People with albinism say President Mutharika should meet them at vigil
Association of People with Albinism (Apam) has said it is going ahead with its planned vigil at Kamuzu Palace the official residence of President Peter Mutharika in Lilongwe to force authorities to look into their security demands and has rejected two invitations to meet the Head of State before the the vigils slated fro March 6-8.
Apam president Overtone Kondowe said the association was asked through presidential aides Hetherwick Ntaba and Mabvuto Bamusi to meet President Mutharika for talks but said their membership want to meet the Malawi leader during the vigil so he can get their demands.
Kondowe said persons with albinism in the country are tired of government’s insignificant efforts in fighting attacks on people with albinism, adding it is high time government addressed their security concerns.
“What I told them [Ntaba and Bamusi] is that we are already goiung to have vigils at State House from 6 to 8 March 2019. So, if he [the President] wants to meet us , he has to meet us that time,” said Kondowe.
He said the President should meet their entire membershop of over 200 people with albinism that will storming State House for the vigils.
The vigil is scheduled to be preceded by a solidarity march from Lilongwe Community Centre ground through Parliament Building to Kamuzu Palace where they will present a petition to the President.
Minister of Homeland Security Nicholas Dausi has discouraged the association from holding the vigil, saying it will not yield anything and that it will “only complicate matters”.
Dausi is on record to have said that the attacks on persons with albinism were yet to get to levels where they should hold vigils at State House or seek asylum in other countries.
Since November 2014, the number of reported crimes against people with albinism in Malawi has risen to 152 cases, including 25 murders and more than 10 people missing, according to Apam.
Meanwhile, the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has said trails surrounding these deaths point to a number of conspiracy theories, all aimed at suffocating the end of justice in the fight against abductions and killing of persons with albinism.
A statement made available to Nyasa Times signed by HRDC chairperson Timothy Mtambo, said these deaths [of key suspects] smack of foul-play, adding, it is too tempting to conclude that there are powerful forces orchestrating them.
“Firstly, we strongly believe that these deaths are mafia-like planned and executed just to frustrate investigations that would lead us to alleged markets and lords behind these heinous crimes.
“Secondly, we at HRDC and indeed all well-meaning Malawians are tempted to think that those that we have entrusted with the responsibility of bringing the perpetrators of these inhumane acts are deliberately failing to do their job,” reads the statement.
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@Mchacha the Terrorist, kudos for this message! On the other hand, my observation is that Nepotism’s comment is directed at the bastard calling himself “Mazuba” and not at your comment!
For you to appreciate this, just check the format of this comment I am giving in appreciation of what you’ve said! If you compare the positioning/formarting of the comments you will appreciate that my comment to you is falling under yours, and yet Nepotism’s is in the same line with yours! In short Nepotism I suggest is equally against this bastard “Mazuba”
I think ur a fool
@ nepotism
For sure I can’t bring down myself to the level of engaging a bigot like you. We are people in different strata. We therefore operate at two extremely different levels. Size yako ndi achinabangwe 1 , mchacha, chimulirenji et al.
@ nepotism
Get life. Mchacha the terrorist has just said it the way it is. Instead of challenging him with facts basi inu kungitukwanapo. Ana adad kumvensa Chisoni. Shallow wells
Ambwana nepotism
Yapweteka nkhani apa. Pepani. Chilungamo chimapweteka.
@ Nepotism
Yakuwawatu cadet. Your gogo president palibe chilipo. Panja peni peni
You think? You are not sure? Shaa koma ana adad kupepera.
I can tell this writing is coming from one of the killers. A true criminal. All what you can save is the image of the president. You have no respect for humanity, my friend you are wicked. You must be arrested.
DON’T DRAG GOD INTO THIS YOUR POLITICAL SHENANIGANS, PLEASE. FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO DO.
INUSO NDE MWAONJEZAA , MPAKA KUMANENA KUTI A KONDOWE ATUMIDWA NDI OPOSITION SHAME ON YOU
Meet him at State House please. Let him address issues
Yes, he should come and see you at the vigil. He cant just be collecting albino bodyparts like this.
He can’t just be collecting Albion bodyparts like this.
Ntaba is just a munyamata wopanga organize, it has been revealed..
APAM has lost direction by refusing to meet the very same hand that they want to get help from.Politics is engulfing them and may end up being pawns in the political chess game.
To hell with your DPP cadet iwe
and what about this leaked UTM WhatsApp conversation that they want to kill another albino in order to tarnish image of government? What if they kill this Kondowe this time?
Nice try, but all fingers point to DPP. You are even killing your own cadets in custody to stop them from spilling the beans.
@ Noxy
Your president is not good enough. This grandfather of yours is a waste of time . The issue of albino killings has been happening since Mutharika assumed presidency of Malawi. 5 years down the line there is simply nothing from agogo anuwa. APAM is simply fed up with your agogo. Is this difficult for you to understand cadet? .
I tthink tikumulelela pa cilolo pitala.
Why kuitana anthuwa ku sanjika, we need action osati kukawapatsa ma envelope mxiiiiii
They not taking shit now! Good one please vigil at his state house and let him meet you there! This pumbwa is never serious!! His ana adadi abusing the road traffic act and criminals might even be transferring albino remains in these cars. And cadets might be the one intacited with money to kill albinos if they carry pangas for a mere 5k.
APM should explain what his cadets hide in vehicles with”Ana Agogo” number plates. These vehicles are not stopped by police. They are not searched. What was Buleya fromThyolo doing in Dedza? Who was giving him K800,000? Annie Buleya talked of some “Biggie”. Anthuwa are very superstitious. Chaponda amakayikitsa. Dausi amakayikitsa. Henry Mussa amakayikitsa.
Stupid
By asking people with albinism for a meeting, the government is planning to palm-oil them with khaki envelopes in order to silence them. DPP has realised that the issue is very sensitive and it may cost them a percentage of votes.