Malawi First Lady fashion gaffe -observers

March 12, 2015 Wanga Gwede- Nyasa Times 115 Comments

Malawi First Lady Gertrude Mutharika was against the talking point on Wednesday for her sense of style.

You killed it hun! President Mutharika with his wife
You killed it hun! President Mutharika with his wife
Here comes the First Lady
Here comes the First Lady

The President’s wife was criticised for dressing like a character in a drama play when she put on her dark blue head gear, with many people commenting on social media that she “failed to kill it” but that she looked awful.

The First Lady dressing was during a commemoration of Democratic Progressive Party’s so called Liberation Celebration on the day on which President Peter Mutharika and other DPP leaders were  arrested for treason by the regime but charged dropped the Mutharika was elected President.

It’s not easy being a woman in the spotlight and the First Lady has many times attracted criticism for the style with last time being on her dark glasses as people said she was not on point.

On Wednesday Madam Mutharika was being slated for wearing the blue head gear which looked awful on her.

Since she became First Lady of Malawi, Gertrude Maseko Mutharika’s fashion choices have been closely scrutinized and debated.

“The First Lady needs a stylist,” a post on Facebook read on Wednesday.

“She just doesn’t act and look likes a first lady,” one commented on Nyasa Times.

Observers say former first lady Callista Mutharika had good senses of fashion and with her gorgeous looking she was befitting for her title.

When he visited Maula Prison in Lilongwe where he donated assorted items, Mutharika said he understood the problems prisoners’ are facing as he has been to a prison before.

“I know what you are going through and it is not easy but I assure you that my government is doing all it can to help ease out some of these problems,” he said.

During the function, President Mutharika, and all the members who were arrested together with him; Goodall Gondwe, Kondwani Nankhumwa, Vuwa Kaunda, Hennry Mussa, Patricia Kaliati and Jean Kalilani received medals of honour.

Ben Phiri, Chimwemwe Chipungu, Rajab Malimba, Noel Masangwi and Leston Mulli also received medals as some of the people who were said to have been arrested. The President also gave out blue medals to dedicated party members.

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115 replies on “Malawi First Lady fashion gaffe -observers”

  1. Nkhani ndiyakuti Bingu was far much better than this block. He had a better choice as this article rightly points out that Ms Callister was a better looking bitch than this Ms Maseko, which transcends to their spouses’ outlook.

  4. The first lady is ok, she just needs a good make up artist and wardrobe advisor.Have ever seen Oprah Winfrey without makeup? You wouldnt believe it is the same person! A word of advice cut down on jewellery please. We know you can now aafford it but one nice and in your case expensive piece willdo.

  7. This woman hasn’t a clue how to dress in public. She is a clown just like her husband. They make a good pair. The whole country is laughing at them leading the poorest country in the world.

  9. When I saw it I also thought Halloween..
    CHONDE CHIPONGWE CHOWAVALITSA CHONCHI MAYI A FUKO MULEKERETU!!

  10. Basi zatha. Enanu ndi nsanje. Munthuyu wamva – everybody makes mistakes. Wakupatsani choyankhula kupumulira mabvuto anu eti? Will her blunder help you solve your problems? Azimai a paMalawi timakudziwani. Ma fashion designers angofuna azikamuyandikila Peter mumuchesule mzanu.

    Enough is enough!

  13. There is an advert on MBC TV on premature infant deaths featuring first ladies. No wonder ours is not there.

  15. it doesnt mata MADAM FIRST LADY,its ur styles dont let NOBODY change the way u are..MADAM getrude…haters will forever be haters..wear wateva you want in fact onjezani anthu amakamwa aziyankhula its part of being a celebrity..i salute…TOK THE TOK PPLE

  18. Take my wife’s advice: if you are an older woman, forget FASHION. Concentrate on finding the STYLE that suits you most.

  19. komabe she covered her body as thoroughly as is acceptable for real women. anavala osati kivula ngati acitira azimai ndi atsikana athuwa, very seductive! mai pitirizani anthuwatu afuna muzionetsa msana ndi ntchafu! ziri bwino

  20. Sista, izi zii nde mwatiyenjeza. Did you look in the mirror before leaving. Everything just ain’t right embroidery, necklace, koma ayi ku ku loader ma ring, earrings, bangles koma ayi pachepa mmaso eye shadow blue, nail polish blue. Iyayi too much doesn’t mean money. We know you are in money now but zafikapa zanyanya tikuyikani ku rehab for fashion abuse

  22. Medals for a political party boardroom questioning of a constitutional provision for transfer of power and earning a scrutiny of that behavior by criminal investigators? The medal should go to the criminal investigations bureau for staying awake to scrutiny of criminal behavior that maybe masked as political antics. Maybe it should go to the hidden hand stalling the transparent court process which should have adjudicated on the matter? In the end it is like a medal of personal victory of avoiding legal process of a national interest of defining the limits of political prudence from criminal behavior against the constitution. As a people we lose the opportunity for our courts to shine a bright light with certainty on the limit of political mechanization bordering on assault of the constitution.

  23. Nyakula yachigogo akumakusokelani ndani kodi?a telala aku mangerengere kwanu kikikiki
    Nyakula is out of fashion

  24. Mai gertu fire your wardrope keeper ndithu ayi ndithu that wasn’t true to let you out in that octopus

  31. Luse nkonjera akuononga Mai wa fuko latu. Chimenecho ndiye chipongwe Luse. That’s how Luse dresses!!!!!!

  32. Joice is the one who always want to bring misunderstanding between tribes. Any comment mentioning kuti aTumbuka you must know its joyisi banda comment. Mai woyipa.

  33. This one certainly missed its mark. One would think its a haloween costume to scare the crow!! kkkkkk DPP advisors please try to tell this clueless family that some things just don’t look good.

  35. This woman is a true reflection of the backwardness of most Malawi women, Kaliati is another one, rings and more rings around her hands, fingers like a Nyau dancer

  36. Mai wa ndi nkhwangwa. Onyasa zedi. bwanji Peter sunakwatire Seodi. Paja akuti Getu yi anapanga mankhwala…kikikikikikiki

  37. Do people really expect anything serious from this clown couple?? These are jokers at State House just there to eat and dine. This type if dressing by madame and and the image of mulhopwane president proves beyond measure that these two are high level comedians

  39. Aunt Getu nkhani ya fashion mufunse a lady in marriage anu or better still go kwa Anne Muluzi osati zanuzi muzititukwanitsa akazi a ku Malawife.

  40. Basi zatha. Ena ndi ma jealous.

    I wish Ethel Mutharika was around. She was the only first lady yemwe samanditopetsa. Simle and behaved with dignity befitting her age.May her soul rest in peace!

  41. The 1st lady, tho she’s for the Nation, she’s is there 4 Peter so if Peter does not complain of her dressing, who r u to? Let her b, don’t make her live ur life style.

  43. koma azimayi amene muku ma phoda anzanu kapena kuwaveka zovala inu,azimayi oyaluka.nzanu kumaoneka ngati kachidole choncho bwanji.

    Enanu kukupezani pakhomo panu musana phode, eeeeeeeeeee kuopsa ngati chiwanda.

  48. Mai First Lady, chipweacho ndichokongola ndithu. Kungoti ku maiko a anzathuko, ma sun hat otelo amabvalidwa ku malo osangalisila monga ku nyanja, ku ma picnic ndi makamaka ku mipikisano ya ma hatchi (horse races) kumene abambo ndi amai onse amabvala zosekesa chonchi. Ndiye mai athu, chipewacho muzibvala popumula ku Chikoko Bay, khaya pokacheza kuchitengwa kwa Goliati, khaya pokayenda ku Kuchawe

  49. Kungoti muntuyu ndiwonyasa palibe style yomwe ingamukhale makwatila kwatila nawo musiyeni ndizomwe amakonda Peter

    1. Amalawi anzanga, chonde, tinalengedwa mu chifanizo cha Mulungu. Inde, chipewacho chinabvalidwa pa malo osayenela. Koma sizikukhuzana ndi mawonekedwe a panja opa thupi la mai. We are beautiful children of God/Allah. Tiyeninso tipewe kuchita compare a First Lady ndi Mai Calista ndi mtsikanayu Mary nyaChibambo Chilima. Kutero ndiku dzala chidani. Mai Getu, God loves you and you are beautiful.

  50. koma a chisale kodi ndinu a aide de camp ADC wa bwana APM ?musiyeni wa uniform yo agwire ntchito. shupit chisale iwe.

  53. A first Lady your are our role model panopa azimayi mmakomomu ayamba kuvuta nawo akufuna chipewa cho! Fire munthu adapanga a prove kuti mvale! You looked eeee……

  55. I am not amused with much of reactions because I know that’s what many people like. I mean how do you expect someone to look or dress exactly the way you like yet she is not your wife? Do you think her Husband is stupid to have let her put on the chipewa eee? stop impositioning yourselves in others business.

  56. mukanena kuti Peter bwanji osamudzudzula Mayiyo mavalidwe, ndizovuta chifukwa Peter yo za Azimayi sikweni-kweni koma Amuna anzake ma (Gay).

  57. hmmm koma ndiye zoona chipewacho iyayi! Pls madam who ever chose it wakunamizani am sure before you became first lady you had your own style of dressing stick to it and just polish it here and there pls!

  63. Tiyeni, tinene zoona, a first lady sakumaoneka bwino khope yawo. It is really frustrating to see this happening when there are all resources at her disposal at State House. Pena kuwoneka ngati kangw’ingw’i zowoona?. So first things first, let her undergo facial surgery so that beauty is amplified in her. Secondly, she needs to pick the right outfits for every occassion. Osavala ngati ma clueless bartenders a ku Nambuma a first lady, mwatani kodi?

  64. KOMA MADAM MUTHARIKA AYI MWANYANYA. PEZANI MUNTHU AKUTHANDIZENI KUVALA BWINO. OSATENGELA ZILI ZONSE ZOVALA. MUKAONA MADAM CHILIMA WABVALA TINTED MWATI NANE NDIVALE? AYI AYI. MZANUYO MADAM CHILIMA MABVALIDWE ENA ALI ONSE AMAMUKHALA. CHONDE PEZANI STYLE YANU YANU. TINTED SIMAKUKHALANI MAYI.

  66. kuvala kulibe ntchito bola ndalama zikhalemo mnthumba anthu ambiri amavala bwino kufuna kubisa umphawi vuto lanu ndi chani?

  69. Wanga Gwede, where is the fuss here? I don’t see any problem with the dressing whether with the hat or else, it marched with the purpose of the function. Stop that envy, tell those stupid idiots who have supported you either in kind or cash to post this story that they won’t benefit anything she is our first lady a wife to APM and nobody else. Inuyo anuwo anathawa m’dziko muno kaya ali kuti tikufuna tiwaone ife a first gentleman anuwo aka Balloteli.

  71. iiiiiiiiiiiiiii kumeneko ndiye kubwera, ufulu wa mavalidwe, amenewo ndi Manoma(Nyerere sapota mapeto at its best. kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk.

  72. A Cassim Chilumpha, Atupere Muluzi ndi Lucius nanunso kozekani kukapenta ma Cell anu chonde pasazapezeke wina kukuletsani wayamba ndi wachikulire APM. NDILI ndi chikhulupiliro kuti zimenezi zichitika.

  73. Amayenda ngati bakha uja bwanji? tawasiyeni mai wathu wa fukoyu zimene mukunenazi mulibemo nzeru zikungowonetsa umbuli wanu wonse

  74. Hahahahahah munthuyu wakula so za fashionzi doesnt ring a bell in her head……komabe she needs to improve.Zima sunglasses paliponse

  75. Amayenda ngati bakha uja bwanji,tawasiyeni mai wathu wa fukoyo zimene mukunenazi mulibemo nzeru zikungowonetsa umbuli wanu wonse

    1. @ wagwa nayo
      Amene ukunenawo kuti amayenda ngati baka is much better than your mother, moti kumene ali mayi ako alive ndi kabudula yamkati chifukwa chobvutilka ndiye please leave her alone

  76. The problem is not the dressing, but the person herself. She looks like she has just recovered from a serious illness.

  79. Getrude please just be yourself. You used to dress very well before you became first lady. You are really ashaming us your friends. Just be smart do not over do things. Do not be like Kaliati, for her type of character it works. But not you a first lady. Do not over do on make up, jewels. Can’t you see Mary Chilima, she is formal and smart. Listen to your advisors please.

    Your current PA cannot help you on dressing because she too does not dress well. Find some smart advisors please.

  80. I think the heart has a meaning. I wudnt hestate to wear it if i was in her shoes and especially on this day. The heart is not about fashion but mainly about DPP morale. She cant paint her face, but she can wear such a heart to show her support.

  81. Azimai malondawa inde ndiamenewo tikuyenera kugulitsa but please sale thi Lady zinthu zoti zizimukhala and not this rabish! Kumuonetsa munthu ngati chnthu chonchi!

  82. Consultation is what matters it means those who are close with her they don’t advise her, I would rather advise her to go to Nigeria and choose other styles if in Malawi all kind of dressing is not fitting her,She is woman number one she has to deserve this.See my name.

  83. She reaaly looks like a clown and verly pathetic. And she has this smile on her face that she wears always that makes her look like a witch. She is an eyesore. I wish I did not have to see her.. but wow just my tough luck!
    Pano nde tikuti bola Shanil – her goofs were not this embarasing! Olo JB chithumwa chake cha paphuzi sizinafike pomvetsa chisoni chonchi. Is she a mental patient?

  86. Kikikikikik koma ndi bowatu (mushroom) kumutuko lol! Koma we need Fashion Police. Please can our dear Mama find a stylist and gloomer? Poor APM apa ndiye anaotchatu

  91. SHAMEFUL!EVERYTHING WAS STUPID BECAUSE MLANDU WOLANDA BOMA UNALIPO OSANAMA WE WATCHED THEM LIVE ON TV MAKING SPEECHES AND PIRILAN PHIRI INTERVIEWED SOME OF THEM PLIZ THIS WAS NOT POLITICAL BUT THE TRUTH TELL US THE TRUTH ABOUT CHASOWA,NRC STUDENT,MATAFALE,JULY 20 VICTMZ THESE ARE OUR HEROES NOT BUYING STUPID FAVOUR FROM YOUR BRUTAL COPS

    1. Iyi ndiye nkhani. How do we allow criminalls, suspected or otherwise,to even compete for presidency. Mediocrity.

  93. II WILL NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE HER PUTTING ON CHITETEDZO BLUE MOSQUITO NET IN PUBLIC ONEDAY.

  95. ‘ Last picture ‘ akuoneka ngati amapentedwa kumsika wapa ‘ kamba ‘ ku blantyre akudikila kuti akawonele mpila wa manoma ( kaya mumati B-foward wanderers)

  97. Madam amenewa olo mutaajudula bwanji sangaoneke bwino chifukwa ndimaonekedwe awo.
    Taonani pamenepa akuoneka ngati ali musewero la ” Tikuferanji “

  100. kikikikikikikhahahahahahahakikikkkikiki
    aaaaaaaa bolanso Callista.
    Gogoyu wandikumbutsa gogo yina yake yaku mangochi pa wedding yake kikikikikikiki
    hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
    hahahahahahahahaha
    Inu mumati bwa munthu osesa mu nsewu angadziwe kuvala? kkikikikiki

  101. “dressing carries a message” pliz madam first lady ngati paliena oti achotsedwe ku statehouse ndimunthu amene akumaona zamavalidwe anu,,munthu ukavala asamangokuseka no,no,no.DO something pliz.

  102. Yesetsani kubvala moyenela ngati mai wa dziko. First thing when people look at you, they think, is she beautiful? How has she dressed today? What type of smile is she putting on today? So don’t disappoint!

  103. Olo mumunene its her personality she does not have fashion sense or stylist atamuuza chochita sangamvere vomerezani basi kuti anazolowera. Kuoneka ngati akupanga zisudzo

  104. Gertrude dressed very well but she must hire Mrs violet kambuwa nee savAla As dress. Adviser nyakulA zosongola Ayi

  105. Akuoneka bwino and with this sun the hat also fits the season. Kungoti mumadana naye basi, zinazi kumanena those are the styles we are wearing today.

    Nanga cha pa phewa uja bwanji?

  108. Treason was real. Treason is not only arming but even words amount to treason. On that press conference every Malawian was afraid that these people will cause problems. So that was treason in real and independent term. Lets be realistic

  109. Atumbuka mwangosowa nkhani mai anatchena awa.bwanji simumamunena uja amakhala ngati kadzidzi ndi sculf kuli konse? akamaenda amakhala ngati akufuna kugwada kkk wamudziwa eti? ndatchula munthu ine

    1. Yes you have mentioned atumbuka. Is the issue about atumbuka or dressing. This shows how empty your brain. If you dont have comment better keep quite people will respect you coz they will not exactly know your being. Do you belong to a tribe, then why not talk of yours. Let me take this opportunity to tell you racists, tribalists to traces your forefathers. Ask your parents to tell you your history where you came from. Idiot

      1. Actually, this Onjoya person was the very first to comment here. Ndiye akunena mtumbuka uti poti yake comment nde yoyambilila. The person should be ashamed that no one else above has mentioned tribes. Facebooks and even office chats today are about the mushroom hat. Are they all Tumbuka? These are the types who mislead their very leaders they are supposed to dutifully follow.

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