Kamlepo says MCP want Malawi one party state again: Atupele talks of Chitipa transformation

Firebrand politician Kamlepo Kalua, who was fearless and combative in denouncing the fierce and dictator Kamuzu Banda, in the early 90s, when winds of democracy stirred up the shores, has warned Malawians that Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has the desire for Malawi to slide back into one party state again under Tonse Alliance.

Atupele with Jappie Mhango on northern region campaign trail
DPP Northern Region governor Mzomera Ngwira speaking
Kamlepo (L) speaking at Atupele’s rally in Chitipa
Atupele addresses huge crowds in Chitipa
Sure! Atupele greets supporters
Part of the crowds in Chitipa

Kalua, who is Minister of Lands, was speaking during a campaign rally in the northern district of Chitipa addressed by Atupele Muluzi, who is running mate for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) alliance.

Tshwee-mwana-Tshwee!” shouted Kamlepo in his usual slogan to large crowds that turned up which responded ‘Tshweee!’

“MCP still has the one-party state mentality and they have already started brainwashing people with the ‘Ife Tonse boma’ talk,” he said.

“MCP are not democrats, they cannot be, and their political ideology is not about liberalism. They are conservative. Tonse will bring more confusion than the stable DPP-UDF government,” said Kalua.

He stressed that MCP has an agenda to make the country a one party state again because its leader Lazarus Chakwera is known not to want any opposition even within the party ranks .and wants everybody to tow his line hence two MCP lost two secretary general who opposed him – Gustav Kaliwo and Chris Daza.

Kamlepo, a former president of the  defunct Malawi Democratic Party (MDP) who had a first short for presidency in the historic first democratic election in 1994  when Bakili Muluzi defeated dictator Kamuzu Banda.

He ran again in the 1999 presidential election where he finished third place with 1.4 percent of total national votes beating the late president Bingu wa Mutharika at 0.47 percent.

Kamlepo is credited for influencing political decisions, including the 1990s demonstrations against the spiralling cost of living, march against third term bid and the July 2011 anti-DPP government demonstrations.

His  unrelenting ways of battling incumbents, saw him arrested over 9 times—the worst being the time of Bingu wa Mutharika who, constantly, kept him behind bars.

To every Malawian, Kamlepo is a controversial figure who is not afraid to speak out and shame every force contrary to his average.

In his speech,  Muluzi promised that government will  transform Chitipa district with numerous developments.

“We have in mind Chitipa Nthalire tarmac road, Chitipa tarmac road connecting to Tanzania, new district hospital, grain silos, so many to mention.”

“For all these to happen, we urge you people to unite and vote for this experienced leader, APM for a better Malawi.” Atupele urged.

Atupere extended his appeal to the youth not to be used by politicians in demonstrations which has led to infrastructure destruction, pointing out Karonga District Commissioner’s office as well as Forest office in Chitipa.

Before the rally Atupele Switched on Malawi Rural Electrification Project (MAREP) phase 8 in the district at Chipwera Trading Center.

Council Chair for Chitipa district, thanked government for bringing electricity development to the area saying it will arrest a number of challenges that people from Chipwera were facing before due to lack of electricity.

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49 replies on “Kamlepo says MCP want Malawi one party state again: Atupele talks of Chitipa transformation”

  1. kkkkkkkkk Kamlepo a failed politician, ask anyone from the North who are now taking him serious kkkkkkkkkkkkk

  2. Kamlepo nde chidzete chomwe mkodzo wake omwe ndithudi……………..!! Iwe posachedwapa umkatiuza zomwe dpp inakuchita pa Kwacha Roundabout pano nde kumati nyong’onyong’onyong’o fotseki zakoooooooooooooo!! 2020 yakuulula kuti ndiwe chitsiru, and stop thinking that we are stupid as you are…………………………..!! Wadya zomwezoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

  3. Chipani cha MCP with old leaders Chimanga anthu.Udf with Muluzi adapha anthu achinyamata Evenson matafale.Dpp with Bingu adapha anthu 21 in 2011 July kumzuzu ndikuba BT. UTM not yet.Mcp has New people now.Dpp popano yapha family kulilongwe using petrol bombs.Ndiye wakupha ndani?Stop this nonsense pezani zina zonena.Ndipo pazaka 26 zademocracy kumalawi kwaphedwa anthu ambiri muulamuliro was DPP and UDF.Ma alubino mkati.Anthu woyipa inu.

    1. Agreed entirely. Besides, DPP Cashgate and thievery robbed Malawians of billions of Kwachas resulting in nonavailability of medicines in hospitals and so many deaths. Which, then, is the more cruel and a ruthless party?

  4. Kamlepo has been an idiot, how can he board a ship that has already started sinking? Where has he been all these past fourteen years the DPP has enjoyed the Government power? Afela za eni awa!

  5. Recycled politicians. Malawi will never develop! And nawe Kamlepo, one party state inu a dpp sizomwe mukupangaso pano?

  6. Abale ndi alongo, Malawi wa lero sizingathekenso kubwelera ku one party state, so this kamlepo pa gulu lawo lisasokoneze a Malawi ndi uthenga wofuna kuophyeza athu amene akufuna kuponya mavoti ochotsera muluzi/mutharika dynasties. The dpp/udf kwao kwatha. Kuophyeza anthu si mfundo zoti anthu avotere dpp/udf. Sidziphula kanthu.

    A Malawi ngakhale akumudzi ndi kumatauni amadziwa kulekanitsa chabwino ndi choipa ngakhale mutasatira strategy yofuna kuophyeza anthu. Sizitheka ngakhale pang’ono. Ambiri amene akuvota pano anali asanabadwe nthawi ya one party state so musawapangire kukana chomwe sakuchidziwa (MCP) kuti asankhe zoti akudziwa zaononga Malawi ndi tsogolo lawo (udf and dpp).

    Let me end by saying that the way Malawians collectively opted for multiparty politics and subsequently booted out MCP (one party), the very same Malawians ofunira dziko lino zabwino have again stood together to kick out dpp/udf and bring in UTM/MCP led Tonse alliance after 26 years. Inu mupite kaye ku opposition, mukasiye kaye mchitidwe wa katangale, tribalism, nepotism , mwano, unkhutukumve ndi zina zambiri zomwe zatikola a Malawi. In the meantime, a Malawi afuna kulemba ntchito Dr Chakwera ndi Dr Chilima kuti atsogolere mtundu wa a Malawi. Tonse Alliance ikulowa m’boma by 2 July 2020 come what may. Mulungu Namalenga anasaina kale.

    How dare dpp/udf can’t see millions of Malawians, perhaps more, talking without speaking kuti dpp/udf must be booted out, NOW!
    Viva Malawi! – God Bless Malawi!.

  7. In the past 12 months, MCP has shown that it is a violent party – chasing people from the southern region, destroying property and shops. Chakwera created Nsundwe to terrorise us. So, NO to MCP.

    1. You must be very stupid, the recent stoning of UTM supporters in Phalombe is not violence? The recent petrol bombing and killing of the three Tambala family members in Area 24 Lilongwe is not violence.A LOMWE inu ndinu anthu odzikonda ndichifukwa chake pa 23rd June apa mukupita ku opposition.The opposition Tonse Alliance is shining more than the ruling DPP everywhere in Malawi.

  8. DPP and UDF have ruled Malawi for 26 year. And we are all seeing the result. Even in Lilongwe the most beautiful building is still the RBM of building. The most organized office structures are still Capital Hill. In BT business district all u see is Delamere, Chayamba, and Development house. (oh and Keza, built by the former president himself). Only additions in 26 year are Reserve Bank and National Bank. Makata Industrial area is dead. The railway systems are dead. Bakili sold government entities and was acting like an agent and getting a cut for selling things like David Whitehead. Maybe Atupele is indeed a kid who doesnt know the raw deal that the country has gotten in the past 26 years. Maybe its time Atupele Investments was probed too.
    So when you are promising people of Chitipa things, go back to your Dads speeches and see the promises he made to them. You are actually just repeating your dads promises in his 10 years.

  9. Both Kamlepo and Mzomera Ngwira are hiding in DPP from their unpaid LOANS and the 3rd one is Uladi Mussa amene akuthawa Mlandu omwe akuzengedwa while Atupele is shielding his father from the K1.7 billion unfinished case . Angokumanako okhaokha a mirandu itali itali kumenekuja.

  10. Unfortunately the aftermath of serial ’empty promises’ to the North speak louder by their action. Hence it is said that ‘ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS’. This is just one of those gimmicks to earn some cheap votes. Once beaten twice shy! The majority of Northern Malawians have become wiser for the obvious reason and will therefore vote very wisely!

  11. Ignore this man at your own. He is the man of the people, hard working and the gods have smiled upon him. Chitipa had no better road, Now travelling to Chitipa is easy. Go go Atupele.

  12. Foseki
    DPP and Udf had you time and what did you do for the North nothing. Pano you are trying to bribe and cheat us. Utu
    ngulu. Kamlepo is a sale out pano ukufuna to please Mbuyanu Uja wopanda Mamu Mkamwa

  13. Kamlepo Kalua ndi mlara chomene. Tapulika tizamvotela DPP/UDF alliance MCP njiheni ikakomanga wana mpotu

  14. Each party which is in the alliance has an interest. MCP just want UTM to help 8t cross the bridge and then say bye to the alliance and start doing thing as MCP’. Chilima is bitter with APM as to how he was treated when he was in govt, so he just want to get rid of DPP. These other parties are opportunists, the just want to grab cabinet posts in the name of alliance. So l don’t know how LMC will handle this while balancing the interest of members of MCP’ proper, the likes of mkaka, chimendo Banda, daudi suleman8 etc and the other part ers. You will win but, the bomb will blast soon after taking the aoth. Think twice with your allaince.

  15. Chakwera is a dictator, all those who were elected at the convention were subsequently kicked out and replaced by his chosen ones. Even the slogans have now changed to ‘ife tonse, bomaa! exactly what was happening when the mcp youth league held party meetings at a school.

  16. Do you think Malawians are anymore stupid as they were in 1971 when they all agreed to abolish multiparty system of government? It was actually boot lickers like Kamlepo who advocated for one party system and that was Aleke Banda and his friends. I had respect and sympathy for Kamlepo as one of the people who fought for multiparty through Channel Africa. I never knew that Kamlepo was just a fortune seeker. He tied himself at Kwacha roundabout to seek sympathy. He described others “awayika bun pakamwa” so that they no longer talk against bad governments of Bingu (whom he pronounced as Bingo). Now he has the bun and sweets in his mouth. He is supporting the bad government of chidakwa. I am even surprised with Atupele. He was dropped altogether after he performed miserably during the tippexed elections. Now he has seen light at the end of the tunnel because chidakwa will not finish his term come what may. It is all smiles for the Bakili Muluzi family now and akuwona kuchedwa.

  17. Mr. Kamlepo age has caught up with you. You were once an intelligent person but now MDALA MAHALA GHAMALA. Probably you have thought of eating scones before the sun sets on you.

  18. MCP will never rule this country again even if the alliance could be for all the briefcase parties people will never vote for you as long as the name MCP appears .Sapita kawiri okupha inu agalu inu.

    1. Kaya wina afune, kaya wina asafune, its MCP/UTM landslide. To hell with family parties, thieves, murderers (petrol bombers), nkhalamba, etc.

  19. Any party who promotes fear is NOT the PARTY to VOTE FOR they are self serving and will NEVER DO as THEY PROMISE.
    VOTE NEW ERA VOTE WISELY VOTE CHANGE VOTE UTMCP 9 political Parties for ALL of Malawians with the BEST IDEAS and DEVELOPMENTS

  20. Stupid Kamlepo. And stop fooling yourselves, big NYEKHWE is coming soon and I am sure you know it.

  21. Are people of Chitipa dull? Can’t they see that UDF and DPP has formed an alliance just as MCP and other parties have formed theirs.

  22. Don’t be fooled, most of these people are being ferried to all DPP UDF rallies to boost the numbers but even so, most of them are after the money and the free handouts however, when voting day comes, you know what they gonna vote for, Yes you damn right, change…..and not dynasties.

  23. Tinso Alliance is doomed because it is full of bitter people. They are so full of hate and venom. Listening to Chilima you will think you are listening to a warlord in wartorn DRC or Iraq. The guy is full of guile and bile. DPP is not the best choice but since there is no credible opposition, we have to vote for DPP again.

      1. True, the majority of Malawians including Chilima are bitter and angry at the current state of affairs.

      2. The affairs of this country is not OK more especially considering that ku UTMCP The new guy in politics is Chakwere,kuli Joyce Banda,Kachali, Chilima, Kaliati and more formers with matching political blunders like the crop in DPP/UDF

  24. The old one party MCP state was 100 times better than what we have experienced so far under UDF and DPP. 26 years of looting state resources including tax payers money.

    Muluzis and Mutharikas are the worst mistakes Malawi has ever made. See where Malawi is now. Where did the Vision 2020 end up? Where are Stagecoach, MDC, MITCO, David Whitehead, Pew Ltd and many other companies? And the Lhomwelisation of many institutions, dubious awarding of contracts to DPP zealots, the silent cashgate currently going on in state institutions, the diversion and mismanagement of COVID funds, the K145 million corruption cover up, mis-procurement of Engeco gensets and many million examples of mismanagement of the government?

    All the campaigning DPP / UDF are doing is nothing but lies. The promises they are making, why have they failed to fulfil them in the past 26 years to now.

    Malawians, let us all come together and deselect these thieves of UDF and DPP. 26 years of causing so much suffering to majority Malawians.

    Kamlepo, you have no point at all. UTM / MCP taking over soon and you will have no job. Chibanzi ukudyacho cha DPP chikusalira mkamwa Kamlepo.

    Kamlepo, you are part of the looting and thieving. You will also be accountable and answerable as you have chosen to be part of the thieving gang. No one would follow your topsy turvy politics.

  25. Kikkkkk Mr Kampulepo, how is it going to be? Are you trying to tell your supporters that your DPP and UDF is going and it will not even be in the History that we had this party in Malawi?

  26. There is no way tonse will win this election. It has just made DPP strong again. UDF and DDP they are putting their message across. What a waste of time for the opposition. Will vote DDP/UDF alliance

    1. Which message boss coming from the eighty years old Peter or the son of a thief Bakili Muluzi?

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