Mutharika cancels campaign tour due to ‘urgent matters’: MCP takes a dig at president’s health

May 12, 2019 Wanga Gwede- Nyasa Times 36 Comments

Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) Lloyd Muhara on Sunday announced that Malawian President Peter Mutharika  has cancelled  a scheduled whistle-stop campaign tour in central region districts of Dedza and Salima, prompting opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to question whether the 79-year-old still has the stamina to run the country.

Mutharika: Urgent matters to attend to

MCP social media groups were claiming President Mutharika has cancelled the trip due to “fatique”  and the party has expressed concern over his health, saying he should retire.

The  opposition party also claims the Malawi leader was trying to sort ongoing conflict over killings of persons with albinism as his aides have been named in court to have played a hand in the murder of Macdonald Masambuka, 22, a person with albinism.

However,  Muhara in a statement seen by Nyasa Times stated that President Mutharika has  “postponed” the tour “due to urgent matters that have to be done”.

Reads the statement: “The Office of President and Cabinet wishes to state that the general public will be informed of nay future arrangements of the Presidential whistle stop tours.”

Meanwhile,  MCP presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera, continued his hunt for votes in the northern region.

He was in Nkhatabay and also Mzimba where he accused the DPP administration of failing to deliver on its 2014 manifesto promises; hence, the party should be voted out.

Said Chakwera: “Malawians  have suffered in the last five years because of this administration. There is no reason to vote them again into power for another five years.

“They promised to end corruption, but you can see that corruption has reached alarming levels. They have failed you.”

The MCP leader, who was leader of opposition in Parliament, promised that once ushered into power, an MCP administration will revamp the agriculture sector and improve health systems.

Chakwera had his first go at the presidency in 2014 when he finished second to Mutharika with 1 455 880 votes against 1 904 399 then incumbent Joyce Banda had 1 056 236. United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi had 717 224 votes.

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36 replies on “Mutharika cancels campaign tour due to ‘urgent matters’: MCP takes a dig at president’s health”

  2. Can mafia Henry Mussa come with a press release. We are sick and tired of utm celebrating the death of the old man. Can you clarify about the army ambulance and the air ambulance at the airport. Inuso a Pitala kakaka dzimanja khupakhupa ngati nkhuku yoti ayidula khosi.

  3. AM AN MCP FAN LETS WISH THE PRESIDENT QUIK RECOVERY, YEHOVA WATHU AMAKANA KHALIDWE LOFUNIRANA IMFA WINA NDI NZAKE

  4. Guys let’s not make jokes about someone’s health Infact all of us get sick. However y??????? Can’t the nation be told the truth n y always hide information. This brings alots of unnecessary speculation

  5. Please don’t implicate MCP in this. It’s utm spreading news that Malemu Pulofesa Arthur Peter Mutharika is dead. Utm are so desperate for power. They know Kaliati won’t win. They know Kalindo won’t win. They know Usi Manganya won’t win. They know Willet Karonga won’t win. They know Masangwi won’t win. They know Lucius Banda won’t win. Chilima decided not to stand as MP. This party of acronyms is childish. Inuso as dpp didn’t listen not to field a very old man. Ndi zimenezo lero. Tinkanena another mu si izi. Convoy of APM stopping frequently along the way.

  6. Is Mutharika really sick? Could it not be a calculated plan to deceive the nation so that ballot papers to be used in the rigging of elections can be transferred between state house and the designated rigging places! Remember the story that was circulating on social media last week? That the army and the police would be used to switch fake ballot papers with genuine ones? This could be it!! Do not overrule this very likely possibility, APM may just be fine and this may just be a trick to fool Malawians.

  9. DPP IMATI ANA ACHEPA KOMA APA TAWONA KUTI GOGO NDEWACHEPA PAMENE ANA AMENYA MA WHISTLE STOP TOURS WOPITILILA 20 MOPATHIKIZA MCP NDI UTM AGOGO ALI PA BED REST YA 3 DAYS.INU A DPP DZAKA 80 SIPANO/???
    CALISTA SANANAME PEMENE ANATI MLAMU WAKULA UYU? MA RED CARD A CHAKWERA AJA AYAMBA KUGWILA NTCHITO ETI? PAJA PLAYER AKAMUPASA STRAIGHT RED SASEWELA MAGAME ATATU, NTHANTHAWUZO LAKE KWA APM NDI 3 DAYS BED REST.HAHAHAHA! 2019 MCP BOMA!!!!!!!!

  11. Lets face it, it is not normal to postpone political rallies in the last week of election campaign. The president is not physically well, he might even have gone completely mad with fear of the expected loss in 1 weeks time.

    History is full of examples of leaders who lost their minds in fear of impending calamity.

  12. GOGO WACHEPA UYU,INU ZAKA 80 SIPANO,TAWONANI ANA AJA AMENYA MA WHISTLE STOP TOURS 20 MOPHATIKIZANA LERO LOKHA PAMENE AGOGO AWAPASA 3 DAYS BED REST.KULUZA KWA MA ELECTIONS NDIKUMENEKUTU A DPP,MPIKISANO WA ANYAMATA NDI GOGO NDIWUMENEWUTU!!!!!!! RED CARD IJA YA A DR CHAKWERA NYITO YAYAMBA KUGWIRATU, PA STRAIGHT RED PLAYER SAMENYA MAGAME ATATU AMENE NDI 3 DAYS BED REST.KAYA ZANU IZO A DPP.

  14. Its not MCP but Malawians Expressing their Views…..Munatomvapo MCP ikukamba Za Health ya Muntharika kapena Age pa Msonkhano Wache?….UTM ndiyimene Imakamba Zimenezo…Between Now and 21 May there Will be a lot of Negative Stories Against MCP …If you Have Noted Every Party Now is Fighting MCP …

  15. MUTHARIKA must step aside pending investigation following his involvement in Albino killings as it is mentioning him as the buyer of albino bones to the market he knows

    1. koma ndalezi mwafika nazo apa. shame on u amene mumafunara nzanu zachabe. the best judge is God.

  18. Mr Chakwera you are just wasting your resources .MCP can not win an election in Malawi . 30 years of death and darkness is still in people’s eyes and ears . The biggest blunder is you have taken all thieves from PP into your MCP. Your party is now MCPPPPiiii. Nine days to go and you will cry to the High Court But MEC will have already announced that DPP has won . Akakhala Saulosi ndi Atupele awa azabwelera ku boma ndipo akudziwa kale

  19. Having an urgent matter to attend is not about physical issue , even if it is a physical issue, we all get sick , no man is divine. If we look at the population of Malawi Mutharika has a better health as he has spent most of the tome outside the world where things in healthy are advanced. The ignorance that we have we think when someone is older than us then he will die earlier than us. Check most of the people who are going to the Lord are Middle aged people. So even those who. You think are first, it is only God who knows their future. Man is full of hate, also wishes certain so and so to die, but we will leave them , may be even burry us, while they are going strong like Johnny Walker.

    1. Spending time abroad does not warrant someone’s health. NTCHONA is old and frail.

  20. Anthu a EMUSIPI pamodzi ndi ex-reverend fake accent lazalo Chakwera zoyankhula zawo ndi zofunira President Mutharika zosakhala bwino.

  23. Chilima has set the bar too high for other candidates to attain. Having more than 8 whistle stops in a day is no mean achievement. There was no way Muthalika could cope. Not sure about Chakwera. One has to be very fit to do such things.

  24. DPP has seen that the lanslide win is so likely such that no need to stress or waste energyover campaigns. Zowonawina kale izi

    DPP WOYEEE.. LANDSLIDE WOYEE… ANA MWACHEPA…!!!

  25. Don’t call for his resignation MCP…face him on may 21….if anything he will resign later…osamuopa he is just a competitor…..by the way @Guideon APM sanaphepo albino for what???….the guy has billions of cash already…ma albino anayamba kuphedwa when he was nowhere in malawi…and the issue came into more limelight around 2012-14 when he was in opposition…bwanji weren’t he mentioned as the killer then??…zandale izi be sober guys..

    1. Wakufa sadziwika mwina ukhoza kukhala iwe dont wish your friend bad because of politics. Ask Malewezi and will tell you about Dumbo Lemani. Fear God talk politics but when it comes to death and sickness of your friend be silent. Free advice

  28. A Getu, if I were you, I would go visit the young lady who was shot at MRA – in solidarity with women and girls who continue to be abused and violated against by male criminals.

  29. atopa atafika kumapeto kale adadie. Mwina achita bwino kusapita anthu achi Alubino atase…..becasue akanathawa pomva buyer wa mafupa akubwera konko. Koma ngati ili health, ndiye Chimulirenji akawanitsa yekha

  30. We have seen the convoy of APM stop on the way and him coming out of the Lexus into the ambulance. This man has been dragged into this brutal campaign by the wife and others just like Kamuzu in 1993. You can easily tell he is not comfortable with the arms especially the right side. It’s like a bird whose wing has been shot. Callista Mutharika saw this and said “Alamu Pumani Mwakalamba”. Surely he must have cheated on age just like African football players in Europe. Instead of letting the likes of Chilima and Msala to take over the wife insisted on him to proceed. I ask his children like Moyenda in the USA to come and rebuke the step mother for overstretching the old man. These things have a limit. Anyway we are choosing another leader next week. Mutharika is the second oldest president in Africa after Paul Biya. Is it any wonder they already call him “Malemu Pulofesa Arthur……”

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