OLO AFUMU ATHU AKANAYENDA BARE. NTHAWI ZINA AMAVALA SLIPASI.
MXIIIIIIIII BITCH WITH FULL PACKS OF LIES. ANTHU OSAPEMPHERA INU
She is a shameless liar!!! What DPP have been doing is to repair the damage she left behind! This has consumed time and resources. Does she want a second time to ruin Malawi? NOOOO! Malawi is now getting back on its feet! we don’t want thieves like Joyce Banda getting anywhere near Government agin! We are not stupid! You should have stayed in Diaspora!!!!
kodi tizitanganidwa ndi zobisa cilungamo????????// mace inu munabwera poti panali pangano. nde paja cipangano cikaphwanyika, zotsatila zake kumangowuwa ndi udzu omwe ukagwedera. timati kuthawa cithuzithuzi cako comwe. PANGANO LINAPHWANYIKA APA. INU MMAESA MUKABWERA NDE KUTI ALIYESE ALI PA BACK PAKO. NDEGE ILI KUTI??????????????? NANGA NDLAMA ZAKE MUNAGAWANA NDI NDANI? PSA KOKA
Go mam JB gooooo!!!!!
Ine ndikamaona anthu anga akuzunzika chonchi mtima umandiwawa kwambiri…a Malawi tidzingokhalira kukamba za chakudya zoona mpaka kalekale? Ife tikufuna misewiu yomwe ikumangidwa ku Uganda, South Africa, Ethiopia…osati chakudya iyayi. Ndiye kuti mMalawi ndi wanjala kwambiri eti? We need nice roads, not izi zikumangidwa panozi…zosathetsa ngozi. Talk about issues like housing, construct atleast 1 million new houses for the country.
Start Contract Farming and not universal subsidy. There are so many farms lying idle. Work with owners on contract and give them quotas as in Tobacco farming! Think bigger Malawi
Joyce is really on cannabis. Who would buy her story considering how naive she was as President. The only realistic thing she will bring is universal cashgate
Amai, this is now time to think of retiring from politics and lobby with other political parties to take an advisory role even as a backbencher in parliament. You were part of Bingu-led DPP for over 6 years and then led the country under your own PP party for almost 2 years. In that eight years, Malawi experienced the most painful period in history, with a significant number of children dying before the age of 5. Many people lost their dignity in society; with Malawi sliding to one of the poorest countries in the world. Education and health systems literally collapsed. This is probably the lowest Malawi can go and it would require a dedicated, ethical, moral and selfless leader to turn this country around. That leader is certainly not you Amai.
Useless and waste of time
If Joyce Banda is endeed Chejumo (bigfish) in cashgate. Why is Peter failing to take her to account two months after she returned?
These are politicians who hav failed to take Malawi on her path of prosperity.
The more things change, the more they remain the same. 4 years in the civilized land and JB comes back home with the same primitive approach and power hunger as she left. Maybe it is true that power intostication is an incurable vice. Mama JB, there is literally no way you can make a come back. Go back home and rest
Joyisi sono, why did you tondeka kwizisa universal subsidy during your nyengo, you were also too arrogant for nothing, daily pamsewu ndi mudege kusakaza chuma chithu