Muslim Council, NGOs against provoking First Lady with political slurs: Callista, Kaliati deny mentioning Getrude Mutharika

The Muslim Supreme Council and two Non Governmental Organisations, National Elections Systems Trust  (NEST) and Centre for Women in Conflict and Development, have expressed disappointment at the way the country’s First Lady MGertrude Mutharika was negatively portrayed  at last week’s United Transformation Movement’s political rally held at Njamba Freedom Park in Blantyre.

Unandi (left) and Mvula at the press conference
Kaliati (left) and former first lady  Callista Mutharika: Dismiss the groups
First Lady Getrude Mutharika

The Muslim council leadership and two NGOs held separate news conferences in Blantyre  to speak on the matter.

At a press conference held at Misesa in Limbe on Saturday, August 4, NEST and Centre for Women in Conflict and Development made reference that Calista Mutharika  at UTM rally described Gertrude  Mutharika as “uneducated and not fit to be the first lady of this country.”  during the July 29  rally at Njamba Freedom Park.

“We National Elections Systems Trust, in conjunction with Centre for Women in Conflict and Development, would like to share our disappointments of hate speeches targeting the First Lady of the Republic Madam Gertrude Mutharika,” NEST’s Executive Director Unandi Banda told reporters, joined by CWCD executive director Carol Mvula.

“For those who might have have missed it, the former First Lady Callista Mutharika castigated Her Excellency Gertrude Mutharika during their political rally at Njamba in Blantyre. As a former first lady she was supposed to be the last to be embraced with hate speeches.

“It should be made clear here that Madam Gertrude Mutharika is not a politician and does not have any political platform and thus, she should not be subjected to such ridicule.”

The two NGOs made reference that Madam Gertrude is apolitical and that her efforts are solely for development purposes.

“As you are aware, the country’s First Lady Gertrude Hendrina Mutharika, launched Beatify Malawi Trust (BEAM) on 13 September 2014 and since then she has been busy championing the organisation to fullfill its objectives.

“Madam Mutharika has also been busy with campaign of a Global Poverty Project, an arm of the World Bank to increase global and political voices to achieve commitment and action to end poverty at least by 2030.

“Of late,  we have seen her doing an addition job of preserving the girl child through the launch of ‘My clean School my Pride’ campaign, an initiative that aims at promoting good sanitation practices and create environmental conscious minds among school going children in the country especially for the girl child.

“Malawi, being the party to The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), an advisory declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, we should be geared to protect individual freedoms.”

The two NGOs jointly continued to say that as the country is approaching the 2019 polls, they are calling all associates in political circles to safeguard democracy by respecting rights of the women and other people especially people who have no political platforms.

“As gender activists we are calling upon fellow women to desist from defaming other women to avoid being seen as  couriers of pull her down syndrome,” Mvalo said.

And at another press conference on Saturday in Blantyre, the Muslim Council leaders – chairperson Yasin Katungwe and secretary Imran Katona –  claimed that Callista and UTM acting secretary general Patricia Kaliati in their speeches mentioned  about a First Lady who went to school at St. Mary’s Girls Secondary in Zomba and allegedly failed  her Malawi School Ceryificate of Educatuon (MSCE) examinations.

They said thus was a direct reference to the current First Lady who was educated there.

But Kaliati dismissed that she is dragging First Lady into politics, saying she only commented on what the former first lady Callista had said about the information she  got from the school.

“I only commented on her exposure. I din’t know about it [Firs Lady failed MSCE]until [Callista] mentioned,” said Kaliati.

And Callista said she didn’t mention  anybody’s name and wondered how the organisations ahve concluded that it is the current First Lady who failed MSCE.

Former President Bakili Muluzi, at the United Democratic Front (UDF) convention at Comesa Hall in Blantyre, also made reference to UTM’s style of castigating people, saying such hate speeches have no place in Malawi’s modern democracy.

NEST is an NGO registered under Trustees Incorporation Act and is mandated to check what is happening ahead of the 2019 polls.

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68 replies on “Muslim Council, NGOs against provoking First Lady with political slurs: Callista, Kaliati deny mentioning Getrude Mutharika”

  1. Kaliati ndi Kali nsanje ikupwetekani. Amnzanu asapange perform mokuposani, tulo tonse balala. A unima chimadziwa iwo ndi kupwepweta chuma boma makani and kulongolola too much eg kalista forced Bingu to put her in the civil service pay roll, cashgate yamasten was full of unima graduates achina ajawa alowa UTM wa.

  2. Kaliati is an empty tin, iyeyo busy kumanyodola anzake iyeyo Alonsochimodzimodzi. Nkhanitu ndi delivery, ena anpita kKuunima koma anadutsira kujompha. Unima is full of theory practical njeeeeee!!!! Mkuona ma injiniya ake amdikira mapoliticians awapangire maplan kenako azinyodola. Prof getu ndi ntchana, ukhondo okhawo mmizinda ndi kawawa. inu a united thieves and madness muzinena zamzeru nsanje ayi!!!!

  3. Kalista ndi kaliati ndi nsanje. Nanga bwanji iwowo osamamubwezera jeof yo. Kalista amati akaganiza kuti anangokhalapo 2 years zokha ndikumamuona same akukapitirira another 5 years pa u first lady zimamuwawa heavy. Modinanga kaliati ndi boy wake anapita university yake iti? Nanga soldier anapita iti? Inna united thieves and madness ngati mulibe mfundo mungosiya nNealechifukwa chanu palibepo mwamva!!!

  4. DPP members started this(jeffy wa jeffy)….apa zisayambe kuwawa chifukwa choti akubwezera

    amaishosha dala….

  5. I remember Wa Geffrey at Nkhata bay when President Peter was opening road from nkhata bay to Mzuzu , she said on the podium , there is no one more Educated in Malawi than the president himself so Calista and Kaliati are also just reminding you that there is no any other uneducated first Lady than the present one who failed MSCE.

    Do u get the point, Was wa Geffrey right to pin point that president Peter was only educated one in Malawi?

  6. Dr Chilima must gain control of his supporters if his movement is to avoid becoming just another traditional political party.

    These women are employing the same tactics that spousal abusers, narcissists, and unscrupulous politicians have used since the Garden of Eden. In psychology, these tactics are usually referred to as ‘gas-lighting’ (after an old movie called ‘Gas-light’, in which a husband uses the tactics to make his wife think she is going crazy).

    The following are just some of the tactics employed by gas-lighters:
    1. They tell blatant lies.
    2. They deny they ever said or did things, even though there is plenty of evidence and witnesses to confirm that they did.
    3. Their actions do not match their words.
    4. They project their own weaknesses on to others.
    5. They find people who will support them. Then they manipulate them so that they will attack those who oppose them.

    You will notice that most of our politicians use these tactics. This is because they are effective. They are the tactics that got Trump into the Presidency of the USA. However, they are not the tactics that achieve the election of people who will transform Malawi. UTM is supposed to be about the transformation of Malawi, not the election into power of another crop of cynical, manipulative, self-serving politicians.

    If Dr Chilima aspires to be our national savior, he must impress this message upon the jaded political retreads that wish to hitch their wagons to his star: ‘Unless you be transformed, and become as innocent as little children, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven.’

    Transformation begins at home.

  7. Kaliati and calista you need to slow down. We are tired of this castigating type of politics and i am a UTM supporter xhimene tikufuna ndi mfundo osati mbwelera zimene mukmatiuzazi wat is getrude munthalikas education going to help us, do we vote for a first lady or president if you have personal issues sort them kumbali osati pa podium mwina mukuchita naye nsanje. And you Calista lead by example, you are a former first lady,respect others and you earn their respect too ngati mulibe zolankhula pa msonkhano then jst keep quite we need new faces with new ideas like our president Chilima, manganya and others.

  8. Kalista mumafuna kulowa chokolo? Bvomerezani nthawi yanu yinadutsa. Azimai amfiti inu mwatinyasa zedi. Azimai wochititsa manyazi inu

    1. mmene secretary general amat calista anapha Bingu nsimayakhulatu….apa nde zayamba kuning’inanot hahahah

  9. THE GAME WAS STARTED BY GEFFREY WA GEFFREY IN PRESENCE OF PRESIDENT PETER MUTHALIKA, AMVEKELE PAMTSONKHANO KUTI CALISTER MUTHALIKA ANAPHA MWAMUNA WAKE MALEMU BINGU WA MUTHALIKA. NOW AKUNYENYANI ANZANU MWAYAMBA KUPANGA FUND TIMA CSO.SIMUNATI, MUSALIRE MSANGA INU A DPP MWAMVA?

    1. I believe Callista killed Bingu at least if her current behaviour and her past actions are anything to go by.

  10. Why couldnt you speak out when dpp secretary said this so called callista killed bingu? Is that not an insult? Apumbwawa azungulila mitu sanati! …..Chaponda ndithu chizamupitilila chindende cha maula asaaaa! Agulugunyinda awa leave them!

  11. kkkkkkkkkkkk mwano ulibe phindu kkkkkkkkkk ooooooo!!!! MUFUNSE TANTHAUZO KWA a Chilima pa mwambi wakuti ” WOPUSA ADAYIMBA NG’OMA WOCHENJERA ADAVINA” KAPENA WAMISALA ADAONA NKHONDO KAPENA MTHANGA KUNENA ADAPISA LIKONGWE WA APONGOZI KAPENA MTSINJE WA NDINKANENA UDATHIRIRA MU SIIZI KKKKKKKKKKK WOOOOO WOOOOO WOOOOO KUWOWOZA KUMENEKO

  12. ndawerenga ma komenti wonse 30 ali mmusiwa koma palibe yokomera a Kalista Kaliyati. a Kalista Kaliyati Mukulimbana ndimunthu wodzozedwa ndi Mulungu mwini. Sizikutherani mushe ayi mupepese fulumilani mungaotche manja anu. mphwayi ndi tsoka ulesi ndi minyama.

  13. Ine mbuli ndikuthokoza a Electoral commission pondilola kukalembetsa kuti ndidzasankhe atsogoleri abwino amene sadzandinyoza, wosasankha ambulife. Tidzavotera chipani cha Getrude chifukwa ndi kumene kulibe tsankho. inu muzikachita kampeni kwa ophunzira anzanu ma professor ndi amene angakondwe nanu adzakuvotereni. ndapysa mtima pondinyozera mayi wa dziko lino yemwe Mulungu wosasankha adatipatsa . nanga mumadzatani kumudzi kuno kudzapempha mavoti athu?
    Tionana 2019 mbuli united vs educated rangers .

  14. Those of you commenting hear can you quote what Calista said? How was the first lady insulted? I listened to her speak she never mentioned the first lady

    1. Rubbish it can be direct or indirect . You mean to insult someone you have to mention their name only? Shame on you. These two ladies have un circumcised mouth. Out of their mouth only rubbish comes from it. Why do people support bad behaviour.

  15. My appeal to politicians is that they should stick to issues and not name calling. Tell me. What benefit do Malawians get after castigating the First Lady the way Callista and Kaliati did? Please stick to constructive issues.

  16. A Malawi tizikondana tizichita manyazi ndi hate speech kapena kuonetsa chinani cha mumtima mwathu poyera.

  17. Kalista you should learn to behave like a former mother of Malawi. maintain high integrity. Do not indulge too far in political bickerings. Do not expose your anger to the nation, do not expose your envy to the nation, do not expose your faults to the people . instead you must expose your love to the nation like Getrude. Go to visit Getrude so that she teaches you how to behave like a first lady. Go to Cicilia Kadzamila to learn how to behave with real integrity. Cicilia has never ever disappointed us like this. Cicilia has never reduced herself so low in the way you have done. charity begins at home. The two KK ladies, Kalista Kaliati are illmannered ladies with language not worthy honourables or not worthy ” Her excellency”
    A Chilima mupaone bwino apa bcoz a good beginning may result in a dad ending. muchite manyazi. Getrude Mulungu akumumenyera nkhondo. Kodi inu amayi oola mkamwanu muganize Mulungu angakhale kumbali yanu ndi pride ngati imeneyi? God do not see or feel things in the way we do. Mulungu si James ayi. amawona za patsogolo. Sangakuloleni kuti tsiku lina mudzanyadenso ayi mwatsinira mafulufute kuuna mwai upita kwa ena. God is Good all the Time and all the time God is good. Mupepese ngati mungathe kutero. koma kwa ena kupepesa kumawavuta mwakuti mkwapafupi kuti ngamira ilowe wa chiboo cha singano kuposa kuthekera kwa kupepesa enzao owanyoza. this is real public humiliation and character assacination. Mupepese ndikumveni mukupepesa.

  18. Shame on Callista and Kaliati. We the uneducated fools feel happy we have a representative in State House in the name of first lady without MSCE certificate. Chipani chanu cha a Chilima cha UTM akuvoterani anzanu ophunzira, otchena , olemera, a mtauni.

  19. Komanso ku Malawi atolankhani amasowa zochita, every dog and mouse can hold a press conference in Malawi and you will go there with your mobile phone to cover the news. In fact this press conference has just set the agenda of what people were not thinking about. Sometimes you should learn to shut your gob. I know you want to be noticed

  20. Kikikikiki to me ndikuona ngati a Calista yakula ndi nsanje, she is missing state house. Anachoka kukadakoma nde nsanje ikuwapweteka kwambiri. Actually a Peter akadawafunsira sakadakana ayi, now that he did not, she is bitter thus she is attaching amene anafunsiridwayo. My advice to Getrude: get ready, the battle, fighting for a husband is still on.

  21. Chilima has shown desperation and immaturity by letting Callista and Kaliati take key positions in UTM. Callista is hated throughout the country.

  22. Kalista ndi Patricia ndi Mazoba. You could easly tell. Komaso how come mukunyoza mukuti anthu oti sanakhonze 4 saganiza pamene inuyo mukufuna mavoti kwa osakhonza omwewo kumudzi? So interesting amakuomberani mmanja. I am not voting next year. Rotten bunch of policians. Cursed state.

  23. Why you guys you forget so quickly. Kaliat was manhandled left, right and center at the parliament building no such stupid NGOs made any press conference to condem the lot. Kaliat was also abused at Political Rally by DPP regional Governor for the South. There was no such stupid NGOs to make any press briefing to condem the vice. Therefore one wonders why now?. It just shows these stupid NGOs were sponsored by……

    1. Where is the First Lady involved in all what you have said? Why doesn’t Patricia Kaliati attack the people who attack her? Why attack the innocent First Lady who doesn’t attack anybody?

  24. The Muslim association won’t leave the Bakili “coughs” politics they will sneaze it never crossed their religious conscience when Bakili demonized the health challenges of Dr Justin Malewezi. Oh they are fresh from UDF convention Bakili is pushing the remote button they must take the cue

  25. Callista is the WORST First Lady Malawi has EVER had. She is a nasty woman who tortured our country when she was First Lady and I now agree that she is the one who changed President Bingu wa Mutharika. She meddled in politics and demeaned people.

  26. So Dr. Getrude does not even have a mere MSCE. Kkkkkkkkkk. NO wonder amakokomeza as if its not honorary PhD. Of late akumanena kuti Prof. Getrude Muthalika. Koto ine…

  27. It is not true to say that Gertrude is not a politician, she is her charity is there because she is the first lady moreover she was an MP. This beautify Malawi will not be there when she leaves office next year.

    1. at the moment she is not a politician understand. she is the wife to the president and she has managed to preserve the diginity of the office of the firt lady unlike calista who used to castigate joice banda the then vice president. this time around am not amused

  28. This stupid UTM grouping should forget my vote. I also blame management of St. Mary’s Girls Secondary School for giving private information to people who have ill motives.

    Although the two women – Calista and Patricial – did not mention anybody’s name, it was clear they were talking about the First lady. In any case, why doesn’t UTM leaders concentrate on their development plan. What will Malawians benefit from castigating the First Lady?

    1. mupange nayo chani certificate yo. remember she is just a house wife to the president and not apolitician atall. she was not voted to be the first lady by it is by virtue of being the wife to the president.

  29. I DON’T LIKE PRIMITIVE POLITICS OF CHILIMA … ( ATCHEYA STYLE ) OF POLITICS , JUST FOOLING MALAWIANS WITH DESPERATE PROMISES ..

  30. I used to have high opinion for Ms Kaliati for her political instincts. But no more.
    Wakalamba pa ndale (she’s lost it now); and soon even Chilima and her supporters will want to wash her mouth with strong detergent, like Surf.
    Asa. Nkazi amaneyi!

  31. Azimayi awiriwa ndi achipongwe komanso nsanje. they exposed their hidden hatemotive through the hate speaches they ulttered against first lady. Komanso ndi onyada odzitukumula odziwonela mwamba nkumaonela anzao mmusi.
    Kodi aKaliyati nd8i a Kalista inuyo mukati ndi ophunzira mukuganiza chomwe mudaphunziracho chomwe ena alibe ndi chani? Kodi mukati ophunzira kumayambira pati? pachifukwa cha zopanda mutu zopanda nzeru mwalankhulazo mwadziwonetsa nokha kwa anthu kuti ndinu mbuli maka kumoyon wa uzimu. munthu woopa Mulungu sanganene nzake zachipongwe zotere pa gulu la anthu kapena pa wailesi , pa internet pa news papers.
    Akaliyati nanunso ndinu woyenela kukhala fierst laday? Mufuna amunanu akhale Pulezidenti wa dziko kapena mukuuza a Chilima kapena a Muthalika kapena a Chakwera kuti akukwatileni? ooooooo!!!!! ooooooooo!!!! ndakuwowozani mwalemba mmadzi, Mukalape kuchalichi kwa wansembe mwachimwa dziko lonse likumva . ndinu obowa bwanji. ndinu wopusa , ndinu wopanda nzeru . Kani simimadziwa kuti kulalata/kunyoza ena pagulu/kutukwana kumachotsa ulemu wanzanuyo koma pamodzi ndi inu nomwe. simungachotse nzanu ulemu pakunyoza ena pamene ulemu wanu uli chikhalile .
    you have sinned, you have tress passed

    1. it was ok when Jeffrey started it by insulting Callista witrh remarks that she killed her husband in the presence of Peter and Gertrude. It is now sower grapes just because Callista has hit back.

      1. What we are saying is, ngati Kaliati ndi Callista akubwezera, abwezere kwa amene anawanyozawo, osati kwa munthu amene sanena za wina aliyense. Wamvetsa?

        1. @ Patrick phiri

          Stupid. what difference does it make? . These two women were insulted in the presence of mutharika and the so called presidnt never rebuked mchacha and Jeff wa Jeff for their indecency . Now how do you tell the so called president that he should protect everyone regardless of political affiliations and that politics of insults that his party is practicing is primitive ??Insult him or those he loves the most so that he knows that politics of insults that his party is practicing has no place in this modern era . Write again phiri

  32. I agree and commend you NGO’s for condemning this political behaviour.I don’t understand if Calista is cultured coming openly in public to insinuate her own sister in marriage Getrude and even ridiculing in public her own in-law Peter Muntharika that he is aged as if herself is a teen ager.Calista was not supposed to be part of this as herself was a beneficiary of getting married to the old men she is making fun of.At any point did I hear kunyoza Bingu kuti wakalamba and cannot think.Very bad example of the Former First lady.

  33. kodi iwe kadyakena ukunena za maphunziro anzoko lero? ife titati tikulogosole zako pano udzinena kuti ndife oyipa?

  34. So Unandi and Mvula you found it necessary to condemn Callista and Kaliati for saying what they said, but you did not find it wrong when when Wa Jeffrey said Callista killed Bingu and when Mchacha said Angie Kaliati was stupid for marrying Patricia. Where is your fairness? We know you have been given some money, no doubt about it.

    1. They are not talking of Jeffrey and Mchacha please understand the NGOs they are talking about the First lady Getrude who has never stand on podium to castigate the two bad mouths

      1. Callista is the former first lady. She was heavily insulted by Jefrey when she alleged she killed her husband. These stupid NGOs never condemned such insults and they come today yavi-yavi just because its the first lady being insulted. There is no doubt that these have been sent by the ruling elite to spew such nonsense. They have just exposed themselves s being very partisan. Zisamakomere mbuzi kugunda galu.

      2. And let me educate you that Jeffrey could not have alleged that Callista killed her husband without being given a go ahead by Peter and Gertrude herself. In fact it is Peter and Gertrude that sent Jeffrey to say those insulting remarks in their presence. If they were not part of it they would have condemned Jeffrey right away. Paja amati “ntaya makoko sayiwala koma wodya nyemba”

      3. I don’t doubt that Callista killed Bingu . Her viceral outbursts and behaviour attests to this. She has no manners, ndionyada and amadziona ngati ndiophunzira ndiokongola zedi. How many degrees to you have Callista? For Kaliati, weren’t you a primary school teacher before Muluzi picked you out of a lyolyolyo.

      4. He is saying,why the NGOs and THE MUSLIM did not condemn Wa Jeffrey when she Callista killed Bingu and when Mchacha said Angie Kaliati married a fool.Was Mchacha remarks good from your understanding.Why these NGOs and MUSLIM whatsoever they call themselves did not denounce it?

      5. @ Noxy
        So it’s right for mchacha and Jeff wa Jeff to dress down kaliati and calista just because they stand on political podium ? Is that what you are saying?. That’s being silly and stupid . Remember there is no difference among the three before God therefore none of the three deserves to be dressed down by anybody. If your government was sane it would have condemned what mchacha and Jeff wa Jeff said regarding kaliati and calista. You may wish to be reminded that both calista and kaliati were dressed down in the presence of your president and all he did was to smile at the insults . So tell me one reason why peter and his wife should not be insulted .

    2. Ndimayesa kuti “transformation” yake ndi ya chitukukotu – kodi transformation yake ndi yonyozanso ena?

      Ifetu tinatopa kale ndi zimenezi – i thought UTM will bring with it developmental transformation but looks like it is a group of all frustrated people politically.

      Honourable Chilima – please, these women you travel with are all failures., for example, what did Malawi benefit from Callista during her tenure as First Lady of this country apart from kutukwana Joyce Banda?.

      These women will only create a lot of enemies for you if you do not know. We know they quite well than you do. They are the ones that will make you fail in 2019 elections – Malawi is fed up with them and they are big opportunists – watch out!!!!!!

    3. Unandi and Mvula ndinu adyera ndipo mudzafa imfa yowawa. Mumaona mavuto ku opposition kokha bwanji? Useless people

  35. Ubwino wake mumanyozana akazi azimayi nokha nokha ife madala sitilowerelapo ayi mukuziwana

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