Malawi musicians obtain court order against government over Covid-19 measurers
A group of musicians in Lilongwe has obtained a court order halting enforcement of a ban on gatherings of more than 100 people to curb the resurgence of coronavirus (Covid-19) as they argue the restriction on public gatherings unfairly affects scheduled festive season concerts.
The temporary relief follows an announcement by Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 after a jump in confirmed cases of the virus.
The musicians, who include Lulu, Kell Kay, Dan Lu, Skeffa Chimoto and Great Angels, hired lawyer Innocent Kubwalo to obtain the injunction.
Kubwalo said some of his clients had already hired international musicians to perform during their planned concerts.
The lawyer said the injunction means all social gatherings lined up across the country can proceed.
Announcing the measures Tuesday, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 said the aim was to curb cases of the disease, which have risen by 75% over the past two weeks.
But lawyer Kubwalo said by announcing the restrictions, the Presidential Taskforce on COVID -19 flouted procedures, saying before any subsidiary legislation is made, “it must be laid before parliament, which has not been done.”
Kubwalo said: “And in our opinion, the powers to make such rules in this particular case, they lie in the minister, not the committee. So the committee doesn’t have those powers in our opinion.”
Minister of Information Gospel Kazako, who is the spokesperson for the government, said the Tonse alliance administration will obey the court order.
The High Court in Lilongwe has set December 31 for hearing on the matter and also to decide whether the injunction should be extended or not.
Matenda awa ndi ochita kupanga nde wina asaoneke wa nzeru chifukwa mukamamva depopulation njira imodzi mwa izo ndi imenei ya COVID 19 ndipo after this another pandemic will come and the end result of these so called pandemic will make SUNDAY WORSHIP by force.
Thanks to the musicians association for the injunction taken against the harsh decision made by the Presidential Task Force on covid -19. They need to follow the law in whatever decision they want to make which has an impact on lives of Malawians. Let the restrictions be applied to Lazaro who is here today and there tomorrow as “Siki transport “ attracting more than 100 bootlickers and handclappers inn the likes of Gospel Kazako. We shall continue gathering in church services and wedding ceremonies in our huge numbers.
John uvuli gate for us. John uvuli a maborders for malawians
After your closing borders and lockdown, Africans will die not from Corona but from Hunger. Wake up Africa, these western or China ideas of lockdown will make Africa more poorer. Learn from Tanzania, prayer is protecting them. Don’t listen to China ideas, move on with your lives. Keep on praying. People from the village are not dying from Corona like town mongers. Come on, just have your own linen when you sleep in a hotel or restohouse or sanitize beddings before you sleep in because you never know if those linens are changes or washed on a daily basis. Look for other preventive measures than punishing Malawians who make business through cross borders.
AND OUR CROSS OVERS MUST GONE ON SOME OF THESE GUYS IN THE TASK FORCE ARE QUESTIONABLE .
CORONA (FLU) HAS BEEN THERE ALL ALONG
THE PROBLEM IS ITS BEING PUBLICISED OVERBOARD AND IN UN WARRANTEED PROPORTIONS JUST TO REACH THEIR VACCINATION APETITE AND ALSO TO MAKE MONEY,
CORONER VACCINATIONS TOO WELL FUNDED AND SO GREEDY BUSINESSMEN WE KNOW WHO LOVE MONEY ARE IN RHE TASK FORCE
I PRAY THAT THEY FALL INTO THEIR CONSPIRANCY AND FALL VICTIM EN MASS THEMSELVES AND LET THE INNOCENT PEOPLE HAVE LIFE
Good show, ine Ku ma stand phee!
Great Angels mpakana? Oyimbira Mulungu mpakana kugwirizana ndi oyimba za dziko kupita ku khoti? Ambuye akuyendeleni ndithu.
Imagine if the country had a disaster like floods or even a cyclone. Would they get a court order against the government? The solution here is for the organisers to get insurance for the event which can cover them for loss of earnings or any refunds even damage to equipment.These things are there but Malawians we are so laid back. You can get insurance for anything.
Are you blaming musicians for the action they have taken against Tonse? Did you blame HRDC when they did the same with DPP government? Would it not be wise to avoid mistakes that their predecessors were making so that they look different? Tonse should not assume that the fcat they won the elections, everybody is behind them. There are still so many people who don’t agree with their style of giverning this country. So to avoid embarrassment, they should try to do things right. The admission by gospe Kazako that Government will obey the court order simply shows that there are no smart thinkers in Tonse.I guess the AG is sleeping on the job. Is it not exactly what his predecessor, Kaphale did?
Lour insurance companies in Malawi don’t cover anything. If they can’t cover effects of strikes and other act God
mbuli za anthu, Uneducated bastards, that why their music can’t even reach the international standard, stupid fools
The uneducated have a honest days living to make,while the educated ones were behind the 26 years of heist.
Very good. Corona come.
Kuzisaka kumeneko. But covid will not say munali maluzi. This second wave is deadly and is causing havoc. Tiyeni tisamale kaye miyoyo ya anthu. Covid has no injuction. Ndi imfa basi
Mhuuuu! Why do people deliberately choose to be stupid? Please understand why government has put these measures, it is for your own good. Koma pena pake a Malawi tizikhalako serious, uwu mukuonetsawu ndi moyo wozikonda chifukwa ndalama mukufunazo zimachokera kwa anthu omwe akuyenera kutetezedwa ku mliri wu ndinu anthu omvetsa chisoni, anzanu have reverted to digital online shows pomwe inu ndi kuganiza kwachimidziko mukufuna kuphetsa anthu. in this digital era if you are not smart and innovative ndithu mudya dothi sure! anthu oipa ngati false prophet Bushiri kungofuna kutolera kwa anthu koma osaganizira za umoyo wawo, shupiti!
Forsek kulibe covid chisilu iwe
PRESIDENT MAGUFULI ,IS ONE OF THE BEST PRESIDENTS AFRICA SHALL EVER HAVE,
SHOULD WE STOP CHURCH GATERINGS FOR A MERE FLU???
IN FACT CORONA DISEASE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE ,
THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN
Yes corona virus has always been there but not COVID-19. This is a new strain in the corona virus family.
Its difficult to adhere. This thing was a flop before and some citizens have taken an advantage . The problem is that the problem was created and hatched before . All in all , health is s priority
Demons manifesting, why is prophet Bushiri involved here? You too, you are very very stupid and you don’t deserve life.
Tanzania has never done any lockdown and it has never closed its borders, but because of prayer, God is protecting them. I wonder, we have a pastor president and a prayerful vice who are so obsessed to fear of the world. Africa stop being controlled by western ideas, they will make Africa become poorer. By the end of this virus you will see Africa becoming a begging pot. You will have nothing, keep on closing borders and doing your lock down, you will see how poor Malawi will become. These lockdown will bring more misery to Malawians, more than how people would have died without lockdown. The survives will die not from Corona but from Hunger. Open your eyes and see.