By Vincent Gunde
Activist Bishop Kachenje, one of the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) former foot soldiers, has come out openly to tell the party and President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika that “justice will kill him.”
Bishop Kachenje had been quiet ever since he released a video clip alongside Comrade Lytone Mangochi, in which they complained that some DPP ministers had switched off their mobile phones because they no longer wanted to listen to them.
In that video, Bishop Kachenje and Lytone Mangochi assured the DPP and President Mutharika that “2030 is not far.” They claimed that the genuine activists and journalists who fought courageously for Mutharika to win the elections would be called back to duty to help the DPP win again.
The two observed that the DPP and President Mutharika have completely forgotten the people who suffered, were hunted, and were targeted for death, saying all these people are now being treated as less important.
They thanked the DPP and President Mutharika for using activists and journalists as ladders to advance their political agendas but warned that the cries of these people are a bad omen for the entire DPP membership and supporters.
Speaking through a video clip, Bishop Kachenje said it pains him to see people who were insulting and castigating the DPP and Professor Mutharika because of his old age now being given positions in government.
Bishop Kachenje said it also pains him to see some DPP members nursing wounds, and others whose property was confiscated for supporting the DPP and Professor Mutharika. He said these people are all in pain and suffering, yet no one is listening to their cries.
He added that some people were arrested and re-arrested, hunted like wild animals, but thanks to Almighty God, they are alive today. He said the DPP and President Mutharika have completely forgotten them.
“I am appealing to all Malawians: let us remember one another in times of sorrow and happiness,” said Bishop Kachenje.
He warned the DPP and President Mutharika that the people they have taken on board do not love the DPP with all their hearts. When things go wrong in the DPP, he said, they will all return to their own political parties. He appealed to the DPP not to entertain MCP members.
The activist pleaded with the DPP that when they are remembering the youth of Lilongwe and Blantyre, they should also be reminded that there are youth in the Lower Shire districts of Nsanje and Chikwawa.
He noted with great concern that the youth and church leaders of the Lower Shire districts are being treated as outcasts, advising the government that Lower Shire youth must be included in its programs.
Finally, Bishop Kachenje thanked the Mayor of Blantyre City Council, Isaac Jomo Osman, for the love he has shown in standing together with genuine activists and journalists who were used and dumped by the DPP. He prayed to God to continue giving Osman wisdom in looking after the welfare of the youth in Malawi.
