Mutharika says will definitely seek another term at 81 years
President Peter Mutharika has maintained that he will definitely run for a second and his last term in office during the 2019 tripartite elections.
The 79- year-old President, who will be 81 years old in 2019, last week told a rally in the northern region that he is still young .
Some quarters say Mutharika is past his prime time as a politician though Malawi’s constitution does not bar anyone from contesting as president on the basis of age.
But the President has stressed that that he will not be wished away, pledging to keep leading the nation to “prosperity.”
In his address at Raiply in Mzimba when he officially inaugurated Export Processing Zone factory, a subsidiary of Raiply Malawi Limited, Mutharika said he is bringing a lot of development to the North and would do better in second term.
”We have the Mzuzu–Nkhata Bay Road, which assessors say is the best road in Malawi. We are also completing the Jenda– Edingeni Road that will connect to Zambia border. We have plans to construct the road that will connect Chikangawa to Nkhata Bay. This will be done during the second term of my administration,” Mutharika said.
He also hailed progress on the Njakwa-Livingstonia and Karonga-Songwe roads.
“But this was my first term and I will continue my work in my second term. In three years, I have managed to construct 10 major roads across the country as opposed to others who built a single road in 31 years,” Mutharika reiterated
He stressed he is going to be seeking another mandate in 2019.
Mutharika had a few official engagements in the northern region which included officially opening a K9 billion Export Processing Zone (EPZ) factory at Raiply Malawi Limited in Mzimba District.
Mutharika speaking at Kasungu Boma, on his way from the north, said the country is paying dearly for little investment made in the energy sector in so many years.
“Electricity is a big problem because the nation failed to make long term investments I the past 50 years. We only invested for an electricity generation capacity of 20 megawatts which was not enough,” Mutharika said.
The president then laid bare plans to arrest the perennial power outages saying that by Christmas, there will be an additional 75 megawatts through generators to add to the current 147 megawatts the country is generating.
He further said that by 2019, the country will have an added 305 megawatts through interventions like maintenance of existing power generating plants and construction of new ones.
Indicating some key achievements by his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)-led administration , Mutharika said it must be appreciated that over the past three years, inflation has fallen from 24 percent to 8.4 percent, as of September 2017, that interest rates have dramatically fallen, with the base lending rate down to 18 percent by July, 2017.
Mutharika dispelled some comments that go around that he always favours the southern region in terms of development projects.
“As Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government, our development favours no particular region. We take development everywhere, be it the north, centre or south,” the President said
If elected in 2019 , Mutharika will be ending his second five-year term as president in 2024.
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Good for the vice president who will take over easily just like Joyce Banda did. Anything can happen after 70. Bingu just collapsed unexpectedly. Zidzachitikanso izi.
Your words are quiet true bwana just in three years you done a recommendable job, I remmember the days you just took the office you inherited huge problems including natural catastrophies of floods & drought & at that particula time there was no single donor for this National & worst still Amai Joyce Banda had left calamities of cashgate & there was no food a bag of maize was selling at K20,000.00 it was really hell.
Nobody can cheat me I have seen with my own eyes where we are coming from and where we are going Mr. President may God continue blessing you. From nothing to something talk of road networks, community colleges, Houses for the poor, single digit inflation, wining back donor support ohhhh!!!! no wonder these Azungus are uplauding your great effort which you have done just in three years – Come 2019 my vote z for you APM.
I think he is talking about next presidential eRections and not presidential elections.
Imani bwana, owina wina. Honestly, you have no competitor. Malizitsani za magetsi anthu asowe zonena.
Get the Mozambique grid, we are done and we will have surplus. Game over! Economy ndiye mwaikhoza. Inflation down than many countries in SADC.
Chimene mumandisangalatsila ndichoti simuvunduka ngati madzi a mbeseni. Thima lili pheeeee. Olo opposition atukwane bwanje. You have demonstrated that you are a true states man
Well, there will always be some fools who vote for him, if only because he visits them with free chitenjes, plastic desks and chairs for their schools…and yet more empty promises. Please, Malawians, surely you can choose someone better than him??!!
We have drawn lessons bwana. We do not want a gogo president. You are outdated to deal with matters that inspires the new generation. Your time is gone and please go honorably to ndata and rest. If you insist I challenge you, should you win then expect to be humiliated when one day people become tired. You have have no personality to inspire the nationa and nothing will people attribute to your leadership. Please bwana go home and rest…………….eeeish
This fool is not only a Prince of Thieves or Pathological Liar who sleeps walk on the job, but he needs to go to Zomba Mental hospital before Wandale goes there for a thorough examination in his head. We may be having a completely mad person for a president and by the time we will be discovering this country will have gone out of control. He lied in parliament about previous governments not having invested on electricity for 50 years. This time he says only 20 megawatts. One Chakwera produced a long list of things this fool promised Malawians that he he would do and he can’t mention any of those to convince Malawians that he had indeed done something. He is still lying, I can’t understand him. I think his colleagues are deliberately destroying him for not helping him out on what to say or do.
Kkkkkkkkk…. let him stand so he can follow his predecessor to exile after elections.
Peter can,t you learn from your friend Mugabe just retire with honour than been
Humiliated.
Mr President, of course, you have the democratic and constitutional right to seek your second term. I guess any civilised person would NOT any problem with that at all.
But what is definitely a problem is that Malawians now need a fair playing field for the electoral process by bringing to parliament the Electoral Bill.
We do not want any longer to be ruled by a president who won by less than 33% of the electorate. U president si ufumu woti poti your kinsmen have liked or viewed you eligible then you are put on the throne. Sizakuntundu zimezi!!! Mukuopa chani?
The 50% plus Bill will STOP this NONSENSE of some tribal demi-Gods, standing on political podiums claiming to be popular yet they were merely voted into power by a single tribe of grossly illiterate population. Such politicians have even the audacity and arrogance to challenge MPs who were by far voted countrywide by more people (over 50%)
Otherwise such conmen disguising as politicians will continue taking advantage of the current loose Act to exploit poor Malawians. The is a stumbling block for real genuine national development.
Company yake iti imalola Nkhalamba, 81+5 aaah
Ahhhhhsh!! Koma.. Palibe ena achichepele? Its good for your health to rest Mr President. After all I don’t think we need you anymore. You have done your part. Just go and rest at your new mansion at Ndata..You will do every Malawi citizen good.. Probably hand over to younger people… Is there no one in your party who you think is good? Not those thieves. But someone patriotic. With you, unless you rig, otherwise you will certainly lose Sir. Those thieves around you should not give you false hopes. They are just trying their best to keep on enriching themselves. Please don’t make this country a prison for us..please Sir, Don’t run again. Please please napapata. Chonde don’t run if you care for this country. We love you. Don’t make us angry. You know what happens when the nation is angry. Even the army you control would stand against you and you end up a very frustrated, emabarased former president instead of retiring a hero like Mandela.
There are few African leader Who hs retired freely om ground of age. Bingu wanted to step down but not he wanted freely but handover to his brotther Peter. Now APM does not want to step down. He did once step down in USA by retirement there they can not say NO. When they come to their countries they join politics because they know they Will live good life. live longer. At the same time rich. Goodwe Goodal was a retired man. Many DDP politicians are ex employed of UN. They are educated but thieves old men. How can we allow these old michona to come home and steal from us? The road Muzuzu Nkhatabay is built by Germanies not Malawi constructors. If it was Malawoans it was not going to finish and be as good as it is. I come from there I passed there I saw them working azungu usiku usana very professional. Asati ngati akabwalala opande sikulu yomanga miseyo. Giving each other constructors withiout edication. This tihe Germany did want their money to go to thieves. I hope they can continue building roads like This. APPM the only development he has done is shielding his fellower thieves. After all When they steal they give him some money. Thats why he could not fira Chaponda. He was afraid he will review him as he said. Malawians should know Chaponda is still in the party DDP If he rigg in elections of 2019 Chaponda will come back. He can not fire him. We Northerners must not vote for him what development has he brought to us?. We are stupid to believe that.
There must be change in constution in Africa as well as in Malawi. Its a shame that so old leaders are ruling these poor nations. These gurus are kept alive through poor citzens money. They are so corrupt. Look AT Europe and most of the worlds leaders are younger. Why there is age limit in geting retirement? Africans are not ashamed of having old leaders?
Zipakirani bwana for your time is up
So we shall have the oldest president in Africa. U will end up like bingu and Mugabe. That age gap between presidents and first ladies is dangerous. In fact a fourth term will be good with u. A president who speak to iliterate local people in English (80%) of your speech) but with mumbling words and un audible voice. Bwana if u leave after one term, you will join the likes of Nelson Mandela.
Yep!!!. Go for it OldMan. 2024 wooooo!!!!!. Kuti zikukwanileni bwino-bwino. Ofunika kuonetsetsadi kuti even macleaner ndi Alomwe okhakha muma companynimu. Ambuye, ntchito mukuigwilatu kwabasi. Mafuno abwino mpaka 2024. Ife tikusapotani bwana.
yes he will be a candidate for DPP because all people in this party are dead wood, madeya