UTM secretary dies of Covid-19: Mwenifumbo diagnosed with virus

July 5, 2020 Wanga Gwede - Nyasa Times 47 Comments

An administrative secretary of UTM Party as well as personal secretary to vice-president Saulos Chilima has died after contracting coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic while several known political figures are confirmed to have  been diagnosed with the virus.

Sambo seen last month at a campaign rally with Chilima
Mwenifumbo: Diagonised with Covid-19

UTM confirmed that Bessie Sambo – who was seen during campaign sitting close to Chilima –  has died.

She is reported to have contracted the virus.

In a message posted on Chilima’s official Facebook page,  the vice-president said: “How very sad that you depart as our nation commences a very exciting new journey. A journey of rebirth and renewal which your sacrifice, alongside many of your fellow comrades, made possible.

“We shall work hard to ensure that your work was not in vain. You shall forever remain in our hearts. We pray that your souk finds eternal rests.”

The virus pandemic cases have more than doubled in the past two weeks in the country to reach nearly 1,600, with 17 deaths.

Another politician Alliance for Democracy (Aford) member Frank Mwenifumbo has been diagnosed with coronavirus (Covid-19) at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) amidst reports that UTM.

Writing on his Facebook page, Mwenifumbo  said he in now self-isolating at home.

He urges people that were close to him in the past 10 days to present themselves for testing.

While in hospital last week. Mwenifumbo was visited by high profile politicians including vice-president Chilima.

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) IT expert Daud Suleman was also reported to have tested  to but was negative to the virus.

Meanwhile, President Lazarus Chakwera has  indicated restrictions on movement were imminent, saying new measures would be announced on Tuesday when he appointed a new health minister.

“Community transmission has escalated in the last three weeks,” he said. “However, we must strike a balance between public safety and social functioning of our country.”

Chakwera has  urged citizens in the country to adapt to the regulations put in place in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19.

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47 replies on “UTM secretary dies of Covid-19: Mwenifumbo diagnosed with virus”

  1. Kachilomboka kalibe kalidwe kayamba kulowa kunyumba ya chifumu – mafumu ayamba kuchita mantha??????

  2. Corona kulibe kuno,ngati akuganiza zo wonjezela ma restrictions kubwelesa ma lockdown ayiwale zimenezo, antu ayamba ma riot,atopa ndi ma loose.Ayamba nyimbo imeneyi poti alowa mboma,anakanena zimenezi ntawi ya zisanko antu anakawavotela bwanji? They r where they r because of the people now they want to screw the people over

  3. It’s serious Malawi cannot carry on progressing with bribes and corruption without the great Frank Mwenifumbo. Get well quick Frankie otherwise we are lost as a nation with no bribes and no corruption

  4. DPP was worse than corvid. People were being killed. Poor people were dying in hospitals yet the regime had no mercy but stealing. We will live with corvid but not DPP.

  5. It is indeed sad, and it comes as a surprise to many Malawians especially after being reassured by Mrs Joyce Banda that there is no Covid 19 virus in our Country. She should apologise to the bealived families, and to the Country as a whole for misleading them. My thoughts are with the families who have lost their loved ones due to this monster virus.

    1. Idiots. Were those coming not citizens. Why do you think Malawians in Malawi are more entitled than those abroad. All countries were allowing their citizens back so what’s so special about Malawi

      1. The problem was that DPP leaders did not prepare a good quarantine facilities for those people who were repatriated.Do not blame Tonse alliance government.If a country has three cases of coronavirus and the government repatriates 200 more people from countries with more cases what will mean about that? South Africa repatriated it’s citizens from China sanakawasiye Ku stadium,adapita nawo Ku repatriation facility centres where they stayed there for more than 14 days.What DPP was stupid Malawians repatriated were taken to Kamuzu stadium without proper quarantine facilities.The people run away and mix with local communities.Thus why we should blame visionless DPP.

      2. Foseki
        They should have either stayed in Rsa or on arrival to be checked and properly quarantine. Apm imported Covid-19 to infect Malawians. Mbuyanu Uja wopanda Mamu is a devil

    3. anali busy registering ana
      kubela anthu voting cards
      sanatseke ma borders
      anakayenga a MW ku Joni komwe mliliu inali pa cimake
      80 plus anawalowrtsa mu dziko muno ku factory ya mpunga ku Salima. procedure zao sizinadziwike

    4. U r an idiot and waiwala kuti ndinu nomwe a opposition ndi HRDC amene munaka mpaka injunction, shaaaa!! Lero thats what ur going to reap. Bob Marley said, ” whosoever dig a pit, shall fall in it”. U thot u r creating a very difficult environment for the APM government, now its u who are now in the pit u dug.

  7. Wamwalirayo pitani naye kwa Joyce banda mwina angakakhulupilire zoti Covid ndi Covid simaona kulemera

    1. Azingopita nawo kwa Kenyatta Nyirenda. Paja that monster looking thug anali hero wa ma injunctions

  8. MHSRIP.

    Fellow Malawians, the virus is with us now. You don’t need politicians to tell you this, if you have ears you have known all along that the virus is here. You saw people being released from quarantine etc…and yet you are still just walking around like idiots?? Put on your bloody masks, I still see lots of so called educated people still walking around without a mask on, going shopping, going to church and acting like everything is normal. ARE YOU PEOPLE STUPID OR WHAT?!!!!

    PUT YOUR FUCKING MASKS ON.

  9. So what benefit is there a Malawi anzanga to lose your life for the sake of a politician regardless of who you support, it can never be worth it. Lero ndi izi. Only her family truly care, but the reality is the political party will soon replace and forget her. Malawians as we go about, let’s stay safe. Some of these things are just not worth dying for.

  10. Let’s just try to put on all restricted measures to ensure that we are safe. In South Africa for example there’s is still lockdown from the February till today but from the time South Africans went on lockdown, the number of cases and death toll was just like where Malawi is today. They tried everything possible to protect its citizens, there was no any political disagreements even in the private sector and individuals, churches mosques schools not yet allowed operating normally yet the covid19 pandemic is rising up every minute/hours. We can say it again this or that but looking back to where the covid19 pandemic started, we can’t say that there problem was campaigns public gatherings as to our case that we needed to a change of government. There’s is still time and possibilities to fighting the covid19 pandemic together will stand.

  13. I wish Chilima or Chakwela die for this Covid19 pendamic, so that Malawians aphunzilepo phunzilo. They are the ones saying in their campaign that Covid19 kulibe ku Malawi

    1. @ Grey hair, uyambe kufa iweyo coz you already grey haired, next should be your gogo Mutharika, cadet iwe!

  16. Time for MCP-UTM to reap the fruits of their stubborn attitude. Chilima and JB said there is no coronavirus. Ndizimenezo. It will be good if many in TONSE alliance get coronavirus so that they learn a GOOD lesson.

  17. Chilima dictating what VP chakwera says. Chilima’s secretary dies and the VP chakwera cancelled the inauguration which yesterday himself said will proceed.

  18. Its too little too late the virus has already gone viral. The local transmission rate will continue to rise and by the end of this July we will be above 6,000 cases.
    We couldn’t have allowed the political campaign mass rallies. Anyway zinadutsa basi and since we are not voting any time soon ban religious gatherings, produce markets, funeral gatherings, public transport, etc. Auzeni anthu schools are not opening anytime soon. Don’t skirt around that issue.
    Vuto a Malawi we politicise everything. I was checking on yesterday’s covid 19 figures and found that out of 115 new cases 41 are imported. Mmamunenatu APM kuti sakutseka maboda kuti corona ilowe tisavote nanga 1 week mwakhalayi siyayikulu kutseka maboda?
    I laughed last Sunday on hearing Brian Banda on Times TV saying zitsankho zina MEC presidential maresults were being declared at night and hurriedly swearing in each other same night. Kuyankhula mopanda manyazi kuiwala kuti president wawoyo results had been declared usiku womwewo and within 9 hours Chakwera akulumburitsidwa. Same as what happened in 2014 when results were declared on Friday night 30th May and by 9am on Saturday 31st May APM & SKC were being sworn in at High Court premises in Blantyre.

    4. Let’s not visit those who have been diagnosed with covid so we reduce the risk of getting the infection. Those on self quarantine please remain isolated and do not allow guests or visitors until proven that the person is negative hence no longer at risk of transmitting the virus

  20. This virus will touch everyone whether ruling party or opposition parties.Lets fight the enemy together.The problem was at the beginning when the first coronavirus was discovered in Lilongwe.The government was politicising it.People did not take the message serious.Borders were not closed even when we knew that out neighbouring countries had cases.Just boost your immune system with flu immune booster medicine like IMMUNADUE.Increasing the soldiers in your body to fight coronavirus.Blaming Tonse alliance government will not solve anything.

  22. Kulira mokuwatu you Cadet Malinyero. Tione ngati ku DPP kwanuko sizikukhudzani. We are all in this.

    1. Paja youth leaguers like you mwakhala mukulira 20+ years. Surely you see kulira every time. And you are proof that pangakhale kulira kotani chipani chimadzalowanso m’boma. Muthanso kukhala m’boma 4yrs only with your non- term president!

  23. Pajatu baby chilima said we should continue hugging each other because there is no Covid 19. Lero ndizimenezi mwayamba kuchita cancel ma inauguration. Mutha muwona Inu a UTMCP. And kaliati ayezedwenso she looks very sick and frail.

    1. It is not only the UTMCP but the DPP as well. Let us look ahead and see how we can forge ahead instead of dwelling in the past! What is past is history and irrelevant to our future.

      1. Kodi ku malawi covid 19 iliko? Yafika after chisankhochi? Mulungu wake sameneyu omuchitila chibwana lero ndizimenezi ndiye anthu omwe aja mumawauza kukachita zioneselo muwauzenso kuti panopano ndipofunika lockdown sinanga zomwe munkafuna zinakwanilisidwa? Lucious anayimba mnyimbo ngati pano akukumbukila! SITIMA IMAPWEKA AKAMAYENDESA WINA

      2. Covid 19 ku malawi kulibe yafikako liti? Mukamayankhula muziyamba mwaganiza pano anthu mumawapopa aja kumapita ku nseu kukachita zioneselo zosafuna lockdown ndiye pano kuwauza kuti chani? Oyimba anayimba kuti, sitima imapweka akamayendesa wina. Pitaninso muwauze anthu aja kuti abale coronavirus ilipodi koma ife timangofuna kutengelapo zikoli basi akumvani popeza malawians sachedwa kuiwala.

    2. Mumawona ngati zaboza.Vuto likakugwera ndipamene umazindikira kuti ndizowona.Ndizimenezotu…..How can people trust you????.Where’s Joyce Banda?She must say something regarding to Covid 19.

    3. Another stupid cadet, no wonder you clowns were voted out. Zero emotional intelligence. You really think the virus targets political groups?

    4. This is a national disaster. Don’t joke about it. It sees no political face. Just keep quiet and hope for the best for everyone.

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