Malawi police hunt Ngalande, Kunkuyu for Ndirande violence: 5 arrested over stoning of presidential convoy
Malawi Police are hunting for UTM Party’s Louis Ngalande and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) director of campaign Moses Kumkuyu for organizing violence in Ndirande Township in Blantyre in which some youths pelted stones at vehicles that made part of the convoy on President Peter Mutharika.
President Mutharika and his runningmate Atupele Muluzi toured the township after presentation of nomination papers for the fresh elections set for July 2020.
While in the township, some youths pelted stones at vehicles of political party officials that were on the presidential convoy.
Police arrested five youths who have revealed that they had been K1,000 each by Ngalande and Kumkuyu to cause havoc.
One of the arrested youths told the police that Kumkuyu and Ngalande had hired 39 of them.
“We were 39 of us. We were told to mobilise at least 100 women. But we only managed to find 11 vocal women. We were paid K1,000 each. They told us to be chanting anti-DPP slogans while they filmed us on their mobile phones”, Zimba said.
He added: “They wanted us to create a situation where it would look like Ndirande doesn’t want the alliance”.
Police have since said they are conducting further investigations and will bring everyone involved to book.
Ndirande is the stronghold for DPP and UDF and, in organizing this violence, Kumkuyu and Ngalande may have thought they could undermine the popularity of the two parties there.
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The same old tricks for the same old dogs Dausi and his DPP at it again to fool malawiaans
Fellow Malawians, I saw the video clips yesterday evening. The police must be ashamed to be part of this misinformation.
If what the boy said was true – I honestly believe it is a lie – then those boys and women were in minority. From a quick view one sees more than one hundred people booing. So 39+11 which is 50 is very little compared to what was seen.
Please give us the results of the arson at UTM offices I have Area 23 Lilongwe now! Tisanakalipe!
My massage to Police Department is, this police is for malawians not for Cadets muli mu ziko muno kuteteza amalawi osati kuteteza ma cadets only kumene mupanga inu ndikulephera ntchito and to say the fact police panopa mugwira ntchito ngati a security a dpp not for all malawians i am not supporting any political party but the way police department is working in our country it shows kuti akumateteza enawa koma enawa alibe ntchito this is not good at all pompano ku ndilande komweko Cadet anaphwanya zida za MEC and NRB nothing happens to them ku chilimba they did the… Read more »
MCP and UTM presented their papers without any disturbances. Why was there this disturbance when DPP and UDF were presenting their papers. It is Chakwera and Chilima who sent the Ndirande thugs
Did DPP & UDF tell Malawians kuti adutsa ku Ndirande for Chakwera and Chilima to send people to disturb? Pano mukuti ndirande thugs? Amakatani kwa ma thugs then?
Ootcha anthu ku lilongwe mwasaka kale zopusa basi.
Kod a police mumafufuza khan Zambili imodz bwanji???? There are alot if scandals that are happening out here kma u r much focusing on DPP issues…kapena znaz zopanda ntchito et?
NIB please tell the president the brutal facts about his popularity. The booing in Ndirande is just the start of what he will face in most parts of the country.
How about arresting those who torched the UTM offices in Lilongwe that has resulted in the loss of three lives?????
Kodi zakolona zatha
Guys if Kunkuyu and Ngalande really did this, these guys will spoil MCP and Chakwera should be watchful with such type of acts. MCP and UTM were in Blantyre for the same nomination issue but I have never heard that their convoy was stoned somewhere which is a positive step to our democracy and freedom of assembly. It is not good to be fighting as Malawi is one and leaders should stop and condemn this.Every party has a stronghold at where it comes from. MCP has a stronghold in many districts in the central region the fact that you cannot… Read more »
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Mwaiwala zomwe mumapanga pamakampeni achisankho cha 2019 kuNchinji,madela ena akumidzi kwa Lilongwe,kasungu ndinchitidwe.Mwapha adpp osakusapotani ndikuonga zinthu zawo.Mumati akummwela azipita kwapusitsa.Kodilelo mavoti awo simuwafuna ZITSILU ZA ANTHU