Mwanamvekha goes after Chakwera, says lost direction ‘instead of going to Canaan, now heading towards Baghdad’: MCP not ready to govern Malawi
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Monday responded to the Mid-Term Budget Review Statement presented by Minister of Finance Felix Mlusu which has increased the fiscal plan by K144 billion, saying Malawians voters who ushered President Lazarus Chakwera into power feel betrayed and are hopeless.
DPP spokesperson of Finance in Parliament Joseph Mwanamvekha said the budget which has ballooned from K2.190 trillion to K2.334 trillion with total revenues and grants revised upwards from K1.435 trillion to K1.523 trillion, representing 16.5 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) has not spelt out how the government will fulfil its promises.
“Malawians are still hopeless as the new captain they entrusted with the responsibility to steer the ship has met a storm and hit a rock in the process and subsequently lost the direction,” said Mwanamvekha.
He said: “Instead of going to Canaan, [President Chakwera] is now heading towards Baghdad, the Capital City of Iraq!”
The former government purse keeper argued that “Malawians feel cheated” and are now missing former president Peter Mutharika’s leadership and that they have now realized that indeed Chitsime chimadziwika kuya chikaphwa! [you can only know the depth of a well when it is dry].”
Mwanamvekha told parliament: “Madam Speaker, what is more disturbing is that the captain seems to have lost all his senses and he is helpless! This captain must be fired, and we get the previous captain to steer it.”
He further said the national budget is “off track” because it has missed both the revenue and expenditure targets.
“Instead of collecting domestic revenue of K600 Billion during the period under review it only collected K564 Billion representing a shortfall of K 36 Billion.
“While on the expenditure side instead of spending K 975 Billion it spent K 998.5 Billion representing an increase of almost K 24 Billion, resulting in net borrowing of approximately K30 Billion as at end of December 2020,” he said.
Furthermore, Mwanamvekha said, instead of borrowing MK266.3 billion at end of first half, the Chakwera administration has borrowed MK350.9 billion of which MK304billion was borrowed locally, thereby overcrowding the private sector.
He also pointed out: “This MCP government is failing to generate enough forex reserves. Malawians should brace for tougher times ahead as they will scramble for the little foreign exchange reserves. If they are lucky to get these reserves, they will get them at a much higher price than it was under the DPP government.”
Mwanamvekha further said most Malawians voted for Chakwera and his Malawi Congress Party (MCP) because of the promises they made but that Malawians have also lost out in the 2020/2021 budget because “most of the promises that were made by the MCP government are missing out.”
He said : “Madam Speaker, allow me to refresh minds of all Malawians through this August House on some of the flagship promises that have not been fulfilled by the MCP Government as follows;
The K15,000 monthly Allowance for the senior citizens aged 65 and above;
- Non-renewable driver’s license at K14,000
- The tax-free week holiday;
- The mega farms every constituency
- The one million jobs in the first year of the MCP Government;
- Obtaining a Passport at a reduced price of K14,000;
- The 400 modern roads within 8 months of MCP administration;
- The construction of Health Centres on every 7 kilometres;
- The much talked about three meals a day;
- The bullet train from Blantyre to Lilongwe
“Madam Speaker, it is refreshing to note that the Minister of Finance is telling us that the free electricity and water connections will be implemented in the next budget. I hope that government will not remove the connection fees on one hand and raise the water and electricity tariffs on the other. If that happens, then you will be cheating Malawians and we on this side of isle would not accept that,” said Mwanamvekha.
He continued: “Madam Speaker, perhaps the question we would like to ask the Government; is how long should Malawians wait for the fulfilment of the rest of promises?
“In his own words the Minister says the implementation of the above promises awaits policy formulation. The MCP government has not been ready to govern. The MCP government is not ready to govern. The MCP government will never ever be ready to govern. It is all promises and lies. The President lied to the nation that he will not accept to be installed the chancellor of public universities, but the reality is different.”
Mwanamvekha concluded by saying that DPP are fully aware that Malawians are regretting on the choice they made on 23rd June 2020 , saying “but they should not despair as DPP is coming back in 2025!”
But while delivering his televised Eighth National Address on the War on Covid-19 from Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Sunday evening, Chakwera said his administration is determined to build a new Malawi “one step at a time, one day at a time” despite the impact of Covid-19 frustrating achievement of election campaign promises.
He said: “In summary, we will never give in to despair and we will never give in to negativity. We are determined to ensure that there is macroeconomic stability within the economic framework within which we will be operating.
Chakwera also said his administration keep up the good fight against the pandemic .
Meanwhile, Mwanamvekha said the opposition DPP is therefore asking government to come up with a post Covid-19 recovery plan as is the case elsewhere.
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Chi Mwanamveka chimutu ngati zisoti za asilikali aku Vietnam. Each time I see his ugly face I feel like vomiting and spitting at him mxxiew. In your time what did you do and mwaba zingati?
Which fool is missing Muntharika?
Uku tamva ndi kulira kwa ananfedwa anzathu a DPP through their Spokesperson Mr Mwanamvekha. Ife a Tonse Alliance tikuafunila zabwino zonse kuti mzimu wawo uutse mtendere osantha kumwambako mpaka tizakumane nawo muchaka cha zisankho zikubwera kusogoloko mchaka cha 2075!!!!! Woooooo!!!!! Moto kuti Buuuuu!!!!!
Who told you that he is missing former president
Paja awa akufuna adzakhale president. Ku Malawi penapake ndi kwa chibwana kwambiri!
Is this man for real. Looks like a dunderhead. No doubt he facilitated billions to be stolen. Useless man. Nsomba head.
Mr. Mwananvekha should think before spewing rubbish. The three meals a day can only be after the coming harvest (and it looks it will be the best for a very long time) since the current crop season is the first one after the Tonse Alliance trounced DPP. The intention was not to buy the meals for households.
Further was no time line for reduced passport fees, review of driving licenses, introduction of mega farms etc although it’s certain the promises made will be fulfilled as time goes.
Please don’t criticise for the sake of it or to remind us of your existence.
Uyu mwana akufunadi amveke (Child be heard) or Mwanamveka. Kodi munthuyu ndi Oliver Mtukuzi ndi ma twins?
Much as I don’t like and support DPP and his leadership, but I have lost hope in Chakwera now. The guy doesn’t impress at all. He is not instilling any hope. Mwina enanu mukuwonera mitundu wina.
Inunso ndachitsiru,, phuma how many months has Tonse Alliance been in government? You can lose your miserable hope for all we care, tilipo thousands of us who have hope in LC
Koma Tonse government yinatigwirisa fupa la mbuzi
Hw far with mbombera university?
Wene mpoto julikani ku kumaso
Musewo winu umo wuliri mtwalo Euthini.
Dongo pera
Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk All Promises and Lies.
Spot on Mwanamvekha. Abusa is sleeping on the job and we have already drailed big time. We are heading towards Kasiya instead of the promised Canaan. Mr KWANTELE game yawakulira…lero wayamba kulira akuti he will no fulfill all campaign promises. Typical of one term president!! U pulezidenti ogula kukhothi sizinthu shuwa.
A chitsilu inu, what did you do to the nation other than rampant theft, nepotism, hate and leaving the country with mountains of debt.
I would rather be heading towards Baghdad than your Singapore (in your dreams)
Kaye chinkhope ngati mfiti.
So what is your input? Be civilized.
geni yankhuku momwe inaphukilila ku nyulands .malorrry in and out ku mpanda atangosankhidwa unduna eishh. anthu kumacita kuti koma akuluwa nthawi yomweyi alemera conci. u supplier heavy. poti atele sanaleke kumbwandila ka teenager ka cikaladi mpaka mwana.
Sunday kukalandila mn gonelo ku limbi kathedral. awa. afisi ovala sheep skin.
Bwanji ankaleka kulankhula dzana paja.
Tawasieni azanuwa ataesera kukhoza pena ndi pena tornado anamusiya a dpp nu.
Very handsome Joseph Mathyola Nakali Mwanavekha talking nonsense as if dpp did anything apart from stealing money. If Chisale managed to steal billions, what about Getu and her son? What about you? DPP should never come back.
No no no no. DPP makes me feel like wanting to vomit. DPP was made in hell and a patent of the devil
apppite asa
Things are going in that direction, the tax cap and the bumper harvest forecast…. These are the things that every Malawian can and will fill, something that reaches home… Government is all about progress, things don’t happen at a flick of a finger even that Mwanamveka being in the government knows that very well
I see the cadets are busy voting up pro-DPP comments on Nysasa. MCP has failed in many ways but let us not forget we are coming from one of the worst corrupt regimes ever. Just look at Chisale. More cars than some neborhoods in Blantyre.
Yes, ma cadet kulira mokweza. Inawawawa loss imeneyi
81 cars
mall ku zambia
21 properties
hotel kha loji ku mangochi.
nanga zomwe sitinazidziwe.
atiuza
Mwanamveka you are an idiot nkhope yokhotayo.who told you that we are missing Peter mathanyula?
Your father wasted his sperm.
Well said. This Lazaro administration is in shumbles. Even the judges who ushered them into power are disappointed.Its lie after lie. Mr. Talk Show. Kenaka tisisya kumvera his speeches with a poor American accent . Malawians are really frustrated. The problem is that munatenga ma promise a Saulosi wakuba uja nkumawanamiza nawo anthu. Lero Saulosi ali chete inu mukuvutika kuti muchita implement bwanji zinthu za bodza za Hamdan Arafati. No wonder Mwanamveka is telling you lero kuti now your are taking Malawians to Baghidad – (IRAQ) . three months to go into one full year muli mboma koma nothing tangible. Chomwe chikuoneka ndiye kuba ndalama za COVID -19 anthu kugawana . They noted your weakness and lack of experience in running government affairs and took advantage to swindle the covid money. They saw that ku state house mukugawana ndalama and maudindo kwa akhristu a Assesmblies of God plus your own relatives and noted kuti nzaulele zinthuzi ndipo zakhweka. Tiyeni nazoni a Lazaro. 2025 inu paulendo basi mufune musafune
Mwananvekha had to say something to make himself relevant.
What are his percentage tolerances on revenue collection and expenditure against budgetted figures?
ukaipa dziwa nyimbo acewa mwambi wao
Malawians are not missing DPP and sleepy APM, may be lomwes only who benefited from stealing govt money as if the money we pay taxes are only by mlakho wa alomwe members. Malawi is better now under Chakwera than it was with APM. You were forcing yourself on Malawians by tippexing electoral results which day 40 found you napping.
Mwanamveka!!!!! paja ur pitala said was changing Malawi kukhala Sengapole. Did he leave malawi like that, U guys plundered our tax payers money without mercy. Shut your mouth and give Tonse Alliance Gvt space.
You are a spent force! Return unjustified covid 19 allowances first before you can even criticise, you are compromised dude. Just keep or shut your …..
Koma zinazi abale. You might have the intelligence and the experience in the fiscal areas but you definitely let down Malawians when DPP was in govt. The Tonse is just starting to clear the rubble to lay a foundation for a sound economy… please let them work and they should be under any undue pressure from failures like YOU…kayambeni ulimi wa bonya as this is what you wanted Malawian to surviving on..PERIOD
What do you mean when you say that MCP is not ready govern? Is governing stealing tax payers money? Was what you were doing governing? Mwanavekha you were an adult when MCP was in power and you know that 90% of the development that we see today was done by MCP. UDF and DPP destroyed the country beyond recognition. Look at the road from Kanengo to Kasungu. Look at the Lake Shore road. Look at the Hospitals. Malawians do not want dpp back.
BRAVO Mwanamveka and keep on trashing the tired and corrupt MCP under the leadership of the man of GOD CHAkWERA.
Chakwera is in government to form criminal cartel for his criminal enterprise. He has formed a cartel of relatives, cousins, aunts in laws and friends from church in an incesious criminal arrangement. We have Kampondeni, Nkaka and Chimwendo Banda and Chiponda stealing big time. By the way when are we having the report on the cancelled celebration, Crossroads saga and Convid, The problem all this money was stolen and shared with the principal himself who wears a robe as if he is a reverend but he is a celebrated thief.
Economically Malawi is what it is because of the past regime thieves who had no remorse at all, DPP to be precise.
Contrary to your subjective opinion, there is now sanity at the statehouse, the drunkard Peter is gone, Chakwera is a respected man of Good smelling integrity, the wife is a respected chartered accountant smelling transparency and accountability unlike Gertrude and her son Tadikila who were thinking of mismanaging our resources day in day out. Have you heard of the day right robbery like the Police food rationing saga?
Mwanamveka you are idiot of idiots. How can u expect people to eat 3 meals a day when they haven’t harvested?
Chitsiru cha Munthu Mwananeka. Nde sanati adakali ku opposition for very long
Iwenso ndi mbuzi mano kuntunda, mmayesa thats what Lazarous said. Kudya katatu, waiwala zina ananena zija za ma passport, bullet train, ndikamulu ndithu. Amayesa kuyendetsa boma ndi manongwa.
Mwanamveka is just trying to be relevant! Who ever cheated this man that he is Presidential material did not so him justice! Malawi Savings Bank gave toxic loans to Mulli etal during Mwanamvekas tenure as CEO and we all know what happened to MSB! He is also reported not to have paid policemen who were guarding at his premises where he keeps his trucks! Now what if he became president? Adzapinyolitsa dziko konse ameneyu!
PETER MUTHARIKA WILL BE REMEMBERED AS THE MOST SLEEPY PRESIDENT. IMAGINE THE CASE OF THIS JCE HOLDER CHISALE GETTING WEALTHIER THAN HIM IN LESS THAN 6 YEARS!!!!
Exactly
Ya I see the blame but it’s true what mwananveka saying the ship has lost direction
Just like he was in a ship that got astray. the radar went brrrrrrrrrrr. dpp
Kwambiri, the problem is that when u r in support of such a dirty government, u dont notice any wrong doings. When u will realise, it will be too late to turn the ship.
Presidential material, someone with knowledge in parliamentary issues, private and public sector management, someone with vast fiscal knowledge, and has cabinet experience!
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Muchila osadanda
Wow Wow Wow Mwanamwaka looks brutal in his photo above. What a brutal looking man.🙈
Mwanamweka surly you need to smarten yourself. Look at Chakwera and Chilima, they are smart but you my friend are looking gloom and doom. Buy a smart suit man. .
Akalape kaye mwanavekayu.
ndipomwe azayambe kusamba kitsungula. ee kakaka . kaocheni zithumwa adha
Nothing about Mwananweka which a good suit, a clean white shirt and a good tie cannot resolve. But that cannot make up for dumb, dumb, dumb APM’s sidekick and favoured candidate to lead DPP not having anything sensible to say. This man’s looting of Post Office Saving Bank NSB etc should be investigated.
All the talk of stopping corruption by Tonse has proved to be just words. APM continues to live in a so called Palace and people like Mwanamweka aspire to leadership. Malawi politicians are rotten head down. All are dead fish rotten to the core.
The man looks like a west African dictator or drug dealer.
if It were only for looks Bingu, APM would never have been President, they were not good looking at all. But Mwanamweka is even worse. Papani wawa koma saanaakudalitsani looks wise Bwana wanga
ukanama sikuchedwa. I don’t see these promises being fulfilled.
Missing Chisale or Mutharika? No one is missing the DPP and the people of Malawi are ready one wmore time to show DPP nyekhwe…
I don’t think you are right Mr Man…The H.E inherited the government which was completely rotten and you were the minister of finance.
How can you stand and say he has lost direction while he has been in government just for nine months and you were in government for six years but your government didn’t improve the life of an ordinary Malawian.
We all know the truth. The driver has no no idea. It seems we expected the change that doesn’t matter.
This shd not come from dpp that I know.Malawians are already happy with the green in the field as a starter from this Tonse gvt.
Give us space bwana
The opposition in the parley must give the government pinpricks so has Joseph Mwanamveka. The guy has very coherent presentations he argues fluently how did the DPP fail to crown the LOP leader of opposition? He is a much better material than the uncertificated this lad has brains. Keep hitting the government below the belt that’s prodding the guys at the Capital Hill.
By outlining the campaign promises you’re not committing a crime you’re our true mouthpiece on matters that have grown wings without perching. Mega farms is now turning into a holy grail all the nine parties forming the Tonse Government have chosen the old adage of silence is golden
What a radical idiot! standing on the moral ground and talking about MCP not ready to govern and yet his DPP failed miserably and people suffered under its rule through corruption, nepotism, impunity,petro bombs, and lack of employment.
These people in DPP have no shame to preach to the people about good governance. Do they think Malawians are all that stupid to bring them back to power? Malawians experienced Baghdad throughout DPP’s rule when mysterious bombs were almost everywhere planted by DPP Cadets.
Can Mwanamveka explain the pilferage of Tax-Payers’ money as evidenced by Chisale’s unexplained wealth accumulation? and the former Mutharika bodyguard’s case is just a tip of the iceberg.
Enough of your disposition of holiness after having sowed seeds of economic hardship for Malawians in your entire 6 years. It’s only a fool who can miss APM , a man with no natural leadership skills and qualities, but very good at combative rhetoric and emotional and pugnacious speeches. Shame on you Mwanamveka- kudzolowela ufiti eti?
We had enough of dpp mumavutila everything you were blaming oppossion u could not talk without ndi a oppossion anthu akudandaula zithusizili bwino ndia oppossion musikawa ndi oppo,killing of people with alb opp now we miss u, my foot
Anthu akuba inu m’mati nzidya katatu tisanakolore dikirani mdzachita ma nyazi Chakwera ndi mizyanya
He is jerousy,these people are trying, with this Covid-19 how do you expect them to collect much, businesses not moving much as people don’t traveling.Not possible to fulfill all promises in one year.Some are long term others short term.
or atandiloza ndi pistal mmutu, singavotere dpp. dpp lied to us for 15 yrs, mbmbera university, singapore dreams, rampant corruption, nepotism, tribalism, chisale and ben over night millionaire status etc.
Unless Mcp cheats in 2025, Chakwera will be a one term president. There is nothing the guy is doing, has done, is going to do except talk talk talk. Khalidwe la ubusa lomangokamba zithu za mmaloto. There is no hope.
The 58% that voted for Tonse is still intact…do not be fooled! Mukulira ndi inu amene simunavotele Tonse! Adadi anu akupuma ali phe! Inu mukungolubwalubwa! Ife ana a Abusa ndi masapota onse a Tonse tikaona chimanga mminda Eish kumva kukoma…a opposition mukakolope lake Malawi!!
If Saulos Chilima was to stand alone today, Chakwera would be in for a shock defeat. In 2025 situations is bound to be worse at this point.
APM was also a ONE-TERM president mind you 🇲🇼🤔
zithumwa zanu zinatha mphavu m pano mnophupha kumenyana dpp okha okha. Dausi alipo ankati mwini dpp ndiiye????? leave LMC akozeko. zanu zija zinakugwesani ku phedi nokha.
bwanji kuthokoza kuti munkangotenga kutapa ndalama zaulele. ndiposo munatsungula nazo zaulele. munayamba kusamba. e kristu
Che Mwanamvekha yakula ndi Nsanje how can all things promised be fulfilled in 1 year?Kwanu munapanga zinakuvutani,dikirani 2025 though I know sungawine anta even ma primaries
Ngakhale mukuwona kuti akulephera, it is still better than when we had those DPP thieves. Matenda awa akusokosa bwanji!
mpaka kukatola munthu pa kloko tower!!! usawi ? canacici!! mbwelekete. a big insult and that drama cursed dpp. no wonder ayamba kutembenekulana okhaolha. mission impossible. ngati kanema ya zidole zosoka yakale ijaaaa. amakankha katani ya kota kuonetsa n’gali nikuzabweza. kanema ya ananyoni ndi a phili.
dpp ingoti
nankhumwa ai
kabambe ai
msaka ai
mpinganjila ai kenako aonetsa
getluda kapena cisale
lol
Chakaera wabalalika .game yamukulira..
Ayi bodza 🦆
Point to take.
Whatever mwanamveka is saying is true.
Including the statement that there is a storm.
The good news is that we are following what the captain is saying and not what the other person fishing along the shore is saying.
We are not negative.
Things will happen.
It doesn’t matter how much we have met.
Malawi will change.
It’s not going to be easier but we will make it.
We are optimistic.
It’s better to go to Baghdad than in Egypt.
In fact Baghdad is richer than Lilongwe.
Let’s go there.
It’s a good prophesy from the man who dropped chithumwa.
We recieve it.
I like it. Is Baghdad a bad destination? No no. Zinthumwa nde zikuwalankhulira apa osati iwowo.
Agalu a DPP mungaloweso mu boma mufuna mutimalizepo. Forget Mwanamveka.
Dr Kabambe and Mr mwanaveka for president and minister of finance respectively. I rest my case.
Lhomwe connection one more time…Kkkkkkkkkkkkk
Did Peter and his late brother Bingu construct the much-talked-about Nsanje Port in the 14 years that they were in power??? Did they construct the Mombera University? Were these two not in power when their people in Mulanje and Thyolo remained landless? Was it not Peter and the likes of Mwanamveka that promoted the worst tribalism in Malawi through their stupid lomwelisation policy.
Is Mwanamveka aware that, 3.7 million farming families are happier now than under DPP because they will witness the bumper yield of maize harvest, thanks to the Tonse Govt AIP?
Is Mwanamveka aware that the Tonse Govt unlike DPP embraced fairness in the implementation of the AIP beneficiaries even in the DPP/UDF dominated districts of Chradzulu, Thyolo, Mulanje, Machinga, and Machinga?
Employees are also happier when the K100,000 tax-free threshold was finally implemented in November 2020
Munaba kunakwana, dzingomwani makhwala atulo not just talking debris inu munapanga chiyani? wait and see.