Masangwi says Lhomwe Chief Ngolongoliwa architect of Chilima presidential bid
United Transformation Movement (UTM) National Chairman Noel Masangwi has reiterated what acting Secretary General Patricia Kaliati said recently that the Lhomwe Paramount Chief Ngolongoliwa is the one who hatched the idea to have Vice President Salous Chilima as presidential candidate in 2019.
Speaking at Mgowi primary school ground where UTM held a rally, Masangwi said Ngolongoliwa invited him to his residence where laid down the proposal to change the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate because Malawians were disatisfied with performance of President Peter Mutharika.
” It was Chief Ngongoliwa who started this issue for us to start running around and persuade Dr Chilima to stand in 2019.
“Chief Ngongoliwa was clear that our current President Peter Mutharika was failing his duties and his leadership failure was becoming an embarrassment to the Lhomwe people and the nation,” said Masangwi at the rally.
He said later Paramount Chief Ngongoliwa invited him again to this residence together with Mulanje West legistlator Patricia Kaliati and and Mulhako wa Alhomwe chairperson Leston Mulli where he repeated the proposal to replace Mutharika with Chilima as DPP candidate.
Masangwi said after the meeeting, the team was tasked to meet Chilima at his residence in Area 12 in Lilongwe to convey the proposal and plead with him to become presidential candidate.
He said Chilima at first rejected the proposal and demanded to talk directly with Ngolongoliwa.
Masangwi said Chilima only accepted the proposal after the high powered Lhomwe delegation visited him three times at his Area 12 residence.
According to Masangwi, Mulli later chickened out of the issue after he received K3 billion compensation from government.
He said Mulli also went to Chief Ngolongoliwa and palm oiled him to change heart and not back the proposal to change leadership in DPP.
Masangwi said Mulli is a greedy business man who has a winner takes all altitude so that poor Lhomwes should continue to beg from him and glorify him.
He said Mutharika is a good leader but has falied to run the country because he is surrounded by “greedy and crooked people” who are misleading him.
In his speach, Chilima concurred with Masangwi’, saying what he said was the truth.
Chilima said if DPP continues to dispute the issue that Ngolongoliwa is the one who initiated the proposal to change the leadership in DPP he will reveal the remaining details of what actually transpired.
” What Honourable Masangwi has said is true. But if they will continue to dispute this I will be forced to hold a press conference and reveal the rest. You want to potray us as being bad and rebellious people when actually it is you who approached us,” he said.
But Ngolongoliwa said he has never been involved in the formation of any political movement, not even UTM, stressing that doing so would be playing outside his jurisdiction as a traditional leader.
“I had nothing to do with that political grouping,” said the Paramount Chief, who is backed by the cultural ethnic group Mulhako wa Alhomwe.
Paramount Chief confirmed he had attended a meeting together with Kaliati and Masangwi, but said the meetings he and the two were present had different agendas, which were not political.
Ngolongoliwa is one chief close to the President.
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The issue here is not about formation of UTM but rather that Ngongoliwa initiated the idea for leadership change for wise guy chilima within the DPP camp but after seeing that DPP &Peter were arrogant, and did not welcomed the Idea hence the formation of UTM so don’t confuse people here indeed mulli and ngongoliwa played a role on this one they thought that truth will be hidden forever and if indeed he had a meeting with Kaliati and masangwi then what was the agenda for the meeting because the Kaliati and Masangwi have spilled the bean so it will not be just enough for him to refute without justifying the matter at first was Kaliati now masangwi next will be someone else then at the end people will believe that what these Kaliatis are saying is true and what about this palm oiled issue are also going to refute this one ?
Iwe Saulos Chilima, stop for once this nonsense of “one day I will reveal”! Why do you enjoy keeping Malawians in suspense? It is a stupid strategy. Tell the people or shut up
Let us suppose for arguments sake ibdeed Ngongoliwa did as is being purported. Are we told what they said or thought after being told to what they were told. Were they not mature enough to have independent views or engage the chief in an argument about the proposal? If Mutharika waa in the chief’s views an embarrassment to the Lomwes why did he not propose another Lomwe as replacement to Mutharika but instead opted for a ngoni? So many questions can be asked but at the end of the day this story doesnt add up.
Many, if not most, in the crowd were too young to vote: they were there only to pass time, nothing else.
Even if the grounds of Migowi (former Kaduya) Primary School were full, the crowd is not respectable for, supposedly, a surging Party.
UTM cannot win Phalombe Center, or anywhere nearby. Nothing to do with tribalism; only that people see Chilima for what he is. Disingenuous, naive and unrealistic. And his leutenants, like Masangwi, (habitual) liars. You should have said the boos!
Question: Why would Chilima not even ask, even better meet in person with, the Chief to verify if what Masangwi et al were telling him was true? Chilima would then say, he heard it form the horse’s mouth.
By invoking the Chief, these stooges (Masangwi et al) seem only to drive his name into disrepute, and at the same time, try to legitimize their “coup”. A bad strategy whichever way you look at it.
UTM, The Bus Company, is destined to get stuck in the ditch, apparently. And, no towing truck will be available to get it out.
Oh my goodness…. i guess opinion are like buttholes, everybody has got one. We all have to concort alternative realities to make ourselves feel better. I was there in person, the place was full of people of voting age, secondly didnt Mulli host a parallel event with alcohol and a live band close by… my friend that’s where anyone seeking entertainment would have gone to… but people chose to go hear UTM speak.
Mulli and Ngongoliwa gave birth to something they are failed to control. The genie is out of the bottle. To take us Lhomwes as tools of their pleasure to be used and discarded is atrocious at best…
So its done, the wave of change is sweeping Malawi… and God willing come May 2019 DPP thugs will pack up to Maula prison.
I am proudly Lhomwe, proudly Mulhakho, proudly UTM…. God leading the way
To profess “I am proudly Lhomwe, proudly Mulhakho …”, is really missing the points @Mwananyanian’s is making. And the points are right there, above your comment.
And to invoke God’s will is not advisable in these discussions, and is usually a sign that one has run out of ideas. Otherwise then why campaign?
Read again mopanda phuma ndi mkwiyo this time and you will see that it is written in this sane article that chilima demanded to meet with ngolongoliwa personally. It must be painful w that ngolongoliwa started all this mess.
Mwananyani…me totally agree with you. Chilima appears to have run out of what to say to the people going by his statement in Migowi yesterday. I think he is fast learning that politics is serious business.
That lie is now the truth as it is being embellished over and over so the Ngongoliwa brickfence is crumbling. His bizarre mode of headdress marks him as his denials. Little school is cropping Ngongoliwa a lot of trash dancing with Masangwi the Chasowa murder suspect the odour is all around him. Pattie Kaliati is a graduate of Vwaza Marshes sales she is among the richest disgruntled politicians in Malawi. They are the financial hub of the UTM their political courage is not financial bravado it is real Ngongoliwa pray for the success of the UTM or the royal gown is falling off in May 2019. Your dethroning comes with the return
Come on UTM…ngolongoliwa is just an individual just like bishop msusa of the Catholic…these guys can’t influence people’s decisions regarding voting these days ….just focus on the main things ur manifesto etc don’t waste time painting mutharika is incapable yet matsiku akupita….mukuzichedwetsatu
Yes, Mutharika is a good leader…………but surrounded by crooked people. the closest person that surrounded Mutharika was Chilima. Masangwi himself also surrounded Mutharika. Are these the crookes that Masangwi was talking about?
Malawians, do not make any mistake, vote for this good leader – Mutharika. Masangwi has warned you, so avoid crookes like Chilima and Masangwi himself.
As things are at the moment this country liri ngati lamasiye. We need to change the driver next year. Zimadabwitsa kuti ku maiko azungu each town is vibrant koma kuno most towns or districts lack meaningful economic activities that’s why there is so much poverty. Although people can try some economic activities paokha, boma should be in the fore front creating the environment and setting industries in place
This is very Massive, right in lomwebelt? 2019 elections will really humiliate some old political bandits for new change, i cant believe this happening right in Phalombe the spinalcord of lomwe belt!!!!
Go to hell and roast you lactation-smelling tribalist.
So you are one, there is nothing different UTM can bring to this country, its Chakwera and MCP who can bring real change
Ngolongoliwa cornered like a mouse! Kkkkkk!
Who started the movement is not tge issue now but how u forge ahead otherwise mfundo zikusowa
Did you listen to the whole speech?
Ok
Childish. Goodall was right that these are toddlers.
Masangwi and Chilima, what is the point you are trying to make? Do you really think people will vote for Chilima because Chief Ngongoliwa said so? UTM is now running out of ideas. Mwasowa mfundo za campaign tsopano.
A banch of failed politicians.
NOW THE PEOPLE OF THE LHOMWE BELT ARE COMING TO THEIR SENSES ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THEY ARE THE MOST SUFFERING PEOPLE IN MALAWI SECONDED BY THE EASTERN BELT — VOTE WISELY NEXT YEAR PLEASE —THE CHURCH ,THE CLERGY AND PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL HAVE PLAYED THEIR PART
Part of UTM crowd anawo?
Iwe Yaya….there is crowd there…it is policy ya UTM kuti ana ngati abwera azikhala pa front kuti aziwona bwino……by the way anawo si anthu??..
And you are the architect of Chasowa’s murder!!!!!
Ngongoliwa chickened out … Daft and weak Ngongoliwa! UTM,chibagera mwamba.
Chibagera m’mwamba Kodi..kkkkkkkkkk