Dr. Michael Usi, leader of the UTM party, has openly criticized Patricia Kaliati, the party’s spokesperson, for her recent remarks referring to their party members as “nyenwa” (squatters). Speaking to UTM supporters at the Mudi government residence, Usi expressed his discontent, asserting that such comments are unwarranted and that the party should remain focused on its mission rather than engaging in internal conflicts.
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“Chilima left us while in government, and I remain in government to serve the objectives that Chilima set. So, where is the fault in that?” Usi questioned.
At a political meeting held yesterday in Mzuzu, Kaliati had stated that UTM party members are only present at meetings and not actively engaged in governance. Usi’s comments indicate his frustration with the lack of unity and constructive dialogue within the party.
Currently, Dr. Usi, who is also the country’s vice president, is expected to conclude his duties in the southern region of Malawi, where he has been active for the past two weeks.
Credible Investment Limited (CIL) has announced a significant partnership with Dr. Triephornia Mpinganjira’s “Kuthandiza Omwe Alibe Kuthekera Kupita Kutsogolo” project. According to a statement issued today and signed by CIL Executive Director Abbas Nasser, the company has allocated an additional K2 million to the initiative. This contribution increases the project’s total funding to K20 million.
With this additional support, the project will now recognize 20 winners instead of the originally planned 18. The grand finale, where 16 of the winners will be announced, is scheduled to take place at BICC on August 30.
Credible Investment Limited, a registered cigarette manufacturing company, began its operations in March 2022. This partnership underscores its commitment to community development and support for impactful projects.
President and Commander in Chief of Muvi wa Chilungamo Revolutionary Party (MRP) Bantu Saunders Jumah, has advised President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera to travel to Germany with Leader of Opposition in Parliament Dr. George Chaponda or any other opposition party leaders.
Reports are indicating that President Chakwera is travelling to Germany on a new steamship mission on Lake Malawi, this has increased gossiping and speculations that President Chakwera will interfere with the findings of the Germany aircraft manufacturing company’s expert who were in the country to investigate the plane crash which killed Dr. Saulosi Chilima and eight others.
Leader of Opposition Chaponda
He said the Government of Malawi only summoned aircraft manufacturers from Germany to come into the country to correct and fix the problem so that such accident should not happen again as this was the first of its kind in Malawi.
Speaking through a Revolutionary voice in various social media platforms, Jumah said President Chakwera should have appointed a panel of church leaders, CSOs, family members of the departed souls for a Commission of Inquiry claiming that if this happened, there could have been no gossips.
Jumah said the Germany aircraft experts into the country was not a Commission of Inquiry, they were here for their plane and the commission could have investigated on what happened for the plane to travel with no MCP officials only UTM.
He said the plane was made to carry 18 passengers but it was full with 9 people observing that these are the kinds of questions which Malawians are asking and are demanding answers claiming that in every mysterious death, there are suspects and who are these suspects in the Dr. Chilima and eight others death?
The MRP President said Malawians are suspicious with President Chakwera’s visit to Germany hence a demand for Chakwera to travel with Leader of Opposition Dr. George Chaponda for Malawians to trust the visit that it is being made for discussions of a steamship on Lake Malawi.
He has appealed to President Chakwera to delay a bit his visit to Germany until the Germans have released a report of their findings as to what exactly happened for the plane to crash in the Chikangawa forest in Mzimba district on Monday, 10th June, 2024.
“We are living in the world where social media is a powerful weapon, there’s nothing to hide, Malawians need transparency, this is democracy,” said Jumah.
He said it is sad that till this day, no families of the 9 departed souls in a plane crash has received an autopsy report questioning government what is it hiding, warning government that many Malawians will be arrested for the truth to prevail.
Jumah has made it clear to government that there is no way Malawians will be blocked from speaking on Dr. Chilima and eight others death of what they feel is right claiming that speaking is the only way of exercising hard-won democracy and freedom Malawians fought for in 1994.
Shaping Our Future Foundation (SOFF), an organization founded and chaired by the First Lady of the Republic of Malawi, Madam Monica Chakwera, says keeping girls in school is a vehicle towards life transformation, women’s economic empowerment and Ending Violence against Women and girls in Malawi.
SOFF said social and economic benefits of secondary education are directly linked to poverty reduction, and shared prosperity efforts in Malawi and social equity and inclusion to under-privileged students fosters a more balanced and just society.
Lawrence Kayesa.-the project leads to poverty reduction
Speaking when presenting a 5-months July-November,2024 Education Plus Initiative of empowering adolescent girls and young women project to the District executive committee in Dowa, the organization’s Programs Coordinator Lawrence Kayesa, said the project will provide bursaries to 10 needy students at Dowa Secondary School who will be identified through Ministry of Education Vulnerability Criteria and assessment and verification.
Kayesa said the project will also provide mentorship to 200 primary school girls and 300 girls from Community Day Secondary Schools. It will also strengthen networks of existing community leaders and build their capacity to collaborate with a network of chiefs, religious leaders, political leaders, and parent groups to champion policy implementation at the community level through bylaws. He further said that Her Excellency, the First Lady, will lead high-level advocacy through media appeals for such community structures to implement bylaws on education, elimination of child marriages and gender-based violence.
The coordinator said the project will collaborate with the Dowa District Council for integration and monitoring, knowledge retention of girls’ and women engaged as well as community-led advocacy initiatives will promote ownership beyond project tenure for sustainability purposes. “The project will hold inter-face meetings between education sectors and the community level and conducting media appeals for Her Excellency Madam Monica Chakwera,” said Kayesa. In 2024, SOFF maintained support of bursary scheme to 1,054 continuing students in 121 secondary schools across Malawi of which 202 students have written Malawi School Certificate of Educations (MSCE) Examinations. 54 students under the SOFF bursary scheme sat for the MSCE Examinations in 2023, 47 students passed, 25 students selected to public universities such as Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS), College of Medicine, LUANAR, University of Malawi, Mzuzu University and Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST).
Education Plus Initiative; Empowering adolescent girls and young women project will be implemented with support from the UNAIDS at a total budget of K51,982,350.00 and Dowa alone will get K16 million.
Political activist Bon Kalindo has urged various churches and individuals to continue praying for the spirits of those who died in a plane crash in Chikangawa forest in Mzimba district on the 10th June, 2024 to be resting in peace and in power.
Kalindo said since the date when the country heard of that sad news that former Vice President of the Republic Dr. Saulosi Chilima and eight others on board the crashed military plane lost their lives, silence continues to deepen in Malawi, government is not ready to provide answers.
He said all Malawian eyes are set to Germany aircraft experts who were in the country to investigate the plane crash to release their report for Malawian hearts to rest and conspiracy theories to die a natural death.
Speaking through an audio clip circulating in various social media platforms, Kalindo has appealed to Malawians to continue lighting candles in their bedrooms praying for the truth to prevail that God must provide answers on Chikangawa, Chikangawa and Chikangawa forest and why Chikangawa?
Kalindo said he sees nothing wrong in people writing candles claiming that candles are for peace and love urging all to love the departed souls in the Chikangawa plane crash and praying to all those that have died after hearing of Chikangawa news through Blood Pressure.
“Let’s put the departed Chikangawa forest souls in God’s hand in OSAOPA, OSAFOOKA slogan, this is the only love we can accord to them,” he said.
The activist has also appealed to UTM members to strengthen their hearts observing that the problems in UTM are coming from UTM members who are receiving money from the MCP to destabilize the party advising them that those that are receiving money are individuals but the majority of Malawians are sympathizing with the death of Dr. Chilima.
Kalindo said some individuals are trying very hard for UTM members to be divided with others following the legacy of Dr. Chilima and others following bags of money from the MCP which is free for all particularly for one who announces joining the MCP.
He has advised the UTM to hold the Convention claiming that this is the only way to end external squabbles in the party assuring all that those MPs who are still in government after the death of Dr. Chilima will not retain their constituency seats.
Kalindo has thanked UTM officials for holding a rally in Mzuzu saying it was his prayer that the UTM will walk out of the Alliance even though it has come too late observing that many patriotic Malawians are in support of the brave decision made.
Meanwhile, Kalindo has claimed that after the MCP had hold its celebrations in Balaka for K100 billion NEEF loans disbursed to beneficiaries, another celebration inform of a lawsuit has come from Seychelles where a company is demanding K50 billion for AIP fertilizer it supplied to Malawi.
