Total eclipse of the stronghold: Pictures as Blantyre turns red for UTM

July 30, 2018 Nyasa Times Reporter 42 Comments

A sea of red  on Sunday occupied the famed Njamba Freedom Park in Blantyre to listen to Vice President Saulos Chilima and his United Transformation Movement  (UTM)  unpacked their plans to rebuild a  better Malawi.

Mary Chilima (left)  smiling 12 inches as people rally behind SKC and UTM
Selfie at UTM rally: Its for new generation
UTM  joy

With no space on the ground of Njamba, some people decided to climb the trees.
Crowds at the UTM rally in Blantyre
United Transformation Movement leader Saulos Chilima on arrival at Njamba Freedom Park and welcomed by Michael Usi of odya zake alibe mulandu.
Bumper crowds at Njamba Freedom Party in Blantyre to listen to Chilima
Chilima gets a rousing reception from the packed crowd at Njamba.
We are UTM
Njamba Freedom Park was packed to capacity at the UTM launch, with many supporters enthusiastically cheering Chilima ’s speech
UTM swag is the in thing

The  bumper crowd, mostly the young men and women, dressed in red T-shirts and others in the movement’s characteristic red berets filled the big ground and others were listening to the speeches in trees due to lack of space.

The enthusiastic crowds chanted their UTM song of the moment “ Mumumva kuwawa  ehhh, mumumva kupweteka, mukamalimbana naye  Chilima, mumumva kupweteka.”

Musicians such as Thomas Chibade and Saul Chembezi also performed at the event.

Among other  known personalities who attended the rally included former attorney general Raph Kasambara, Balaka North parliamentarian Lucius Banda and Michael Usi of ‘odya zake alibe mlandu’ network.

Observors sayslooking at the turnout at UTM rallies, if you speak to people in hospitals, in beer halls, on the buses, then Chilima  is going to be the next Malawi leader, but  the road to winning elections is not smooth.

However, bumper crowds do not lie.

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42 replies on “Total eclipse of the stronghold: Pictures as Blantyre turns red for UTM”

  2. THE FIGHT IS BETWEEN MCP AND DPP BECAUSE THESE PARTIES HAVE A STRONG ETHNIC BASE … THE CHILIMA MOVEMENT IS HAVING THE VOLATILE URBAN SUPPORT … AND IT WILL GO NOWHERE

    1. Let’s wait and see nowadays even in rural areas there is network. So it doesn’t need U.T.M to visit each and every constituency what ever he does the villagers hears and you will be surprised that even in villages he has a lot of support. So don’t get cheated people are fed up and want to try this new blood and i bet , i see change coming this is new era

  3. I have read that Ralph Kasambala was among the the notable people who attended the Njamba rally. I hope that UTM will not make the mistake of appointing that crook to any position of influence in the movement. That will be the end of its credibility to my mind.

  4. Chilima will and is asking things up whether or not UTM wins next year. Change will be the winner. We have at least message of hope at least once in so many years.

  5. santana, dausi, msaka, goodall, musa ………………………………… koma muliiiimbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa? Mungapangenso zanu zolubwalubwa zija? Lets wait and see as things unfold!! SCK akumpwetsa njinga yake mtima uli pansi kuti miyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Odi uko mbava inuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

  6. THE MK145 MILLION CORRUPTION SCANDAL HAS DESTROYED DPP IN THE SAME WAY THE MK13 BILLION CASHGATE SCANDAL FINISHED OFF PP AND JOYCE BANDA.KWINAKO KWANGOSALA KUNGOMALIZISA DPP BASI.

    DPP MUST BE BLAMING ITSELF FOR ITS CARELESSNES AND CHILDISHNESS IN THE WAY IT HANDLED THE PIONEER INVESTMENT POLICE CONTRACT AND THE SO CALLED DONATION.TO SOME OF US, IT ONLY TELLS US THE SHALLONESS OF THE THINKING OF THOSE SURROUNDING PRESIDENT PETER MUTHALIKA,I MEAN THE BEN PHIRI’S OF THIS WORLD .
    AMUPWETEKESA PULEZIDENTI KOMANSO AMUPASA MWANAYU (SKC) MANGOLOMELA. POLITICS IS DYNAMIC INDEED…

    JEALOUS DOWN! BABYYU IS AN ORGANISER.HIS DEPARTURE IS A BIG LOSS TO THE DPP MADALA TEAM!

  7. One thing he learned from DPP is how to build a base .Whilst DPPs base is Mostly Tribal he focused on the Church .Talking to friends both College Educated and non college educated you get the Feeling that Even if he had stood on DPP ticket they could have Voted for him.Why: ndi wa mpingo wathu,that’s the answer am getting.This being Malawi history repeats itself.Euphoria kills Reason.Let DPP team A exit,enter DPP team B.But there will be Shock this time around. Consistency and Intergrity will prevail.

    1. Koma inu mukunena zowona, kuti anthu angathawe Ntundu wao olo banja lawo ndikustata mpingo? Zoona?

  8. New way of doing politics in Malawi. Let supporters buy UTM regalia as part of contribution to the movement. This is how it’s done in western countries…NOTHING FOR FREE. KEEP IT UTM. This is the dawn of a new era for Malawians.

  9. Whatever the case maybe, Chilima will shake things up and politics will never be the same ever again in Malawi. The train has left the station.

  11. Multitudes yes,but if they don’t encourage the supporters to register then azalira kuti abeledwa mufunse Brown Mpinganjira ndi NDA yake anthu ndiopusisa

    1. Don’t buy it. Yochipa. Ndaiwona wina anagula dzulodzuloli – lero yang’ambika. Chipanichi ching’ambikanso.

  14. There no way one can put a positive spin on the concurrence of the UTM rally and the eclipse, abale inu.
    It simply means the bus company will be eclipsed. Period. And the go bankrupt and disappear just like the original UT(Mw) Ltd. Talk about Chilima and co jinxing themselves!
    Why chose UTM of all the more sensible possibilities?

  15. No one can beat Chakwera at this stage. If UTM will register then it will emerge second in the elections. We are happy that dpp is destroyed now and that is the way to go but don’t compare UTM and Mighty MCP.

    3. Kunena zoona, Chakwera alibe mfundo. The Rev has spent all his time as a Pastor and his grasp of development issues is limited. we dont need presidents who just relies on advisors. SKC and UTM case is compelling – i want a Malawi that UTM is articulating

  17. Selling of the party’s regalia is good for sustainability. However, what was Kasambara doing at the rally? Is this not rendering credence to the accusations that SKC is not as clean as he potrays?

    2. u wanted him to chase him? isnt he free to join the movement like anybody else? he said in the times interview the case is in court and let the courts be the judge not him. if hes guilty thus up to the authorities just like Chaponda do u hear him talk about it? cause he respect the court decision regardless. dont be shallow thinker folks.. change is here we need lights.

    4. Inu mmafuna Chilima atsike pansanja nkunena kuti iwe Raph zipita? komanso ngati Raph anapedzeka ku Rally than ku ndende ndekuti a khoti sanampeze ndi mlandu ka.

  19. Ali ndi khutu ave kuti things are changing at a very rapid rate, Chilima and UTM movement is taking over this Government no matter what. So join UTM as the only winning team at the moment, u castigated MCP on MBC TV and Radio but not knowing that God has another plan to rescue his people from the hands of criminals.

  21. Sangawine uyu koma angogawanitsa mavoti a DPP ndipo akuchita bwino ife tione zina 2019.

    3. That’s the problem with mcp. You thought Boma mwaliphula without any tangible mfundo. Mwalemba mmadzi.

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