Joyce Banda brands Malawi’s coronavirus response pathetic

March 31, 2020 Osman Faiti - Nyasa Times 46 Comments

Former president Joyce Banda has launched a devastating critique of the government’s handling of the coronavirus global pandemic, saying lacks transparency and fails to mobilise the public there by missing from the list of countries that will benefit from a US$100 million support.

Joyce Banda: The government doesn’t seem to understand classic public health.

Banda said Malawi cannot access support from the global community if it is not testing its citizens to get proper statistics on the coronavirus pandemic.

She lambasted a lack of preparation and openness from the government .

The former Malawi leader suggested  in a post on her official Facebook page that the government – which has always insisted that Malawi is yet to record a case of the coronavirus – is hiding figures on the coronavirus.

“The global community cannot assist us when we are hiding our statistics and our challenges to fight the pandemic.

“When there is apparent politicization of this fight and apparent lack of political will to confront this pandemic as a united front regardless of our political and religious affiliations,” said Banda.

She accused the government of failing to understand public health, which has been undermined , poiting out that there were no strategies for protecting the vulnerable and there had been a failure to engage the public.

“Other countries in the region provide frequent briefings so that the nation knows what is happening in their countries. As for Kenya, the Minister of Health briefs the nation on daily basis. The written briefs we see each day are not good enough as more than half of our people have no access to this information,” said Banda.

On March 11, World Health Organisation announced that Covid-19 was a pandemic.

President Peter Mutharika on March 20 2020 declared the State of Disaster and set up a K15 billion fund to deal with the crisis. He also banned public gatherings and ordered closure of schools as part of drastic measures to cut densification.

Government has also imposed travel ban on foreignersand  advise people to practice hygienic  measures such as washing hands.

The government has also banned cross-border travel and international flights effective Wednesday this week.

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46 replies on “Joyce Banda brands Malawi’s coronavirus response pathetic”

  2. Ma cadet ali busy kunena za Cashgate ya zaka 8 zapitazo kuleka kunena ikuchitika panoyi bwanji?

  4. Stupid woman. Her eyes on money because She is used to cheat donors. Government will handle this. Just concentrate on your useless alliance

  6. The president as usual is in his usual position, face down, arse up and head buried deeply into the sand.

    Start digging the graves.

  9. JB is 100% right. If there is anyone here who has been tested then let that person come in the open. I for one wants to be tested for this virus but there is no where I can get tested. Just imagine Zomba General Hospital had one,,,yes one,,rapid test which was donated by the Aleluya band crue after they had tested themselves upon completion of 14 days quarantine. This single test was used on a single patient who came from Mangochi. That was it. 15 Billion atafuna kale anyapaphi amenewa…..

    2. Testing is done in borders. I am one of those tested. JB just just wants attention. She lost relevance in Malawi politics. Full stop.

  10. Abiti Ntila, ino si nthawi yolodzana dzala. Nanga za Cash gate munalephera zija…… Khalani chete mayi. YAKO IJA …AZUNGU AKUTI, AZUNGU AKUTI Mpaka zuwa kulowa kkkkkk

  11. Joyce Banda tell us where is the money you got after selling our Jet? Will you ever have peace on the jet issue? Please madam repent so that God can forgive you and have your peace forever. Also asked your brother Bakili to do the same. You need repentance before you die to escape eternal fire. Amen!!!

  12. JB my advice is shut your beak if you don’t have constructive ideas otherwise you end up being foolish and even not worth your last post in MG. How van a person of your calibre say statistics are being hidden when you cannot even give raw data of what you saying. Mind you this is no AIDS were we used to hide identities. Its a flu kapena chizungu mwaila influenza mostly conducive to cold weather forget what your stupid advisors ate telling uou.. What’s being reported in Africa are imported cases and not home transmissions. So go to Chintheche and have a breather than being foolish on Facebook

  13. joyisi the boss of hdrc and chakwera.Evil war lady.Zipolowe zonsezi mMalawi joyisi banda is the one playing the cards behind the scene trying to make govt look like it’s failing.Now it’s not working wati ukhale mneneri wa corona sopano.Go to hell joyisi messed up piece of shit! unpatriotic woman! Jezebel!

    2. Is there another unpatriotic Jezebel besides Jane Ansah? Tell Wa Jeffrey to be repenting before she dies if covid-19 instead of kutukwana. A DPP mumudziwe Yesu. Nonse mutha ngati chipere.

  14. Well, I believe now is not the time to Criticize each other but a time to assist One another, ‘who would hide such statistics not to get assistance. The time for political maneuvering is not now. Thank you

  16. JB should tell us all what statistics she have, otherwise she putting for fear in our lives coz the government is telling us that the disease is not yet in our country and preventative measures are in place and yet she says the government is hiding the reality so which is which and what the general public must follow? Don’t put politics in this serious problem

    1. Eti? And why would government hide these stats? I’m sure APM is praying for even a single case of COVID to come so that he can put the country on 4 years lockdown!!

  17. JB if you could be kind enough to buy testing equipment using the money you got from selling the presidential jet we will be grateful as Malawians.

  19. Former president should not rush to accuse govt.of hiding covid19 figures without facts to back her claims.Paja amai awa Kukonda kupempha chithandizo so she cant understand that the country is fending for itself.

    1. Koma iwe you are an idiot. We can’t even feed our self. No Medicine in government hospitals. People are suffering in villages and towns and you claim mukudya bwino

  20. If JB has got the statistis, let her come forward. If she knows the hidden figures, she should reveal them – otherwise she should not just talk for the sake of being heard.

  21. I believe government is doing all it is supposed to do within its means. This criticism is bad faith as it lack merit. Where specifically has government been political on the epidemic? Do we have to lie to the world that we’ve the virus just to be given money or we achieve some kind of status by claiming to have the virus? I’m very sure medical practitioners could have been the first to raise alarm had they encountered any patients with the symptoms. Joyce just want to make some noise and be relavant koma zikuoneka kuti “anatha nsuzi”

  22. Joyce Banda says:” we are hiding our statistics”.

    She should tell us exactly what is being hidden, what she thinks the statistics really are, and her evidence for what she says.

    2. Mai banda mukanva chamba ndiyechimenecho sono mukufuna president alengeze zoti kuli coronavirus kulibe chifukwa chofuna ndalama zathandizo shame on you Mai kumalawi kulibe virus timakhulupilila mulungu we don’t want to play with God by lies because of money.

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