Kabwila says in UTM govt President will not double as Chancellor for University of Malawi

February 28, 2019 Wongani Chiuta -Nyasa Times 26 Comments

Salima North west Parliamentarian Jessie Kabwila  has said the newly-formed UTM Party has a clear plan on improving education in the country when it gets mandate through the May 21 votes to govern the country.

Kabwila will speaking during the debate
The panelists came from UDF, MCP, DPP, PP and UTM.

Kabwila, a former lecturer at Chancellor College of the University of Malawi before she joined politics, said during the second debate on SDG Question Time by Nation Publications Limited (NPL), Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) and United Nations Malawi held Wednesday night in Lilongwe.

The debate focusing on education featured all the major parties ahead of the May 21 elections.

In her contribution, Kabwila said UTM was formed to clear the mess created by the current administration which continues to plunder public resources when the majority of the citizenry were living in abject poverty.

Kabwila said politicisation of education has led to dwindling of education standards in the country.

She said when Vice-President Saulos Chilima, who leads UTM, is elected as Head of State, he will not be doubling as Chancellor of public universities as is the case now, to depoliticise education.

Kabwila, renowned for championing academic freedom when she was teaching at Chancellor College, applauded the first Republic of Kamuzu Banda for setting foundation for education adding “UTM will fulfil the dream.”

She said: “Under UTM promotions of teachers will be done equitably.”

Kabwila said UTM will invest in education “for equity and quality.”

UTM’s leader Chilima is on record to have pledged to abolish the quota system of selecting students to public universities—a subject which remains emotive—with a number of leaders promising to do the same before, but not living to their word.

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26 replies on “Kabwila says in UTM govt President will not double as Chancellor for University of Malawi”

  2. hahahahaa shame on you kabwila. u said u cant quit mcp nanga ichi nchiya? Kusakhala chancelor wa unima sichinthu chakuti u can convince some of us to follow utm. komanso mwaiwala dzana siuja u were forcing the president to tackle issue of fees hike at unima yes he told u clearly that there is a body in the name of unima council to handle that but the nation chose not to listen and wanted APM to act. Likewise if skc sadzakhala chancelor koma mmene ndiwadziwira a malawi mavuto a ku college akadzagwa amalawi adzafuna chilimayo kuti athane nawo. Koma let me correct you forget about skc to rule the country wait!

  3. Ku utm kuli Jesse Kabwila, Loveness Gondwe and Anita Kalinde. Ali ndi mwamuna agwiritse uko kwapita azimayi amenewa. Kunali Kalinde ku RTD kaya anathera kuti. At least Lewis Mwanavekha akumusamala a dpp. Civil Servant wina adalizidwa ku Area 15 in 1996. Sawona kukalamba awatu. Ndiye Msowoya wapereka mwana wake ku gululi. Za Kaliati amadziwa ndi Mchacha. Bwana wamkuluyu wafatsa chifukwa cha udindo.

  4. Another reason not to vote for these radicals. Great stuff you will never come near the seat of power. kkkk UTM? UTM iwine MCP kuluza? Lets argue and say DPP is no longer a hot contender, are you telling me Manganya will become VP before Chakwera becomes president? You joke too much kkkkkk

  5. Excellent idea, i actually watched the debate and it was clear UTM had great support, DPP on the other hand was badly beaten and booed.

  6. The idea has been proposed before, that The President should not double as Chancellor of UNINMA period; not just Chanco.
    That model by Kamuzu is outdated, and it was designed with the extreme necessity by the DICTATOR to put university students under his thumb.
    On the “equity” of “quota” system: don’t believe any politician, including Chilima, who says he/she will abolish the current regime. Again, this is the “third rail” – too hot to touch. Besides, most parts of the country can point to tangible and visible benefits of the program.
    In Malawi, under the current conditions, any politician who would get rid of the current approach would, in essence, be signing their own political death warrant. Can’t please all the people all the time; and the “”equity” system has pleased way, way more people.

  11. Mai Kabwira, how about your parliamentary seat? It seems you are missing it this year. Go campain otherwise ana aja sakuchezatu!

  16. Eeee eee please on quota system …it came with a good cause , before abolishing it know the root cause , why in the past we had all the managerial positions occupied by Tumbukas, before quota system illovo was full of Tumbukas, and many public organisations, ntudu uwu ndiokoderana,mayeso umkatulusa mkumapasa azibale awo but they acted in secrets….first thing mwauze asiye kuzikonda they shld have in mind kuti tonse ndife a Malawi,

    3. Chinyanja chako cha Mozambique cho. Waziwika kuti ndiwe wamulakho. Your time is up. Mu thawa mupita kumene ago anachokera ku Milanjeko. Dziko ili ndilathu. Ukamufune wopangira trabalism. Inu amakuletsani kuti muzikhoza bwino ndi ma points abwino ndi ndani? Ku khala ndi high IQ ndi mulandu? Ophaka zake alibe mulandu paja

  17. Kabwila was dismissed from MCP and decided to join the disgruntled bandwagon which has no support at grassroots. Kusowa kolowera

    1. It will work and it works. There is not point of having a sitting president as the chancellor of the university. This was Kamuzu mentality when he wanted to be head of everything.

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