Malawi ruling DPP revisited

December 27, 2014 Hastings Kandoje 116 Comments

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) initially ruled this country between 2004 and 2012 under the autocratic stewardship of the late Bingu wa Mutharika. The DPP resurfaced in May 2014 as a governing party following polls, whose results were disputed by other political parties. Ironically, the new Head of State is another Mutharika, Professor Arthur Peter, a younger brother to the former.Dausi DPP noise MK61bn colour copy smaller

During the first ‘Mutharika’ era, the DPP regime miserably failed on the social, economic and political score sheet. It is widely documented that corruption and theft of public resources were the order of that era.

The President and ministers were unashamedly enriching themselves through fraudulent award of huge government contracts. The  Milton Kutengule saga; the Nyika-Vwaza Ecotourism Reserve Concession contract corruptly awarded to a United Arab Emirates firm; the fertilizer corruption scandal; the fraudulent acquisition of the Ndata and Mitundu Farms and other high-profile corruption and theft cases were exposed but no-one, indeed, no-one was ever convicted.

All these matters were swept under the carpet at the expense of real social and economic progress of Malawi, rated one of the poorest countries in the world.

During the last two years of late President Bingu wa Mutharika, things got much worse. K92 billion had been stolen, which practically emptied government coffers. There was no food for two (2) million people, according to official statistics. Nepotism was rampant. Universities’ calendars were often interrupted due to various misunderstandings between students and teachers on one side and Government on the other.

The United States Government had withheld $350 million in funding to Malawi following the shooting dead, at the instigation of the leadership, of 20 people on July 11, 2011during public protests over fuel and electricity shortages, rising prices and a general deterioration of the governance order. The $350 million was part of a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) pact signed on April 7, 2011, which was aimed at reducing the fuel and electricity crisis in Malawi.

In April, 2011, the late President Mutharika had also ordered the deportation of the then British High Commissioner, Fergus Cochrane-Dyet. Cochrane-Dyet was ordered to pack up and go after he was quoted in a leaked cable as saying the late President was intolerant to criticism.

Relations between the Government of Malawi and that of Her Majesty reached an all-time low following that order. In retaliation, the UK ordered Malawi’s High Commissioner to leave following the “unacceptable” expulsion of Britain’s envoy.

Malawi had turned into an “autocratic kleptocracy”. Donors had pulled out because of outright arrogance by the leadership. There was rampant and blatant misuse and abuse of public resources. 40% of Malawi’s budget comes from abroad and the UK is the largest donor.

Foreign currency had vanished, which meant there was no import cover. Government could not be able to import fuel such that Malawians did not celebrate the 2011 Christmas and New Year festivities the ‘traditional way.’ Many people were sleeping at fuel stations.

The situation became extremely desperate at the beginning of 2012. Malawians could not have it anymore. A grouping of faith-based organizations and denominations, Public Affairs Committee (PAC) organized a two-day ‘all-inclusive’ conference at Limbe Cathedral from March 14-15, 2012.

The main resolution was a 60-day ultimatum to President Bingu wa Mutharika to either resign or call for a referendum for the people to choose the way forward. Before the 60 days elapsed, the President succumbed to a cardiac arrest and died on April 5, 2012.

ENTERS JB

When President Bingu wa Mutharika died, the then embattled Vice President of the country, Joyce Banda, was sworn in as the new Head of State despite attempts by some of Bingu’s croniesto prevent her from ascending to power.

When she arrived on the scene, with her People’s Party (PP), she got immediately down to real work. In 100 days, her administration had drawn a comprehensive Economic Recovery Plan (ERP) with a view to discovering the ‘Pillars of Sustainable Economic Growth’ for Malawi. The ERP was conceptualized to improve Malawi’s monetary and fiscal policies to enable the country get out of the economic crisis created by the previous DPP administration under the late President Mutharika.

The ERP became the centre piece of a phenomenal economic turn-around during that period.

Under the ERP, Government planned to implement medium to long-term strategies that could have created real growth in the economy. ERF’s focus, in the medium term, was on five sectors namely; Energy, Mining, Infrastructure, Agriculture and Tourism.

Under JB, as she is fondly referred to by her admirers, Malawi’s relations with Britain were restored; MCC was back; fuel was back; World Bank was back; Malawi was back on track on the IMF Programme; electricity and water supply tremendously increased. Briefly, there was an unbelievable turn-around in the people’s livelihood.

RE-ENTERS DPP

Following the elections of May 2014, the DPP, under a new Mutharika, Arthur Peter, were declared winners. Since their arrival on the scene, the situation has been reminiscent of the first DPP era.

The situation during the Joyce Banda administration has completely been reversed. There is simply no clear governance direction. Donors have left again. IMF is reserved in terms of when Malawi would be put on a full programme.

It is now seven months since the ‘new’ DPP came onto the ‘throne’. They seem totally puzzled about what running a successful economy entails. They are, instead, indulging in blame-game, scapegoating and political witch-hunting.

The new Mutharika, Arthur Peter, must be informed that it is counter-productive to run a government by blaming others; it simply doesn’t work. Malawians want to see a leader putting much effort to confront the many social and economic challenges that they are currently grappling with.

The President has five, yes, five years ahead of him to explore workable solutions to the current economic malaise. He should attempt to give hope to the people rather than getting preoccupied with petty political bickering.

The on-going industrial strikes are borne out of nothing but desperation where the cost of living is extremely unbearable to many Malawians. The economy is simply biting!

It does not make sense for the government to expend its energies on picking one former President as a scapegoat for its own failures. Should the whole government really spend its time more on insisting about the existence of some ‘CCTV footage’ instead of addressing the attendant social and economic woes? It is petty, to say the least.

  • Hastings Kandoje is a Nyasa Times columnist who writes in his own right

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116 replies on “Malawi ruling DPP revisited”

  1. Matongo ya nyinamwe . Y do u want to wait when things are worse . Univercties are nt opening ; courts are on halt ; ACB is out no cashgate cases , amalawi mkunkhala ngati munafa muziko muli zipukupuku

  4. Why is it that when the dpp comes into power first thing they think of is increasing the price of Passport have they don’t other things to concentrate on.

  5. Olembawe waonetsa kukondera kwakulu bwanji sunafune kukamba zoipa zimene wakhala akupanga namaloko wako uja pa 2 years yokha kuba 20 billion nanga akanakhala 5 years akanaba zingati? Nanga chinamupangitsa kuti aluze ndichiani?

  6. kodi zimene walembazo ndizabodza kapena ndi zowona inafe ndife a dpp koma tiyeni tizigzniza tisanalembe kuti kodi akunenazi ndizowona kapena ayi

  9. The writer of the article is stupid indeed. Brainless,senseless and a failier. To hail with ur pp let me assure u Dpp will rule this country as ANC in south africa n FRELIMO in Mozambique,mark my words. You will cry but malawians shall never put u in government again.

  10. If the cctv footage is there should the current government sit down and watch let justice come out its upto the people to judge. Its nolonger time for politics bro. this will not tek us nowhere. Amalawi lets lern to wotk with the government of the day there is one ruling party at a time

  11. The author is the architecture of cashgate. What else this narrow-minded fellow can tell us. A balanced article could have be objective to tell successes and failure for each of the three regimes the author appears to be interested and leave for the reader to judge. But instead he is there to show us his/her identity. We are not interested in your grievances but real issues. Bring real and concrete issues at this page. Kodi paja sukulu munakayimba kuti a chimwene?

  13. well I don’t need to say much but this article is giving a very clear picture that the writer belongs to PP. U can’t just say gud things about Namaloko kuyiwala cashgate. Pimpa

  14. A kadonje, your article is good, however it lacks the merit and neutralism. As already alluded by my fellow commentators you call not tell the nation that the JB administration didn’t have its own flaws.

    We have seen them and have suffered them and continues to reap the bitter fruits that the MULUZI, JB, BINGU and the current by his brother who seem to have lost direction as well.

    We got very little to write about the current government, sit inns are everywhere, our economy is shrinking, security is highly compromised, the list is endless.

  16. I think the writer needs to learn the difference between LOCAL POLITICS and INTERNATIONAL POLITICS! Western counries are never good friends better if we opt for the East! Peter or no peter we cannot win untill 666 is passed through Obama health scheme and satisfy the ‘VATICAN mayor’. Why UK suggested to be out of EU? Read the world by all dimensions then u will see our economy being on remote by the JESWIT!

  17. Please we have to learn how to appreciate what Bingu did despite our tribes, no leader in Malawi thought of staying in Lilongwe as a capital city but late Bingu went there and start developing our poor city

  18. the auther is not mentioning the cashgate thing because this was in two folds as follows; 92 billion first then 20 billion but she did not fail despite coming after the massive plundering of resources by UDF cum DPP grouping. Iam contemplating to ask compare their first 100 days respectively.

  20. the article must be revised, y not mentioning jb’s failure and the cause of donor’s draw-back before APM? other wise somebody must hv send you to.. osatinamiza leave APM alone

  22. Any where every where politics is agame that played by people who qualified with bags of empty promises,its not Happening in Malawi only its all over the world,and this people you can’t do nothing to them,because they think they got all powers,but they just don’t know that they don’t know,imagine how passports went up by MK50 000 what is that,let’s just pray God knows all and its written in Quraan even Bibles kudzabwela atsogoleli onyenga lero si awa

  25. I think the author is taking the populace for granted.You mean you dont know that all these problems are coming because Of Joyce Banda?We are infact paying for the sins of her

  26. it is stupid to believe JB was a hero, when in fact within a very short-time she was dipping into the government coffers stealing, and fooling poor Malawians with donations of malnourished cattle and goats, even where beneficiaries didn’t have land to feed the cattle. Politicians in Malawi focus on enriching themselves and not developing the country, and that’s why Malawi is and will remain the poorest in SADC

  27. chekandoje nzeru mulibe kodi azungu asiya kuthandiza chifukwa chiyani? musalowese ndale zinthu za dziko kodi azungu anasiya liti kuthandiza malawi? if pipo are suffering to day is coz of the cashgate of joys banda cashgate nt the new Dpp

  29. i think Che Bakiliwa we should put him a side and deal with the issue at hand, the question is as a country do we hav a direction or not? If yes then let give support to our leaders, if not then as malawian we hav fredom to ask for it, our leaders has a duty to make sure that all malawians there warefare is been provided fulstop!!!!! Osati azitiuza za madzi ometera ndevu ayi!!

  30. History do repeats itself, to make a mistake is human, to repeat it is stupidity, I bliv Malawians are such people. Nde smunati, after xul ine wautali, Malawi ndi dzko la anthu a ndale otherwise u may end up dying young.

  32. CASH GATE BUSES ARE GATHERING DUST AT POLICE HQS IN LILONGWE AND YET THIS IDIOT CALLED KANDOJE IS NOT SAYING ANYTHING ON THAT! UKANAMIZE AMBUYAKO!!!!!!!!!!!

  33. THIS ARTICLE IS NOT BALANCED. HOW COME THE AUTHOR DID NOT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT THE CASH GATE AND JB’S INVLOVEMENT? NOT EVERYBODY WAS BORN YESTERDAY. WE WERE THERE AND WITNESSED CASH GATE WITH JB SAYING THAT THOSE WHO STOLE THE MONEY BE THE ONES TO FACE THE LAW AND NOT MERE BENEFICIARIES.

  35. Bravo Kandoje,that Is A Good Analysis.Any Malawian Of Good Will Clearly Sees That There Is Something Wrong With This dee Pwee Pwee thing!!

  38. Although the writer has not mentioned the 20 billion scam which is the cause for donor freeze for the obvious reasons one of which is that he supports PP, its true that I find no difference between Mr Fwe Fwe & Bingu after all they have the same genetic make up; arrogant, killers, satanic, jittery & real kleptomaniacs. Within seven months K70 MILLION STOLEN; NACGATE, MUKHAKO, JOURNOSGATE, BEAM & FWE FWE. DPP young cadets terrorising people in Chitipa, Mzuzu & burning market IN Kabula. This is indeed the Destructive Progressiveless Party (DPP)

  39. This is a very biased article. I will not be surprised to hear that this is anorher pp spinner. Kandoje, you write with a lot of detail regarding DPP but alas, the detailed stance is lost miserably when it comes to describing the PP regime. Are you tellng us that the PP regime had no failings of their own? Next time be objective in your writing. Do not try to overtly tell us about the political colour you wear, stick to facts please and leave the readers to draw their own conclusions.

  40. This is biased report! Donors left Malwi under JB’s watch! Cashgate under JB’s watch and yet none of that is mentioned here! not worth reading I am afaraid

  41. Thank Chembwiye l totally agree with you the author has failed to present a fair view of what he was arguing about he has written with a biased mind. Kandoje has failed to present a professional article. It was due to the cashgate scandal under JB that donors withdrew aid to Malawi and not due to APM. Let us be honest with ourselves if we want a better Malawi. Shame on Kandonje

  42. Zodziwa dziwa A malawi Bakili Muluzi inali mbava ChiBingu chimbavanso Joyce Banda mbalanso koma still mwavoteranso vumbwe musalire simukumva

  43. Ooh!If this JB was good why did the people never voted for her?Its just means the people voted for a brothe because the brother was good then let him finish his term and then we will vote

  45. CHINGAPANGE RESIGN CHI PETRO.ZOFUNA AMALAWI.UTSIRU WA MUNTHU MTUNDU WA ANTHU AMODZI UKUTIPWETEKETSA TONSE

  46. Well written article. I blame my fellow citizens fr voting fr him, life is hard in Malawi now as if we r in some foreign land somewhere. I stl blv he, APM, is using his late brothers diary to run th country again. There’s no success in blame game industry. Although my words won’t make any changes at all but Malawi under mutharikas seems doomed!!

  48. Truly we must pray and ask God to intervene, DPP has shown to be a no mecy party hail bent to do what only they think is right for their party and their tribe as evidenced in their tribalistic aproach to issues and in 7 months we have no direction all were hearing are cctv any way we cant blame anybody apart from those who assisted DPP to come to power fraudulently these are judas who have sold the people of Malawi to evil DPP and our suffering is a result of that,Only Almighty God knows the truth of how APM got to power and surely God who set us free from his brother’s hand and the very same God will rescue us from hands of him and his DPP, and the acomplices judge nyirenda and the MEC and surely at His appointed time He will rescue us We are praying and He will here our prayers we cant be ruled by world order NO! NO! NO! Father help us never let us suffer another year Lord release us from the jaws of DPP and Peter Mutharika i pray in Jesus name AMEN.

  49. The author is biased. It seems he is PP. Do you mean donors pulled their aid during the second coming of DPP. Be ashamed.

  50. The article is completely biased towards JB, the bad situation we are in is as a result of JB’s mismanagement and plunder of public resources named cash gate. Not everything that Bingu did was bad. Remember the bumper FISP harvests, roads etc! I have wasted my time reading this biased story?

  51. 92 billione lost, how about 20 billion,do u have it mr writer? I thought it was also lost”Tinapeza matope”. Was it not also ablame game? How can you balance good things and bad things? Scale good to good, or bad to bad,at least we can judge the best, or worst. And how can you compair a lace which is not finishe to the one which was already smashed the wall, let it also end then you can give marks,No AID, u have mantioned so how do u espect that to be amilacle,ena amangoti achoke, can u manage to lan even ur family smoothly without strugle?

  52. The writer has only looked at the better side of Joyce Banda. The cashgate started when she was in power and the donors pulled out at the same time. APM found the situation already bad and he is being blamed because he inherited leadership of a country which had been dumped by donors. Your article should have focused on what APM & his DPP has done during their seven years tenure.

  53. Presenting joyce banda as a better evil is hypocrisy of the highest order. Donors left due to her cashgate thievery and this can’t be swept under the carpet! That woman was clueless in everything!

  54. l fault the Judiciary. Why did they rush to swore APM after May elections that had numerous nullifications? Amakhoti mudatilakwira. APM zitikhaulisa momwe ungafunile

  57. Who Are You Trying To Fool. I Know More Than You Do Why Have you Failed To Mention K20 Billion Cashgate Sandal. Never In Malawi Shall PP And Joyce Banda Or Anybody Orange Rule. Mark My Words And Date For Future Use.

  58. Kandojo u are an empty writer. everything about u smells emptiness. your analysis is so shallow it hardly touched on the genesis of the current economic problems. Thats all i can say.

  59. Unfortunately not even a single political leader ever learns from the errors of their predecessors or from their own past mistakes(since most of them are recycled politicians).
    They are brilliant only during their first days in office and or on paper and speeches.But they greatly lack in charisma, vision,endurance and the practicality to faithfully lead the Malawi nation to greater heights.Hence they soon resort to self gratification,corruption,nepotism and autocracy.
    Think of Kamuzu(the messiah…atsamunda atamanga nthenje paNyasalande) and Bingu(Mose…njala itavuta; Malawi ali yellow yekhayekha;madeya akusowa ngati golide).
    Their start were both excellent,visionary and hopeful and Malawi indeed experienced food surplus but unfortunately they ended up being dictatorial.(Apparently Bakili,JB and the incumbent have been opportunistic and chancy with the catholic bishops/Chihana doing the fighting for Bakili.And Bingu’s death facilitating for the latter two.
    In any case Malawi is not learning anything from history.No wonder therefore(1)the dictatorial tendencies are perpetual… from colonial days through one party era into multiparty democracy todate.(2)Corruption from anyamata patawoni through kusololasolola,cashgate and now to Nacgate etc.Apparently the gates are overlapping (3)Nepotism ever on the increase from family to regional lines through religious,tribal and political affinities while still of late others alternating to federal governments in disguise instead of fixing the root causes of our current psycho-socio-economic ills, injustices and differences of our society.
    If our political leaders only realised the folly of arrogance,pride, selfishness ,materialism etc and that they are not in power by or for themselves but as servants of the Creator Jehovah, Malawi would have been far much ahead, self reliant and predominantly an exporting nation by now.
    With the recycled politicians and ideas Malawi seems to have fallen into a political vicious circle of non-progression.
    Instead our leaders are everyday buzy wasting time and energy on political bickering, blame games while swindling from the already poor Malawi nation.
    Who then will learn from national and world political history to lead Malawians to prosperity and national pride?

  60. Ife anthu wamba ndiamene tizivutika ,ndindani amene angazakhale mfumu yamphawi? Tizikhala anthu ofunikira panthawi yokopa anthu?

  61. Munthu ananena moveka kuti iye azapitiliza zomwe amachita mkulu wake!Ndiye ife tinamuvotela ndiye tisadandaule.

  62. DPP must stop nepotism, tribalism and employing professionals on party line. Tamva kale kuti udindo wa Director or Finance mukufuna kupatsa a DPP cadet when there are deserving qualified Malawians who can do the job well and professionally. The IMF and World Bank are not fools and are watching.

    Please install confidence in donors by appointing deserving citizens, DPP or no DPP.

    Don’t forget that things can change very fast, history has at all. You could be on the receiving end soon!!!!!!!

  63. Hastings Kandoje sympathising with Amayi. She will never rule this country boss. You have to start liking Mutharika whether you like it or not.

  64. If Peter was learned enough as i was made to believe, he Is supposed to resign if we are to rescue this Malawi, its either he resigns, dies or killed then libération will come.

  66. The blunder of the 36.4%, the Blantyre high court, Allan Ngumuya and Friday Jumbe. You have put Malawi and Malawians in turmoil.

  67. I am a daily reader of Nyasa Times and I love its unbiased stytle of coverage unlike those of Malawi Voice which are shamefully partisan. But of late I am becoming aware of a sudden shift in its coverage style. It seem to be taking a stance of PR officer of an unknown sponser who, like their online counterpart Malawi Voice, like smearing campaigns misleading the masses to fulfill whatever hidden agendas they have. This is eroding the professionalism that it was known of. A keen obsaerver can’t fail to notice what these two online news reporters are becoming like what Wanderers FC and Bullets FC who successifully influence supporters not to like each other.

  69. Mavota vota!!!! Munavotela agalu muofesi!!! Musalire munavota nokha agalu inu!!! Makamaka zitsiru zakumwera!!! Surprisingly ndi amene akulila kwambiri!!!! Pa thako panu!!!!

  70. Ngakhale Bingu zaka five zoyamba azungu adakhululukirapo dziko lino ngongole mu nthawi ya Bingu. Olembayu ali ndi mbali uyu

  71. Gud article, wen JB woz in Power de were crying 4 di state house, speaking many things, now de hav occupied State House Its blame game, JB wataninso Bwana everything z in ur hands, be a man. Mumati mayi akulephera kuyendesa Dziko

  73. Well written article but strive to balance up your write by spelling out all positives and negatives in the same corresponding periods and let judgements be meted out by readers. The achievements done under bingu era can not be ignored, so are the shortfalls under amai. Its only when things are reported as they are that we. Shall have a well informed citizenry.. The current economic malaise we are in is not admirable at all. Write the cons and prons in the 7months and Let us we readers judge basing on facts given. Stop writing preconceived stories whose benefit would be hatred for fellow malawians..we can’t continue cheating ourselves these politicians speak one language behind the sins whilst we are used as scumbags/sacrificial lambs. Read back the alliances we have had since democracy. I rest my case

  74. I totally agree with Kandoje APM is clueless,komatu sikuti ndi kufuna akuyesetsa koma koma poti boma anatenga mwachinyengo,mokakamiza ,ndie nchifukwa chake zisakuenda ndipo sizienda. Inde Mulungu analola ndipo musaiwale kuti Mulungu nthawi zina ngati ntundu WA anthu uchita kusaweluzika amagwilitsa ntchito atsogoleli oipa powalanga. Mosakaika konse Malawi Ali pa chilango.

  76. when the donors pulled down their aid durin bingu,jb went and apologized,this time piter akapepeseso

  77. Mwati madonor anathawa chifukwa cha 20 billion? Kodi pamene Bingu amafa anasiya madonor akuthandiza kapena mwaiwala? JB anachita convince madonors yekha omwe anasiya kamba ka corruption ndi kuzikonda kwa dpp. Ngati JB anatha kuchita convince modonor atachoka kamba kazifukwa tatchulazi zomwe dpp imachita,Peter alepheleliyanji kuchita chimodzimodzi? After all ndalama zinabedwa nthawi ya JB ndi 20 billion kusiyana ndi 92b

  78. Hastings Kandoje, your article is biased. You have focused on the weaknesses of DPP during late Bingu and strengths of PP as led by JB. Was there no nepotism, corruption, theft during PP’s rule? JB was initially favored by our donor countries because she was amending the strained relationship created by late Bingu administration. Because of that her government was supported tremendously. Unfortunately, within the two years of her rule what was restored was also destroyed due to state sponsored theft. Remember the mystery surrounding the accountability of the sale of presidential jet. The donors which Malawi heavily relies on pulled out. Now the country is no longer receiving direct budget support. It is obvious things cannot be the same. The country has to spend within its means. I’m not justifying that things should not improve for the better but I think it might take sometime. Government has to change many things and set priority areas of expenditure. Although everything in Malawi is a priority because of unprecedented levels of poverty.

  80. Muzalila nuzati bola kale njoka ndi njoka olo muichose nano.HE WANT US STUPID HEY HEY HE WANT US STUPID

  81. Mphakati wa Malawi ndi wa tonse.let us be patriotic and learn to tell the truth about our country. Who stole 20billion? Who made the donors pull out? It’s Jb. The west is decorating her becoz she fitted very well in Puppet leaders who are positioned to enable west recolinise Africa.open your eyes maaaaa!!!!!!

  82. The Guy was chosen buy the Courts and that Frag wamagalasi amaso uja, not Malawians, pamalo pomwepo panali mzimayi zonse good, kubwelapo wa Trouser zero pa 10, but dont worry Guys pajatu amanfa msanga!! Musauze aliyense zankhaniyi ndauza inu nokha.!!

  83. Wolembawe uli ndi phuma zedi? I don’t think pa malawi pano pangabwere munthu wina amene mukumuganizira kuti angakonze zinthu, palibeeee or Chakwera ali ndi zofowoka zambiri e.g kuthawa ntchito ya ambuye.etc…

  84. Kandoje has not written that the K20 billion cash gate occured within 2 years of JB rule and the donors pulled out of malawi causing economis malaise for malawi. JB also did not spend time to sit in office but spent more travellin either abroad or kugaw ufa and cows. She had no clue what govt business was. Malawi has its own people to blame for failing to take its leaders to task

  85. Kodi inu anyasa mumamubwelasa kandonje amalemba zopanda mutu ameneyi amanena kuti jb awina chifukwa akumanga nyumba akugawa chimanga ndipo ine ndinafusa constituancy ya anthu 61000 ukamange nyumba 5 masamu ake a chipwitikizi ndinakufusa iwe kandonje koma umapanga makani, mapeto ake unadandaula kuti dpp yabela. kodi nanga mcp inakubelanso poti unakhala number3 dpp inakubela mcp inakubelanso . For your imformation kwacha is apreciating it looks like you are writing in south africa you run away cashgate ? We pray for agood leader at civo stadiam muthalika was choosen one why are fighting with the wish of God inutu mukuzitembalela

  87. I developed mechanisms from the hour Mbendera gave power to DPP. I knew it will fail to deliver that’s why I adapted to live under a failing president Prof. Peter wa Munthalika.

  88. This man or woman is short sighted. You have attributed all the wrong to the DPP. You are not truthful. Where are your eyes to see the developments made by DPP with Bingu. Where are your eyes to see the University of Science. Where are your eyes to see Liwonde TTC, where are your eyes to see good secondary schools, where are your eye to see the Bingu Conference Centre, the five star Hotel, The Stadium just to mention a few within a short period of time. We have been here for 30 years and 10 years but in 7 years Bingu and DPP managed to do that. You also failed to see that donors left Malawi when JB and PP were in power. DPP have found the donors already out of Malawi but we have been moving without them. Do we exists as Malawians because of donors or because we are in Malawi. They will come and they will go we shall remain Malawians. We just need to revisit our expenditure systems and live within our means like we do in families. You receive little wages you also spend the same way. You receive more money you also spend more. We just need to change and manage our affairs. Azunguwatu nawonso kwawoko ali ndi mavuto awo. Wina ali ndi ngongole ndi China mpakana $3 trillion dollars. We can manage without donors.

  89. Due to our electoral law of first past the vote Peter Mutharika by 36%. 64% of Malawians did not want him. He won because of the numerical advantape of the southern region. His performance is indeed dismal.

  90. Amalawi kunena zoona PETER zamkanika. Munampasa nyanga yansatsi yomwe anaililira koma ikumfotela yekha. Chofunika amalawi anzanga nkuchitapo kanthu. Paja amati muvi oyang’anira siuchedwa kugwera mmaso. Chaponda being key advisor sakuthandiza poti ndi munthu wa mtima woipa ngati nkhope yake.

  92. Real authors need to be neutral. U goofed here .for Bingu and Peter u are right on their negative side and nothing on their positive side. For Joyce u are right on her positive side and nothing on her negative side that shows that u are party loyalist not an author. U must write some that makes any one who reads feel comfortable with ur balanced article. I rest my case

  93. Mwasowa cholemba evrybde knwz abt t.Hw much money do u contribute as PAYE? U cant run this country my poor fella.Panga zoti ana ako adye mu nthawi ino.

  94. Don’t worry God will get lead of such bad leaders as it was done in the past.92b can not be compared to 20b. JB also saved us better than the two DPPs(I mean the leadership of late and APM)

  95. Facts leading to our immediate state of affairs r lacking in ur narrration. U must have a good reason Henry for dat but @ least u were supposd 2 write somethin on donor pulling away following cashgate issue.

  97. I have a DPP blood-group, but our government is putting much effort on accusing JB instead of convicing the donors by dealing with cashgate cases as soon as possible. Some of us now begin to think that they way they handle cashgate is like some big fishes in this government know smthing. Why taking so long? Is the barrel facing our govt so tht they are afraid of shooting themselves? This is too long to pull the trigger

    The truth is that we can’t run Malawi on ourselves. We gonna make the citizens very angry while we want to take from them in order to run the govt without donors injection. Even Goodal Gondwe knows this

  98. Mr Kandoje, when Bingu died and JB was installed, you guys had afree ticket celebrating and writing all bad things about DPP. Nobody wrote about its positives. You demonised it, paralyzed it and buried it alive. Unfortunately to you DPP bounced back despite your efforts. So just know that you are fighting a losing battle. Try other means but not through nyasatimes. This forum has proved to have no voting effect. You just waste your time. By the way do you know that DPP and UDF are planning big while you waste your time writing foolishly on nyasa? Their plan will see Nkhotakota, Salima, and Ntcheu uniting with eastern and southern region votes to overwhelmingly vote for them. You with your old granny parties are just writing articles and bribing lazy NGOs instead of strategizing. Keep on dreaming.

  100. jb anapeza ma donor kulibe ,koma anapeza njira mpaka ma donors kubwelera within 3 months koma DPP mpaka 7 months nothing tangible,dpp woyee

  101. What baffles me is APM’ s continued reference to Cashgate under JB as the root cause of Malawi’s current economic woes as if himself and the DPP under his brother had their hands clean on Malawi’s coffers.All problems Malawians are facing now are the scavenging work of DPP leaders on such coffers;they can’t account for K92billion and the country’s economy was in paralysis prior to 2013.What we see now is a ripple effect of that period.JB just slowed down the severety of that effect but didn’t control it.The Cashgate under JB was an offshoot of the K92billion Cashgate but was not the main time bomb. APM can’t just solve the jigsaw puzzle because he got no clue,but credit should go to his camouflaged scapegoating.He will point a finger at his nemesis but his thumb will always accuse him.

  102. Olemba nkhani enanu mumacita kuonetsera mbali bwanji? Zoipa zomwe wacita abiti mtila osazitchulapo mpang’ono pomwe bwanji?
    Ife tikukuonanitu zomwe mukupanga olemba nkhani enanu. Mavuto omwe tikukumana nawowa mcifukwa cakubedwa kwa ndalama kumaofesi akulilongwe. Osati cifukwa ca APM ai. Kodi mumaganiza kuti mukunamiza ana? Abiti anasokoneza zambiri kumapetoku mchifukwa analephera pacisankho osati mukunenazo ai.
    APM panopa akuyetsetsa and khulupilirani kuti caka cikubweraci zina zisinthako ndithu.
    Zambiri zikuvutazi ndi atsogoleri ozikonda akukolezera monga inu simukuziwa zimenezi?
    Zilembani nkhani zina osati zimenezi ai. Ife kuno ku citipa timaziwa kuti cipani za DPP catipangira zambiri ndipo popanda iwo kaya bwenzi tilipati?

  103. As a country we cant keep on dwelling on cashgate let the courts deal with those involved and let the rest move on. There has been madsive theft in Malawi since time inmemorial what is important is to have systems that will prevent such thefts in place. The current systems are prone to manipulation mostly due to collusion. Tanzania recently lost USD 121 million and Kenya lost through the goldberg scandal USD860 million. Public services in Africa are predatory because of bad politicians whose sole purpose is to enrich themselves at the expense of the country.

  104. oooh iddnt knw malawians are dumb fools,wht makes u believe on first place dat peter will be different from his brother?hv u forgoten dat peter ws in government as aminster when his brothet ws driving aship(ruling malawi)?now look crime is high,now malawi is banana republic where government officials including apresident himself and his wife are stealing money,u sold de souls of malawians people to adevil and look now,just imagine driving licence cost de bloody 85.000kwach and passport cost 48.500

  105. Unless the Opposition unlocks the strategy which DPP uses to steal votes, I swear it will remain in power just as Zanu-PF in Zim. You will keeping on barking forever! Please Kabwilas, Ndangas, its time you uesd your brains, not your stinking asses to strategise for 2019. Apo biii Calista will rule us very soon! The fact remains DPP did not win the legitimate vote. Ask Chilima & Co how they did it!

  107. The main problem Malawians we have is a disease of forgetting.Remember the time when Bingu chased away the British ambassador,there were time when Peter visited UK to ask for help and was told that Britain will not assist Malawi and Muthalika until you change the leadership,when Joyce came in things came alright and now you bring the same name of Muthalika back,do you think Britain can forget something which is on the paper?Malawi was never and will never move forward on its own without the foreign aid just impeach this failure government or else zowawa ziri mtsogolo

  108. Kandoje’s hatred for DPP will surely take him to the grave!! Nyasatimes,how do you publish such unbalanced article? A proper analysis should have covered the whole period Bingu was in power; 2004-2012! Is Kandoje telling Malawians that JBs rule had no shortfalls? Seriously if it were,Pp would not have performed miserably in the May elections. Is it not in JBs rule that the Lutepos were used to steal government money? Why did the donors withhold aid during JBs rule? Kandoje,you are a very good writer but so subjective in your articles…

  109. Malawians are to blame HE APM. made it very clear during the campaign (if at all he campaigned) that he is,going to start from,where isolate brother Bingu left.
    We all know where late Bingu left; so,why cry over spilt milk!

    We asked for it we got it and mind you this is just 7 months after elections we have 1 year and 3 month ro go (that is if God doesn’t intervene like He did during his brother’s time.
    Let’s keep our fingers crossed wait and pray.

  110. The author has failed to mention the K20 billion cashgate which made donors pull out under the JB administration

  112. Big up mr writer! We will keep an eye on APM in 2015! We are tired of hearing about JB in his useless speeches instead of sorting out his mess on economy!

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