Regime thugs attack Catholic nuns in Lilongwe
Thugs who were some seen in ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) clothes attacked a group of Catholic nuns who were on their way to Likuni from Mlale in Lilongwe where they had gone to attend a function.
Deputy national police spokesperson Thomeck Nyaude said he needed to check the details on the incident, but said police will investigate the matter.
The DPP youth cadets who were coming from welcoming President Peter Mutharika at Kamuzu International Airport, descended on a minibus belonging to the Catholic Church’s Msamba Parish, which was carrying the unsuspecting nuns.
“The bus driver sustained injuries after the thugs used sticks to attack the Catholic faithfuls while the rear window was also smashed,” said an eye witness who did not want to be identified for fear of being terrorized by the regime thugs.
The attack is the DPPs first recorded violent attack on the Catholic Church since the party attacked the Church’s leader Pope Francis, a few weeks ago.
In the attack, DPPs deputy director of youth Hophmally Makande told a rally in Blantyre that President Peter Mutharika, 78 will not heed calls to reign in account of old age unless the Pontiff leads the way, saying he is older than Mutharika.
The party and Makande later issued an apology to the Church.
And speaking at a rally of United Transformation Movement (UTM) in Zomba on Saturday, a renowned political orator George Saonda of ‘sesa- sesa’ and ‘chotsa petulo-chotsa’, who has resigned from DPP to join UTM, claimed the ruling party has instructed him to be insulting Catholic priets.
Saonda, who claimed to be a relation of President Mutharika, said: “I have refused instructions from DPP that we should start publicly insulting Catholic clergy.”
But DPP spokesperson Nicholas Dausi has dismissed that the party was responsible for the attacks of the Catholic nun.
“Everything should not be blames on DPP. Don’t rush to conclude that DPP is responsible for the attack,” he said,
He also denied Saoda claims, saying the allegations were baseless.
DPP is known for covering for its cadres as they continue to terrorizing people with opposing political views.
In the past six weeks alone, a suspect DPP petrol bomb squad petrol bombed two vehicles —one belonging to the UTM and another to a UTM member, Mzimba North legislator Agnes Nyalonje—when the party went to launch its movement in the district a few weeks ago.
Last week, there was an incident at the offices of the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR), one of the civil society organisations (CSOs) headquartered in Lilongwe, last week where five unknown thugs severely beat up a security guard before attempting to petrol-bomb the premises.
Beatings and arson to property of opponents is a prominent feature of the DPP rule since the party first came to power in 2004. Key attacks include the bombing of offices of Rafiq Hajat, the house of acticist Reverend Macdonald Sembereka, the burning of legislator Bon Kalindo’s car. The Zodiak Broadcasting Service (ZBS) also had it Landrover hijacked and burnt while several markets also went up in flames across the country under DPPs watch while several individuals including chiefs have also been beaten by DPP cadres, most of them in full view of the police.
No single person has even been arrested or charged for any of the close to a dozens bombings and beatings by the suspected DPP cadres.
Human Rights Activist and executive director for Mzuzu-based Youth and Society (YAS), Charles Kajoloweka, who also recently received death threats, asaid the attacks are motivated by desire to silence the administration’s critics.
The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Southern African Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) have since condemned the violence.
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What the hell is peter doing about these thugs. He has totally lost the plot. How ignorant can one be to the extent of now insulting and harrassing church people and nuns. This is utterly ridiculous. What next we wonder. If we do not do anything about these idiotic barbarians then they will ride all over people even raping women. And the stupid DPP police are just going to look into it. What a bloody joke. These thugs need to be dealt by the mob once and for all. Come on people how can you all tolerate this kind on nonsense.
Namalamba ukunena zoona osati chitsiru chikudzitchula kuti Vision’cho. Ndani amadzola paint ya blue m’dziko muno oposa ma cadet? Afisi amenewa atikwana!
Koma Dausi ndiwe mfiti yodya maliro ndithu! Chithunzicho chikuonetsa ndani galu iwe? Umathandizana ndi mkazi wako Wa Jeffrey kumawapatsa achombwewo ndalama kuti azipha anthu ngati momwe umachitira nthawi ya Kamuzu. Mulungu akukantheni nonse afisi a DPP ndi Ibu yemwe
If the DPP is not behind these attacks on opposition targets, why does it not instruct the police to investigate them to find out who is really responsible for them. Merely condemning them is not enough; action is needed if we are to believe that the DPP has no involvement. Until such action is taken by the forces of law and order to discover the real culprits and to prosecute them, there is no alternative but to lay the blame at the door of the DPP.
The DPP is no longer the DEMOCRATIC People’s Party; it should now change its name to the CPP – the CORRUPT People’s Party. It has reverted to the bad old days of Kamuzu Banda with his MYP and Youth Leagues. By adopting these former MCP tactics the ruling party is making itself unelectable. It has ceased to be a People’s Party as the people long since rejected such terror tactics.
Kadauluka kadzatela….. DPP and your Police Chiefs will one day pay for this
end of DPP
Munayamba kalekale kuyimba nyimbo imeneyi. When exactly the mighty DPP is going to end? You will here again tomorrow singing the same song, “end of DPP”. Hahahaha let 2019 come and we will shame you.
Komatu a Malawi tisamangokhulupilira zili zonse. Zinthuzi zilibe umboni. Panopa aliyense angoti DPP. China chilichonse DPP. Kodi a Malawi sitingathe kuganiza kuti enanso angotengerapo mwayi popeza aliyense angoti DPP. Anthu akhozanso kumangobisalira ku DPP ali anthu wotumizidwa ndi UTM.
*Musayiwale ku Mangochi adadziwotchera magalimoto kufuna sympathy*.
*A Mtambo adadziwotchera office kufuna kuti ma Donor awamvere awapatse ndalama chifukwa amadziwa kuti anthu atopa nawo ndipo kumseu ko sakapitako*.
Lero akutuma anyamata kuti avare zovala za DPP kukamenya ma Nun cholinga anthu awa khulupilire.
Don’t you people see that anthuwa akuti sewera heavy. Kufuna ma udindo, kusaka ndalama kwavuta pa Malawi.
Uyuyu Chilimayu wanyanya ku ufuna udindo panopa mutu wake wazungulira. Kaya akadzaluza adzatani. Chipani ichi chidzatha ngati makatani. Bolaniso UDF, MCP zalimbananako kulimbana kwabwino ndikupanga survive. Koma uyu wadyera uyu zimuwonekera. Akuti anthu apange ma demo koma iyeyo palipano ndi vice president and akukana kupanga resign. Munthu akutibera ndalama poyera yera ife tili busy kuwombera mmanja. A Malawi ndife wopusa kwambiri mkuwona tikungosawukirabe.
Iwe mutu wako sugwira ntchito, akanakhala kuti si a DPP bwenzi atagwidwa, these are moves spearheaded by DPP machinery. PERIOD
Aise Namalomba ndikukumvesetsa kumbali yako, komano ndikanakondanso ukanamumvesetsa Vision usanamutukwane. Pachithunzi chomwe achita post a nyasatime makamaka bambo chiuta, mukuonapo minbus yomwe yanyamula anamwino a katolika? nanga masapota a dpp ali pamenepo mukuwaona atanyamula ndodo zomenyera anthu? Komanso mukaona chithunzicho, sichikufanana ndi chithunzi chomwe anaposita a nyasatimes pa nkhani yoti ma cadet anabvutitsa mayi kaliat ku parliament? Mukadzifunsa mafunso awa ndikupeza mayankho muchilungamo mosawerengela ndi kudana kwanu ndi chipani cha DPP mukhoza kukhala ndi ufulu wa mumtima.
@ pathfinder
Why should we waste time calculating 1+1 using calculus or pythagolus when we simply know that 1+1 answer is 2. We are not chicken brain as you are pathfinder to be applying the principles and ideals of calculus or pythogolus to calculate 1+1. We have for long talked about this unbecoming behavour of DPP cadets under the tutulege of mchacha but your inept and clueless mutharika can’t rein over them. No pathfinder don’t take Malawians for fools. It’s simply stupid to do that. Write again chicken brain
STUPID,IDIOT
Is this democracy or war against fellow Malawians? If you fail to lead your members politically don’t take the masses for granted.
MBUTUMA IZI NDI MBUYANU YEMWE .SALUDZIWA TAWAJAMBULA. MANYIII ANU KUNUNKHA VIFWENTHE ETI
EEEEE APANDE MUSSSSANYEREKEZEEEE MWAVA. MUFA NDI MOTO WAMBUYANU YEMWEYU VITSILU VOMWA MADZI OMETERA KUMPHETO. MUSAYYYEREKEZE KUYAMBA A MPINGO ,MUUUUUONATU
GERTRUDE HAS OFFICIALLY DUMPED THE EMBATTLED DPP AND HAS SINCE JOINED UTM !!!
Koma DPP yafikapo
Mwina mutabwela kuno kumpoto muzaphunzire nzeru zasopano coz kuno sitisekerera munthu Maya muthalikayo alipompo we act
Makape a UTM, ya Satanic yakuezani ndiye mwati mupeke nkhani.
@ phsyuta
Koma inu Kwanu sanakukhwimireni ?. Chifukwa muli ndimukwiyo oipa kwambiri. Abale anga ena ake anali ndimukwiyo ngati wanuyu a phsyuta ndi kunena pano anayamba ufiti. Kkkkkkkk
Malawi police shoul£ intensify their intelligence now. It appears people will be taking advantage to hid in DPP colours to commit an offence and stack the blame on the party. Malawians are no longer the same , perhaps some did not grow up in following the Four Cornerstones. There is no discipline at all in our youth and they can plan rubbish things for the sake of tarnishing other people’s image. Secondly the so called reporters learn to do investigative journalism to come out with credible stories. You can be the sources of evidence like what happens In developed countries. You can be a tool to fight corruption not basing your information on hearsay but you can find them red handed. Stop being used by politicians, makes your own future where you can even apply jobs on international markets, but sometimes we readers we tend to wonder if you have any focus.
This muthalika is totally different from Bingu. Bingu didn’t want violence. Bingu never entertained udf and it’s yds. Mmimba ndi mchipaladi as Saulos put it three weeks ago.
Propaganda at its best!!!!! So DPP becomes an enemy to catholic church, hence losing votes fro its faithfuls. Everything is political, u can’t tell what is true or not.
Dpp yabayizika mitu siikugwira. 2019 mudya wamoyo
Tisanati a Malawi……………. !! This is implementation of the directive called: “I’ll release a ton of bricks on you……………….!!
Take my word: “As Malawians we should expect many of the sudden and forceful happenings from these regime thugs.” To those who are demanding a comment from the president, I say forget it! How can he say anything aagainst it when it came from him?
This is what happens when a church joins dirty politics and is turned into a political party.
Inu koma mutharika yu mmutu muli Kanthu?. No president worth his name would allow this kind of stupidity and anarchy to happen in the first place. Pathetic. Waste of space is what this mutharika is. He has reduced the police to a bunch of fools who have completely become idiots. Our police what has happened to you?. You jealously defend a regime that has reduced you to idiots. Ine simply love that and wishing you well as you becomes more and more stupid everyday courtesy of this criminal entreprise called DPP under inept mutharika.
Eeeeh ! Peturo mawaya mutumu anasokonekela kale kale…due to extreme old age….
Ofunika tiyambe kubwezera akuzolowera amenewa… corruption.. apolice skungoyan,ana plus violence.. ala, tatopa tiyamba kubwezano
they trying to incite fear to voters lol thus is ignorance and how they will eventually lose populaity
This is now closing the Line.Sizikutherani Bwino.We belong to Different Parties but we respect Our Religious leaders.
The only way is to vote them out basi & they will face justice after that
How do you “close” a line, Boss