Malawi struck by new reign of terror: Thugs petrol bomb UTM member’s house
Suspected regime thugs have petrol bombed a house of United Transformation Movement (UTM) aspiring parliamentary candidate fro Zomba Thondwe.
The UTM candidate Edwin Kawanga has confirmed his house was petrol bombed last night in his Blantyre base whilst he was away in Lilongwe on business errands.
“We are still calculating the cost of the loss but most of the property has been destroyed in the fire. When I rushed to the house, we found a petrol bomb,” he said.
He said the police came to the scene of the crime.
The UTM politician however refused to say who was behind the petrol bomb, saying this would jeopardise police investigations in the matter.
Kawanga said his wife was away in Blantyre to buy some items for her businesses when the petrol bomb was thrown at the house.
No one sustained injuries.
Police refused to comment, saying commenting on the matter would derail the ongoing investigations.
However, some people in the area said Kawanga is favoured to win the parliamentary elections in Zomba Thondwe, a thing which has not pleased the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) notorious youth cadets .
Police have failed to handle and investigate crimes perpetrated by the DPP cadets such as the burning of UTM vehicles in Mangochi, the beating up of a Times journalist at parliament and harassment of UTM members of parliament at parliament building, the petrol bombing of UTM member’s house, Bon Kalindo in Blantyre and the petrol bmbing of a vocal rights activists Timothy Mtambo’s offices in Lilongwe.
Police spokesperson James Kadadzera said the police was still investigating the crimes.
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The fight should only be on ballot paper! How would you feel if someone bombed your house Mr Mchacha n Mrs Jeff? Malawi should have no room for such and all culprits must be arrested! We can’t vote for such diabolic party! time is coming one of these boom will be catch if mob justice wont do its thing likely the police will have no choice cause of public pressure.
That’s the point that mchacha and Jeffrey are missing. These DPP-trained and financed thugs one day will rise against them once there’s change of political dispensation. They have created monsters who need to be fed at all times so will end up committing same crimes against Mchacha and Jeffrey or their children one day. don’t tell me that I haven’t warned you.
Reading through the story one fail to get the connection between the victim and the DPP. If the fact that the victim is favoured to win the UTM primaries in Zomba Thondwe constituency enough for DPP to consider him an enemy deserving petrol bombing his house not in Thondwe but as far away as Blantyre, then I don’t know how many will suffer the same fate. One would be tempted to wrongly think that all the chaos in MCP primaries is due to DPP’s fear that the winners will defeat them at the polls! What a crazy thought line!
Pathfinder, I didn’t think you are that dull. MCP could not have committed this heinous act because they have no axe to grind with UTM. It can’t have been PP or Afford because there is no motive for doing that. Only DPP has a chip on it’s shoulder.
Our security agencies, The malawi police service and malawi defence force you are creating something that will be even too big for you to contain in future if you won’t act now.
It doesn’t matter where your political loyalty is because once this act escalate to all regions of malawi then we as a nation are doomed. These fools who are petrol bombing others are enemies of the state regardless of their political affiliation and they need to be given maximum punishment eveni if it means killing them all including their masters no problem. Malawi can do without these fools.
Wake up our men and women in uniform. Stop sleeping on the job. The fate of our great nation is in your hands. Don’t allow the oldinaly citizens to creaty vigilantes to hunt for these fools because that will be chaotic. Malawi is a peacefully country
I cant agree with you more 24/7 in 2009 people had enough and they took it to the street and the results were chaotic in 1992 it was the same thing and the results were catastrophic I tell you when Malawians are fed up they react, security agencies like the army and the Police should rise above the party Politics, if the Police are failing to discharge their duties proffessionaly let the army take over. Our fellow Zimbabweans did it why cant we Malawians do the same we are fed up with these notorious thugs who are terrorising our communities in the name of political thugs. The army have inteligence system I wonder what are they are doing about it? Their duty is to protect the citizens why cant they act on these thugs before the situation gets out of hand, Police can not do anything as they are puppets of this government.
The works of cadets. DPP a terrorist organization led by Charles Mchacha, Dausi and Jefrey.
I agree DPP is a terrorist organisation. It needs to be reported to the African Union, SADC, UN and major western governments.
It must be outlawed else there will be civil strife in our peace loving country.
How many crimes do Police still investigate. This is putting our men in uniform incompetent of their work
Whether politically motivated (as it still has to be proved and we all know its difficult t prove in a court of law) or not, these acts should be condemned with the harshest words possible from the head of state. this kind of barbaric behaviour will lead to anarchy that even our ill prepared Police and military might not be able to contain. The police and investigators should be seen to do their job and not drag the matter to perpetuity. This is a threat to national security. The head of state has just made a speech at the ongoing UNGA that Malawi is a peaceful nation……..are we indeed a peaceful nation.
Burning someone’s property in the name of stopping them from associating with a group of their choice is evil. Kukootcherani zanu za cashgate sikulira kwake koma zosakhetsera thukuta.
Come to my house with this shit and I will kill you. Everyone last one of you pieces of shit.
A whole Yale Professor reduced to an insufferable thug. Pathetic. If ivy league education couldn’t save him, then what will?
Whats the difference between these guys and ISIS or Al Queda. My beloved Military outlawed the MYP. There is a great need to outlaw these guys and being brought to book.
The works of His excellency Prof Arthur Peter Mutharika. What a wasted legacy.
Not the truth apa Bwana wa Nkulu.
Iwe mwana Khamula DPP waitola eti, kusachitike chinthu koma ndi DPP? Mmaganizo mwako moolamo umangoganiza ndi kulota zonyansitsa chipani cha DPP baasi. Wandiyendetsa mtima kwabaasi mwana khamula ndipo pano ndikufuna kusanza.
@ pathfinder
I will not write much today but just to tell you that you have a very very serious problems. You are sick. simply put you are a social misfit. Shame shame on you and this pretender you call your president who despite being well trained he is a waste of time and space . Not even a village head man would tolerate the nonsense that mutharika is tolerating in that country. Silly
Ndale ndichoncho. Bola mabombawo asapitenso kwa awa a nsembe a UTM wa. They pose like priests when they are shameless politicians.
A Msusa ubishopo wakukanikani. Mwasocheretsa nkhosa.
Kuchimwa ndi kukana dala kufuna kwa Mulungu!!!!
useless man at all mannar
Waotcha zinthuzo yekha uyu kuti anthu alankhule za iye takumbukirana nthawi ya nyamata uyu wamagalasi ngati ntchonayu moses kunkuyu si nthawi ya amalemu A bingu adakazitaya ku Thyolo mkumati wabedwa cholinga anthu amubvotere ndiye mukudabwa ndi adawa mbabva iyi ikufuna attention ya wanthu chenjerani ndi nthawi yakuzigulitsa chisankho chayandikira.
Dpp imeneyi. Sangakhale wena. Muthana
Agwesanso tonne Ina ya njelwa pa nyumba ya official wa UTM . Mau amunthu wamkulu akanena zinthu zimachitika
Armed struggle to start. Every Malawian has a right to self defence. Please give a list of names of Cadets in the area.