Mutharika saddened with CSO’s protest to Global Fund on his role
President Peter Mutharika has said he is saddened with some civil society organisations (CSOs) under the banner of Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) for writing the Global Fund asking it to withdraw the nomination of the Malawi leader as Champion of its Sixth Replenishment Campaign.

The CSOs argue that President Mutharika lacks the requisite moral standing to assume that role as it will require him to lead efforts in soliciting funding pledges.
They said in their letter dated July 27 2018 to two fund ‘executive director Peter Sands that Mutharika presides over an administration rocked by corruption scandals.
But Mutharika speaking in Lilongwe on Sunday on his return from the Republic of South Africa where he attended the BRICS Summit said it is sad to note that Malawians have reached high levels of “hatefulness on all levels.”
He said it is sad that some individuals went to Geneva and reported that he should not be entrusted with the Global Fund championship.
“Two individuals in this country, somebody called by the name of Gift Trapence and Timothy Mtambo are behind this. It is very, very sad that Malawians have reached this level of hatefulness,” the visibly furious Mutharika said.
He said promoting hate is unacceptable .
“In the year 2008 I was selected as first African to receive an International Jurists Award by the International Council of Jurists but one Humphrey Mvula and [late] George Mtafu had also written a letter prime minister of India to not give me the award,” said Mutharika.
“I think is very very sad for Malawians to reach this type of hatred ,” he said.
“People like Mtambo and Trapence have done nothing for this country, I am very disappointed,” said Mutharika.
The CSOs in their letter said the Global Fun errerd in their appointment of Mutharika, arguing it was made without due diligence and in total disregard of Mutharika’s domestic track record.
“I don’t care about the Global Fund, they can remove me from it, I am not benefitting anything, it’s purely voluntary organisation,” said Mutharika.
He stressed that it is very sad for Malawians to have this kind of attitude.
The Global Fund (GF) is an international financing organization, designed to accelerate the end of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria epidemics by providing support to countries in the response to the three diseases.
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Chilima should be the one saddened. Kumulanda maudindo asanalakwe. Pure hatred. Is this not Karma?
I knew as to how some FOOLISH MALAWIANS will react on this issue yes it’s very sad how can you stand up and clap hands to what some selfish CSO’s have to done to this Nation – tiyeni tikhale ndi umunthu a Malawi chonde in fact it’s not for Peter himself but for the under priveledged people of Malawi and other countries are the one’s to benefit koma UFITI upose apa, anthu akunja are the one’s who have seen the potential in our President kuti Malawi ikhale pa map with the great work it has in fighting HIV AIDS and other diseases.
If I may ask you what has Trapence and his friend done to the development of this Nation since they started recieving donor funding to run ther organisations????????? You can agree with that these guys have built MANSIONS using money meant for the poor people in Malawi. They ask for funding to do the so called demonstrations yes they are given millions of dollars but what do you get after the demonstrations nothing completly nothing.
Open up your eyes and see inu anthu aku Malawi, Every good Leader is always denied by his own people the same what happened to JESUS CHRIST he came to save them but tey opted to mock, insult, spi and gave him so many names on unfounded allegations which were had no truth at all. But in the END they found that they had crucified the innocent MAN the true SON of GOD the MESSIAH.
A LEADER is a true person that has been appointed by GOD to rule his people and we are his people the BIBLE say’s we should always give due respect such LEADERS why because they are chosen by GOD.
Now listen what will happen if God allows Chillima to win and GOD himself choses to hadden the heart of Chilima and instead of having a good heart toards he starts wipping us with SCORPION weapons????
What wrong I mean the proven wrong by courts has Peter done for you Malawians to hate him like this????
Remember it’s God who is in control of everything and if you miss HIM you shall cry the entire life of your stay in this land. Never be cheated GOD does not make mistakes he gives and he also takes away. DAVIDE from the bible was annoited by Prophet Samuel to be the next KING of Isreal but he never tried to insult, nor mock nor take any revenge on the treatments which he recieved from his boss KING SAUL insteady he gave him his humble respect a hundred times.
Wakeup Malawians open up your EYES and see what GOD has for you it will not come because you have a different LEADER no not at all but it will come because you know HIM the one who provides the GOOD THINGS to them that seeks his face deligently in the day and in the night. May GOD bless Malawi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very interesting! Mdalayu kachilombo alibe olo asamupatse saluzapo china chili chonse. Koma iwe mtambo ndi nzakoyo HIV yanuyo mupita nayo kuti? Munya muona
How l wished he showed the same level of anger against thieves on his own government and associates
Absolutely Bozwell.
You should care about the Global Fund Sir! But being caught with both your hands in a cookie jar ( kuba, kusosola) disqualifies you from being a member ! You have been tainted by MK 145M which you still haven’t explained to Malawians!……..yes be saddened alright!
PETER MUTHALIKA MUST NOT INSULT OUR INTELLIGENCE,HE SHOULD NEVER THINK THAT WE ALL THINK LIKE NGOLONGOWINDO.BY TOLERATING CORRUPTION, A LOT OF OUR TAX MONEY ARE GOING INTO DPP SUPPORTERS POCKETS UNDER HIS PETERS WATCH, THAT ACTION ALONE IS WORSE THAN WHAT MTAMBO AND TRAPENCE HAVE DONE.
PITALAYO NDIWOSAMVA , AMATITUKWANILA MA DONOR POSACHEDWAPA ALI KU MZUZU.MCHIMWENE WAKENSO (MALAEMU BINGU) ANAWATUKWANA MA DONOR WOMWEWO KU EKWENDENI AMVEKEL E “STUPID EUROPEANS”.WE ARE NOT FOOLS TO FORGET SO EASILY…
Komanso DPP kubaku ndiye mwanyanya. Please repent and apologise to Malawians and stop fighting the messenger.
That was the truth you MBAVA. Would have been immoral for such organizations not to alert such bodies of your character. That’s part of their job. Keep it up boys until these thieves are out of government.
ophunzira kutukwana atukwaniretu alalatiletu chifukwa come another gvt mpata umeneu sadzaupeza
Trapence Mtambo Kanjoloweka Mvula . I am very very bitter against these rebels . Name the shame bout these political hatred these are enemies of Malawi. APM ndi munthu wofatsa modabwitsa , wokhululuka modabwitsa, akadakhala wodziwika ku Vatican we would have considered him spiritual hero or St Peter. These can not do this in TZ or MoZco . Kalekale titaiwala, tikadadzala nkhadze, tikadamanga chiliza kalekale. why do we condole stupidity to grow in Malawi up to this level. Kodi mumafuna azikuyamikirani kuti you are democratic. apatu ndiye zanyanya chifukwa omweo ayamba kukunyozani kuti you are not in control. Chomcho Kamlepo ndi Chakwera angaleke kukunyozani. ndipo bola Kamulepo ndi chakwera chifukwa they are voted parleamentarians. komano ndi a buluzi omwewa ndi a pumbwa omwe.
Kuteleko iweyo ukusapote za utsilu zomwe boma likuchitazo? Ukufuna azikuyamikila a peterwo kuti ndiwe DPP supporter weniweni!! Fake up!!
Liar! Muli chabe ndi maganizo a upandu. Ofuna to influence a president to start killing his opponents.
Which country kills its opponents in this day and era? There’s a woman in Uganda who literally calls Museveni obscene vulgarities on live TV, Besyeje has strong language, etc. Zuma used to be roasted like a child by Malema, Maimanne and even Mnangagwa is living in hell..
Olo Kamuzu asachoke ankatukwanidwa. In fact it was pressure raised by the then CSOs to the international community that had forced HKB to accept calls for multiparty referendum. Kodi “ndinu mulendo mu Yelusalemu?”
Please don’t see such calls as unpatriotic or HATE against APM. It has happened before. Charity begins at home.
iwe peter mutharika ndi trapence, nde bola trapence. ndipo akukupatsa ma recognition wo are also corrupt.
why are we suddened about the CSO’s REPORTING ABOUT GLOBAL FUND INSTEAD OF LOOKING INTO THE 145 million and all the corruption happeningn in this counrty, koma mutu ukugwira????
This is too personal.
Give us a signal Papa on MK145 Million okay not Rouble Rousing
Ufiti ungapose pamenepa? Angothokoza kuti Peter Mutharika is a good person and is not violent.
Za violence zinatha. Nde chifukwa a Peter ndi anzawo angowatenga anthu m’makwawo ndkukawaphera ku State house kenaka kukawata kapena kukwirira m’mbali mwa misewu.
Under normal morality so trapence and Mtambo can lobby to deny their own country funding? Remember you have been vocal on HIV AIDS fight now you are blocking funding to support the very course you say you fight for? Really?
As much as I don’t condone what happened in the police gate, I think sometimes our CSOs push things too far. This is a domestic issue and needs to be handled as such. It seems sometimes we rush to get international attention and bad publicity on things we can handle. Munazolowela kudyola azungu.
Big up to the Global Fund for seeing wisdom in the request by the Malawi CSOs. The APM was caught pants down, he DIRECTLY benefitted K145 MILLION from proceeds of a corrupt transaction. His DPP thieves are stealing a lof of money and yet he shields them from investigations. Very Big shame. Shame on you APM.
And Big up to Human Rights Defenders for naming and shaming this thieving president.
#operationchotsambava
Kodi a Trapence Mtambo Mvula inuyo panokha mwawatichira chani a Malawife chomwe mungachiloze. APM and DPP wapanga THE BEST ROAD in Malawi Nkhatabay – Mzuzu road, Chitipa road, Liwonde Mangochi road, Kasiya road, single digit inflation rate, Stadiums in Mulanje, Mangochi, Kasunku Karonga etc….Bingu stadium, MAST University, 40 Technical colleges, komanso ufulu wasamanga anthu andale kapena atola nkhani, koma zinazi zanyanya uu siufulu koma chipongwe. Democracy yeni yeni.
Kodi inu a Mtambo a Humphrey Mvula ndi a Trupense mukamachita zoterezi mumachita ngati mukugwira ntchito yokomera a Malawi onse kapena zokomera inuyo. Kodi mkulu wa apolice wokhazikitsa bata ndi mtendere dziko akutani. amenewa musawasiye chomcho adzazolowera. Koma ndale ndi uchimo woipa kwambiri. Kuterekutu andale enawa akuti pulezident ndi wofooka ndipo afunanso kulowerera pa nkhani yomweyo, koma akawamanga omweo apitanso pansonkhano kukalalata kuti zoopysezana ayi, zothana ayi. uku ndikupotoza nkhani chabe alibe chilungamo, iwo pankhani iriyonse amayendera phindu tipezepo. ndi atsogoleri abodza lenileni.
Likaka
We Malawians are taken for granted by the so called CSO leaders who make unnecessary noise just for their benefits, I believe most of us are blinded by hate hence we do not reason but take every insanity as sanity. Blocking funding for the diseases we can not contain without assistance is as well as killing the masses for the benefit of individuals: Mtambo and coleagues will get richer while the majority suffers, think again
Promoting and or leading your team in getting our funds as per the stories all over is not only the most unacceptable attitude but also the most disappointing thing Mr President. Sincerely, if what Mtambo and Trapence have done is what you sincerely call disappointing, then your morals makes you not fit for president of a country, but thugs/and or trickster!!
It is a normal reaction for those who are guilty to be angry when caught out or confronted with the truth. This is The very reason that a an independent commission of enquiry should be set up as a matter of urgency to investigate the K145m saga. The impression has been created that bwana and your cronies are thieves. Work hard to exonerate yourself from these accusations without killing the messengers. The fact your own people think you’re a thief is a big problem and your behaviour hasn’t helped.
Nkhawa njee Mr President stop worrying about that as I said two days ago get your son ATUPELE and get into an election mode and mood.
Some of these people akwera the seasonal parties which are copying and parroting everything Malema and Chamisa. Chamisa and Malema are causing similar sensations in urban South Africa and Zimbabwe but the good thing the ruling parties are doing there and which you must emulate is never to panic. Stop your officials from foulmouthing and physical attacks of opposition members and instead concentrate on your promises including starting the construction of Blantyre Stadium and am telling you you will be home and dry.
Mwinatu tinene kuti apulezident akuwatola chomchi chifukwa akalambaditu. Kodi akadakhala kuti pulezident wa dziko ndi enawa kapena awo, Trapence ndi Mtambo akanafika mpaka pamenepa. Muthalika ndi wopilira kwambiri ngati mmene adapililira Davide ku nkhanza za Sauli. Sauli adachita choipa china chilichonse kwa Davide koma adalephera ndipo pamapeto pake Sauli adagonja, adapezedwa ndi asilikali sauli adadzipha yekha pouza nzake kuti amulase ndi lupanga. enanu ananu mutha ngati Sauli chifukwa Peter Muthalika a true Christian samakubwezerani zoipa zanu.
Iwe Hawk , Malawi has a better system than Uganda . So don’t compare their leadership. Do you celebrate to see Museveni treat his people like dogs? I think you are equally useless like a bambo ako Mutharika wo. What does democracy mean? People should be fee to express themselves as Trapence and team did. Trump and Theresa May are having sleepless nights because of democracy so you want us to go back to the one party system of government? Shame on you. Museveni is not a champion of democracy, but chindere chakufikapo.
trapence and Mtambo must be brought to a table of questions. Public Affairs committee of Parliament ngati imagwira ntchito wachilungamo must make an tough inquiry about this. The government too must set a commission of equirely to probe these dangerous rebels. Due mean freedom of speech can mandate you to rebel against the government up to this level. Kodi palibe body ina iliyonse mdziko muno yomwe imagwira ncthito yoteteza chilungamo kapena nthambi yoteteza boma? Imeneyi si Democracy. Kodi Democracy imatanthauza kuwapatsa ufulu anthu woipa chomchi . Ngati anthu amenewa samangidwa nde anthu ooonse omwe ali mndende panopa amasuleni, chifukwa kundende kuli anthu ambiri mbiri omwe adalakwa kamlandu kochepa ndiponso ena osalakwa, onamizilidwa. Trapence ndi Mtambo asakidwe chifukwa sadanyoze Pulezident yekha koma anyoza amalawi. Kodi inu a zodiac radio mukuti chani, nanga inu wolemba lemba atola nkhani , ama pastoral letter mukuti chani. chilungamo chanu tichione pamenepa. zisamakomere …. kugunda ……… Nanga a PAC chilungamo chanu tichione.
Ukunama ambwana, Malawi need to have people like Trapence and Mtambo to tame princes of thieves like you!! Ndendezo za amako!! Stupid zako
a point of correction, anyoza mbala yanu yokha boss, exclude innocent malawians,,, moti inu you dont know kuti pita ndi mbava? shame man
Go to hell Godwa. Between them and APM who should be arrested?
Palibe cholakwika chimene Trapence ndi Mtambo apanga. What do you mean anyoza pulezident. Who is a president, demi-god?
wagwa nayo iew ndi ambuye ako a Peter. What the cso have done is a fantastic job. Thats what they should be doing. These responsibilities should go to responsible individuals not Peter a corrupt leader. In Western countries individuals like Peter will not have a chance to continue as president. I salute Gift and Mtambo, KEEP THE FIRE BURNING. Peter should know that he has failed Malawians by all standards. This is not hatred but a wake up call that Malawians are tired of his DDP thieving government.
Hhhhmmm ululani Bwana: Mtambo, Trapence, Mvula and Mtafu!
So the hatred from a certain region is not new! What’s up with these people? Pretty soon they will not have any friends left outside their own region. And is that what they want so they can continue to claim “discrimination”? … the underhandedness!
You are just too polite and diplomatic, Bwana, to say it like it is.
Not related, they have done a noble job.
good riddance at best
The State President has been behaving badly.
The Kwacha145Million saga
Then the Global funds that were diverted to your cultural grouping Mulankho wa Alomwe and your wife Charity Beam.
To many a few.
All these corrupt activities and untamed corruption and you have Global Fund prides itself in zero tolerance on fraud.
Shame on Global Fund.
He who comes to equity must come with clean hands.
It just simply shows that Mutharika is a law-abiding citizen. Am a Malawian doing school here at makerere university in Uganda. What Trapence and Mtambo are doing sangapange zopusazo ndi Yoweri Museveni, Ugandan President. Akanathawa mdziko lawo lomwe ameneo. Mutharika is treating them with kid gloves. You have the police at your disposal osafinya bwanji agwape amenewa. If u are not happy with your leader mobilize the masses using funds you receive from your financiers to boot him out of presidency in next year’s poll
Maganizo opusa kwambili amenewo bwana Hawk. Museveni is a tin pot dictator that’s why he just changed the laws so he can stay forever and no one wanted to know what you’re doing kumene muliko. Obviously school siichotsa ukape umenewo. A police wo akafinye amanu aja bwanji?. Pumbwa winaso iwe.
That’s the beauty of democracy. Yoweri Museveni is becoming a dictator and your shallow mind is applauding him for making those who speak against him go into exile. That kind of politics end in 1993 here in Malawi. Mutharika is an embarrassment to the pple of Malawi and we do not want him to represent our beautiful country. You must be one of the pumbwas to sympathize with this giant mbava, the father of all mbavas. Once you’re done with your school please don’t come back here, we don’t need any more pumbwas.
Mwadya nawo 145 million?
Mbuyanga sukulu sinakuthandizeni…Dont you know Museveni is a bad dictator. We removed Kamuzu Banda chifukwa cha uchitsiru akupanga museveniwo! Never compare Malawi with your foolish Uganda….
So you admire Yoweri Museveni? Your comments are pathetic. While I don’t always agree with the approach which the CSOs have taken, it is wrong to suggest that the president has to use state machinery to silence his critics. Muhrakika has his weakness but he has not used state machinery to silence CSOs and there you are, Mr Hawk, suggesting that he should do that. Shame on you.
Only African countries as you have indicated Uganda condemn such acts. In those countries abide by the rule of law, there’s nothing wrong for a citizen to critisize the ills of their leaders. Mature a bit and embrace democracy. Malawi will never develop because of continued worshipping of their presidents.
Yoweri Museveni is a dictator and they is no democracy in Uganda thus why they keep on changing constitutional to favor that dictator.So don’t compare Malawi and Uganda where democracy is concern.Just do your schooling there but don’t compare the two countries about the freedom of expression
Where is 145million kwacha if you want to be a champion of a global fund. Resign Mr. President because your name surrounded with criminal act and thievery.
It is sad indeed. Gift Trapence and Timothy Mtambo’s organization is not an NGO because it is political in nature. In fact their organization is a quasi opposition party. I urge other CSOs to write the global fund informing them the political status of the two’s institution in the country. Get countings of the newspapers where they were demonstrating together with members of opposition parties, newspaper cuttings where they lamented that the opposition parties saw sense in government’s allocation of fund for rural development, emphasize on their loud silence on illegal water connection by MCP just because the evil act was done by their colleague, their loud silence on an obscenely expensive house at maula where the owner’s economic standing before and after joining politics do not match and also their silence on the VEEP’s unjustifiably rabid attack on the country’s leadership.
All these pointers prove that the two and others such as Kajoloweka are opposition politicians masquerading as CSOs. The Global fund is an International Organization and they look for people with global reputation and standing and APM is the only one meeting such criteria from Malawi at the moment. Ngakhale aziapopa akanyimbi awowo, no one out there know them.
Other CSOs in the country, write the Global Fund that their nomination should not be withdrawn. Ngati simulemba, mungondipatsa address yao ine ndilemba ndipo ndiwauza za nsanje yomwe yamera midzu mdziko muno.
APM, don’t be discouraged you are a BIG TREE IN THE MALAWI FOREST SO YOU DO NOT NEED ANY LABEL.
Define an NGO bwana Hatton. What toubhave written is your opinion but definitely not true. Nothing wrong Trapence has done. Werenganinso mwina mukhoza. Khadeti osaphunzira iwe! Olo wophunzira koma wopusa poti paja school does not qualify one to be wise.
What’s wrong with pointing our the wrong that the president and his government is doing against ordinary Malawians?
What have you done with K145m?
ife tizikomedwa ndi ma awards pamene dziko likuberedwa inu a president kumangoyang’anira…shame
You are just quite on the 145m issue. What Timothy and Trapence have done it’s good for the country. Keep it up guys am behind you.
So you mean you don’t care about Global Fund.
Have you already forgotten that Global Fund procures almost all ARVs in this country, HIV and Malaria test kits, TB and Malaria drugs, Nets, vans and money program implementation just to mention a few. Forex currency cover you are boasting to have in Malawian banks is it not Global Fund money ?
Watch your mouth your excellence.
Remember Global Fund is not plucked from the trees. It’s tax payer. Governments that contribute to that pot have the responsibility to explain to their citizens how their tax is spent, ACCOUNTABILITY . The problem is Malawians don’t question their leaders or government how their tax is spent, hence when the likes of Trapence asks for accountability, mumvekere akunyoza president, come on.
WELL DONE MTAMBO AND TRAPENSE. LET IT GO TO THE DESERVING PRESIDENTS AND NOT A THIEVING MALAWIAN PRESIDENT
It is indeed sad that Malawians have reached this level. We are setting a bad precedent. I aware that NGOs need to please their financers but not with such hatred for the Head of State. This only shows disrespect for the Office of the Presidency
Bwana Tsamba,
I see nothing hateful in the reporting. This administration is rotten with corruption and fraud, possibly ochastrated and supported by the president. Due diligence is a common procedure that every organisation is supposed to undertake. Any sane body realising a currupt person, would not entrust him/her for a position. The CSOs have done a proper job.
These are the implications of fraud, your better off not doing it, thats why our colleagues in the west honarably step down once exposed.
Iwe JUSTICE. Talk about “due diligence”: Where is that, and also accountability and transparency when it comes to the CSOs managing their affairs, financial and all? They resist the call for financial accountability, and so their “hillier than thou” attitude runs hollow indeed.
Humphrey Mvula, Georg Ntafu, Trance and Mtambo all these are Tumbukas. Why are doing this inhumae. Why Tumbukas are eye sores to the rest of Malawi? You mean OPC should not transact its own business because of few Tumbukas. What kind of democracy is this? This is too personal.
Peter siwabwino akuti alibe nazo ntchito za Global Fund eeeeeeh amakonda dziko lake ameneyu akuti ndizopanda mawini koma adzitibera ifeyo ndiye zomwe.akufuna chisoni ndi manyazi alibe
case in point is about APM. The CSOs are neither challenging nor denying mismanagement of their affairs. you seem to be good at mixing up things. Analyse cases independently. own issues doesnt stop you from critiquing otherwise we would have been commenting on this forum
Has nothing to do with hatred for the head of state or disrespect fot the office of the president – ACCOUNTABILITY. NGOs need to please their financiers, it’s not true! They are accountable to their funders, so with the same Global Fund. As Malawians we are also accountable to our funders. Kuzolowera kuwononga ndalama zopatsidwa. Remember citizens of developed countries are sacrificing through their taxes to help poor Malawians and not for Muntharika to benefit.
What is Mutharika doing to Chilima its not the same what these guys have done also?I see nothing wrong here with what DPP did to Robert Chasowa,Njaunju you name them,its all based on hatefulness
It is so sad, kumphunzira koma sukulu yopanda phindu, kumangotsutsa, ndikudzudzula, shame CSO