Malawi protests descend into chaos, police armoured vehicle set ablaze: ‘Chimbaula’

August 6, 2019 Wongani Chiuta - Nyasa Times 45 Comments

Thousands of protesters  in the capital Lilongwe have clashed with Malawi police and  torched cops armoured vehicle, grabbed some teargas launchers and also torched a house belonging to a police officer.

Malawi on a verge of very dangerous situation
Police armoured vehicle torched

This followed after police fires teargas to disperse the protestors around Simama Hotel as residential neighbourhood were shrouded with clouds of teargas .

The marchers were in the streets after the High Court in Lilongwe released a ruling in the morning dismisdimg Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale application to stop demonstrations for causing violence.

The AG had also petitioned that demonstration organisers, the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC), should pay K2 billion as surety to cover damages incurred during demonstrations.

HRDC is continuing with its series of nationwide protests  to force Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Justice Jane Ansah and her commissioners to resign for presiding over flawed May 21 Tripartite Elections which saw President Peter Mutharika re-elected.

Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda dismissed Attorney General’s application with costs.

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45 replies on “Malawi protests descend into chaos, police armoured vehicle set ablaze: ‘Chimbaula’”

  6. Dont worry gentlemen. Your time will come thats when you will realise soldiers are not your friends. Right now u are ululating and dancing to the burning of police vehicles.How shallow can one be. Tomorrow you cry there is no medicines, there is no chlorine.Government is not a producer of anything. There are providers of services using taxpayers.monies.The judges are compromised . Its so obvious. You do not need rocket science to say which way the current court case judgement will come. Anyway the end will justify the means

  8. These are the costs of appointing relations to top Goverment positions, they become liabilities in times like these as they cannot offer a professional advice to the President, they are as compromised as Jane Ansah..I mean the Mwapasas of this World?

  9. We call this Malawi uprising. We are here to change things. blood or water ,dark or blue DPP must fall full stop.
    Takunyalani nthawi yayitali it’s over now we will fight to the end.

  10. How i wish my country was at peace.stop treating citizens as ignorants please,the more u take them foolish the more u anger them,what do u expect an angry person to behave? How can ppo stay calm when u keep oppressing them?are these the same ppo ur claiming to have elected u to serve them? I gues no.if they are, then show them respect.no one above the law, if facts dnt agree with the theory,then change the facts not theory, u can not use nonsesical injunctions out of the constitutional book as law,this only tells citizens being taken for fools

  11. Violence is terrible regardless of the motivation, destruction of property, private and government infrastructure and vehicles is just shocking behavior, our community needs to work together for the benefit of us all, not to destroy and break things that cost millions of k, what must the outside world think of us no wonder the tourism income is twindling which only affects us all. The biggest problem with human beings is our lack of humanity and compassion towards each other. Violence and Protest is NOT the answer. Appalling behavior from my community.

  12. A police amaziyamba dala zinthuzi kuti aziti anthu omwe akupangisa ma demo ndi oyipa. anthu anangosonkhana mwamtendele kuyembekeza kuti ayambe kuyenda basi iwo nkuwathila tear gas osamawalekelela amenewa.

  13. Blame should be fixed on those brutalising the constitution to suit their needs,they must be held accountable for all the damage caused following protests.violence comes when a demostrater feels interfeared,this is to say the police starts the violence by interfearing with protesters, i dnt blame the police but who give them orders that are not constitutional to illtreat citizens

  15. A peaceful demonstration should require a peaceful response. Why are the police so ready to resort to violence with their teargas? They only provoke the demonstrators. Either they have no clue how to manage a peaceful demo, or they are under orders from the DPP. We Malawians are tired of being treated like fools by the DPP. Our standard of living is so low and there has been no improvement after five years of DPP rule. We have been cheated in the May 21 elections and we want justice. Power to the people!

  17. Hi my people. Do think we have police in Malawi. As l see things that is happening writing now! All these people that have police color on their Body’s they are not police are Candets trying to fight for Dpp end of the day they will get Mk10.000 so lets deal with them.

    1. Ofunika kuti nayo military idziwe mob power. Ma volunteer angapo kugagada military ndi njewa

  20. I think it is good for our leaders to read about revolution, causes and effects, that when it starts even if you kill one million people to suppress it you can not, e.g. Bolshevik revolution, French revolution, Arab spring revolution, Sudanese revolution. and should ask where is French monarchy, Mubarak, Al Bashir, Gaddafi, Ben Ali and the others. Please think, this is not 1950s, it is 2019.

  21. Correct judgement. But they should have stated Kaphale to PAY the legal costs from his pocket. Because as it is, the Tax Payers will pay for his stupidity and for being a Stooge to DPP, this is unacceptable. Silly like Kaphale should be made to understand that corruption does not pay.

  22. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha zitseko za mbaula wide open koma yah kunali kubulika ngati makoswe
    Viva DEMO
    Please keep the fire burning

  24. Are our Police Officers well Trained to handle Crowd control? How can a well trained Police Driver abandon an armed vehicle decide to run away leaving fellow officers inside the vehicle, some being women officers at the mercy of Demonstrators?. The Driver of the Armed vehicle must be arrested face Court Marshal, also he was not supposed to try to run over demonstrators who were just chanting. We simply need the Army not Police to control the crowds

    2. Mind you there were no police in that mbaula but DDP Cadets in police uniforms. This information is from a reliable source from within the party circles who are against the misuse of government resources for the the of useless personal agendas.

    3. they run away due one police officer accidentally fired tear gas mu mbaulayo nde apuma bwanji wonse anatuluka kuti tear gas azizire hahaha shaaaa malawi. so funny… ngati cartoon…

    1. Dear my loved mother, Following today’s situation as it was in the morning on demonstration in Lilongwe I would like to great request you to step down without looking the benefits of the position it is. Think of the followings: through social media I have heard that one of the security vehicle and police officer’s house have smashed to fire, on that the government and Malawians are making loss which will need replacement, looking on issues to do with businesses nothing going on well, even investors are afraid to invest their businesses to Malawi, people do not go to work places the way they are supposed to do, as a good citizen of Malawi you need to wish Malawi the best by looking in all angles, following these demonstrations that are happening all fingers are pointing at you as a single person I don’t know as a person how do you feel. it’s sad indeed that Malawians are troubling themselves going to the roads because of you madam. I hope you are going to take a very king decision from my request. When making a king decision think of where we are going to Mama. Almighty Lord God you are the very Good answer for all these happening to our country for demonstration to go to an end. A simple mathematics here says: Dialogue minus politics is the solution of demonstrations and free Malawi from such situations. God Bless Malawi and Togetherness is one.

  28. THE POLICE MUST NOT START THE VIOLENCE,THEY MUST KEEP THE PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS PEACEFUL.
    IT IS THE DUTY OF THE POLICE TO EVEN LEAD THE MATCHERS INTO A PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS AND KEEP AN EYE ON THE VIOLENT.
    THE POLICE MUST NOT BE THE ONES TO TURN THE PEACEFUL DEMOS INTO VIOLENT ONES.
    IF THE POLICE ARE TEARGASING THE PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS.
    PEOPLE WILL NOT BE WRONG IF THEY CALL THEM “PARTY CADETS”.
    A PROFESSIONAL POLICE OFFICER WILL ACT PROFESSIONALLY.

    THE POLICE BELONG TO THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND-MALAWI.
    POLITICIANS SHOULD NOT ABUSE THE POLICE FORCE BECAUSE THE POLICE BELONG TO THE PEOPLE OF MALAWI.
    IF A PARTY ABUSES THE POLICE, THE POLICE OFFICERS LIVES ARE PUT AT RISK AND THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE POLICE FORCE.
    THE POLICE MUST TAKE A LEAF FROM OUR DISPLINED MALAWI DEFENCE FORCES WHO DO NOT TAKE SIDES AS WE HAVE OBSERVED OVER THE DEOM PERIOD.
    AM SURE MAY PEOPLE WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT THE ARMY HAS BEEN KEEPING PEACE ALL ALONG FOR THE GOOD OF ALL MALAWIANS .
    WE SALUTE OUR MALAWI ARMY FOR THEIR STAND-PEACE KEEPING
    SO MY PRAYER AND OF COURSE THE PRAYER FOR EVERY PEACE LOVING MALAWIAN IS THAT
    THE POLICE FORCE SHOULD ACT INDEPENDENTLY OF POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS IF THEY ARE TO ACT WITH JUSTICE.
    MALAWI IS BIGGER THAN AN IDIVIDUAL.

    LONG LIVE DEMOCRACY,
    “GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE”
    GOD ALMIGHTY ,FATHER OF OUR LORD -JESUS THE CHRIST RESCUE OUR LAND AS WE PRAY AND FAST.

    MAY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN KILLING OUR ALBINO BRTHEREN BE JUDGED BY GOD.
    MAY GOD AVENGE THEIR DEATHS!!!
    MAY GOD DEAL WITH THOSE WHO HAD A HAND IN ACB BOSS NGAUNJU MHSRIP.

    THE STAND SHOULD BE THAT POLICE SHOULD RALLY BEHIND THE DEMONSTRATORS AND KEEP PEACE.
    THAT WAY THE POLICE WILL EARN THEMSELVES RESPECT JUST AS THE MDF HAVE EARNED THEIR RESPECT.
    ONCE AGAIN -WE SALUTE THE MALAWI ARMY

  29. imeneyi ndiye timati demo osati nyansi za peaceful mmanena zija…awa ndiwo ma demo, wamva mmimba atsegula chitseko!

  32. Useless police abused by dpp…why did u provoke innocent, unarmed civilians by tear gassing them?

  33. Ndizimene amafuna kaphale,kuika anthu mu dilemma kuja kwapangitsa anthu kukhala ndi ukali kwambiri,komaso a police why always tear gas oro zinthu zisanafike povuta

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