Mutharika denies audio allegations, faults Kalindo: Tells probe team Chilima is funding people with albinism to ‘distabilise’ govt
President Peter Mutharika on Monday broke his silence on an audio clips that went viral recently which the Head of State is implicated in the killing of persons with albinism, saying that is work of his detractors.
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) penned the President in a letter dated February 27 2019 to to clear his name in the allegations.
The letter seen by Nyasa Times, signed by HRC chairperson Timothy Mtambo , Vice Chairperson Gift Trapence and Central Region Chair for HRDC Billy Mayaya said the audio were recorded and shared by suspects who were arrested and are currently in Malawi Prisons “and seem to be revealing who is really behind the albino killings.”
The audios mention President Mutharika and his advisor and top Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) official Dr Hetherwick Ntaba.
In his speech at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Monday March 11 when a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the spate of attacks, abductions and killings of persons with albinism (PWAs) was taking an oath to commence their duties, Mutharika denied the allegations and said the State has come to the bottom of the matter.
“We now have witnesses who are testifying that one UTM member, Mr. Bon Kalindo, connived with one prisoner in order to create a recording that formulates an impression that I was involved in the events we are complaining about. This malicious recording was circulated on social media with that malicious intent,” said Mutharika.
President Mutharika citing what he described “credible sources” said they have informed that State Vice-president Dr. Soulos Chilima is funding the Association of People with Albinism (Apam) “ in order to engage in anti-government activities.”
Said Mutharika: “ Chilima’s wishful dream is to distabilise my government and hopes to come into power through the backdoor by using people with albinism.”
He said the motive of Apam political masters “who are paying and manipulating” their leader Overstone Khondowe was to provoke government to arrest them so that they could trigger public anti-government demonstrations.
“This plot has obviously failed,” said Mutharika.
Mutharika said Apam is now behaving “very irrationally and suspiciously.”
Said the President: “ Instead of joining government to find solutions for their people, Apam has chosen to work with the opposition to fight government. Apam is now behaving like a political militant organisation.
“As this country is my witness, I invited Apam to dialogue and they rudely refused. I proceeded to invite those persons with albinism of better understanding and they came. Next, the same Apam who rudely refused to meet me started demanding that they want to camp a vigil at State House in order to meet me. To our surprise, Mr. Timothy Mtambo and Mr. Charles Kajoloweka (activists) took over the show only to abandon their people with albinism stranded in the rain, without food, without water, without shelter and without transport.”
Mutharika said he believes in solution-driven leadership.
“We need to be a solution-oriented society – and that is the only way we can move forward as a country. Let us be a nation that distinguishes reacting from responding to a problem. In reacting to a situation, we stop at venting our anger, frustrations and unhappy feelings about a situation. But in responding to a situation, we soberly determine the causes and seek the solution to that situation,” said Mutharika.
Mutharika said the problem in Malawi is that people insist on finding someone to blame instead of finding the solution to the problem.
“We must stop this myopic and idiotic thinking,” said Mutharika.
The President is therefore calling upon all political leaders to desist forthwith from politicising killings of people with albinism.
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Maliseche u knw beta than we do womwe akupha anthuwa, Kunyansa ndi mtima womwe pumbwa
what about that alubino killer suspect who was killed in the hands of police? how r u going to explain that oldman? was it chilima again?
@Make Malawi Great walatsa tchende nyani zoona wakamba apa koma @Patrick Phiri ukunena kuti APM apatsidwe term ina zonse akudzikolerakoleramu ulibe manyazi APM akungoulula zobisika monga za Chasowa, commission of inquiry kuidza zochita, kuwathawa ma Albino & so on zambiri he is goofing bad Mulungu waifulatira DPP.
Aliyense akudziwa kuti ma albino ziwalo zawo zikunyamulidwa mmagalimoto a number plate zolemba kuti Ana a dad. Kungolemba chonchi a police sayimisa galimoto. Imangodusa PA road block. I u simukudabwa kuti Peter akuwasiyilira amagalimoto amenewa.? People with albinism mukaona galimoto yolemba Ana a dad Kaya Ana achepa PA number plate thawani ndithu.
Abwana tangopuman basi
Just attacking Chilima and not MCP? Why is that? Do you know something on the ground we do not? Chilima is the real force and threat. Do not be fooled. APM knows this
Ndi suggestion yanji ungawauze a DPP ndi kukumverani asiyeni choncho MCP or UTm will devise a way on how to handle this.
Its pathetic that bwana president a Polofesa is openly acknowledging that Chilima is a force to reckon with, as he is distabilising the dpp led govt, that’s a sign of old age pumani mwanayi si mumutha bwana.
Ndiye ina yatuluka yoti adpp akuba ana kaya ine mulibemo
But has Kalindo been arrested as I know the police has a warrant of arrest on his head . Or its just another JB warrant of arrest style. Our stupid police.
APM deserves second term. He is great leader, mature and steadfast. Malawians should be fooled by our greedy opposition.
Don’t fool us you issued a warrant of arrest for Kalindo ages ago over this but just like JB he’s scot free till date. Why you afraid of arresting him so quick like you do with opposition? These people know something! They don’t want to put him back in Zomba prison cause the Albino suspects are sharing information there! No wonder the suspects are being killed by the State! Wake up Malawians. The killers are among us people. They are our leaders.
Wabisala pa mbatata nsana uto oneka!
I voted for DPP in power in 2014, but now.no
Kikikikiki ndiye Chilima mwamufunatu. Kenako mukuti MCP ikugwiritsa ntchito anthu a khungu la chi albino kukuwonongerani boma lanu etc. Timve ziti kodi.
Alamu Pumani Mwakalamba kumayamba ndi wana ngati Chilima yet you are abducting PWAs using Ana Agogo vehicles to evade police. This must stop first before we start trusting you again. Chilima is 35 younger than you.
Ndata, he is almost 45 not 35; I love the guy though.
Ndata akunena different yazaka btwn president and Chilima, hope u understand Northerner though
Peter is a disgrace. I blame ourselves for electing this human being into power. He failed as minister if education. This dpp thing, evil, satan must fail and fall
Apam kungomalidza vigil naye pumbwa wabwerako ku north? Kkkkkkkk zamanyazi. Next week abweranso konko kaya. Uthanso? Party of runaway soldiers. Dadie kuthawa Apam mwana kuthawa debate
Wangobalalika naye Chilima being crowd puller
APAM has been politically spoilt now. This is not the same APAm we used to know………………Mtambo and Kajoloweka, wake up from your slamber and be men for once. Do not just fight, but you can also help provide solutions to the crisis.
Arafat Hamdani and his appendage Bon Kalindo behaving like fake accent ex-reverend trying to ride the horse of a national tragedy on albinos to the State House. No shame.
Koma aMaliseche ayamba chiwewe. Okha posachedwapa amati a opposition akumawatukwana mumisonkhano koma iwo ndiamene akupanga zimenezo akudziwa kuti MBC iwulutsa zimenezi. Zotchula mayina aanzawo pamisonkhano pankhani zopanda umboni nanga anzawo akayamba kumawatchulanso m’malo mobweza moto aziti chani?
To my understanding Mr president it’s too late for you now to desist from the clip, leave the Probe team to do their Job amicably than feeding them with your lies.
If they need to , it’s up to them to clear your name in the clip and not yourself trying to defend before they even ask you any question concerning the Clip.
Apatu we can say whole heartedly that Mr President is panicking with this probe team that it might end up bitting him. Any meaningful Malawian will have that conclusion that u are really panicking.
What puzzles me is that your administration is so good in investigating what opposition parties does, you spent resources to find out the source of the clip and who fund Apam so quickly but failing to do the same investigation that where is the Market for Albino’s bones ,
No one should influence the Probe team , my mere advice to all probe team is that not to be taken up by politicking behaviour.
Mr President, am shocked that you uttered such allegations. You are now sounding like Mchacha which is worrying and not presidential at all. If you already have answers, why are you wasting time setting up a commission? You have just shown the country that you are completely out of touch and just listening to your political stooges who are feeding you lie after lie after lie. I am only glad that you will be forced into retirement at the polls, otherwise 5 more years of your “leadership’ assisted by Chimulirenji would be a catastrophe for Malawi.
Ndimvere nawo audio abale. Kungomvera nokha, nkuyamba kulalata.
Sorry Mr.President its lives of jealousy Malawi,from lowly educated to highly educated.You will feel it because non of a such thing has happened to you when you lived in U S A..You can only change Malawians of jealousy lives by treating them with hard punishment.Old people are being killed because such false allegations but government does not act.Businesses are destroyed because such allegations.You have to set hard rules to punish these liars.
I agree a Malawi ndife anthu ansanje & omvetsa chisoni ongokhulupirira zili onse especially lies ndiye ndi social media ena ntchito yawo akadzuka basi Kulemba or kuchita ma clip abodza since they know Malawians are so gullible they will believe & start sending to their friends & groups. Even in the said clip does it make sense that Ntaba will go & meet this guy who is already arrested & start telling him that it’s him & people in higher places like APM buying the bones, really? Is Ntaba that stupid to be telling this convict that information that does not benefit him in anyway. No wonder we are not developing coz there’s no critical thinking amongst us!
So Mr President your government already investigated the source of the audio clip and found it to be false and yet the same government is falling to explain to the people of Malawi on the mysterious deaths of the alleged killers/abductors of our brothers and sisters living with albinism, one of them who died under police watch?
I think the commission should investigate the audio clip and not to take the president at his word, if they are to be fair and objective in their investigations. The President is already influencing the outcome of the investigations by making such unwarranted comments to the people who are supposed to carry out the probe independently. A lawyer awa koma andikhumudwisa.
He knows something if hes trying to mask us!! Why he deployed MDF for the floods victims and not to protect the albinos and gather intel in the villages.
I DON’T SUPPORT DPP…BUT KALINDO SHOULD COME OUT CLEARLY ….AND EXPLAIN HIS ROLE….
THESE CROOKS ARE TAKING US FOR GRANTED
Nanunso musafulumile kukhulupirila. You don’t just believe everything that is said.
This audio has been circulating for over a month now. Peter, why do you always wait for people to pressure you on what to do on such critical matters? You would have denied the allegations as soon as the audio came to your attentions.
Transactional leadership at best is reactionary to situations but often firefight. The past few weeks/ months have exposed winawake typical (true) leadership style. Malawi is doomed under these old man
Abwana perekani mayankho,bambo wa mu nyumba muno(Malawi) ndinu,sinaoneko munthu mabvuto a mu nyumba mwake akulekera chibwenzi cha a kazi ake (opposition presidential aspirants)kuti athane nawo