Kabambe for politics of service to common good: Ex Reserve Bank of Malawi governor joins DPP  as party moves to replace Mutharika

1. K27.0 million or akuti K24.0 million pakutha pa mwezi uli onse is just one of the many ugly heads of the impunity under the former regime, APM nakhala ankolo (uncle) ake. Akuti the salary was set by the Board, and when you ask who was the Chairperson of the Board, yankho nkumva kuti iye yemwe…really, ndani mu board’mo akanatsutsana naye? Even then, why did he not say hang on, K24 million per month is way too much malinga ndi economy yathu? Lero anene kuti afuna adzayendetse dziko with that lack of understanding and empathy for the situation of the poor povo Malawians? While at it, how much is the President of Malawi paid per month, K24 million per month or more?

   Let’s indulge further to show that he short-changed Malawi for his personal benefit and making it easy for his uncle to play circles around the system.

   1. The maximum annual salary of the Vice President of the African development Bank (AfDB) was 261,558 Units of Account (UA) in 2016. This translated to a monthly salary of 21,797 UA per month. The UA is equivalent to Special Drawing Rights (SDR) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). That is, 1UA = 1 SDR. This AfDB salary information is publicly available at https://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Generic-Documents/AfDB_Grade_and_Salary_Data_-_2016.pdf

   2. Now, 1 SDR = US$1.44 (approximately) as at 03 January 2021, which means that the monthly salary (21,797 UA or 21,797 SDR) of the Vice President of the AfDB = US$31,387. In Malawi Kwacha terms, the VP of the African Development Bank was paid the equivalent of K23,806,758 per month. Granted, the AfDB VP’s salary was in 2016 (kodi paja akuti Kabambe anayamba liti kulandira K24 million pa mwezi?). Allow for adjustments over time, may be the AfDB VP is now receiving K25 million or thereabouts.

   Now, makosana, African Development Bank (AfDB) is a bank for the whole continent of Africa, osati a bank for poor least developed country (LDC) like motherland Malawi! And here, you have someone failing badly to give “sound strategic advice” to the Board that he chaired that it is plain madness to set salaries at such dizzying heights given the state of the economy…akuti RBM made K50 billion profit under his reign as governor (u gavanala otapilidwa pa chibale), really, just that? How much is the annual budget of the Ministries of Health, Education, Agriculture? How much does the African Development Bank make more than the Reserve Bank of Malawi yet pays its top management more modestly?? Where is “value for money” from his K24 million to Malawi?

   Nenani zina, people like him should best stay away from the limelight, and in fact should refund the country for the plunder.

2. Malawi easily forget. We had Dr Bingu wa Muntharika where did he take Malawi to. By grace of God he died. During the time of his death there were no fuel, no sugar, all government contracts, from supplying of food stuffs, transportation to the sweeping of toilets were given to muli brothers. And yet Bingu had a doctorate degree in economics. Today you bring this one a replica of Bingu how do you believe he is going to change things to the better.

3. 2025,Kabambe vs Chilima, both Economists. I will enjoy this game truly. It will be the best election ever

4. He is not sophisticated enough and has zero charisma. His ethics are also highly questionable. Not fit for the presidency.

5. When is Zodiak going to upload the online link for the interview with Kabambe …

6. Fellow Malawians, Have you seen the video clip where a nyau person is hacking a person with a panga knife in a graveyard or kudabwe thereby cutting him by the neck and later cutting his hands as if he is cutting pork? Why are we tolerating these barbaric actions by nyau people in the name of ‘chewa culture’? Chonde amabungwe plus government please do something about it. Munthu kuchita kugagada ngati nkhumba?

   I expect Chakwera, himself being a terrible nyau person to say something about the video clip. The video clip is all over so government must not pretend to be ignorant about it. I cry for Malawi. I cry for the amount of ignorance and hate in chewa people.

   1. Yes I saw it. Extremely disturbing. Very very sad.

   2. Well said, I so much agree with you and we all know reporting channels for such issues are already in place but classifying all Chewa people as ignorant and haters is so so cold and uncool. Brotherman, let no tribalism put some people on the wrong. Not all Tumbukaz or Lomwez or Yaoz are imperfect percet. Not all Jews are good. Remember we all same in the eyes of God.

   3. Dr kabambe wabweretsaso nyau which was hacking person kapena kungofuna kusokoneza nkhani
      ???

      1. Inenso ndikudabwa nazo pomwe nkhani ndi Kabambwe kuti walowa ndale, koma ndemanga zikukamba za nyau. Bwanji ya nyau ikhale ya tsiku lina, pano tikambe za Kabambe kulowa mu DPP. Tonse simunaymbe kumupira m’mwamba koma. Tikuonani tikamayandikira 2025 ngati Tonse idzakhale m’mene ilirimu. Odyera onse a ku Chigawo chapakati. odyera onse a mabanaj, odyera onse azilongo ndi acimwene, odyera onse alamu. Tidzakuonani idyani komaliza, ndipo mudaidziwa Malawi ngati m’mene adziwira pano Mutharika ndi onse ach Lhomwe. Dzikoli ndi la tonse, diye tilidyerere tonse, koma Chakwera ndi m’nzke Saulosi akutiderera.

   4. The Police has already said something about it Mr Stupid …Ntchito kuziwa kuba basi ….ndi Tsankho .The Chewa and Yao are not so Tribalistic that’s why they welcomed other tribes who came later ,others as refugees after being chased by the Portuguese because of Umbava…

      1. What did the police say my bro? I am also very interested to know if culprits were apprehended or are being hunted…

7. Dpp is a party of intellectuals, little wonder they still attract professionals. Dalitso has all the qualities of leading a failed nation like Malawi. I hope he wins the party leadership and then defeats rev Dr siku talk talk.

   1. He has a lot of explanation to do to Malawians, 24million/month ayifotokoze kaye, he is another mbava who will fit perfectly with the DPP gurus

      1. No need to explain he deserved the pay he is a genius you just hate Lhomwes because they are on top of everything.Muchira

      2. Kabambwe is not Mbava. Mbava is the one who employed him. Where in the World does an employee pay himself? When he was being paid all this money did the employer not know. If they did, why not query if they felt the pay was not correct. Was Kabambe preparing cheques himself or was in the accounts preparing his salary himself. You are making a dead argument. Kulikonse mungapite simungawine. Reserve Bank Governor reports directly to the President. In this case he was reporting to Mutharika. If anything Mutharika should be questioned why Kabambe was getting this much and not asking the employee? If the payment was wrong it would have been spotted in his early months. If nothing happened, it means it was normal or jail the boss.

   2. HOW CAN SOMEONE WHO PAYS HIMSELF 25,000 DOLLARS A MONTH BE EXPECTED TO BE ‘FOR THE PEOPLE’?
      THIS IS NYAU THINKING.
      HE IS A GREEDY POLITICIAN, THATS ALL.
      I PREFER MPINGANJIRA, THE BANKER [NOT THE CHANCER] FOR DPP LEADER

   3. Wekha sukuona kuti gorverment was full of dpp die hards, tikukhonza dziko

8. As usual APM continues making political blunders.
   The truth of the matter is that Kabambe was planted in RB to siphon money for APM. How do you explain a salary of K24m a month on top of obscene allowances he was receiving? Who approved that kind of taxpayers plunder? Good thing is that a forensic audit at RB has been approved. This will throw some light on what was happening at the central bank and one can only hope Kabambe won’t be implicated otherwise that will be his political last breath.
   On a separate note, Kabambe would be no match for Nankhumwa if one assumed a clean flight with no rigging, something that is DPP’s DNA.

   1. Nsanje is an illness. Call a shrink

   2. Politically yes, Nkhumwa is far better. Why? Nankhumwa has experience in politics, but this does not meet there should be no new comers into the fore. At international stage, Nakhumwa is completely nothingm he can’t match Kabambe. Mind you here we are talking about a Presidential material. Is Nankhumwa a Presidential material? Does Malawi need another ejukweshoni? We don’t want a replica of Bakili Muluzi, it happened once and no more. Kabmabe can reason for Malawians and can speak with confidence at an international stage. Being an economist, not a preacher, he cvan save Malawi from sliding into poverty. He will follow the footsteps of Bingu. Malawi at the moment needs an economist for President, not Lawyer, Typist, Evangelist or anything else.

   3. He chaired the Board that is supposed to recruit him..hmm serious governance mistake, so he is not to blame but the law he was operating under had serious anomaly

9. Most politicians have always said that but never walking to talk….waiting to see your side DK

10. Oh great! May be he can explain to us on the campaign trail how he justified receiving 24 million / month salary when millions of Malawians were going to bed hungry

    1. He made a profit of K50 Billion for the Central Bank in a year. Which of all those Governors have ever made such a performance. This is the reason his salary based on his performance was adjusted accordingly. Otherwise, even ma Bank wonse kuwaphatikiza, their profits couldn’t even reach that target in a year. In terms of performance he is a star, no doubt about it. He earned it. This is the kind of person who needs to take over the reigns of power at the highest level. He is also a good people manager. Zoponderezani ayi.

11. A Nankhumwa game yasokonokelatu apa!!!! …… back to drawing board….kikikikikiki……. tiri ku ma stand following

12. Nankhumwa thrown under the bus kikikikikiki …….. “they are resolving issues internally” my foot😂😂😂😂

13. 24 million/ a month and politics of common good cannot be in the same sentence, he will have to explain that to Malawians

    1. What is the salary of the director General of MRA?

       1. What is 24 million a month for the reserve bank governorship?
          You dont even know the work involved, the meaning of holding a phd in economics, the day to day assignments of the governor .imagne transacting 100 billion a day and u get less than 1 million a day is that not fair enough? Osamangopanga compare zinthu musakudziwa. Thats why malawians u clap hands for one indian driving Lexus than having the same on presidential convoy.

          Ur understanding of little issues not be a burden to everyone .

14. We must start where we stopped …So that 24 million per month was to Raise Funds to Run for the Presidency ….24 million on Tax Payer’s Money ? DPP is a system indeed ….Ma salary azakweza kwambirri akuluwa tizawavotere basi …

15. This is a tactical move, an attempt to insulate himself against the pending corruption charges for the shady stuff he did at RBM. He will now claim its political persecution whenever he’s brought to book. Just sayin’.

16. No change here just a pass on game
    Time wasters

17. Kabambe is a good man however his joining DPP reminds me of a Chewa proverb” nsomba ikawola imodzi dzawola zones!”
    DPP is a tribal cabal….you will never see anyone who is not Lhomwe lead this tribal party! That’s why apart from Msaka all the reported aspirants for the President of the party are Lhomwes!
    The message is all clear….a party of Lhomwes by the Lhomwes and for the Mulhako!
    50%+1 mulimba?

    1. and MCP?

    2. You are very stupid and myopic! You are just showing how ignorant you are about party leadership or may be you decided not to see the truth. How about MCP, where is the leader from? Aford, who is the leader and where is he from? UDF, who is the leader and where is he from etc. Dzuwa salozerana a Pachalo, foolish! You cant even see that MCP led Tonse Alliance govt cabinet is more than 60% from Lilongwe/ Central Region.

    3. I think you lack honesty and sincerity in your analysis of DPP, all the false accusations against DPP I rightly see them in you. You are seeing things from a perspective of a tribalist, nepotistic and selfish person.
       You just have natural hatred for DPP and the lomwe tribe, possibly because they are successful people. In other words you are jealous of them for the reason above.
       I think others have already answered you and what do you say of MCP, AFORD, UDF?
       You must be insane if you compare DPP against these other parties and fail to conclude that it is better.

    4. Zako izo mlhomwez are malawians too.keep seeing thing that way uchedwapo

18. For DPP to win it will have to concentrate on the south and north. Forget about the central region. But to take over the north DPP will have a lot to explain like the quota system, the sidelining of northerners in the public and civil service and the fact that it never was serious about developing the north. I hope Kabambe has a stragey to win the northern vote.

    1. Kkķkkk well said

    2. Black berry, khaya Nokia khaya Tecno etc why are you not talking about MCP, because it looks they will be one term govt because SK wont be vice anymore and he cant lead the Alliance because MCP wont allow that, so the equation is very easy. MCP will not win a Bb.

    3. Awina bwanji pa central ngati anthu akuopsezedwa to vote? It’ll be hard koma we will see

19. UTM material. Dpp has lots of garbage. Mukanamvera chizungu cha a regional governor kkkkkkkkk akuti ali ndi degree

    1. Why are people so obsessed with language, and yet there are so many Presidents out there who cant even speak English. I would be ashamed if he wouldnt speak his own local language. A Putin, did you ever hear him speak English? Stupid zako? Japanese, most of them learn in schools using their local language, kuchinyadira.

       1. Don’t mind them. They were brainwashed by azungu hence kugomera chizungu. In life if your name is mentioned every passing day, know that others are spending sleepless nights. This guy’s qualifications is from reputable institutions and not achieved through correspondence/night school as some of the economists with loud mouths in seats to day who will go about shouting the loudest for no reason, and yet delivery is zilch. Leave Kabambe alone and let DPP clean-up its house in peace. Mind what is happening in your own backyard other than poking your noses in businesses that do not involve you.

20. DPP has a mountain to climb before it reclaims power. It has to convince northerners that it will not discriminate against them. If truth be told Chakwela is president because of winning the northern vote and Peter lost because he lost the northern vote. Unfortunately DPP seems not to care about the northern vote.

    1. Exactly

    2. Tapitani uko atumbuka omangovotera anthu achilendo inu. Politics is for South, east and central

       1. That’s where DPP will miss it. With 50+1 you cannot discount the northern vote. Have worked with Kabambe very intelligent person but the northern vote will be his biggest puzzle to navigate. But lomwe tribalists will misguide him to say we can do without the north. Chakwela captured the north by roping in Chilima and Mtambo and above all promising to abolish policies that discriminated the north.With 50 +1 DPP ntchito ilipo

          1. Keep talking. The fact remains intact. DPP stands the mightiest party

          2. This argument doesn’t add up. The Litmus test for Tonse Alliance is underway as we speak. Quite a lot remains to be proven, we don’t know if we are coming or going. Basic management, government business and choice of priorities is upside down. The same people they cheated during their campaigns are silently watching on the wings and from the look of things not all is well in the kitchen, ask your colleague in South Africa (Muvi wa Chilungamo), he should be in a good position to tell you where exactly the ‘Runaway Train” is heading.

       2. This time around forget about Lhomwe becoming a president again till 2084. Tumbukas won’t kneel down to Lomwe but Lomwes are our tenants here in our farmers so u better shut your stinking mouth.

          1. Very unwise lot. busy investing in the centre and south and complain that the North is undeveloped. Pali nzeru?. Munamuwonako mchewa investing in the north or south? amapanga kwawo even if he works in other regions. Mijomba are developing the east whilst working in SA. Uni wherever you go kuthamangira kukwatira kumeneko. That is how your small tribes will be history.

    3. not because of the northern vote but because even southerners voted for skc. count your numbers trivially and you will see

       1. 1millionwas trivial or u are dreaming??

21. he is full of corrupt, he helped dpp mafias in externalisation of billions of kwacha obtained through corruption. not clean as chwakwera or chilima were when they joined politics. [ don’t argue with my comment, if you want argument go to elsewhere]

    1. There is no substance to argue on/ about any way

    2. DPP is a national party akulu. Anthu ayamba kale kulira ndi MCP. Nepotism ipose kukhala ndi ma Cabinet minister awiri bed limodzi, some Ministers are sisters and brothers, causins and in-laws. Go to state house, zidzuluku za Chakwera zili bweeee. 6months have gone palibe chomwe angaloze kupatula kumanga anthu. Every tangible infrastructure development happening now has a signature of DPP. Tonse Liars palibe chimene akuchita; where are 1million jobs? Where is universal subsidy of fertilizer? Where are cheap Passports? Where are freely connected Water and Electricity? Kwacha ikungodzigwera ngati yaledzera, chilichonse pa msika Chakwera mtengo. Surely, DPP will come back come 2025.

22. Kodi alomwewa ukaganizabe kuti Malawi ndi wawo. Who can vote for these tribalist hyenas? Mukhale ma Presidents kwanu ku Thyolo ndi Mulanje.

    1. Stupid iweyo, Malawi belongs to all of us,pusi iwe

    2. if you tribe has timid people it’s your funeral. it’s a free country and everyone can contest.

23. Welcome to the DPP family our former RBM Governor Dalitso Kabambe. As a novice in politics people will have few or no words on DK2025.
    But to me the embattled former FDH Bank Chairman Thomson Mpinganjira remains the only person who can act the Magufuli way and spark Malawi economical revival. Let us pray he wins the court case.
    Chilima’s fortunes are fast dwindling first because Tonse Alliance is backfiring, second he will look a bad person if he once again go against his boss and thirdly he is too crazy to be president (he can make a Trump like presidency)

24. DK2025! Well educated, smart and fluent! Osati George Malemia! Koma Zeze ndi zakananembo mulimba 2025? Game on!!!!

25. He seems to be not bad. Will continue to assess him. Alipowa zikuwonetsa kuti alowa mu nsapato za over size.

26. He has obviously been brought in to counter the political ambitions of one George Malemia. The manner of his entry has all the hallmarks of full sponsorship and support from Nyekhwe Palace. This will be fun to watch from a neutral perspective.

    1. well said

27. Looks ike he can make a good president
    Osati idzi dzatsankho dzaguledzi ayi. Expect more UTM members to return to DPP

28. Why is MCP already SWEATING?

    1. Hahahahahahaha, ayambadi thukuta, may be its vinsanza avalazo za gule!!

    2. Good observation, mate. Munthu sapita ku chimbudzi alibe chilako-lako. Awa awona mbwadza posachedwa. Akakhala Zeze paja anati, “Tinanena, basi tinanena ndiye zikhale choncho” – imeneyo inali mphamvu ya Whiskey. Lero kuli ziiii poti m’khitchini mwatentha. Osawona eti ali alondolerane njira, zoona? Proof of the pudding is in the eating, the wise ones said. Tifuniranji umboni wina?

29. Kutha ma plan ndi ndalama zakuba

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