Judge Kenyatta did not suspend coronavirus from spreading in Malawi – Kaphale
Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale has said High Court judge Kenyatta Nyirenda who on Friday granted a temporary injunction against the government’s 21-day coronavirus lockdown period pending a judicial review within seven days, did not issue an order against the virus to stop spreading.
Kaphale said government is yet to make a decision on whether to challenge the injunction obtained by Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC), which argued that more consultation was needed to prevent harm to the poorest and most vulnerable of society.
“We only lament the fact that the virus spreads quickly in communities that are not socially distancing and are not on lockdown,” said Kaphale.
“In the seven days that the judge has given for the inter-parties hearing, he did not issue an order against the virus to stop spreading,” said the government’s chief legal adviser.
Kaphale continued: “If the pandemic accelerates in the seven days given, the nation knows who to blame and for a fact, it will not be [the problem of] government.”
President Peter Mutharika has cautioned that if authorities were not careful, up to 50,000 lives could be lost to the virus pandemic.
In the days leading up to the court order suspending lockdown, vegetable vendors and other traders took to the streets nationwide to protest. Many have said that coronavirus poses less of a threat than hunger.
The Covid-19 outbreak comes in the midst of an intense political crisis after the Constitutional Court cancelled Mutharika’s his re-election last year and ordered a fresh elections which has been slated for July 2.
An appeal by the President and Malawi Electoral Commission is at the Supreme Court of Appeal which will be determined likely this month end.
Malawi is one of the 16 landlocked nations in Africa, sharing borders with Mozambique, Zambia and Tanzania.
How many have tested posive after the injunction? Osamapusa anthu inu. Anthu ovutika mmalawi muno muwagayila chakudya inu? I doubt. Kulimbikila lockdown komaso ndinu owumila. Zopusa basi.
Kodi Kaphale akunama? Has HRDC stopped spread of Corona Virus? Kudana mchilungamo!
Kaphale with all sanity is frustrated with the glaring prejudices of these men of the bench. Any learned person will objectively see grey areas in the judgements pronounced by these men. Literally in some of the cases the principle of stare casis is thrown out. There is no where in the world a lower court overturns an outright precedent set by an appeal/supreme court. Yet here in Malawi the judgements aside politics are very questionable.
The only blindness is that we are reasoning with political eyes to clearly see the mistakes these judges are making. It’s a shame
I wonder dpp cadets are still moving around while their president commerced them to stay home what is kaphale doing out side “👀👀👀👀👀🔐🔐🔐🔐🔐🔐
Mr Kaphale,at what percentage rate will you blame Kenyata since you sre good at quantifying mistakes.wake up kalekeni you are big man stop sleeping
First I saw kaphale I thought his a real genius but now I realized his MAD how can he say judge kenyata & HRD supposed to stop the spread of the virus is his apolongata working.
Kaphele uphetsa DPP
Why other countries are protesting on similar grounds but they have not been foolish to go to court.
Kaphale speaking like a politician. It just shows that he is confused. Losing so many cases does strange things to a lawyer’s brains. If he were working anywhere else apart from the government he could have been out of work by now. Fired. Has he ever won a crucial case for the government?
Mr Kaphale Anthuwa basi auzeni kuti Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda anapeleka injunction ku corona virus. Pano singafaleso. I think ndizimene akufuna koma.
Kaphale mzeru zamuthera. Kenyatta anapangatu suspend covid-19 from spreading. Thats why there is no any case of new covid-19 patient from the day he granted injunction up to now. Kenyatta ndi a katundu
The foolish Judge Kenyatta is responsible for the spread of corona-virus
Bwana Kaphale alankhula ngati wa ndale pang’ono but this is what we need to know and I don’t blame Judge Kenyata for granting the injunction.
To start with, I am sure you are not aware kuti even in USA not all the States are on lockdown. In Europe, some countries have refused to go on lockdown, the same with some countries in Africa.
Now for countries that have implemented lockdown, they have done it correctly to allow the government to rollout testing, tracking, isolation and treatment strategies in place while the lockdown confines people in their homes. Now, these governments also knew too well beforehand of the social and economic implications of the lockdown hence they first came up with income support and business stimulus packages to mitigate the suffering that lockdown imposes both to those people on low income and small business that cannot survive the hardships of lockdown. It is very easy to force people to stay home if you have such offers on the table. Your government is not offering any of those, the reason for the resistance.
As we are still asking ourselves all the many questions, today, with regard to the Virus, ministry of health haven’t completed testing on people not even 2% of the population of Malawi and they have idea at all as to give us conclusively where we stand with Covid-19 today because 1. they don’t have adequate testing equipment, let alone they haven’t rolled out adequate testing exercise to get a correct picture of the status.
Having said that, there are just too many diseases that continue to claim more lives today, the likes of HVI/Aids, TB, Malaria, BP, inter alia than Covid-19 that we are failing to manage. If you look at mortality rate of Covid-19 is much much lower than all these diseases I have mentioned.
So the question will still always be why should Covid-19 overshadow these other diseases?
More painful is also the fact that Malawi is copying and pasting what other countries are doing without understanding how the same concepts and practices could apply in a different setting of our country and they keep missing out a lot of things in the process. You have Ben Phiri and Jappie Muhango, the two people who are clueless, taking the centre stage, leading the Nation in this fight instead of leaving it to the health experts. I just can’t understand that!. This is not politics.
The other critical area the government missed out big time is that if you are to lockdown the country, it must be a coordinated exercise both country wide and neighbouring countries. Close the boarders and do it at the same time your neighbouring are doing it.
I just didn’t understand how City of Blantyre and City of Lilongwe could close down some businesses like bars, bottle stores and night clubs only when business was usual with the rest of industries. That was complete naivety and total lack of understanding, stupidity because it did’t have any meaning!!!! People could still drive to Lumbadzi or Bunda/Mitundu or anywhere nearby places outside town to drink then come back to town. The lockdown didn’t have a timeframe and was clueless.
Malawi made similar mistakes in 1994 of copying and pasting ideologies when we migrated from single party to multi-party. We didn’t understand the correct political landscape for multi-party regimes. In the end we allowed corrupt criminals like Bakili Muluzi to be elected the president and instead of making progress, it was a dangerous steep slope we ended up and lost everything Kamuzu built in 30 years.
Bingu came in and did his best in his first term to put us back on track but unfortunately we could’t sustain his vision and we are back again today on the reverse drive.
So please should get me right, lockdown could be a necessary ancillary step to curb the spread of the virus only if we take into consideration all necessary elements as a package other than forcing people to stay home without any social and financial security packages which could have a disproportionate result and meaningless.
Corruption is also very high in our country that some greedy politicians and government officials including NGOs will use it to their advantage. So let’s be careful with what we decide.
That’s true body
For sure someone will be blamed if the virus accelerates in the seven days given by Kenyatta
Nyirenda. And what happens if the virus does not accelerate in those seven days?
Typical of Kaphale; scaring people with his legal pomposity.
kaphale so why are you outside there with no mask 😉😂 is it because you want to spread the viruses out there , I was expecting you to be indoors by now . You have everything and possibly to stay on lockdown even more than 21days . For the better of you and your family and friends 🙏🙏
Kalekeni Kaphale you passed the exams for answering questions correctly, not for being intelligent. Who told you that the cut-off for declaring lockdown and minimizing the spread of covid-19 was 18 April 2020. How did Malawians survive since 1st March 2020 when the covid-19 was so pronounced world over to 17th April 2020 i.e. how did they survive for 48 days or whatever exposure they were subjected to, who is to blame. Why did APM not lockdown Malawi in Feb 2020 since covid-19 was well known to have been around by 31st Dec 2019. He declared Malawi a state of disaster without locking down Malawi. What is so special with 18th April 2020. Why not lockdown when one case was just identified?
To Mr Kaphale, it’s people like you who are destroying our country. If everyone had enough food and money like you,Malawians would have gone for lockdown without problem.I hope your plan is to kill Malawians with hunger.If you and your government can provide food and money to the citizens may be it can work. Without food no one should go for lockdown.Just think for elderly people above 60yrs how can they survive without food, Mr Kaphale Mulibe nzeru ndichifukwa mamangoluza milandu.Think first before you speak.The government should distribute masks to the citizens. All over the world people are using masks why not Malawi.Mukufuna muzipanga Chiyani anthu akakhala palockdown?The aim of lockdown is to stop the spread of covid-19 and the use of masks in public places is to stop droplets from one person to another.I believe masks can do a better job in Malawi.Just enforce the use of masks.Stop hating judges and Tumbuka people, what is your problem? Anthu kumaganiza first osamangopanga zinthu.Do not bring tribes here, people wants food that the government doesn’t want to provide.Koma akanati Kuvota ndi next week Chimanga chikanapezeka chokagawa Kwa amalawi.
Well said. Mr Kalekeni Kaphale, please dont waste ur energy and govt resources to defend this injunction. I don’t why people are choosing to misunderstand what you have said. Actually, if it was me I wouldn’t have bothered to defend this clap. Please concentrate on real issues.
Unfortunately there are no real issues for him to concentrate on that is why he has come up with this crap
George Bush, you need to know its not for government to defend the injunction, their job is to challenge it. If they ‘defend’, it means they are in support of it.
Kaphale you are a very big fool. A fool with education is very dangerous because he gives bad advice.
If people are going to die the blood will be on Peter Munthalika. Lockdown can only happen if the situation gets out of hand. Lockdown at the moment is mental laziness on the part of the authorities or they have cashgatted the billions donated by well wishers. We have countries in the world where there is no lockdown and the rate of infection is not so bad.
A Judge anakuwombarani agalu a dpp mukafa ndi Njala nonse kuchotsa ko galu wanu kaphale. kwa munyera ku court. Insulting judges? If I were a judge i would have fixed the whole Dpp
Kaphale is the most useless AG Malawi has ever employed after Jane Ansah. The AG who survives on stealing public money. I am beginning to wonder if it’s not him advising MEC to have numerous unsuccessful court appeals. Kaphale came out of the court case heavily bruised and his reputation completely destroyed. He is a conman AG. Everyone knows very well that this government is running away from the election. Yes we have traces of Covid-19 but not to the point where we impose a lockdown. Out of 28 districts only 4 have people with the perceived Covid-19.
EXPECT MORE THAN 50,000 LOST LIVES BEFORE THE PICK. The coronavirus is a nasty one. It is a real challenge to well funded medical systems and one can only imagine what that will be in our poor Malawi. This virus does not only bring on Covid 19 (the disease) which can severely destroy lungs, but it also brings heart issues, brain issues, HIV like symptoms, and locks down all essential organs. This is not “unnecessary platitudes” as one ignorant comment put it below. Once the nasty stuff sets in our country (in about 2 months), it will start spreading exponentially and we must expect to lose well over 100,000 brothers and sisters. Maybe even 250,000 if our international friends do not help right away and if this sad ruling stands. Therefore the GOVERNMENT MUST APPEAL or just use its emergency power to impose the lockdown. There is fire in the house and folks are asking to down and have tea first before tackling the emergency situation. Why can’t we “CHEW GUM AND WALK AT THE SAME TIME? Obviously a plan to help those who face hunger (well we all do, don’t we?) is necessary but not at the expense of letting this nasty disease sets it and wipes us out. General, please do your duty and fear not what is being said.
Now its declining Kaphale wazayambazi suzimaliza U cadet wakowo anakuphwetsa ndi ma Judge omwewo ndiye dikila uwone Nyekhwe yeniyeni
It sounds like he is speaking as a politician and not legal advisor. If virus spreads within 7 days we know who to blame but what about if it doesn’t spread within the same days?
Kenyatta must tell Malawians how he managed to stop worrying and loved covid19.
I am going to shoprite to buy ice cream.
Bwana AG, please help your employer professionally . Leave that kind of foolish comments to cadets( assuming you are not one)
Malawians this is not time we play politics on emergencies. All that are worrying and opposing lockdown that has come with real reasons are brainless and fools that Dr Bakili Muluzi mentioned. Bvuto la aMalawi sachedwa kuiwala. It’s not long ago that same HRDC lockdown businesses of the same Malawians that you now worried if dying of hunger for more than 21days with demonstrations of election results and MEC. How long did people have to stay home? How much did they lose over that period. Let’s be sensible palibe politician that ll ever be the best becoz they all wear same uniform only that enawa atembenuza mavalidwe a ma uniform awa but it’s the same uniform.
The DPP regime has been able to get away with so many bad things during its tenure because Civil Society, Opposition political parties, Journalists and the general public do not immediately and rigorously push back against DPP’s falsehoods. This is shocking in this digital age. In this particular case, DPP is pushing the falsehood that a lockdown is the only way to reduce the spread of Covid 19. Yet information that is available on the internet shows that some of the countries that have been most successful in curbing the spread of Covid 19 did so WITHOUT imposing a lockdown. These are Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore, among others. In any case, what is the benefit of a lockdown when you are not testing? The number of cases officially has remained at 17 for almost a week now. This is simply a lie. Government cannot shirk its responsibility to increase testing, trace contacts, and quarantine those who are positive. Government should also buy the necessary medical equipment to enable health workers to work in a safe environment. Let’s wake up Malawians, and demand that DPP should act like a responsible government…
Even ku Wuhan China USA Italy pa south Africa pompa titinamvepo boma lawo likulengeza Kuti anthu 50000 akhoza kufa . Kukulisa figure Kuti zilowe zambiri ku ma donars. Kodi ku Blantyre queens hospital mukutipo chani akaphale anthu atulusidwa mchipatala osachila kubelekesana okha ndi Kenyatta NSO, lets meet on Friday tione who is to be blamed on the issue of covid19 lockdown in fact Malawi is more than ready to go in doors and it’s necessary komabe ndi mfundo zokomera amphawi ndi olemela✅🤗
Stupid AG. Instead of assisting govt. he talks crap!!!. No wonder his whole attention is in stealing our taxes. Pay back what you have already stolen through MEC apo bi!! tionana unless you depart from this world you heartless Thief!!!!. Govt. should thank the judge who has given them breathing space so that they can plan properly, if they can.
I think you are describing yourself fool. DO YOU THINK WITH YOUR LITTLE BRAIN, INJUNCTION STOPPED CORONA VIRUS. Is your state of mind Ok?. Ufiti eti? kufuna kutha anthu osalakwa. Shupit
When the AG uses a ganglion than using his brain…talking total rubbish.
AG thinking through the stomach
Vuto lake atumbuka kukhwima, kudalira zazitsamba, this judge personally does not fear Corona.Nyanga kuchuluka.Ovutika tikhala Ife anthu osatambafe.
Nyirenda amasamba Patali, kafunseni kukhoti.
Anthu 50,000 amenewa ndi achigawo chake chiti?
Ku Thyolo😂😂😂
Mwina kwa kaphaleko eti 50,000 chikhale choophyezela a Malawi . Kaya yokopera akunja Kuti athile zambiri cash . Opusa awa aka takonzekela have set aside committee working on covid19 meaning mbwelela izi mbava zachabechabe.mufa nokha 50,000. Njila yothekera anthu mnyumba ndi njala mumafuna chiwelengelo chikwele mudziti ndi corona ili njala kupusa DPP.
you have no evidence Judge Nyirenda ndi wa zitsamba. If you want anthu otamba you will find them in the DPP, self confessed mfiti zazikazi, zazimuna. They are not even ashamed to say it publicly on public rallies.
Grezedar wa Jeffrey she said she is a female wizard , you don’t have to ask for more evidence.
You have the right of becoming mfiti yotamba …….amakuletsa ndani? Jeffrey kapena?
when poor and brainless people have access to technology this is what you get.
Ndeno omwe ankapanga mademo ndi atumbuka ?
Mbuzi ya munthu imafuna iziba dolla tikapita ku lockdown kuti imalize ma flats ake akumanga ndi dolla yakuba ku namiwawa aja galu wa munthu
Kalekeni, please do not busy us with unnecessary platitudes. Advise the government properly so that they stop infringing peoples rights.
Wamwa Surf…?!! Akaphale Mutu Suukugwira
I fear the worse for this DPP fake government in the coming Supreme Court ruling. It will be over for these fools.
I was still giving Kaphale a benefit of doubt after his miserable performance during the concourt, but now I have concluded he is a compete nutter. What wrong did Kenyatta do in his judgement. You wanted to implement a lockdown without announcing measures to support the vulnerable. TIPPEX BRAIN
When people start dying and suffering from Corona virus we know who to blame, Kenyatta Corona Nyirenda, Covid Mtambo, Gay Trapence,Lazarus fake pastor Chakwera, Chiboliboli Kaliati among others. A time will come when Malawi reels from this virus, when that time comes be answerable.
Ndiwe chitsiru
What if that time does not come. DPP will fall like a house of cards. Be ready ma cadet corona virus will likely not hit Malawi so hard. If you look at the figures we will make it.
“Kaphale has said High Court judge Kenyatta Nyirenda … did not issue an order against the virus to stop spreading.”
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This is true, so Kaphale should go to court on Friday and ask Nyirena to issue such an order.
Arrogant General Kaphale on the move as usual as the Cadet.
By the way, the Government always mention 50,000 people will be affected, who are these people? I get surprised because if the figures can be easily known it means the one who knows the figures may also be able to know the names of people, that is why he or she can be able to come up with figures. Or is it the number of people that you have been asked by the Billgates to try his vaccination? Just got curious sometimes. Or is it political trembling?
Full scale Baba!
Kkkkkkkk. Bwana Kaphale.
What a stupid idiot! Why do you utter such rubbish bwana AG. Mchifukwa chake ndazitulukano izi za DPP. Everything ndale basi. It is a known fact that Lockdown without proper planning will be more lethal than COVID it self.
Mwayiwala kupuputa kukamwa akulu chibanzi mwadya inu, puputani ndevu ndithu mukuwonekela patali.
Mr Kaphale. Nothing works without planning. What is lockdown without stimulus plan in place? So you think we will blame the judge for making government to think before acting? Horrible legal advisor
A government legal advisor who always has total disregard of the law!
Kaphale must observe our nation anthem mlungu dalitsani malawi gonjetsani njala nthenda
A patriot who loves his country and knows to call a dog a dog when he sees one. 85% of Malawians from rural areas where there are no medical solutions will suffer more from this virus not the paid actors and paid vendors paid by Mcp and HRDC to protest in the cities.
Why not go to rural areas of Malawi and civil educate them on social distancing and sanitation before implementing lockdow!!!! you stupid , very dull cadet.
What u fail to understand is Corona has no time for all that nonsense it needs to be attacked like all countries have with lockdowns and social distancing. This is a war against an invisible enemy. You seem to think you can negotiate with this disease or that it will only attack dpp. Dzidzepano ndizatonse. Corona is not nepotistic like you lot, it doesn’t discriminate.
Copy and Paste is another disease.
So you even know that there is no medicine in many rural areas? Kodi zinthuzi zimatsatani kwambiri ndi khunyu eti?
So why didnt you rush to court to vacate the injunction? You knew it was the right decision. Cushion the poor then implement your lockdown.
Kkkkkkkk cadet Kaphale kumenya ka contempt kakachetechete