Malawi parliament pushes for deportation of British racist expatriate
Parliament’s International Relations Committee says it is fighting to have a racist expatriate Mike Harper deported, following his description of a Malawian house maid as a slave.
Alex Meja, the chairman of the committee said Malawi cannot sit back and watch as whites call Malawians in their own land as slaves.
“These remarks should not be condoned. This is a very crucial and sensitive issue. Mr Harper should have known this,” said Meja.
Harper, in a WhatsApp group chat for expatriates described Gloria Mussa as a slave after her boss posted on the group that she was leaving Malawi and was leaving behind a trustworth and hard working maid.
Meja said the committee is seeking an audience with the British High Commission to Malawi over the issue.
“But our stand remains the same, he should be deported. We can’t take his utterances lightly,” he said.
Harper has since apologised to Mussa and Malawians, saying he did not mean to hurt the housemaid.
Mussa said he intends to take Harper to court for compensation as human rights activists are working behind the scenes to have the issue outside the courts.
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THE REMARKS WAS OBVIOUSLY A JOKE OF A BAD TASTE, VERY INSENSITIVE AND IT DISPLAYED A CHARACTER IN HIM OF HOW HE MAY BE PERCEIVING THE UNDERPRIVILEDGED LOW SKILL LABOUR WHO HELP HIM, LOOK AFTER HIM IN ALL AREAS DOMESTRICALLY IN CHARGE TO WHAT IN UK WOULD BE UNLAWFULLY LOW WAGE.
HOWEVER HE APOLOGIES AND IM SURE THE ONE VICTIM OF THIS COMMENT WOULD TAKE THE APOLOGY, IT WAS IN A PRIVATE FORUM AND LETS BE HONEST IT IS JUST A RACIST JOKE. IT HURTS BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS, UNFORTUNATELY, WE CANT CHANGE THE WAY SOME PEOPLE SEE US AS A NATION, IM CHANGING TONE NOW BACAUSE HE WOULDNT CALL MALAWI FEMALE AIRCRAFT PILOTS..OR FEMALE MPS OR FEMALE LAWYERS OR FEMALE DOCTORS OR MY DAUGHTER A SLAVE EVEN AS A JOKE BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD THE ENPOWERMEENT WHICH HE HAS, THE SAME WEAPON, GOOD EDUCATION.
LETS LEARN FROM IT AND IMPROVE OUR PUBLIC SERVICE SO THAT THE CHILDREN IN CHILD LABOUR IN FARMS AND HOUSEHOLDS ETC GO TO GOOD QUALITY EDUCATIION INSITITUTIONS AND BOOOM OUT OF THE ENSLAVEMENT.
REMEMBER SLAVE TRADE WAS ABOLISHED AND IS STILL UNLAWFUL BUT ENSLAVEMENT VIA CONTRACT AND AGREEMENT STILL EXISTS
TO BUY A K800000 AIR TICKET TO DEPORT HIM AND LOOSE HIS SERVICES, OUT WEIGHS THE ADVANTAHE WE COULD GET IF WE JUST WASH OUR LAUNDRY INSIDE AND NOT IN PUBLIC, LET THE WORLD NOT EVEN HERE THAT OUR GIRLS ATE WORKING AS DOMESTRIC HELPERS..
JUST USE THE MONEY TO SEND HER TO SCHOOL OR JUST LEAVE THE LAW AS IT IS DONT MAKE NEW IMMIGRATION LAE..IF HE HAS BROKEN THE LAW THSN SRND HIM PACKING IF ITS NOR A DEptable offence then remember only a court can jugdge…
It hurts coz it has been said however the govt need to improve st
Where does he stay? he needs a special vistation to squeze his nose
APPEARS KU MALAWI KUNSALA AGALU NOKHANOKHA NANGA MPAKAN THE WHO COMITTEE NKHANI YAKE YOMWEYI YOKANA KUNYENGENDWA KUNYINI????????????
Me ndine malawi but of mixed race. My gogo is from baluku in mangochi. Everyday i go to town the black malawians say “uzipita kwanu iwe” i see indians in these shops iltreating malawians. Quite frankly the most racist people in this country are the black malawians and the indians and the least being the whites. He made a mistake let it go. Stop this witch hunting… amalawi u are frustrated but point that frustration to the right people.
Racist comments are more bad than all these things many of you are saying. A white man calling a black person a slave is more insulting than all these political gimmicks you people are comparing with
Deportation of Mr Harper up to the Parliament? What the maid will benefit from his deportation? More Indians and Asians are abusing more Malawian around the country than this white man who said it through social media with his friends without an intention of abusing the maid he did not know about. There are so many issue Parliament can do than forcing deportation of an individual like Harper
Apology not accepted. Fotseke. Deport this racist back to his Council Estate before someone bitch slaps this old, wrinkled, horrible, nasty, mean spirited Pleb. He is not welcome in this beautiful country.
In fact the committee and the whole parliament has not just mentioned all Malawian to be ‘slaves’ but have actually lived to make sure we are slaves indeed so let the Briton alone. You have no moral platform to pontiphicate for such a moral ground they themselves have not lived. To hell with your hypocrisy.
AKUTIBERA NDI WATHU OR MCHONA WINA WAKE AND WE KNOW HIM.WE WILL DEAL WITH HIM AT AN OPPORTUNE TIME.KOMA NA HARPER-I ABSOLUTELY AGREE-AZIPITA!!!!!!!!!!AKAPANGIRE MWANO KWAWO KONKO!!!
Another expatriate that shud be deported is Mark Bainbridge of illovo. He is exploiting us Malawian employees. He is a tyrant but we all fear him for safety of our jobs. He must go. And we do k noiw that we will get another expatriate MD but I’m sure even if he is bad, he will still be better than Bainbridge. Govt please do something about this idyot. We don’t want him and I speak for all of us in nchalo, I am told Limbe and dwangwa are of same opinion. Govt pls act.
Indeed. This illovo pig must also be investigatef. Recently when advised about certain advocacy matter he was overheard saying the authorities can go to hell. The issue was to do with a staff query about one Cuthbert who is in an office with no designation or correct work permit but as a consultant. It is the normal activity for many expats in here. They pose as consultants indefinitely. SO AITHORITIES SHOULD GO TO HELL. Amalawi ku pusa.
I am greatly chocked that this white PIG is still here
But we have graduated in calling house workers galu, nyani, mbuzi, and trrat them worse than this..Paying them used clothing , giving them therir own plates..Thats ok with us..
Is racism worst than tribalism??
Waste of time, there are so many domestic issues you fail to push for, for example to free MBC, and many other issue. Here in Malawi we call each other names. Some politicians can even call somebody’s wife chitsilu chomwa madzi ometela, and you clap hands for them. Do you think we have a monopoly to insult others, do we only feel offended because he is a foreigner. Does this need the parliament to discuss? Discuss real issues.
Compansation seems like the ideal punishment.
Lets not think like horrible monkeys. The guy may have made a mistake but we cant bannish foreigners every time they behave wayward. That is very uncivilized.
Lets pursue the compansation option.
In our own land or not. Rascist remarks are not acceptable anywhere in the world.
See these fucken legistators of ours. Instead of impeaching his excellency the thief, they are wanting to waste time on trivial things.
Tell me – what is the so called mzungu doing in Malawi. Working or what.? If he is working which company is this? Trully he must pack up and go to his home land.
Who is this Harper guy. All the stories I have read have not explained what he is doing in Malawi. Is he British, American and what brought him to Malawi. Nanga kumangoti expatriate Harper basi?
False anger amalawi…..pavunda khola….koma okubelani chuma ndiye kuwasekelela
Koma ndiyetu…mbava zikuyenda mma v8 freely…Amalawi tinakhala bwanji