Mia no more: Malawi leader ‘devastated’ on death of 2 ministers in a day

January 12, 2021 Osman Faiti - Nyasa Times 101 Comments

Minister of Transport Sidik Mia has died, a day after the country lost another Minister of Local Government Lingstone Belekanyama to coronavirus pandemic and President Lazarus Chakwera is “devastated” on the death of his Cabinet members in a day.

Mia: No more 

Presidential spokesman Brian Banda  has said Chakwera will address the nation today at 3pm.

Minister of Information Gospel Kazako, speaking on his Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS),  said today will be an unforgettable day in the history of Malawi because it has never before to lose two cabinet ministers in one day.

“We are going through tough times as a country,” said Kazako ina sad tone.

“We are in a war. We are fighting a virus that cannot be seen by our eyes. Within a space of two hours, we have lost two ministers,” said the government spokesperson.

Kazako said Malawians should not lose hope in fighting the virus pandemic.

”We are not alone in this fight, we have the President  who is doing everything possible to fight this pandemic. One day we will overcome this virus,” Kazako said.

Mia through his Facebook account announced that he tested positive for Covid-19 last week.

His wife, Abida Mia, who is deputy minister is isolation.

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101 replies on “Mia no more: Malawi leader ‘devastated’ on death of 2 ministers in a day”

  2. Mdima unadesa ziko, ziko linagwedezeka…Manda anasekuka akufa anauka..

    Yes anafuula ndi mau akuru anati Mulungu Wanga Kodi mwandisiiranji?

    Eeh apa ndiye Mulungu wakwiya kwambiri u…asogoleri sinthani zochita ndithuuudi.

    Koma kuchipatalako alikowodi ndi madoctors kapena a genocide ai boza!!!

  4. May the soul of honorable Sidik Mia rest in peace. You will surely be in the history books of Malawi for your dedication to national duty.

  6. COVID ili apo koma kanayikidwako mwa ulemu as Ministers. Appropriate Military honours and MBC coverage.

  7. Rest in Peace our dear Ministers. Tidzasowa umunthu ndi ntchito zanu zothandiza aMia. Sindikonda kumamvetsera anthu a ndale akamalankhula zawozawo koma mukamalankhula inu ndimamvetsera. Mzlmu wanu ukawuse mumtendere.

  8. Two ministers one family,surely something has to give inn. Covid 19 has just set one record straight. Too much Greedy.

    1. Stupid, death is death, time for crying is time for crying. Bingu and Peter Mutharika ruling Malawi for 14 years, was this not too much greedy??????? And now nephew Dr. Kabambe wants to take DPP leadership on a silver platter????

    2. You are not safe like anyone else. Don’t ask your ancestor spirits to take you any day as you seem to be desperate to go to heaven now now.

      Leave things of creation alone and repent.

    3. Uku ndiye umfiti. Mukondwere ndi imfa chifukwa chofuna kapena kudana ndi unduna wake? Zoopsatu izi aMalawi.

  13. In God we trust.Truly the sprit is a living structure in the borrowed vessel which has to go back to its origin (Dust) while the sprit itself goes to its creator.(GOD).Therefore we need not be overwhelmed when our dear friends depart to meet their creator.That place alone is our real home.What matters most is peace of mind and trust in God.

  14. إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون، اللهم اغفر لهم وارحمهم وسكنهم في  May الله عز و جل forgive Sadik and have mercy upon him excuse him and pardon him and make honourable his reception. 
    May Allah cleanse Sadik with water snow and ice, and purify him of his sins as a white robe is purified of filth. 
    May الله سبحانه و تعالى save Sadik from the punishment of the grave and make his grave a garden from the gardens of Paradise and not a pit from the pits of Hell and may Allah SWT elevate Sidik’s status in the highest stages of Jannatul Firdouse and may الله عز و جل grant sabr jameel to all family members and friends, آمين

  15. Mr Kazako, in the history of MLawi we have had 4 ministers dead within the same time. I am not sure if you have forgotten or chosen to ignore reality but the truth is, 4 ministers in Malawi died within the same hour in the hands of Kamuzu, Tembo and Kadzamila.

    Gadama, Matenje, Chiwanga Sangala.

    We want to grieve with dignity Mr Kazako but we can’t let you make such an inaccurate and infuriating statement. It is for the peace loving and forgiving altitude of Malawians that Tembo and Kadzamila are free today. It Malawians were so entrenched in justice, these two people and a lot more from MCP will be in prison.

      1. Mr Kazako hasn’t qualified his statement to say it’s death due to illness. He has just said death. Hence my point, he needs to be specific coz otherwise it’s a very loose statement.

        You are quite right, the four I mentioned didn’t die due to illness, which is even more infuriating.

        I like the fact that you have been able to raise your point without kutukwana it’s a pit a pity that most people do that when they are out of depth in a discussion. I will take the word ‘so pathetic’ but those are my views.

        In his capacity Mr Kazako should know how to explicitly make such statements without loose ends. Otherwise it’s so infuriating.

        1. You must be a scorpion wherever you are. People are devastated with the deaths and you come up with such stupid arguments. I hope you will do the same when you lose your own. Foolish and heartless idiot.

      2. @Guest, did he mentioned “sickness” in his statement?

        He simply said “lost” thus why we are saying in 1983 the country also lost 3 ministers and MP at once.

        Read again!!!

  16. Many Malawians were living in denial and I hope now they can believe covid is real. Rest in peace all departed souls.

  17. These rich deaths are reminding us again to think for the poor who are dying an unknown death everyday. Should we now create a very good heath facility for all. Covid is a punishment to mankind for forgetting humanity.

  19. Zapadziko azanga zachabechabe, abale zonse ndi moyo. Rest well Mia, you fought so hard and so much for your family

  21. Where is Saulosi and Joyce Mtila Banda who told masses at Gymkana and St Augustine in Mangochi kuti a Malawi tisaope kulibe corona ndipo tizihagana? Kulankhula kwa chibwana kwa atsogoleri. Munakatenga injuction ku Court kuletsa lockdown measures omwe APM has announced . Until today the injunction is in force. People tilkutha. Go and vacate the injunction and implement those measures .Mr. Chakwera please know that leadership is about making unpopular decisions. If you want to please us all,titha a Malawi . Please address the nation now and give concrete ideas and roadmap.

  22. My advice to all cabinet members is do not go to government hospitals when you have covid, we have cadets masquerading as medics in our hospitals, they will finish you off…..

      1. VERY SAD NEWS, ITS TOO EARLY FOR THEM TO DIE, DESPITE COVID OUTBREAK LETS CONSIDER THESE CONDITIONS IF WE ARE SHORT OF ,DOCTORS ,BEST HOSPITALS WITH FULL OF TOOL AND MATERIALS TO SUPPORT ISSUES LIKE THESE . I BELIEVE THIS WILL GIVE OTHER NEW I DEARS TO CHANGE OUR MINDSET ,MORE MINISTERS IN OTHER COUNTRIES ARE GETTING SICK BUT NOT DYING WE HAVE TO FIND WHY mALAWI MINISTERS? SAD ,MY GOD STRENGTHEN THE FAMILIES DURING THE DIFFICULTY TIMES .

  23. Zonsensi ndi chakwera, kusamva!! Apm tried to tell you how serious, Covid is, koma kusamva mbuzi!! Chakwera is useless, evil, kuzikonda dyela!! Mpaka anthu amphamvu Akufa. This could have been prevented.

  24. Rest in peace all those that have succumbed to this deadly disease.

    I hope government will tighten its measures to protect everyone. Government should pass emergency laws to dictate measures that every citizen should abide by. Individuals should not be at liberty to choose to follow protective measures or not. Once the spread reaches a critical mass, the spread will explore and become uncontrollable, like in Europe or the US.

  25. RIP Mia. Kodi tizingolirila kuti a president ali devastated mpaka liti yakwana nthawi yoti michitepo kanthu tsopano. Ngati kutseka kaye ma school, kutchalichi anthu 50, kumaliro anthu 50, kukhala patali patali, kuvala, mask, kusamba mmanja mabala osamwera nkonko angogula akamwere kunyumba. Onse wobwera amene mukumawati wa returnees quarantine ba border for 14 days under army guidance pasapezeke wina wothawa ndipo ayesedwe. A Chakwera inu nthandayi itha anthu ngati mukuopa kuti akutchotsani pa udindo. Chonde yesetsani.
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    1. You are right John! No decisive action. Even if the president had ordered to be briefed every minute but without the way forward. That was still given two thousand Kwacha multiplied by zero ( no action)

  26. COVID-19 is real but many people accept it until somebody close to them dies of covid. I have been careful since March 2020 and will continue to be careful until a treatment if found. Don’t play with your lives. You live once

  30. This is a sad development in our country, the first of its kind in the history of the country to lose two cabinet ministers within hours.
    Let us learn lessons from this. Political leaders confused us and we prioritized elections and developed the mentality that corona news is fake, corona victims die, and so on. Here we are now. We are suffering today because of what we did yesterday. Politicians are responsible for the complacency that ensued during and after elections. May the souls of Lingson and Sidik Rest in Eternal Peace.

    1. EVEN IF PETER POSTPONED THE ELECTIONS AND CONTINUED TO BE AT STATE HOUSE, CORONA WAS HERE TO STAY JUST LIKE IT IS ALL OVER THE WORLD EVEN WHERE THERE WERE NO ELECTIONS.KUGANIZA KOPELEWELA BWANJI!!!!!!!!

    2. It is not the first of its kind to loose cabinet ministers. Just for the sake of history, heard of Thambani tragedy? Unless you are saying first of its kind in corona virus, it will be different.

    3. I think you Ateweteje and Kazako have deliberately chosen to distort information. It is not true that it is the first time that that Malawi has lost two Ministers in a day or within hours. The truth is that we Malawi lost four Cabinet Ministers (Gadama et al and one MP, Chiwanga) in the infamous Mwanza accident in the early 80’s. Nonetheless, I would agree with both of you if you said it is the first time we have lost two Cabinet Ministers to a disease in a day.

    5. Awechete!!! Read archive news papers, in 1983, on 17 May we lost three cabinet ministers and an MP in an few minutes MCP regime!!

  31. Covid 19 yakwiya chifukwa cha injunction ya Tranpece wa HRDC yopelekedwa ndi judge Kenyata Nyirenda mwa umbuli chifukwa cha ndale. Lero ndi izi kuphesa miyandamiyanda ya anth chifukwa cha ndale potumikila Tonse Alliance wa Chakwela ndi Chilima. You should suffer from guilty conscience and repent for the loss of lives of innocent malawians.

    1. I think it is very wrong to talk in that manner. Even opposition parties gathered and campaigned for winning game and unfortunately they lost. Do not ever at all blame Tonse Alliance.

    3. Why not blame musicians who took injunction recently? They already knew their activities would spread covid.

      1. In fact Chakwera would have sacked Lucius Banda. When his colleagues took the injunction he was one the musicians going round spreading COVID 19. As Advisor to the President, one would have expected Lucius to be on the side of the government. He has shown that he has no moral grounds to be at State House and save as Advisor to the Head of State. What does he advise the President?

    1. Yes my friend we need forgiveness but Chakwera, Joyce, Mtambo, Trapence, Chilima, etc must apologise to Malawians first for politicizing covid 19 during APM regime. Only then God will intervene we should not joke with God Malawians. Chibwana chimalanda because these people i have mentioned were in the forefront saying that APM and DPP regime were exagerating covid for fear of elections nanga iwowa lero tiziti akukomeza kapena ayi? SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME on Tonse alliance leadership dzichepetseni before Malawians, APM, DPP leadership and God kuti Mulungu shud forgive us.

  33. A UTM tatiuzani bwino kodi imfazi zikutani pamenepa mu cabinet akungofa a MCP okhawokha…..cholinga chanu ndichani?

    Munayambira a Mwaluwanda ku karonga kuti mutenge constituency yawo koma zinakukanikani, nde pano mwati muthane ndi cabinet?

    1. Munakaknena, kuti covid kuti imasankha, yikanatenga omwe atibera ndalama zathu, kuyambila pa Muluzi, cashgate , Pitala, chisale ndi Ena omwe adatibela Ife a Malawi.

  34. In Malawi the problem is carelessness. SA and UK had knew strain months ago and clever countries were closing UK and SA airline. What did Malawi do. Kututa mabasi from SA, the epicenter of new new strain. The effect killing alot of people. Azikatipotsa anthu a mu bible kuganiza? nthawi ya Ambuye Yesu amati munthu akapezeka ndi khathe apite ku isolation. ife ndiye pamene tikukatuta mabasi ku SA. We have poor mentality that covid will kill the commoners forgetting you have house boys or girls. Even problem yopanda mankhwala we thing it will affect commoners but think. Bingu as a leader of Malawi died due to lack of medicine. Kodi mutachita ngozi pa Dedza muzapita ku Garden city or ku India. Its Dedza D.H.O.

    2. And on this again the very politicians who are in govt now were saying DPP was importing covid now what are they doing if we say they are inporting covid are we right or not? Utsogoleri simasewera and Muluzi Snr said running is a serious business and Muluzi Jr said lenala sumpatsa galimoto kuyendetsa amaphetsa anthu lero si izi? HRDC nayonso ikabwezeretse chiletso chomwe anachotsa during DPP regime

      1. You are right, but even though it has the same effect as the first virus, the danger of the new virus stain is how fast it is spreading around the globe and Malawi is not isolated.

  43. YES, I AM NOT A MEMBER OF MCP, BUT THIS SO SAD VERY SAD FOR THAT MATTER.THE DEATH OF MIA IS A BIG BLOW TO MALAWI AND MCP, BUT LIFE HAS TO GO ON ALL OF US WILL FACE THE SAME FATE, WEMAY DIFFER IN POLITICS BUT HERE WE ARE THE SAME. I KNOW HOW YOU THE MIA FAMILY BUT CRY AS BELIVERS BECAUSE ONE DAY WE MEET HIM G=R I P MIA

  46. Rest in peace Mbuya and Belekanyama. This indeed is a very sad day in Malawi. May God strengthen our hearts and comfort all the families involved.

  47. Rip Mia and Belekanyama. Indeed its so sad to lose two cabinet ministers within hours of each other. But it is not the first.
    In May 1983 under MCP rule 3 cabinet ministers were butchered to death within minutes of each other. To all those who didn’t know Kamuzu cabinet ministers Gadama, Matenje and Sangala were killed in one swoop and dumped along Thambani Road in Mwanza.

    1. Zowona ndithudi zimenezi bwana. Tidaluza 3 cabinet ministers and one member of parliament in a single day mu 1983

  49. Gospel should not lie that it has never happened in the history of the country to lose two ministers in a day. As a reminder to him it was during the same MCP government that we lost three cabinet ministers plus a member of parliament in the infamous mwanza murder.
    Sometimes he must check his pronouncements before going public on air.

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