Kamuzu left legacy more lasting than bronze, preserve it – Kandodo
The family of Malawi founding presudent Ngwazi Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda has asked the government and the people of this county to preserve the legacy more lasting than bronze that he left.
Kamuzu’s grandnephew Ken Kandodo said this at Kamuzu Mausoleum in Lilongwe on Monday during the memorial service for the Ngwazi.
Kandodo accused the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government of trying to erase Kamuzu’s legacy.
He said government is not honouring phase two of the Kamuzu Mausoleum project that includes a construction of a mesium fit people to learn more about the founding presudent.
“Why are they failing to finish the last phase?”
He said Kamuzu left a legacy more lasting than bronze as his rule was characterised by stability, food security and self-sufficiency – in stark contrast to Malawi’s current plight.
Those in attendance included party president and Leader of Opposition Lazarus Chakwera and his wife, Kamuzu’s long-time companion and official hostess Cecilia Kadzamira, MCP officials and Kamuzu’s family members.
Ngwazi Kamuzu Banda aka ‘Alidzi’ of the generation of African nationalist leaders that came to power at independence, led in the struggle against colonialists in the 1960s before forming the first indigenous Malawian government in 1964.
Kamuzu, who is believed to have been born on February 15 1898, died at a South African hospital on November 25 1997. And laid to rest on December 3 1997.
He ruled Malawi from July 6 1964 but was defeated by Bakili Muluzi and his United Democratic Front (UDF) in the first post-independence multiparty general elections on May 21 1994.
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Kamuzu and MCP adandiphela agogo anga, I never got to meet my grandfather because he was brutally murdered by MCP, your hands are not clean, I will never forgive you
He was a murderer too!
Kamuzu’s legacy is not all rosy, he was a brutal dictator……..don’t forget that!
Kamuzu was a Dictator who stole from poor taxpayers. He ruled Malawi for 30 years, he had the opportunity to develop Malawi way more than the few projects that are sighted by his MCP followers. Look at Rwanda a country that was in a civil war but now has transformed itself in less years than KamuU ruled this country
What ever Kamuzu built was our tax payers money that is what he was supposed to do as a leader, don’t make it sound like he used his own money
DPP is busy allocating land to build Gandhi’s statue. I has no time for Malawian heros.
Kamuzu had a good vision for the country.Remember politics is very dirty even in the best democaries around the world because when you put power..positions..money…and tribe especially here in africa …the result has always been thick politics. Thus Kamuzu did his best but other chaps also captured the situation to create their own empires. During HKB reign few chewas came into prominence but it was the others who ursuped power from a very trusting Kamuzu Banda…i.e he was basically “CAPTURED”.
Couldn’t be farther from the real truth!
You cannot mention or glorify Kamuzu without mentioning that he was a ruthless dictator who ruled Malawi with an iron fist. Anali wa nkhanza ndiponso Chipani cha MCP will never rule this country again because of that
Lest we not forget, Kamuzu was a despot who ruled Malawi with an Iron fist. He eliminated his enemies or anyone with a Voice of dissent.
LONG LIVE KAMUZU !!YOUR SPIRIT IS STILL RULING MALAWI !! HOW ???ALL THESE INFRASTRUCTURES WE SEE WAS KAMUZUS DYNAMIC VISIONS !!
No it was tax payers money
Chakwera, God wasn’t bress u with governing of the national that’s why u r pleasing Mr Mia on ur every rally….
Kamuzu Banda was a notorious dictator who ruled Malawi with an iron fist. Stop glorifying Malawi’s Adolf Hitler who detained many innocent people including women and children in the country’s worst prisons. When people start talking about Kamuzu, ndimaopabe ngati mkuluyu ali moyo. I don’t want to hear about this name in my ears.
Kamuzu anasiya ma billion omwe Mrs Cecilia Tamanda Kadzamira Kamuzu Banda akubisa mpaka lero. Mangirani museum osati ndalama zathu zinamso. Zomwe anaba Kamuzu zinakwana
Any leadership that honours excellent performance by its predecessors means it has solid policies in place which have been rolled out. Not when there are airlocks in the implementation machinery. All the promises are pipedreams. Ken Kandodo has been a political prostitute now the hugs with the thugs have come to haunt you need to look deep into phase two pledges on the mausoleum construction it was political massage you were tickled naivety overwhelmed you open your inner eyes!
Mbuli za MCP, whose iniative was it to build the Musoleum if not Bingu and DPP? Cheap politics with one myopic Chakwera who is strugging to put MCP in order as Tembo did only for the reason of love of Mia money.