Manganya says Chaponda’s tribal overtones unacceptable
Civil rights activist Michael Usi also known as Manganya in his comedy skits has condemned Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development George Chaponda for promoting nepotism when he alleged that the ‘Maizegate’ scandal was being championed by northerners.
Usi, who is also Adventist Development Relief Agency (Adra) deputy executive director, said the alleged corrupt practices in the maize procurement from Zambia is a “matter of national importance” and that Chaponda and all people being investigated should desist from using divisive tribal overtones.
According to Usi, who said is a Lhomwe by birth like Chaponda; it is “unacceptable” and “disturbing” for Chaponda to be promoting regionalism.
“The Constitution does not look at our tribes. It does not distinguish a Lhomwe from a Tumbuka or a Yao from a Tonga,” said Usi.
He said the Constitution of Malawi treats all citizens “equal before the law and no one, not a single tribe, is above the law.”
Usi said Chaponda “should be cautious” with his divisive words that can promote tribalism and hatred against the people of the north.
He called on the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to discipline Chaponda.
DPP spokesman Francis Kasaila said Chaponda’s remarks were his personal views and not necessarily the stand of the party.
The Malawi Law Society (MLS) also condemned Chaponda’s nepotistic remarks.
In the statement signed by president John Suzi-Banda and Honorary Secretary Khumbo Soko, MLS says Chaponda’s remarks were unfit for high office holders and brazenly a promotion of regionalism.
“Malawi Law Society has learnt with grave disappointment remarks by the Honourable Minister of Agriculture George Chaponda, MP, in which he describes current efforts to establish his role in the procurement of maize from Zambia by Admarc as a ‘regional issue’ and evidence of ‘antagonism between the Southern and Northern regions of Malawi.’ The society denounces these remarks as being divisive, irresponsible, dishonourable and far beneath the dignity of a holder of the office of a Minister,” reads part of the statement.
Both the presidential commission of inquiry and the joint parliamentary inquiry have called for criminal investigation into Chaponda’s role in the procurement of maize in Zambia, christened as ‘Maizegate’.
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hail manganya!!!hail usi!!!thats wat we call maturity and reasonability…if all lomwe’s were like usi i think lomwes would have been occupying all gvnt departments,ministries and parastatals.But with chaponda sytle of mind…lomwes forget about being the drivers of malawi’s economy and civil service.most of u are distrustworthy,bogous,malicious,misguided,jealousy,lazy,unkind,unpatriotic,unreliable and nepotistic.Unfortunately no company can entrust aperson with such attributes and character.
fortunately i think people have lost their brains here.inter-tribal marriages have been there for centuries; thus there ain’t any 100% so-called lhomwes,chewas ..etc.chaponda might as well be from mozambique.any person,particularly politicians,who spews bile like that endangers the security of the country.you are inviting war chaponda and if your philosophy in politics is based on hatred of the northerners,then you should be eliminated just like savimbi-for peaceful malawi’s sake.it is better without thee than you within-shakespear’s “macbeth”.
Some comments show that some people are still uncivilized. Let us go to school and excel then we will have jobs. Do we expect a standard 7 person to be a Manager just because we such and such a district to have a Manager. the Tea companies are foreign and the owners employee those who are capable, If you are not capable, they will not employee you for the sake of balancing employment, No. If employment is by the local, he will do so and his company will flop miserably. Go to school and you will have a good job and stop hating those who have read books. You can as well start reading now if you want a good job at the estates or anywhere where educated people are working. Prepare to compete and not to be favoured. Zitomveka ndinenaa mbuyache?
We are all one DON’T BE SELF HANDLER OF THE NAME MALAWI ,N,C,S,E REGIONS makes the nation,be vibrant in speeches plz
Manganya Tulo. Please talk to Kapito for advice.
Can someone please open the skull of michale usi and let us see whats in there? The guy is too blind to see the tricks of backstabbing tumbukas.
My friend Usi, wake up and smell the coffee. The northern plot is real iwe manganya. Is it too difficult for you to see that there is a systematic exclusion which wakwithus practice in order to put their siblings in positions in any company or Govt departments? Do you see non tumbukas working in the north the way tumbukas work in Central or South?
Thats why the fruits of tea estates in Mulanje and Thyolo are enjoyed largely by tumbukas. All bosses in Eastern Produce, Naming’omba, Lujeri, Comforzi, Makandi, Illovo, Small holder, Tea Association, etc etc come from north. Do you know why? Tulo too much achina manganya. Go to Kabwafu, Chombe, and any enterprise in the north. Do you see Mlomwe there?
What chaponda is true to the core wamva iwe manganya? Ukanakhala wina ukanawona momwe abale ako akusaukura ku lomwe belt when tumbukas are driving twincabs right there. Or cant you learn from Kapito for once? Do you expect Kamlepo to suport a lomwe in his life time?. Ask your self why.
I dont know why the DPP still keeps this criminal called Chaponda. He is a disgrace to the Nation and almost a younger brother to Lucifer. He can even eat a Northerner alive. Another one is Kaliati who has openly shown her disgust for Northerners. APM was once trapped by a radio personality when he talked bad about Chimunthu Banda that he cannot win because he is a Tonga and a Northerner. All DPP top brass is tribalistic and unfit to lead this impoverished nation of ours!
I wonder why people think Michael Usi can be a presidential material. People think running a government is as easy as making people laugh. If he is good in making others laugh it can not be a warrant that he can make a good statesman. The guy is good at dramatizing things while running a country needs seriousness. His seriousness if at all he has any cannot reach a single step to that of Du Chisiza Junior or Frank Mwase. You cannot even compare him to that lady Gertrude Kamkwatira. These people were making us laugh and at the same time we learnt something on how to handle our daily activities. Him is just a Mr BEAN who is there just to make people laugh and go home without a change in our medulla. Which party can sit down and chose him as a presidential candidate? Even the empty headed Kamlepo can sometimes talk political sense but not Usi. Politicians can just use him to open his mouth in insulting their opponents because they know he can easily be manipulated. It is an insult to Malawians to think that they are fit to be led by Usi. Who do you think we are? Are you not afraid of the caliber of the people we have in this country? There are people out there who don’t participate in politics but they follow everything our leaders do. They have the capability of changing this country if given a chance but knowing the type of politics we practice they have chosen to remain silent and not take part in the dirty game. They are not in the class of those who opted for fast money by leaving the flock of God and eventually receive a curse of the Almighty by making them lose elections. Does Usi know that it was Dr.Banda who first started suspecting the Tumbukas and acted by sending every teacher to his home but the target was the northerners? Does Usi know that the much talked Quota system hated by Tumbukas was initiated by Dr.Banda after realizing that teachers from the north were doing things in favour of fellow northerners? Usi should ask himself why Chihana who first challenged Dr Banda on his way from Zambia was denied the presidency instead people voted for Muluzi? Have Usi sat down and ask himself why there is this popular word ”WAKWITHU?” Usi should ask himself why the northerners who are a minority are proportionally in majority in every company in the south and centre and not viceversa when we go in the north? Manganya is a sell-out. He would work better in the time of slave trade.
Let us stop all this thing about tribalism. Let us all be Malawian and chimalawi should be the language. It is a pity the country was changed from Nyasaland because then we were nyasas. There should not be northern or central or south instead give the areas other names like nyika province, lakeshore province, dzalanyama province, shirehighlands province, sapitwa province, lengwe province. The language chimalawi shall mean chinyasa. The other ethnic languages should just be spoken within the respected areas or within the community radios or TV BUT NOT on national TV or radio stations.
Anyone with a brain can see that Chaponda is not fit for high office… or office of any sort. And yet this government still keeps him in place! If he’s not speaking for them, he should at least be suspended.
Mr Usi you are genius,Chaponda wanted to unleash tribalism in Malawi but unfortunately he has failed.I wish all veterans politians to condem him.Last time when people from north were pushing for federalism the DPP gurus swept the issue under the carpet and Chaponda was one of them.Malawi has lost direction.
This man is just insane. Too tribalistic and also I cant understand how he got educated coz he acts as a savege. Education siinampindulire ameneyu
Number 1 Chakwera
2 Usi
3 LUCIUS
4Chilima
Ma presidential polls amenewo
Basi malawi yasintha
Micheal Usi really inspires me. He make me feel proud to be a Malawian
Ameneyi ayenera kukhala president wa Dziko basi
It looks like all blame and evil in this country is directed at northerners. I feel pity because as a Sena, my tribe is in minority and also blamed for all sorts of evils. And yet when the nation needs people who can excel in business, sports, education etc, it is reliant on these same minority groups. Think of your football and netball national teams, where are the Lhomwe, Chewa, or Yao of this nation. If it was not for the Tumbuka, there would be no national teams to talk about.
Is that the way how you disgust the only holly and anointed tribe in Malawi. Don’t compare it with the only heathen tribe which agitates for same sex marriages, abortion, regionalism.