Veteran musician-cum-pastor Macdonald Mlaka Maliro has fired warning shots at people whom he said have been spreading lies about his wife Bernadetta.
Speaking during a scintillating live performance at Mibawa Multipurpose Hall in Blantyre, the former Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Church pastor said there are people who are busy attacking his wife by spreading false information about her.
The singer vowed to fight those people and warned that he will reveal their secrets if they continue attacking her.
McDonald Mlaka Maliro with his Wife Bernadette
He said, “There are people who are busy spreading lies about my wife and I want to tell them this;” “If you touch my wife you touch me. I will come for you. I will reveal all your secrets.”
Mlaka’s threats comes days after Prophet Bushiri’s spokesperson Ephraim Nyondo released a statement claiming that the Dzanja Lalemba hit-maker left Eswatini, where he was serving as an ECG pastor, because his wife had disciplinary issues.
During the week, Social media was also awash with rumours that Mlaka’s wife was involved in promiscuity whilst in Eswatini.
Mlaka announced his resignation from the ECG and there has been speculations that he is going to start his own church in Balaka where he has built his house and a Church building.
The much awaited Blantyre derby between city-rivals Nyasa Big Bullets and Mighty Wanderers ended in song and dance for the former, who beat Wanderers 2-1 on Saturday at the Kamuzu Stadium.
Flames midfielder Chimwemwe Idana opened the accounts for Bullets in the 16th minute before the Lali Lubani side equalised in the 78th minute through Vincent Nyangulu.
Substitute Anthony Mfune scored Bullets’ winner in the 84th minute with his first kick of the game just seconds after being introduced to give the Ndirande outfit a perfect start to the season.
Mfune’s goal sent Bullets’ fans into a delirium of song and dance all the way to the team’s club house.
In other matches played on Saturday, Karonga United lost 1-3 to Kamuzu Barracks.Deus Mkutu, Chimwemwe Chisambi and Gregory Nachipo were on target for the soldiers while Khumbo Msowoya scored the consolation for Karonga.
In Mzuzu, Ekwendeni Hammers were 2-0 winners over Kasungu based TN Stars. The two goals were scored by Bongani Zulu and Edgar Mgagana.
Malawi’s Social Media Prophet, Austin Liabunya has thanked Pastor Mlaka Maliro for his latest song titled ” Vinyo Watha”.
In his thanks giving message, Liabunya calls Mlaka, the greatest artist of all time in Malawi.
” I must admit that you are a greatest all the time in Malawi
Yesterday, after I had asked where to get it, more than 100 people, according to my PR sent it to to our WhatsApp inbox but I still preferred to buy it at the possible highest price just to support your talent which has blessed me for years,” said Liabunya.
Liabunya has since then encouraged Mlaka to continue his great works in music and forget about people’s noises and claims.
The U.S. Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has announced an additional $12.8 million in assistance for Malawi to tackle food insecurity, strengthen anti-corruption efforts and respond to Tropical Cyclone Ana.
Accordimg to a press statement from USAID- Of the funds announced today, $9.7 million will go towards protecting the most vulnerable Malawians from food insecurity by distributing cash for food, providing support to farmers, and building agricultural supply chains. An additional $2 million will support Malawi’s anti-corruption efforts. USAID, in partnership with the United Kingdom, is co-financing a program that supports Malawian law enforcement and the Ministry of Justice in investigative techniques, evidence collection, and prosecution strategy, with a particular focus on asset forfeiture and recovery.
President Chakwera and USAID Samantha Power
Finally, an additional nearly $1.1 million is being provided to support humanitarian response efforts for Tropical Cyclone Ana. Tropical Cyclone Ana made landfall in January, generating heavy rains and subsequent flooding across southern Malawi. In the days following the storm, USAID provided an initial $100,000 to meet immediate needs of displaced Malawians with shelter, water, and sanitation and hygiene (WASH) supplies. This additional funding will support shipping additional shelter materials for families temporarily living in evacuation camps.
The new funding follows USAID Administrator Samantha Power’s meeting with Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera where the two discussed mutual priorities, such as combating corruption, strengthening resilience and food security in the face of climate change, the polio outbreak, and continuing the fight to end the COVID-19 pandemic.
Their discussion also focused on continued collaboration for advancing Malawi 2063, which sets a vision of Malawi as a nation that is inclusively wealthy and self-reliant.
Power congratulated President Chakwera on becoming Chairman of the Southern African Development Community last August and applauded Malawi’s commitment to democracy and expressed her support for the government of Malawi’s efforts in combating corruption. She asked President Chakwera to consider re-engaging with global anti-corruption platforms, such as the Open Government Partnership.
The two also discussed the need for strengthening resilience due to the impacts of climate change, in the wake of successive cyclones, such as Tropical Storm Ana. Administrator Power underscored the United States support for Malawi with the announcement of an additional $12.8 million in humanitarian assistance, as well as a continued commitment to international polio eradication efforts, and accelerated COVID-19 vaccination goals.
President Dr Lazarus Chakwera who is in USA for the United Nations Least Developed countries summit took time to hold an audience with Malawians residing in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut on Thursday.
In a statement written on the President Official Facebook page, Chakwera said “As I have done with every Malawian diaspora community across the globe, I implored upon our brothers and sisters to be voluntary emissaries in cultivating strategic frontiers to court international partnerships and investments for our beautiful country”
President Chakwera
He went to say . “We agreed on the need for every Malawian, home and abroad, to take personal responsibility and contribute effectively to nation building.”
According to some Malawians that met the President, the meeting went well and the President was open to listening to Malawians . Also present at the meeting was the new Ambassador to the UN Dr Agnes Chimbiri-Malonde.
The discussion tackled on a number of issues such as National ID’s, Investment in Malawi, Duo Citizenship, Communication with the diaspora, Cryptocurrency and discussion on the rising cost of commodity prices.
The President leaned towards the idea of having the Malawi Embassy in DC do most of the agendas that force diasporas travel to Malawi such as passport renewal or getting National IDs.
