Mutharika ignores 48-hour ultimatum to return to Lilongwe

March 8, 2019 Green Muheya -Nyasa Times 30 Comments

President Peter Mutharika would disregard a 48-hour demand by civil society organisations (CSOs)  to return to Lilongwe from his Northern Region tour and meet  people with albinism (PWAs) who are holding a vigil and have a face-to-face meeting with the Malawi leader  to discuss the continued killings of albinos in the country.

Protesters march in the streets of Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, over continued attacks on albinos

PWAs under the banner of Association of Persons with Albinism in Malawi (Apam) want Mutharika to address their grieveances.

As of Thursday, the protesters were camping out at the Malawi Institute of Management, about six kilometers from the State House, waiting for  Presidsnt Mutharuika to return from a visit to the north.

They have given Mutharika 48 hours to return and meet with them. If he doesn’t, they say, they will march on State House again.

But State House has said Mutharika is not returning to Kamuzu Palace anytime soon from his official duties in the North.

The President will not work under pressure as most of the grievenaces Apam are raising are being implemented including the commission of inquiry , his spokesman said.

Albinos in Malawi are targeted over false beliefs that their body parts, when used in so-called magic potions, bring wealth and good luck.

Police statistics show that 26 albinos have been killed since 2014, including three in the past two months.

 

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30 replies on “Mutharika ignores 48-hour ultimatum to return to Lilongwe”

  1. Mtambo’s life goal is to give a petition to APM. That’s his ultimate wish on his bucket list. Every time he sets to match he wants to “give petition to APM”.

    1. Mtambo is delusional. Or insane as insanity is described as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” (Albert Einstein(?) – Question mark because there is no credible evidence that he actually said this). Regardless, the description is apropos re. Mtambo, as he keeps giving APM ultimatums even though the President ignores them predictably. Assiduously, and with vigor.
      Mtambo may also be suffering from OCD. Please some one help him!

  2. Waste of time for APWA who have been joined By Mtambo and Trapence who have nothing to offer to Malawians . A Kondowe bwelerani kwanu

  3. It is very weird that Malawians voted for such an old, useless, clueless and uninspiring President in 2014. But they will still vote him for him in 2019! Kuthawa mavuto or hide from them at state house is the best solution to problems for him.

  4. APAM yatha ma plan now yayamba kutumikira amabungwe ndi anthu andale otsutsa. Mwano umenewu siukupindulirani Inu ma alubino. Think twice. You can’t get it by force. Remember that!!!!

  5. I used to sympathize with APAM but now l am having second thoughts. What are these hooligans Mtambo and Trapence doing in those marches? They are hijacking a worthy cause and turning it into a political circus. Address the albino issues with all stakeholders, ie govt, opposition, parliament, judiciary, donors, chiefs, civil society, religious leaders and so forth. Stop making this national crisis a political issue. Right now even these vigils are exposing albinos to attacks and kidnappings.

  7. This is the weakest presidency we have ever had. So fearful to face challenges head on.

    Be the President, meet your people. Stop behaving like you are the King and we are the great unwashed.

  9. What a headless useless coward, constantly running away from problems.

    This is a Man who hid his rotten brother’s corpse and even gave it the name of Daniel Phiri kikikiki for the fear of the unknown.

    Ku chance was closed for 1 year over a very simple issue he failed to solve as a minister.

    My prayer is that this bastard lives wrong enough to be held to account for his criminal negligence.
    I also hope and pray for him to live long enough see his family business DPP disintegrate into tatters when it is kicked on of government come May 19.

  10. Mudala akufuna ma voti kumpoto. Watondeka chomene. He is the architect of his own downfall. He is a thief who stole K145 million with Zameer. Only Zameer, Botomani and now Esau have been arrested. He favours people from his own tribe for most of the positions in government. Development is mostly in his Lomwe belt. His wife and Norman Chisale are making headlines for theft. Please don’t vote for this old man again. Voting him is voting for a zombie Chimulirenji.

  11. APAM mkachaninso? How many times have Mtambo and Trampence matched? What did they get? How many times have Chanco marched? What did they get? Up to now chancellor college calendar is disturbed because of afew selfish individuals.So too with polytechnic, their calendar are behind by a year so who is fooling who? A government is s very sophisticated institution to fight against! Muchedwapo APA za ziii

    2. Wopusa ndiiwe and I doubt if you attended any university where strikes are common all over the world. Chanco yokha gets what it demands, whether it was Kamuzu, Bingu or this coward Alamu Pumani Mwakula thing.

  12. Is there any emergency to warrant cancellation of the trips? Well done APM keep the fire burning! Ena akumva pain! Even if they match 100 times who will be bothered! They are marching while those who are cheating them are busy eating sausages and taking wine while driving posh cars! Idiots!

  13. Kodi uthenga omwe ukupita kwa achibale awo ndi otani? chifukwa amene akukhudzidwanso ndi alongo, achimwene, mai, bambo ama alubinowo kumapangana ndi anthu kuti awagulitse.

  14. Albinos, stop being used. The countries that are offering you asylum are also after your body parts. At LEASE MUKASOWA KUNO ANTHU AMADZIWA AND RAISE ALARM- kwa eni palibe yemwe angadziwe. North, East, South West, home is best

  15. The clock is ticking.only if he could show he is a listening president unfortunately he feels he owes nobody anything. Power power power I will never understand it.

  16. Chimulirenji run away from the debate APM is using the Northern tasks as an escape-goat! Thus how they operate this thieves they dont care! Ask how many criminals pass with Ana adadi plates on our rd blocks, traffic stops, rd traffic you cant do that even in SA with ANC or USA with Republics nor UK! This impunity will lead this country to Zimbabwe if we keep voting useless money scammers type of leaders! We need a Magufuli type of leader in MLW to progress not retrogress cadets dancing on tax payers funded projects thus your tax you fool those city rates should build us roads in our hoods!

  17. So the vice Chairperson of APAM, Abigail Dzimadzi is in the commission of inquiry instituted by the President and APAM is still seeking attention. Chavuta apa is govt has listened but at a bad time when countries have offered asylum to Albinos, and most likely its more attractive to go outside the country therefore they will continue doing this to make it seem nothing is being done. They have said they will not stop until the personal alarms have arrived too. They wanted a commission of Inquiry, its now there. They have members in the taskforce headed by Ntaba who can inform them when NAP gets funded. And they are forgetting the other crucial matter and that is, their own relatives are also the ones behind some of these abductions. How do they intend to tackle that.

  18. Am not being respectful with People with Albism but boma and the office of the President has issues that are programmed wgen the President asked them twice to meet them the past few weeks ,It means he had time to meet them.Its not just about them giving boma nthawi its about when he could accommodate.So dont write if they were not gvn time.

      3. Omvetsa chisoni ndiwe govt has alot on the place to wsit for PWA who were invited they refused.Appointments are important the govt does not dance to tge tunes anyhow.The problem is u r looking at the whole thing with a political.You are being fooled by SKC and Chakwera you think they hv a clue they are clueless they want to use the whoke thing to get to the top.They wont.

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