Mutharika hits back at Chakwera, rejects ‘liar’ tag: ‘Proffessor from unaccredited Bible school is liar’
President Peter Mutharika has hit back at leader of opposition in Parliament Lazarus Chakwera who branded him as a “pathological liar”, saying he tells the truth projected Chakwera as a big liar.
Chakwera accused President Mutharika of being “clueless, directionless and insensitive” to the people’s misery and suffering inflicted by power blackouts and that he lied to the nation on the issue of generators that are being hired to ease power outages the country is currently experiencing.
However, speaking in Lilongwe during the official opening of the 2017 Ijtmah at Mama Khadija Orphanage Centre in Lilongwe whose theme was ‘The Role of Muslims in Economical and Educational Development in Malawi said he did not lie on generators as their are currently on their way to the country to add 78 megawatts (MW) to the national grid to ease power supply woes effective October this year.
“I never said they were in the country. I said they were coming. I am told they are being shipped. That is the information I have from the technical people,” said Mutharika.
The President then started to take swipe at Chakwera: “But as I have said earlier, Islam and Christianity talk about respect for each other. The behaviour, therefore, of somebody who wants to be a leader of this country, talking about the president being a pathological liar, I think it is very, very pathetic.”
Mutharika insisted he is not a liar, insinuating that it is Chakwera, who is also opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president, a shameless liar.
“The president is not a liar. A liar is somebody, who claims to have earned a degree in America, a PhD, when he actually received an honorary degree from an unaccredited Bible school and calls himself a professor. That’s a liar. That’s a pathological liar. Not me,” said Mutharika.
Mutharika said Chakwera is provoking him for political gains.
”I know to call the president a liar is a violation of the law. He is pushing me to arrest him so that he becomes a martyr,” he said.
He added: “I am not going to bite the bait. All I am asking him, if he wants to be president is to behave responsibly and maybe he needs to go to Bwaila [Hospital] for examination of his head. I think there is something wrong with his brain.”
Chakwera called for a public enquiry into the foiled generators deal, saying the generators could have eased the energy crisis, saying as a result of the blackouts, hospitals have turned into death zones, as operating theatres cannot carry out surgery and vaccines cannot be stored in deep freezers.
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If Chakwera were to go to Bwaila Hospital, as per APM’s suggestion, he would find it almost as bare of medication as the hospitals Mugabe has bled dry. Muthalika’s response sounds like the tit for tat arguments young children have. Why doesn’t he just look at the DPP’s track record in this term?
kkkkkkk asiyeni ma Professor amenyane ndi ma DEGREES awo tione amene ali wa bodza eti!!!! Surely I like this type of competition & debate kkkkkk mabolera nawonso ali mbalimu kuponya tima comment ….. It’s PETER vs LAZAROUS therefore amene alibe tsamba la u Professor asalowe nawo mu ring chifukwa alandila RED CARD.
No one can be a professor in Theology as per my thinking. If that was so there wouldn’t be different interpretations on the same verses of the bible. Some churches with their DDs say that there is no trinity, while others say Mary, the mother of Jesus went to heaven with body and soul quoting verses in the bible while other DDs from a different church say there is no such a verse in the bible. Other professors of the bible BELIEVE IN INFANT BAPTISM WHILE other churches say no to this. So there is no bible professor who can be a professor for every Christian. Chakwera cannot be recognized as a professor by Catholic Christians because his beliefs on the bible are not the same perse. So APM is right to call this ”Dr.” a liar. It is different from academic credintials because you study a universal syllabus anywhere and learn the same things whether on the brain, heart, or kidney. How many times the heart beat per minute? How many bronchioles have the lungs? The same answer at any university, not with the bible. So Chakwera is a doctor to his members only not to Catholics or Adventists. An Adventist will school him on clean and unclkean meat while him will say there is no unclean meat. Can he be a bible doctor to an Adventist?
Santana, you talk like a medical doctor
I would have thought that the President would confront the serious issues Chakwera raised head on. Chakwera raised serious issues about fraudulent activities at Escom, malpractice with Mhara and at the Procurement Office amongst others. What does the President focus on? That Chakwera obtained his doctorate at a less than worthy University. Do Malawians really care where one obtained their qualification? What they want to hear from Mutharika is what is he doing about the serious problems they are experiencing and the malpractices unearthed by Chakwera
Thus a briliant comment Bozwell.Its not about degrees here but issues of National importance
Professor wathu wayankhula bwino. Ife tonse timamukonda ndipo iyeyo ndi anyama ake akhala BOMA in 2019 pa zifukwa izi:
(a) Kukondera Allhomwe mosapsyatira ndikumawaika mu maudindo akulu akulu kuti tiziba bwino;
(b) Kubweretsa ma black out ku Malawi chifukwa choba Ndalama ku ESCOM;
(c) Kukonza Njauju;
(d) Kupanga promote Corruption mwakathitthi;
(e) Kukonza CHASOWA;
(f) Kuba ndalama ku ADMARC;
(g) Kuphetsa ana athu achichepere pa Bingu Stadium;
(h) Kugona pantchito kulephera kukoza ndondomeko yotukulira dziko lino;
(i) Kubweretsa ma drug ku Malawi;
(j) Kuphetsa anthu osalakwa muzipatala chifukwa chosowa mankhwala chifukwa choba ndalama;
(k) Kupereka contract ya matabwa kwa Muli ndikugulitsa nkhalango ya Chikangawa;
(l) Kuphetsa Nyanja yathu ku Tanzania;
(m) Kutimangira kamudzi through Ben Phiri ku Area 49 kochokera ndalama zakuba
(n) Kugulitsa dziko lathu kwa ma China, Pakistanis and Nigerians;
(o) Kusosola muma Parastatal through Blue night
(p) Kuteteza anayamata athu akuba ndi corruption
NDANI ANGAMUCHINYE?
What is the meaning of martyr Professor pathologic liar?does that mean he will be arrested then killed..Fodya?Kapena mwapusa chifukwa chomabvera zokonda amai pa radio..
Gogodasi you are right, but let me start by saying mdala ameneyu akukakamila mtunda wopanda madzi ndiponso ali stubborn kwambiri. Agogo Mutharika, mwalephera ntchito, give it up… mwayamba kungobwebweta tsapano. Bwaila mental is non-existent, don’t you know that as president? matter of fact, you deserve mental evaluation more than Chakwera. Mutu wanu susewenza a-mdala..wadaivila mu nyanja.
Indeed, a professor is a person who teaches at a university having at least passed masters degree level in university education. The moment one ceases to teach at a university, his professorship title ends. Such recognition is known in the USA. However, in the UK, you can only become a professor after writing journals that receive worldwide acceptance and also benefit the institution – one is conferred the professor title as deemed fit to teach at a university and as a show of respect to his achievements in writings for both the school and world readers. Before being bestowed with such title, such an academician only teaches in assistant capacity because he hasn’t achieved anything yet.
Malawians are being fooled big time to believe and call Arthur Peter Mutharika a professor because he is no longer a professor by American standards having left teaching at Washington University in Missouri some years ago.
A Professor title is not a lifetime recognition and therefore, Mutharika should not be proud of being called Professor by his blind followers and admirers. His professorship doesn’t exist. He is not different from Lazarus Chakwera in the sense that they both hold PhD qualifications but in different fields.Mutharika should be called Dr Arthur Peter Mutharika likewise Chakwera should be called Dr Lazarus Chakwera owing to their doctorate degrees.
There was no need to rant and utter insults against Dr Chakwera as if Mutharika himself is super intelligent and super qualified. After all, Mutharika’s performance starting from his ministerial position as education minister up to now, has been characterized with sleepiness, mediocrity, thoughtlessness, visionlessness, and reactiveness.
President Mutharika has been slowly teaching Malawians that he cares more about being pampered with title respect than establishing a legacy that would leave a mark for all Africa and the world to see; a legacy of achievements in the country’s economic prowess, the country’s upper middle income status, the country’s modern Healthcare system, the country’s advanced education system, the country’s modern transportation system, the country’s robust manufacturing sector, and achieving an efficient energy system.
His caring more for titles has made people like Nicholas Dausi call Dr Chakwera rude such that even Mutharika himself compared his educational accomplishments to those of Chakwera’s. He is wasting time on trivial things and on being called a professor instead of feeling sorry for his suffering citizens and giving them real hope for their future. Dr Chakwera seems to care more for the people than Dr Mutharika and that makes Chakwera more presidential. He gives facts on an accusation or criticism, but Mutharika gets angry like Idi Amin after being criticized. Mutharika is not tolerant and sounds extremely dictatorial,and that is scary to democracy.
I wonder what kind of Professor he is.Instead of confroting the issues raised by chakwera he is busy looking at academics.I would rather vote for someone who has an MSCE and approach issues of National importance.Other than vote for a darrow professor who cant even use his brain to address issues.Wandale thinks better than Muntharika
Here we go again – argumentum ad hominem!
Komatu pulezident wanuyu ngwamsala basi. Akanene za Chakwera munthu woti anaphunzira ukachenjede wa Baibulo. I reckon this president is in his own World. He cant see that Malawians are crying. Relationships are crumbling because fones cant be charged hence no communication. He is indeed a pathological liar. Liar to the core. He thinks Malawians are stupid. Am waiting for 2019 when he will pack up and go back to US coz thats where he belongs. All these stories of money laundering and corruption makes me quiver and tremble. It is also surprising that Malawians haven’t yet learnt to demand that leaders are there to save. Hence the need for demos so that they should not be sleeping. Let us send our message in 2019 and restore the country’s plight and recover the monies stored in banks abroad. Arrest all the perpetrators and keep them at Maula, Mikuyu, Chichiri, Machyaya and Mzuzu prisons to rot there. We are sick and tired of these idiots. God should help us coz He has heard our cries.
Mukagwere.
MUTHARIKA IS INDEED A LIAR. CHAKWERA GOT HIS PhD from a credited University
Which university?
That’s besides the point. why not respond to the issues raised by Chakwera? Muluzi was uneducated but Kamuzu never run away from what was being raised by him to talk about his lowly educational standards.
just check the university, it is accredited
You will find Chakwera and on the list of notable alumni there and you will also see it is accredited. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_International_University
Mkulu ameneyu aliudze dziko komwe anatenga Ndalama zomwe akumangira nyumba Ku maula, yomwe idye ndalama zokwana K800 million ikatha. A Leader of Oposition, with a fake American accent from unaccredited Bible School, uzani dziko.
Hatton, please be educated, the house of Chakwera at Maula is just an ordinary house, its not even finished, as of now maybe he just spent around 30 million, and you are busy talking about it> Please have you facts ready before opening you dirty mouth Foolish
Akakuwuza ndiye upanga chani? Chabwino anaba, anabera iweyo kapena ambuyako?
I know to call the president a liar is a violation of the law. He is pushing me to arrest him so that he becomes a martyr,” he said.
Violation of law? please give us a break and be truthful mr president.
The president professor has indeed lied to the nation on many occasions. Here are some of the lies: That he would eradicate corruption in Malawi and that there would be no sacred cows but we can all see that his government is craftly siphoning government money through parastals and even when calls are made to investigate corrupt ministers he does not! Chaponda is an example. He allows corruption instead of honouring his campaign promise of eradicating it. In 2015 he promised that by December 2016 there would be no power blackouts but a year.later today the blackouts are worse. On several occasions he has mentioned that Mombera University in Mzimba was under construction and yet this is not true. During his campaign in Nsanje Lalanje a few weeks ago he contradicted himself that Mombera University construction would begin in the next week (in the week of the fateful DPP elections. Many promises of non-existent projects have also been made in the past. The president should know that we document these utterances that he makes and apparently he forgets. Now he is talking about a ‘technical team’ that has told him that generators will be shipped soon when we all heard him say one generator was already in the country! With all these lies said what should we call you, an honest man? Every reasoning person would agree with Dr Chakwera’s sentiments. Cheapening his qualifications / uplifting yours will not make you a better ‘leader’. The writing is clearly on the wall, we now need an energetic, youthful, visionary and decisive president chosen by the MAJORITY of Malawians
I really do not know whether what I heard from Dr Chakwera was understood by the State President the same way I did. Hearing the State President response or hit back as the Journalist terms it, I feel the president is missing the point while Chakwera was concerned with the way the president is managing the state of affairs and was on the side of Malawians (People), the State President seem to be concerned with Chakwera as a person hence personal attacks on him for telling the truth.
If we start talking of who holds a fate degree and who doesn’t will that bring the electricity Malawians are craving to have, Mr President? The president had all the opportunity which he created himself to tell Malawian the truth about what is happening when he had his so called “surprise visit”. Instead he walked out of that boardroom and called for Malawian to be patient. Which to me was an insult on Malawians (people) because have over exercised patience on our Leaders who seem not to be patient enough when it comes to stealing our hard earn tax money.
I stood on my feat when hearing the President calling names on Chakwera instead of him just clarifying on the issues Chakwera was concerned with. This is may be why Chakwera called him “Pathological Liar” who know may be behide the scenes when Chakwera asked you, you cheated him. The State President personally demonstrated the Cluelessness and directionless that Chakwera described him to be, when he gave that pointless speech.
Mr President you should have challenged Chakwera and people of Malawi by giving details of which truck or shipping company is carrying the Generators you say are on the way? how far away are they? which company is supplying then? the person/company handling them? and least an estimated time/day of arrival and through which port/boarder. Then we could have believed you, but by simply fluffing about it just proves you are telling a lie again.
Mr State President learn to exercise your professorship by determining issues from the speech that others make and analyzing them accordingly at least before you effectively respond to them. Otherwise your bring discredit to profession of Professorship. We believe that people of this status are highly analytical and please show that to us. Am sorry to say that I see more wisdom in analyzing and understanding issues in Chakwera than you Mr State President
Go to helo ndi mtsogoleri wanu woyamba ku uzimu kumalizir ndi kuthupi nonse osatira Lazarus wanu wakumoto
Who is really educated hear? Someone talking personality issues while the other one talking about issues with all the facts? Kodi koma a presidentwa is getting old, very old indeed because he seems to be not knowing what Chakwera was talking, he was off track as if he is not educated at all. Chakwera was talking with all the backup facts. Can this president come up with a way or should he just show us the generator his government bought which he was refering to that they bought rather than attacking Chakwera on education. WHY IS IT THAT IF HE IS FROM A CCREDETED INSTITUTE IS FAILING TO LEAD PROPERLY? Why everything in Malawi is in a mess ? WHY ACADEMIC FREEDOM DEMOS WERE FAMOUS ONLY IN HIS TIME AS EDUCATION MINISTER, WHY HIS MINISTERS CHEAT HIM THAT THEY WILL WIN THE JUST GONE BY ELECTIONS? WHY JOYCE BANDA ONLY IN TWO YEARS MANAGED TO DO AWAY WITH BLACKOUTS YET INU MKUTI NDINU ACCREDETED PROFESSOR? Why are you keeping the most corrupt cabinet on earth yet you are accredeted professor?
IT IS BETTER TO HAVE LESS EDUCATED LEADER WHO IS COMPETENT AND PRINCIPLED THAN TO HAVE SO CALLED HIGHLY EDUCATED PROFESSOR WHO DONT KNOW EVEN BASICS OF ECONOMY. Let me remind him and his dpp blind followers that those who will vote will be Malawians not only dpp cowards so 2019 is around the corner, you will wish to go back where you came from, no more Bingu legacy will save you this time.
Very pathetic that the ijtima was used as a podium for hitting at political rivals. MUM chair wake up to stop this in future please. This must be going on without involving head of state in future.
If calling a president a liar is against the law, then we have very bad laws in this country!
Then there is quality in the products of unaccredited universities in the US going by the audibility and sense coming from Chakwera who is no match to APM who even fails to express himself despite being a university professor for decades.
Munthu uyu ndionama kwambiri kwa Chonde amati imodzi yafika pano akuti zanyamuka kumene aaaaaa nanga magalimoto a Police aja mwina akuikilabe ma siren mwina zifikila pamodzi ndi ma geneset. Kkkkkkkkkkkkk mchonayu sadzatheka
We want yomweyo chakwera!!!
Let’s have the generators that’s all – but two consecutive years of heavy blackouts without emergency plans surely indicate somewhere somehow somebody is sleeping on the job. Perhaps the president has now come out of a deep sleep!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have never heard Chakwera calling himself Professor. How can he have that title as he has taught at any tertiary institution.. Probably some people out of ignorance call him Professor. This is the problem of heaping our leaders with titles. Professor is a french word which means teacher and as long as APM is no longer teaching, the moment he became President, his official title should immediately changed as such (to President). To say President, Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika as uneducated journalists call him on MBC is redundant in journalism. One is supposed to be addressed by only one title at a time. This is a repeat of His Excellency the Life President Ngwazi Dr, Hastings Kamuzu Banda – so boring. In my view APM has lied again to tell the nation that Chakwera calls himself professor which he never did. This is why we have been advocating that those who got honourary doctorate degrees do not, at all, deserve to be addressed as doctors including Getrude Mutharika, chifukwa ndi degree yogula kapena yotola. Robert Mugabe and Wole Soyinka have been refusing to be offered such honourary degrees because they are useless, they do not add value and no one can find a job using such degrees, but here in Malawi people of influence in society bulldoze to be conferred such useless degrees including Akweni. Izi zimakomera anthu osaphunzira.
Muthalika you are a pathological liar, when did you start talking about generators you full? Was it not in 2016… All you have been doing is to steal from Malawians
Hahaha politics pamalawi… so to cal president a liar its an offence?Degree ndi degree basi.koma chakwera skayankhula chizungu ngati adabadwila konko…Ena chimakhala cha chilomwe, Koma its true our president is doing nothing.. blackouts…companies are losing money.. economy yu foila
Corruption.. its too much DPP officials not arrested eg chaponda , nankhumwa.insecurity….innocent people being killing in the presence of police.. police has become part of rulling DPP not to serve the public good…
If the generators are coming then ask your so called technical people to give you the tracking number so all Malawians can track where the generators are, full stop.
Every shipment has a tracking number, share the tracking number please you senile liar…..
a dha inu mukanangopita kukapemphera nao osati kupomboneza anthu ndi kulephera kwanu. mwatani?????????????????????? ma filimu akamatha zosatila zake mbwandimbwanditu basi iyoyo.
”I know to call the president a liar is a violation of the law” lamalo number chiani limeneri.
So the president is not even aware that the Mental wing of Bwaila hospital was closed because probably the government doesn’t have money? This country has no future.
Hahahaha, that’s funny.
Iwe, ukukana kuti ndiwe Pathological liar? Iwe ndi Chakwera who is presidential material? People have refused u, but since you are dull, u still biliv kuti wuli popular!! Kkkkkk. Mlomwe weniweni,,,no brains.
Nanga poti ukunamaso za school. Kubalalika uku!
Kikikiki! Chakwera, your turn!