Mutharika’s outbursts on UN trip draw civil society, opposition rage
A civil society activist and an opposition political party have censured President Peter Mutharika for his outbursts against Malawians’ concern over his blatant abuse of public resources, particularly taxpayers’ money, calling on him to come off his ‘ivory tower’ conditions to address the concerns of the nation.
This comes in light of President Mutharika’s utter arrogance displayed at a news conference he addressed in Lilongwe on Thursday, October 8, 2015 where he typically declared he is not answerable to Malawians for his conduct.
President Mutharika recently travelled to New York for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) with a ‘larger-than-life’ entourage of more than 100 people, spending hundreds of millions of Kwacha when the economy back home continues to deteriorate.
During the news conference, President Mutharika was defiant, countering critics’ calls to resign amid growing concerns over misrule and a deteriorating social and economic order.
“I am not going to step down. I have no intention to go into a debate,” said Mutharika.
Activist Billy Mayaya said in an interview with Nyasa Times on Thursday the President has no right to insult the intelligence of long suffering Malawians by refusing to account for the rationale behind taking an entourage of 115 people.
“We insist that the President explains and accounts for his actions. Instead of addressing the myriad challenges facing Malawians, he continues to gallivant around the world and fails to show leadership.
“As civil society we demand he desists from impeding the work of the media and responds to questions intelligently and not through threats,” he said.
Seodi White a social development lawyer observed that President Mutharika’s news conference was so rich in technical matters on: “What his personal participation as Head of State at UNGA Side events means for the country and how historic it is. It puts Malawi on the global governance agenda and this has a positive spin on the country.”
But former governing People’s Party (PP) has also rebuked the President for “his carelessness in addressing people’s concerns”. PP publicist Ken Msonda told Nyasa Times on Thursday his party is “extremely disturbed by the President’s utter disregard for ordinary people’s plight”.
“We have observed that President Mutharika wants to suddenly evolve into an authoritarian just like his late brother. We think that Malawians deserve a listening and remorseful leader instead of a return to the old dark days of dictatorship,” he said.
Msonda observed that “the ear is normally the first thing that dies before the whole body”.
“President Peter Mutharika is surely and steadily sliding into a cesspool aloofness and arrogance that characterized his brother, late President Bingu wa Mutharika, before he died in April 2012. Remember those calls for government to be accountable to the people; remember those demonstration calling for the enlargement of human rights spaces; remember the civil society fight equality in government appointment and access to economic opportunities?
“When former British High Commissioner to Malawi, Fergus Cochrane-Dyet, sent a cable to his country in 2011, which accused Bingu wa Mutharika of being increasingly ‘arrogant’ and ‘autocratic’, he was unceremoniously expelled against voices of reason. The international relationships that Bingu choose were with dictators,” Msonda recalled.
He said when Malawians protested after having had enough, Bingu turned to the gun and 18 people were confirmed killed, particularly in the northern towns of Karonga and Mzuzu as a result of police using live ammunition to quell protests.
“President Bingu wa Mutharika was unapologetic and said that he would “smoke out” all his enemies. This utter brutality was accompanied by a crack-down on Malawian journalists, human rights activists, and lawyers. Other events that marred his presidency were the activities surrounding the 2011 academic freedom stand-off between the President and the University of Malawi, and the death of student activist Robert Chasowa. The end of Bingu is now history, as they say.
“If politicians were not in the habit of repeating the same mistakes with deadly accuracy, Peter Mutharika could have read the writing on the wall and changed course. Sadly that is not the case,” lamented Msonda.
The President told reporters that he is not sitting down against calls for austerity measures to repair the damaged economy amid high inflation and rising commodity prices.
“Next week, I am going to India, then in London in December for an African Investment Forum,” said Mutharika.
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Malawians should grow, let’s not be used, why do we always wait for some one to think for us? We voted for this president and he will remain as such until the end of his term. We voted for a human being not a superman who can change things overnight. Where things are you’ll be saying the same thing if it were the best president of your choice, the current administration is not to blame, it’s where we’re coming from, we’ve had greedy leaders who kept on milking this malnourished economy. My advice to the Government is that it should not worsen the current situation but rather try to find ways of enhancing the economy which in my understanding will not happen any time soon. You may impeach APM but tell me where you’ll get a President who’ll perform miracles? Let’s be patient my brothers this is our country and God can not let us remain in this state forever, He loves this country more than we know, this is a blessed land the problem is the inhabitants. To the opposition your time will come, we appreciate your contribution in ensuring that the Government is responsible in some of it’s decisions, let’s talk less and do more, we have seen this type of politics for a long time now, it only benefits you not the poor Malawians, you talk and talk but when you come into power you do the same thing that the former government was doing. My fellow Malawians let’s work for the betterment of our nation, the last time I checked our staple food was still nsima not politics.
Let’s wait and see,time will tell.
President has also the right to react on tiresome issues he is a person like any other person
za anthu 115 anafotokoza, he mentioned several names that were not paid by gov & evin din’t know would be there, now how difficult is it to verify with those pple & ask them why they went to UN? munthu ku kwiya chifukwa chakuti a media u did not report well the issue of 115 entorage is that dictatorship? so u a media u r God u can’t be wrong? amalawi cha mzeru timadziwa ndi ku nyoza mtsogoleri wanu, telling the world how bad ur leader is, how u wish him dead kkk dancing wen ur leader dies.are we realy wise?
Mathanyula analumidwa ndi garu wachiwewe wayamba kubwebweta
i am also a lomwe.just like the president no enough is enough.mlopwana.dzikolatomukanika
Actor? Funny? No he is just a goof head
KKKKKKK, this president APM is an actor and funny, Mr Ibu right!
I think most of educated people must go back to school. They did their education but they lack wisdom. Opposition instead of helping to develop the country, they always campaigning for the next election. Malawi will remain as it is because we don’t want to give chance to the government of today. That is why former President decided to source money for the election. If we could allow her to rule this nation without fear, she couldn’t both herself to
siphon our taxes.
Peter and Saulos are trying their best to take Malawi to somewhere but people are busy pulling them down. I think to critise a person is not a crime but you need to critise not for the sake of joulous. Most Malawians they don’t want to take the position of presidency with intent to assist people but they think that politics is the cheapest formula of fast reach. For a day you can become a billionaire.
Check the speeches of other leaders, they are not ready to help the government. What they are doing is busy looking for loopholes that can make them to get a position.
The position is for everybody and the rule states that a President is given a chance for five years only and if he gives good leadership he can be offered a chance for another five years. Opposition should understand that one will be your turn and you will need support from other people.
Oppose where necessary and that is the only way you can buy from people unlike practicing hatred politics. We are here observing all of them and any word which is spoken today is kept for the future use. God bless Malawi
Leave the president alone if you had issue why didn’t you waited for him you were busy bkarking ngati galu .Malawian learn to respect your leader
Which leader? You fool! We don’t have a leader in Malawi! Your stupid idiot? To hell with this toothless dog!
DO YOU KNOW That parliament sent 10 MCP MPs what the hell were they doing in new York, Kabwila should tell us if that’s not extravagance? Dorothy Ngoma was part of JBs largest entourage to UNGA, When she came back she just sat on her ass and stayed quite. Now she wants to tell the world that she is holly, what type of holliness is this.Some of you are worse than the president, you have squandered ngos money before. The monies the president is investing will bear fruit in the long run, paja kwainu donor akapeleka ndalama ndiye mumati president Wanders! Daft Malawians
Can’t see beyond the nose
If he makes it as a mature dictator which looks likes a dominant gene in the Munthalika genera, he still will be different from his brother. The later elder brother despite being a made- dictator, arrogant and pompous, he had strategies, leadership characteristics, governance experience and he had a clue on how to develop Malawi. We saw the works of his hands witnessing for him. The late Brother became more confused and more dictatorial after changing his marital details in his bedroom. But this young brother is extremely a low deal in all aspects of presidency. It will be disastrous for him and us to let him degenerate into such a dictator an additional character to his current incompetence on the helm.
It’s only in Malawi where a president can utter unpresidential words such as “silly” “garbage” “nonsense” etc and yet it is a dignified office of the land. Kodi ife tikamubwezela kumuuza za anatomy youndana yamukabudula wake ndiye kuti talakwa? Judging from what he said during the press conference, the president has no respect for Malawians! He belittled us all and that is very disgraceful. Sure boasting to us that he was a millionaire long time before he was president, ati sindingadye tindalama tanu, salary ndi K1.4, koma akukhala ku state house using our money? I very disappointed with Mr. Ibu. Very myopic and God forbid! Mulungu tichitileni zodabwitsa zija!
Munthu uyu zinthu zinamukanika kale pa wuminister.alomwe Amati akusakha wakwa wo pano tivutikila limodzi palibe kusiyana zawuchisilu basi
Mr President, if you were me,I could have apologised to the entire nation
Ife tatopa kuva khani zopanda mutu tisiyeni tipume.
Malawians didn’t vote for APM this is an honest fact. The chairperson of MEC Justice Mbendera can vouch for this truth. It is not surprising that APM is shouting at us Malawians for he knows that we didn’t vote for him and 2019 he can still win without us voting for him. MCP for sure won the 2014 elections. APM arrogance clearly attests to fact that he indeed fraudulently snatched the election victory from MCP.
40 days ikwana
A Malawi mwakumana nazo kumachangamuka
APM must feel very secure in his position if he is off to India and London. Things can happen when a dictator is out of the country, and sometimes he is not allowed back.
Yoo men, de president is vairy arrogant. Achimwene ake nayamba kukula mtima 2nd term in office, but mkuluyu first time hehehe. Woe to Malawi for you have had enough of the abusers in office disguising as presidents.
APM is an idiot and you dont need to be educated to recognise an idiot.
The president should be sensitive to the plight of his people. I dont give a shit how many delegates other countries had it doesnt affect me what he does though affects me and I will talk about when I want to talk about it. Threatening the very people who employed you is not smart its stupid. If the president wants to show strenghth let him fix the economy let him fix the healthcare system. Bingu became arrogant after he did something where the hell is this buffon getting the guts to be giving Malawians ultimatums.
APM needs to know that people put him there people can take him out of there without a vote even . He is a servant of the people not a chief executive of a family business. Somebody tell him his days are numbered.
Tivomere this man is taking us for granted enanundinu otumidwa bwanawa kufuna kutibera form millioner to billionaire achitenanu mulungu
A sinodii white afuna banja? Who is ready please
Ngati ndinu a ndalama munkabwereranji osatisiya tilamulirane osauka tokha tokha Uku ndiye timati kutha nzeru munthu wa mkulu. Ndiye uwadziwa atolankhani tsopano . tiyenayeni! This is Malawi not USA
Ngati a Mutharika munachita inherit dziko lopanda kanthu coz of cashgate kalibwezeni lakukanikani. Kakhale komaliza kumatiuza zopanda nzelu ngati zomati m’bomamu mulibe kanthu anabamo inu mukumapita ndi Louis Ngalande Ben Phiri etc chonde. Inuyo anakuumilizani kuti mulitenge dzikoli ndani. Lucky Mbewe ndapezano chifukwa chake umalankhula popanda nkhani nthawi ya PP activist wa iweyo, akazako ndi makolo ako ku CZ ok bola Mulungu akhale kuti wasiya kukhala Mulungu koma ngati ali yemweyo udzapepesa ngati anzako ena aja.Ngati si iwe ndi ana ako mark my words
Malawians you are paying the price for the wrong choices you made during elections. You chose the wrong people. Look the kwacha keeps falling, water and electricity not available to many and very expensive, hospitals no medicines no equipment and no nurses and no doctors , schools have no adequate teachers. It’s like you have been cursed for choosing wrong leaders. Next time be more careful
It’s funny, extremely funny to see that govt. officials told us there were only 18 people to the UN summit only to see the president with a list of 106 people in his hands. Now what is even more funny is the president’s revealation that he did not know most of the people that were on the list but yet they formed part of his entourage. Guys, are u sure we employed the right chef?
A Mayaya when did you become a spokesperson of civil society? Do you have any constituency you are speak for ? Sometimes let us reflect on what we want to do and say. Please you are not a James Bond of this nation. I believe you are speaking for yourself and it seems you are more angry with dpp than the issues. Why can’t you learn from other civil society veterans like Rodgers, Undule , Rafiqs who have been always objective. Among them I have admired Undule so much ..he talked but he acted on what he was saying … Inu a mayaya you are just making noise and dividing this nation. When the fire comes you will end hiding and leaving people to face the fire .. Reflect and love your nation. Be objective for national building …
Journalistic products of Quota system. That is why mediocrity is everywhere in this country. Leave the President alone on this one.
A Phodogoma amene mukuti akuchita rate Malawi ali phee kwao a Mo ibrahim. They get something from these erroneous ratings. Ndi olemera and are not subjected to the torturous life we Malawian go through everyday and tikuziwa mmene zinthu ziriri on the ground. Inuyo ankolo anuwa mukunena zoona akutithandiza ntundu wa amalawi? He is lying you know and we know but due to the fact that mukudya nawo ndalama za boma muwakhalira kumbuyo. But time is not on his side with or without your defense and attack of the people that wish Malawi good. December sikutali he has to deliver or else a Malawi sathana nowo with or without your headless comments.
Government cancelling fertiliser subsidy program, there is already hunder how will people survive, they need to reduce unneccessay travelling expenses
I sincerely like phodogoma and most of the patriots who have commented on this article. You guys have made my day. This nonsense of insulting our president before our naked eyes must stop. I edge my president to punish these broadcasting houses who have grown wings thinking that they are better on the land. Pull out government adverts from this so called zodiac. Malawians like being displined. That’s why kamuzu was seen to be a performer.
Mungobweza MK 577 BILLION. DZIKO MLIWONA LIBWRLERA CHIKALE ILI. Best initiative ndi imeneyo. Pitala bweza MK 577 billion yo amalawi tigwire ntchito basi. Tatopa kukuyang’anirani ife. Mukuwona ngati zikutsangalatsa?????;??
A malawi ndakudziwani a kachoka peter madzayambanso bola peter….nyimbo yake ndi yomweyo .Ine wanga ndi peter yemweyo dziko lisintha ili mungoti phee
Munthu ukamafa mumayamba kugontha ndi mkutu.
Tinamvera tokha and we got,understood our president quite clearly.though angry I liked what he did by reminding Malawians that we have to start making noise about where proceeds from the sale of jet is not him hiring a jet.he is a president and he needs to travel respectfully and securely please people please !!we don’t need so called activists and rotten politicians to interpret what the president said.he was clear and sounded true to what he said.atolankhani you have shown that you have very bad listening skills just as zodiak reporter did,shame on you!!!
lchi chiyambi zenizeni zikubwera
LETTER TO ZODIAK/CSOs.
Please. can you do something to prove that following arguments from you are true against the head of state’s stand:
That all the 115 delegates from Malawi were on government sponsorship.
That the president hired expensive bombadier with its alined expenses not cheaper south African jet.
Then come to us with that correct version of the story with tangible and documentary evidence. If you fail to do so then you are liars. You have to apologize to Malawians and the head of state and UNGA.
It is time for him to go now.
Let the president rule for 5 years and in May 2019 we shall take stock of what he has done in the past 5 years and decide on him better. Let’s go back to work guys. Good day and God bless us and Malawi.
Last night I watched the press conference by the President, it was evident he was angry with Journalists and with some CSO. He was very open he was Accountable he explained the reason why many people went there and it was very clear that most of Malawis delegation that went there under Malawi flag sourced their own funding. Eg, Mai Kaliya, University of Mzuzu,and all the Universities sent representatives using their funding not tax money. I didnt see the President insulting Malawians in any way. He explained the issue about the Jet which was understandable and I dont expect my President to be degraded lets accept a President is a President there are modes of travelling attached to him not otherwise. At times we need to tone down on some issues when we realise we have goofed, some of the battles Journalists engage themselves into are so political, most of the journalists here are party stalwarts who are fighting the Government but posing as reporters and thats why in countries like Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya Swaziland they don’t entertain such no sense and thats why these countries are developing fast. Reporters are not supposed to be used by opposition but must be neutral. Some CSO are being used by international spy organisations to destabilise in this case they had some of their own like Kaliya why cant they consult her to get proper information. People like Mayaya are some of the spoilt brats who once enjoyed the same priviledges under one party state with their parents. I would urge Malawians to close this chapter and forge ahead with our lives and try to improve ourselves andavoid to hate our leader for no reason
The issue here is what the President didn’t say…….How much did his trip cost the Malawi tax payer?
To you dreamteam ! if Nyasa is political please tell us about Malawi Voice!
Dream team you have summarises everything straight and forward .i wish more patriotic pipo like you at least nyasatimes.com and zodiac propaganda station should get their facts right.not hoaxes and false flags to incite pipo.
Kodi a president sananene ku mtundu was aMalawi kuti amend ali ndi nzeru zotukulira dziko abwere poyera? Chinachitika ndi chiyani? Palibe!mmalomwake ndikumangomunyoza ndikumangosokoneza anthu.why? Nde dziko lathu lidzatukukadi? Pamenepa aMalawi adzanga ndipofunika nzeru chifukwa tavutika kwa nthawi yayitali.Ndipo zikanakhala bwino mmaradio onse mukanakhala maprogram otukulira dziko lathu
Kodi anthu opeleka nzeru’wo achite kuvula? Tsiku ndi tsiku anthu akunena: Chepetsani convoy, chepetsani nyumba zogona pulezidenti, chepetsani alangizi anu popeza palibe chimene akuchita kupatula kusakaza chuma cha boma nkumangoyambana okhaokha, chepetsani ma benefits a nduna ndi akulu ena aboma (mafuta mpakana 1,000 litres pa mwezi munthu m’modzi? amakwera ndege popita kuntchito?), chepetsani maulendo akunja ndi anthu amene m’matenga e.t.c., e.t.c.
Vuto sikuti nzeru zina palibe, koma kuti anganga anuwa unkhutukumve. Saamamva za ena, kukhala pulezidenti angoziona ngati iwo simunthunso ayi, koma china chake choposela pa munthu. Koma tsiku limodzi azazindikira kuti iwo ndi munthu chabe ngati ena tonsefe…
A Msonda musatinyase pajatu ndinu nomwe mukupangitsa kuti Dziko la Malawi lipezeze pomwe liripa.
WAITING…….
a Mayaya mudapitako ku tchalichi, koma zimene muknena apa, zikuoneka kuti tchalichi sidakuthandizeni, mumangodzikakamiza kuti ndi activist. Ngakhale mudachotsako umbuli koma uchitsiru udakanika kukusiyanani, muli nao ndithu. yankhulani zomveka zimene APM analankhula poyankha mafunso a ma journalist amene munawatuma aja, ife tikmva ndithu. kodi nthawi zambiri mmadzinamiza kuti mukgwira ntchito yotumikira anthu mpamene mukufuna kugwetsa boma basi? chitani manyazi, anthu anamvera bwino zonse zimene ananena APM. chepetsani nkhanza pa president wanu.
god bless our beloved country from these crooks
I agree with Pat about Malawian jornalism. The question from the so called ‘award winning’ journalist from Zodiac was could have been articulated differently given what the president had said minutes before.
These Form 4 drop outs masquerading as informed journalists. Then add to that Form 4 drop outs calling themselves human rights defenders – it’s adding kerosene to fire. Malawi will go no where as long as we have these people as journalists, activists and parliamentarians.
number 15 Thats not a comment you are writing your own story please stop abusing this page if you want to expose your skills then join one of the media companies
viva civil society
Until the philosophy of APM that holds Malawians inferior, and him and his cronies superior is finally AND PERMANENTLY discredited and abandoned from every corner of Malawi there will be outcries and outbursts until APMs ego is brought down, Pride comes before a fall and APM is fast heading in that direction unless he changes
Nyasatimes is so political. The article above is meant to incite, not to state facts.
The President yesterday, angry as he was, was able to say how the people were funded. There were activists, doctors, political leaders etc who were paid for by organizations such as UNICEF, the university, Bill Gates Foundation, Global Fund and so may to mention. This was an opportunity for countries to discuss the entrance of SGDs.
Now you would expect that responsible reporting would investigate who was funded by who – instead of this incitement and blatant lies. If I was Zodiac or Nyasatimes, I would actually get to visit all these organizations and those mentioned by the President yesterday to get facts and counter the president with those facts. I would go to the so called ‘bombadier’ leaser to get invoices to show the president was lying.
Let’s get real people – in other countries a president is supported when it comes to matters of national interest. And believe me, attendance at this year’s UNGA is one thing that needed to be done.
We are destroying our country in the name of politics really we are.
APM & Bingu birds of the same feather
Until the philosophy of one APM that holds one man inferior and another superior, is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned there will be outcries everywhere, to bring down APM ego and pride. Pride comes before a fall and APM is fast heading that way
Malawian journalism is very very pathetic. I’m not sure whether its your problem or your tutors’. Mafunso omwe anafunsidwa dzulo, including those from the so called award winning journalists anandichititsa manyazi ine owonera kanemane. You could clearly tell that the journalists came with their questions from home or from their bosses, and they couldn’t change the questions even after the president explained the same over and over again. PATHETIC. A mechanic can really perform better as a journalist than these called professional journalists
Nkulu mukanangokhala phee osachita comment zimenezo. Izi muzingopitilira kuyambana ndi anthu izi. You really can`t afford that. You should focus on the job at hand and come up with solutions to the problems at hand. Zoti munali millionaire is neither here nor there. It`s irrelevant. Kunja kuno kuli ma millionaire ambiri omwe samakwera pa chulu kulengeza u millionaire wawo. Ndiponso munthu amatha kukhala millionaire komanso craving for more. Kufuna kudzikundikira more and more. Ngati munali ndi ndalama zochuluka chotere bwanji simunamuthandize mkulu uja amayendetsa minibus ya Likuni? Bwanji simunkamuthandiza m`mene ankapemphetsa malo ogona kwa Bvumbwe?
Billy Mayaya is a fool. The president expressed himself over Malawian concerns including hired jet, 115 entourage at UNGA, IMf and the economy. He explained how the 115 figure came about. If you have query then the query would be confirming the number of delegates who were paid by NGO + + +. And I thought you would go to South African to confirm indeed if the jet was hired from there not the famous bombadier(ZODIAk claim). The results of such research would have influenced Malawians to have negatives toward the president. Looking at your argument it appears the president is right on all the two cases which were made against him by ZODIAK and CSOs. In short the government of Malawi did not pay 115 UNGA entours. Again he did not hire bombadier jet as claimed by Gospel Kazako. If the president is telling the truth then ZODIAK and CSOs your acts can bring instability in the warm heart of Africa. Why do reliable people like you do make unnecessary remarks against your own country. Currently there is a disappointing remark from Happy Kayuni, a lecturer at CHANCO who is very bittere because his country is among the well rated countries in governance, economy etc by Mo Ibrahim. What is this? So if you look at the equation in which Malawi is, you can turn into a louder laughter. Imagine if we are badly rated by international agencies like IMF or Mo Ibrahim or others, we get angry against our governement and leader. However if we are well rated by the same agencies still we get angry against our leader and the government( the case of CHANCO lecturer , Happy Kayuni), then what is it that our government and president should do. The presentation for the press brief was well articulated by the president in terms of technical, logical with lots of touches. To me that was the first time for him to make such official communication. On the side of talking out of emotions, yes he is supposed to do so. the arguments which were made against him were not heard locally but also internationally. It was a shame. He has been questioned by his comrades at UNGA. Again the president is a human being with all senses.He can not allow people to play nonsenses with him just like that behind democracy. That is not democracy unless you have borrowed a leaf from CHANCO LECTURER( Edge Kanyongolo) who wants Malawians to INSULT the president the way they want even personal issues and LIES. After all there is always a lesson for both parties out of emotional communications.
I listened to the news conference and clearly it was staged to intimidate the press most especially the attack on Zodiak. This is uncalled for in a democracy. All that Malawians want is explanations and not outbursts such as ng’we-ng’we-ng’we. I recall Bingu calling Malawians chickens which similar to the ng’we…. Moyo ukuwawa uwu. Everyday prices of commodities are going up.
Malawian pea brain thinkin. The arguments u r puttin here the president answered. No wonder u were not gud with comprehension ku xool. Mukungoti ngw’e ngw’e apa olo substance. Inuyo ozindikira nthawi zina u luk wise to kip thingz in perspective. Let the president do his job. Mumadana ndi chilungamo a nyasaland mwazolowera kunamizidwa.
Thanks Mr. President for responding to all the questions very very well. You demonstrated that you are conversant with current issues. School yaonetsa kuti sinama ayi. The emotions were not inevitable because this other journalist from Zodiak called Tereza asked you about something you had already shed light on-the jet. It clearly showed that the journalist wanted to provoke you. Shame on this radio station that misrepresents facts to please their masters.
Akuluakulu I was one of those who was extremely angry with what we heard from activists, opposition political party leaders on Zodiak radio about Government’s chattering plane and paying for a 115 entourage to the UN. Come today, I feel somehow cheated.
Let’s be objective here by analyzing facts.
Opposition leader, activists and your agents, could you please own your mistakes or argue with facts against the president. If the above article was an essay to be marked against what the president said, the so called ‘president’s outburst’ would have score much better than your ‘rage’ here. Don’t you see your rage lacks substance but rather full of hate and jealousy? Don’t or didn’t you see facts with evidence in presidents address to the reporters and the nation? Please akuluakulu don’t deliberately bring lies to incite Malawians to go against the president and later on make Malawians your lies chonde. You told and made us believe that:
1. President chattered a Jet for the whole period at UN.
We were angry with the president, how dare he do that while we are suffering?
The president is here and clearly responds with evidence that what you told us were lies He accepted chattering a plane to Dubai and then getting a commercial flight to UN GA, the same way back home. The plane wasn’t sitting there in USA as you told us! In fact according to the president, chattering to Dubai was not as expensive as you made us believe, it was discounted (get us information contrary to what he said). He further asked you if it is proper for a President to be in a waiting bay for 10 hours for a connecting flight just to please people than rushing to important meetings that could yield fruits to save us here at home.
The article above interprets this as arrogance, signs of a dictator etc. You want to lie and him smile at you.
2. The President took with him 115 Malawians to UN GA at the expense of Malawians
We were angry with the president, how dare he when we are suffering?
The president came with a printed list of 106 delegates and who sponsored them. This is something that those who told us lies could have done long time ago than choosing to feed us with hateful information. The president accepted that some were indeed funded by Government and some were not but all had to be on Malawian delegation because they are all Malawians. Doesn’t this make sense?
Your article above interprets presidents explanation and anger as arrogance, signs of a dictator etc. Where are your counter facts and why are you late on bringing them? You wanted to tell lies and him smile at you? Inu simukwiya munthu akakunamizilani?
As a result of your lies we could have demonstrated. We could have been burning tyres in the streets and others breaking shops as they did on July 20 in Mzuzu. Others could have been shot. You wanted to cause anarchy.
Please Chakwera, Joyce Banda, Zodiak, Nyasa times, Mayayas be responsible and own your mistakes. It is not Malawians who told us these lies, IT WAS YOU! Mmesa mumati “Zikachitika mumvera kwa ife”? Ndiye lero muziti munamvera kwa a Malawi? Kaduka!
Wamela mano akunsi watailira
So Nsonda and some people are even wishing our president dead? You can even call bingu’s death as his downfall. You mortal
Nsonda,if Malawians were to choose today on who should die first between you and the president, who could get the majority votes. Of what benefit are you to this nation apart from your pp and your family. Stupid man. If you were close to me you wouldn’t dare insult my president to that extent because am just like David”I can kill he who kills my mother Malawi”.
I agree with you omex. Seodi white and peter mutharika are friends of Malawi.
USeless civil societies…………… U dont give constructing advise but dividing the nation…
The President says he is very rich and has lots of money in the US meaning he does not need the job Malawians entrusted him and he can do whatever pleases him and not the electorate. Actually it seems he is on the job voluntarily, musati nqwe nqwe nqwe he can do whatever pleases him!!
He wont debate with anyone because he can’t debate. He is a total moron who rode on his brother’s purported “success”- All because Malawians forget so easily.
Why do civil society groups when addressing their concerns they say Malawians,as if everybody agrees.They must say it is their opinion not Malawians.Kodi anthunu mukamafuna kupindulapo mumafuna muzigwiritsa ntchito kuti Malawians bwanji.Stop this nonsense.
Did you even watch the interview abale?? Kapena you just took what you wanted only? He clearly replied to all questions. But like any human being he was angry about the accusations. Even the 100 people thing he replied. Amalawi tizikula please, lets learn to report the truth.
Whatever Peter Mutharika said yesterday he should know that he has failed to move forward this country. The majority of ordinary Malawians are now worse off economically than they were when Peter Mutharika became President in May 2014. Since he says he is already rich let him resign. We will not miss him. He has brought nothing good to Malawians. We will not be intimidated by his dictatorial outbursts. DPP under Peter Mutharika is bringing Malawi down just as his brother Bingu wa Mutharika did to April 2012. Peter Mutharika resign you have failed.
Mbendera analira asanalengeze ma results. Inu mukulira atalengeza ma results. Olakwa ndani?
The batle line has been drawn ndipo bwampini utinva,bolanso nkulu wako term yoyamba sanaonetse mwano koma APM chaka choyamba uphwisa.
if you live in a glass house dont throw stones a pitala
Seodi white and Peter Mutharika are friends.
za ziiii. Mwayambatu! Mukufuna mumuphe.
Indeed when death aproaches,the first sense organ to die is the Ear.no wonder the president is surdo.soon we will burry him.