Uladi rubbishes Chakwera response to Sona: ‘Malawi is not a problem state’
Salima south MP Uladi Mussa on Tuesday shook up the 193 strong House when he tore apart the Leader of Opposition Lazarus Chakwera’s response to response to President PeterMutharika’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) themed We Have Delivered presented in Parliament on Friday.
Chakwera said the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration has “miserably failed” to deliver on its socio-economic promises to Malawians contrary to President Peter Mutharika’s claims.
The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader said the President was delusional in declaring that his DPP had delivered on its party manifesto.
Instead, he described the Mutharika administration as nothing but a cancer that is hindering economic transformation.
However, Mussa said it was surprising that in his response, Chakwera deliberately ignored great strides the economy had registered including in forex.
“This government-the DPP led government, has done a lot, those with FDAs ( Foreign Denominated Accounts) can agree with me,” he said.
Mussa’s 10 minute response was marred by interjections from the angry MCP legislators who tried to punch holes and discredit the facts he was giving.
He argued that Malawi is not a problem state, saying the nation has its challenges, but it is not a broken state as exaggerated by Chakwera.
Mussa defected to the ruling DPP from the opposition Peoples Party, a party that works with the opposition MCP in parliament.
Delivering his Sona address Mutharika cited inflation figures, forex reserves and a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) Extended Credit Facility as a sign that his administration has improved the economy.
“Mr. Speaker, Sir, our macro-economic outlook is very bright. Nobody says we have achieved economic perfection. Nobody should say we don’t have challenges. But we agree that there is now a clear sense of economic direction and that we can count our achievements as a nation.
“In general, we have achieved macro-economic stability, inflation reduction and a rebound in economic growth.
“The International Monetary Fund has just given us a vote of confidence. This week, the IMF has approved a new Extended Credit Facility for the next three years. This means the IMF is satisfied with our economic management,” he said.
Mutharika also said the administration has constructed roads across the country and its efforts continue to be undermined by the severe effects of the Cashgate scandal of 2013.
The President further defended his government’s inability to handle the electricity crisis, saying the administration continues to work on improving the energy situation was neglected for years by previous governments.
The Malawi leader argued that with increased funding to bodies fighting corruption, his administration had also delivered on its promise to tackle the problem and said with a growing economy, there will be more funds available for social spending.
He threw at the House impressive economic figures that four years ago inflation was at 24 percent but now it is in single digits and that interest rates have dropped from 25 percent to 16 percent.
“We have taken our foreign currency import cover from the lowest point to the highest point in our economic history. From an import cover of below two months, our import cover now stands at 6 months. Our local currency is now stable and predictable,” boasted Mutharika.
He hastened to add that in four years, the DPP-led government has taken gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate from 2.4 per cent to projected growth of 4 percent this year.
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A ULADI MUSSA, U MINISTER MWAUFUNITSITSA ETI? CHAKWERA DID NOT DELIVER SONA IT WAS PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA. SO YO SHOULD HAVE DIRECTED YOUR RESPONSE TO MUTHARIKA AND NOT WHAT CHAKWERA HAD SAID.
YOU SHOULD ALSO APPRECIATE THAT CHAKWERA IS THE LEADER OF OPPOSITION, AS SUCH, HE IS ENTITLES TO CRITICIZE. IF YOU WANT TO PRAISE MUTHARIKA, JUST PRAISE HIM SO THAT HE APPOINTS YOU INTO HIS CABINET.
DONT EXPECT CHAKWERA TO DELIVER HIS SPEECH AS IF HE WAS MGEME KALIRANI, DAUSI OR FRANCIS KATSAILA!
Uladi, you are great! It was clear you were presenting your own speech. Others read speeches done by useless financial literacy teachers with failed businesses. Malawians know and avoid political parrots.
If you want to know weather Uladi is sincere just go back to his responses to APM when he was PP acting president when JB was away .
Malawi has never been a problem state; its the people like you Uladi that are a problem.
What Uladi Mussa has just done is EXACTLY what APM means when he says “he will NEVER let POWER SLIP OFF DPP’s hands”. Forget claims of developments!!!
The strategy is LOOT state resources, then buys politicians like Uladi to be parading LIES and FAKE development projects that ddp has claims to have implemented (deliberately avoiding mentiong anything on their own MANIFESTO), DPP’s own benchmark of what they promised Malawians.
These are clear elements of CROOKED people. Anena ichi, kulonjedza icho, kungoputsitsa a Malawi basi.
SHAME on thieves!!!
Hon Uladi Mussa has excess baggage. Look at his tenure at the ministry of internal affairs it’s only by fawning that the files that the state tools can throw into the toilet. Any misstep he will be commuting to the court every fortnight which won’t be easy for his campaign in the coming hustings. Please let this illiterate MP buy his salvation by sweet talking the DPP, let him temporarily win a”reprieve ” but this opportunist will never defang the law. From today Salima South constituency is on the political market it will be MCP property sorry bwana Mussa you’re a qualified brat blind to the winds around you
A corrupt dpp led government and a corrupt leader with a corrupt mps trying to lead a corrupt country. Malawi lets change and open our eyes
Its so funny and pathetic to hear a normal human being with all functioning senses uttering such idiocy to the mass. I don’t know if the so called Mussa stays in Malawi or something…..He might be a problem causing more problems to the problematic Malawi. These are people who makes our country hell on earth. They dont face those challenges we face all because they’re embezzling money from government and trying to stay clean as if all is well. Mind you, there’s an all seeing eye above the cloud. I hate these dudes for sure. mxiiiiiiii
Went for protection -not helping goverment
It was very unrealistic for chakwera to say that after 4 yrs DPP government has completely done nothing good to the nation. Yes some problems are there but let’s not exaggerate too much. Peter has tried his part. Mukutiuza kuti achakwela mukanakhala inu pano tikufanana ndi south Africa pa chuma???
Spinoza, you can’t thank a fish for swimming or a bird for flying. That’s what they do naturally. DPP has access to over MK1 trillion from taxpayers like you and me, to spend on developing Malawi. Of course any fool can spend the funds from the govt coffers, by constructing gravel roads, painting existing buildings etc (stupid projects). It takes a very progressive president and party to spend the same funds appropriately, in meaningful projects that make sense and are forward-looking. What Chakwera is raising is valid. The government has been spending these funds recklessly, with most of it going into the pockets of a few politicians and technocrats. That is the point Chakwera is raising. forget about which party Chakwera comes from; hear his message without bias and you’ll understand. Don’t just jump into empty arguments just because the words are coming from Chakwera. DPP is just tone deaf so are its blind supporters.
Ulandi Mussa is one of the useless politicians born in Malawi.
Wakuba wina uyu mtayeni. Akuona ngati ya ku immigration yayiwalika
Mussa is insane…..Chakwera boma 2019
Koma simunati a chi na Anti APM mulira
Chakwera has spoken and now people are feeling very uncomfortable. For those of us who live in Malawi, we can agree with what Chakwera has said..
I have said this before and will say it again; Malawi has a bunch of people, probably in the region of 90% of the population, who are uneducated, delinquent, unexposed and ignorant. Some of the educated 10% are so blinded with greed that they see Malawi as developed, even in the midst of poverty and atrocious statistics indicating otherwise. Malawi has been taken over by delinquents unable to steer the country forward as they believe Malawi is developing at a rapid rate. Until a visionary and vibrant leaders takes the country back from these delinquents, the country will never see any tangible and true development. The country needs major change of leadership to lift the 90% from the dark hole so that they too can see and comprehend. Comments we see on these online newspaper titles are just so damn scary and depressing. See Nyaxy, Hutton etc comments and I realise how far deep Malawi has gone. None of the current political parties have the capacity to really transform Malawi to acceptable levels. I am sure, there are Malawians amongst us who have the vision and energy to truly steer Malawi in the right direction but they just need to be identified and encouraged to lead. Dzukani a Malawi!!!!
Uladi is very right where a credit deserve it must be given. Do not fear baseless accusations of MCP. MCP supporters and their leader are full of jelousy, envy and power hungry. they can not appreciate any achievement, they close their eyes and ears to any development project by DPP gvn. Constructive opposition is with ATUPELE, ULADI AND KAMULEPO osati zinazi. In Getseman Jesus had nobody to speak in favour of him for fear of the angry mob of Jews. People feared to say the truth they new about Jesus including Symon Peter. MCP wants to make the same type of of culture here in Malawi that people should be fairing to say the truth of Development by Mutharika they see. zaka 31 MCP idamanga miseu iwiri yokha basi M1, Mz – BT ndi BT-Mwanza
wa Mulanje ndi lake show adamanga ndi a UDF KOMA DPP yamanga miseu 20 pa zaka 10 zokha. Mangochi- DZ, Kasiya, Nhoma, Liwonde Mangochi, Karonga chitipa, Nkhata-Mzuzu, mchinji, Kasungu, Edingeni and many more….etc….,
….and you call that development dada? Really? Malawi is in deep shithole indeed if what you consider as development is anything to go by. This is a demonstration of how low Malawi has gone. No wonder you (dada) elect mediocre political leaders into office.
Uladi Mussa has a case to answer for issuing Malawian passport to foreigners, now he is afraid of being arrested by Government, so the only refuge he has is to side with Government. This is how these people are destroying our country under our watch.If Chakwera wins today all these, who are stealing in DPP will join MCP for cover up. We saw it when Bingu dead ,they quickly joined PP. Now we have Atupele in Government as shield for his father’s corruption, yet he was the one who hold a presser 0n 21 May 2014 claiming Peter has ring the vote…………………………Poor Malawi when shall we wake up.
You are absolutely right
Chaka chamawachi mlandu umenewu tipitiliza. Usabisale kumbuyo kwa dpp Uladi nsana ukuonekera. Kumene wathawirako sikukuthandiza poti chaka chamawa akutuluka m’boma.
Chakwera my next Head of State.
To day I start with the question to Dr L chakwera if U were the presdent of this country what would have U done to lift this country to be the same with South Africa in 5years ? . l have been in south Africa for 15 yrs without coming to Malawi ( koma mmene ndimabwera chaka chino ndapeza anzanga ambiri ali ndi magalimoto / mashop nyumba zabwino ndipo zinthu zasinthiratu kwathu ku nkoma kuli nseu waphula kukumangidwanso malo a magetsi ndikapita LL ndikuona malo ambiri ogulitsira galimoto pomwe kalero galimoto sizimagulisidwa ndi anthu wamba zimagulisidwa ku TMAL / CFAO / Stanfield .izi zikusonyeza kuti chuma chili ndi anthu . Mundiyankhe funsoli Odala
Is that your definition of Development? Inutu ku Joniko mmakagwira ntchito zomwezi chifukwa mukuonetsa Kati ka umbuli muli mako. Inu those 15 years you have been in South Africa, RSA has moved from being the largest economy in Africa to being the third largest after Nigeria and Egypt, yet those two countries have been through a lot of political chaos; Malawi, on the other hand has drifted to the bottom of the world’s poorest countries. Is that what you call development. Just a simple lecture: development is a relative concept, if you can understand that. But in summary the Malawi you’ve found is worse than the one you left
Mmalawi, you need a lot of time and space to educate this dude. It is obvious that he has a narrow understanding of these issues. On Uladi, he is a political prostitute who has all the parties clothes in his wardrobe – MCP, UDF, DPP, PP and his own disbanded party, I can,t remember the name. Trust him at your own peril.
wrong theory. Bad attitude. This man is saying what he has observed and you respond by castigating him? You, Mmalawi, could be the one who went to school to obtain a paper and not to be in touch with the world. An opinion can never be wrong. This man is writing an opinion and you think only uor opinion should mean truth? Uwunso ndi umbuli wa nyooooo!
Read his speech Nyaxy……read his speech. At the very end he has articulated what his focus would be to lift the country from its dire state. In fact I would urge any political party that wins next year to borrow from the list to develop the country.
A Uladi Musa mukuthawa mulandu wa mapassport ubwere be mulandu uja. Mwamumva winiko a kuti ndinu mahule amzipani kkkk
Malawi is making strides in development and other areas. Its a fact. Come to Zomba and witness good and durable tarmac roads being constructed in areas where we didn’t consider tarmac roads could be there, a mini stadium. Dr Laz, tell us something but development. Zinthu sizilephera kuvuta pena n’pena komabe boma ili la APM likuyetsetsa kwambiri pa nkhani za chitukuko. Find other stories to tell Malawians. I totally agree with Nyazy above. APM has my vote, let it be known.
Zomba community centre was built by asamunda and what DPP is doing is just to renovate. Zovuta zilipo zambiri that is why Chakwera is bringing to your attention.
Mussa, you are not the problem, the problem is the challenges u have in easily understanding these things. So i agree with you at that level of understand that DPP led gvt has done well.
Uladi ndi munthu wa dyera, angakumve ndi ma cadets basi, wakhuta mabanzi a DPP wati utisokosele apa, ife tikupanga zomuika Chakwera ndi Mia m’boma.
Ali ndi mulandu awa.He wants defence
Those who refuse to acknowledge the existence of the problem are a big part of the problem.
MUSSA HAS A CASE TO ANSWER ON TAKING A PART IN ISSUING ILLEGAL PASSPORTS TO NON-MALAWIANS. HE IS DOING ALL THIS TO BUY FAVOUR FROM A 79 YEAR OLD MUTHARIKA. YOUR CHANGE GOAL MENTALITY WILL YIELD BUT NOTHING. GO DEEPER CHAKWERA.
I dont see any difference betwn him and mlaka Maliro desparate pple