Kaliati survives road accident, UTM claims it may have been an assassination attempt

Newly registered UTM party suspected the road accident near Mvera road bock on the Dowa-Salima Road which left the party interim secretary general Patricia Kaliati on Friday unscathed was not a genuine accident was a botched assassination attempt.

Kaliati at the accident scene
Treat crash as suspicious
Kaliati survived a car crash

The accident, which happened at around 4 pm, left Kaliati’s vehicle a Toyota Fortuner registration BS 6562 damaged beyond repair.

She was in company of UTM official Callisto Khama  Matumbi and four others

UTM supporters spread rumours on social media that ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) , which has a history of political killings, was behind it.

“People don’t want to believe it was an ordinary accident. They wanted to kill Kaliati,” said one UTM member.

Kaliati, Mulanje West parliamentarian, was taken to a clinic in the capital, Lilongwe.

Dowa Police Station spokesperson Richard Kaponda confirmed the accident but said he was yet to get details on the accident from Mvera Police Post.

According to Kaliati’s personal assistant James Manuel, said the UTM Secretary General  and five others who were in the vehicle escaped unhurt.

He said the accident happened when a three tonner lorry which was going in the opposite direction unexpectedly diverted to the right-hand lane of the road and in the process colliding with Kaliati’s vehicle head on.

Malawi’s roads are notoriously dangerous, having deteriorated in recent years through poor maintenance.

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1638
1638
5 years ago

People, this was a mere accident and Kaliati and fellow UTM brass should know.

Shithole
Shithole
5 years ago

Government should maintain roads immediately or else
APM risks to be booted out.. Nice roads are the national jewelry , in as long as infrastructure development is concerned…
Kaliati and Chilima have been in Government for a long time, why not spearheading good road development and maintanance,,,,,,,, Demet

concerned citizen
concerned citizen
5 years ago

Give us details about the three tone lorry. What has happened to the occupants of the lorry? Nanga zithunzi zake zilikuti? Give us a complete story.

Abe
Abe
5 years ago

We thank God that they all safe. my advice to kaliati muzipephera Chemwa. choncho Kuti mufufuze amachokela kwa a sing’anga, mzimai uyu ndi zitsamba ndiye yake. mudziweni Mulungu.

Wase Gauteng
Wase Gauteng
5 years ago

To be quite honest our roads are death traps. I would like to know who heads the Department of Roads and transport and why he / she is there. Our roads do not have directional signs and not many visible commanding signs. Most of our roads are not kerbed on the edges which makes them delapidate quickly. Traffic police are there to make money for themselves not enforce law. We living in 21st century but our country existence is on the dark edges. Some of these things can be fixed quickly with the right deployees at the helm. Many departments… Read more »

Spinoza
5 years ago

This is total madness on the part of UTM. Misala yeniyeni. How can u associate the accident with assassination? Ngozi zonse zikuchitikazi anthu nkumafa ambirimbirizi ndi DPP yomweyonso? Basi chilichonse kumangolowesapo ndale, kufuna pa sympathy kwa mtundu wanji kumeneko??? Anthu azakuvotelani mukawauza nfundo zogwila mtima , osati kukunvelani Chisoni . stop being crying babys if u want pples votes.

Agenda Setting Theory
Agenda Setting Theory
5 years ago
Reply to  Spinoza

Sometimes you should learn to read what newspaper /online news write with a pinch of salt. I don’t know which official in UTM has said this. The Nyasatimes reporter has not quoted anyone and because he is just presenting to you second hand information he/she can not even put his name in the byline.

pathfinder
pathfinder
5 years ago

I agree with you Agenda, most of nyasatimes stories don’t make sense and the reality of their stories are opposite. This is a trash news provider. But on this story of wamisala kaliati, nyasatimes has quoted the exact words of kaliati. She even said it pamsonkhano wa UTM ku Dedza.

Mariana
Mariana
5 years ago

I can see the words ANA A DAD DPP 2019 BOMA! written all over that 3-ton truck in invisible paint. This is Mchacha’s first assignment as Deputy Minister of Homeland Security. APM you should know that “Dzenje lomukumbira mzako umagweramo wekha”. Do you remember that your brother Bingu also tried to cause an accident on Joyce Banda? Pitirizani kufinya korona Akweni.

Independent Diplomat
Independent Diplomat
5 years ago

Kkkkkkkk They are afraid of their own shadow.

matela
matela
5 years ago

KWEENI OSAMAIWALA KUPEMPHERA KHUMI LIMODZI PAULENDO ULIWONSE.MARIA NDI MAI WA MPULUMUSI KOMANSO TONSEFE

Marium Balaki Kuyer
Marium Balaki Kuyer
5 years ago
Reply to  matela

Pont of correction “Maria ANALI mai wampulumutsi koma tsopanoli ndi mwana wa Mulungu ngati inu ind ine, akudikira chiweruzo pa ntchito zomwe anagwira padziko lapansi.

pathfinder
pathfinder
5 years ago

Iiiiiiii koma abale, mmene galimotoyo yaphwanyikila a Kaliyati olo pokandika? hahahahahaha malawi wafika penapake powonongerana mbiri. Who can trust or believe Kaliati anyway such a drama queen.

apm
apm
5 years ago
Reply to  pathfinder

inunso ndiye ndinu achuletu.

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