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Monsignor Tamani describes Chakwera’s government, a failure

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Monsignor Tamani describes Chakwera’s government, a failure

By Vincent Gunde

Reverend Father Monsignor Dr. Boniface Tamani, has described the MCP led Tonse Alliance in government as a failure saying it is a shame to fail in this manner looking at countries surrounding Malawi, they are performing better while Malawi is still there.

Monsignor Tamani observed that almost all countries in Africa including Malawi’s neighboring countries such as Zambia, Mozambique and Tanzania faced Tropical Cyclones including Freddy and Russia-Ukraine war they are performing while Malawi is still at one place.

Reverend Father Monsignor Dr. Boniface Tamani,

Speaking on Sunday during Sunday Mass Service, Monsignor Tamani said Malawi has no excuse worse still President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera is travelling around with over 100 entourages everyday claiming that people are being squeezed paying high tax which is not going towards the services to the people.

Fr. Monsignor Tamani has asked President Chakwera to stop travelling locally and internationally so that the little money saved go towards addressing social challenges the country is sailing through other than the people’s pockets.

“When the President is leaving the country, others are already there and when he is coming back home, others are eft behind draining the country’s little resources for prosperity,” he said.

On the devaluation of the Malawi Kwacha by 44 percent, Fr. Monsignor Dr. Tamani said in the book of Adam Smith says politics and economics go hand in hand saying one cannot do politics without economics.

Fr. Monsignor Tamani said if politics talks about development, one cannot do development if not able to run the economy observing that Malawi as a country has failed to run the economy, therefore, it cannot talk about politics.

He said Malawi is for all, no one can build the country by himself or herself advising Malawians that if things are getting wrong, they should criticize and blame themselves for voting a wrong person into government.

The Reverend Father Monsignor has since appealed to all Malawians to register in their large number to remove bad people in government advising them that voting for useless people in government is making the poor suffering which a sin before God.

FDRD holds peaceful march in solidarity with the victims of the war in Gaza

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FDRD holds peaceful march in solidarity with the victims of the war in Gaza

By Chisomo Phiri

A human rights group called Forum for Democracy and Rights Defenders (FDRD) on Wednesday November 15,2023 led a peaceful march in the Malawi’s commercial city of Blantyre in solidarity with the victims of the war in Gaza between Israelis and Palestinians.

The march attended by thousands of people chatting ” Free!!! Free!!! Palestine!!!” started at Kamuzu Upper Stadium to Ginnery Corner Round about and then back to Kamuzu Upper Stadium where other important speeches were made.

Speaking to the protestors, FDRD Vice-Chairperson Asabun Phiri said they organized the march to show how they are concerned with the war which is claiming lives of innocent people a day.



Phiri said another aim of the march was to show the world that the war in Gaza is not a religious conflict as it is being speculated, but a human rights issue that needs a collective intervention of all people across the world.

He stressed that by organising the solidarity march, it does not mean the group is against Israel but feels that Palestinians are being oppressed as a result of the ongoing fighting.

“The people who are dying are not just Christians or Muslims. Everyone is dying and we are concerned. Even the set-up of our organisation has a representation of both Christians and Muslims so you can see that our concern goes beyond the religious lens,” he said.

Phiri said Malawi being a member of the United Nations, it is important for its citizens to have their voices heard on global issues so that the leadership is guided in the decisions it makes at that level.

He then hailed protestors for attending the peaceful march in large numbers.

Speaking to journalists, march’s organizing committee chairperson, Sheikh Muslim Abbas Vinjenje said they are concerned with what Israel is doing in Palestine which he said is against international peace laws and continued by calling all relevant organizations to stop Israel from “killing people”.

“The main message was to encourage all organizations, civil rights organizations, governments, as well as all people who have got power to change, to advise or to take part in ensuring peace in Palestine and take part in advising Israel to stop killing innocent people, more especially, women, children as well as elderly.

“This war has affected world peace because we have seen that Israel has committed crimes, which we call war crimes, genocide and the likes, which is against Geneva Convention as well as human rights chatters that protect civilians, children, women as well as elderly.

“So, you can see that, what Israel is doing right now in Palestine, more especially in Gaza, it is affecting all of these organizations as if it is not functioning and we are also noticing in the same scenario that the leaders of these organizations are working in a biased situation whereby Israel is not taken accountable for whatever it is doing to the Palestinian people,” said Vinjenje.

He added that their main expectation is for ceasefire in Palestine and that Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, should be taken to International Criminal Court to be investigated for war crimes and genocide.

‘Netanyahu and his army command, as well as the first minister have conducted genocide to the people of Gaza, to the people of Palestine. If this objective is not achieved, we will still go on the road, we will still demonstrate until Palestine becomes free,” he said.

The Israeli-Palestinian war,has led to most countries that have embassies in Israel to open them in its commercial capital of Tel Aviv.

The war has affected Gaza’s entire population of 2.3 million and Gaza health officials say more than 11,000 Palestinians have been killed in the conflict.

A joyful harvest will soon come – Chakwera assures Malawians

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A joyful harvest will soon come – Chakwera assures Malawians

By Cedric Nkungula

President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera says he is aware of the pain that Malawians have been subjected to, following the tough economic decisions that his administration has implemented recently.

About a week ago, the Chakwera led administration adjusted the buying and selling of the local currency Kwacha against the United States (US) Dollar by a 44 percent margin.

In his address to the nation on Wednesday 15th November 2023, Chakwera said the road to economic recovery may be tough but assured Malawians that a joyful harvest will soon come.

President Chakwera



Chakwera explained that the principles and practices on which the Malawi economy had been built on previously were so unsound like a dislocated bone hence the tough decisions to create economic liberation.

“I know that all of you are feeling the agony of the painful corrections we have had to make in order to give our economy a fresh start and I want you to know that I have not made these painful corrections lightly. At my inauguration on Independence Day three years ago, I carried in my heart the heavy burden of knowing that you had trusted me to correct the mistakes in economic management I had inherited. In that moment, I knew that I had the choice of either telling you the truth about how bad things were or continuing the lies of the past that claimed that our economy was built on sound principles and practices,” said the Malawi leader.

“But I chose to tell you the truth that day, which is why I told you that the principles and practices our economy had been built on previously were so unsound like a dislocated bone that even correcting them to create economic liberation would cause enormous pain for all of you. That pain I spoke of is the pain we are all feeling now and that pain is going to continue for the next few months as we complete the process of putting the dislocated bones back into place. But once this short painful season of sowing ends, I assure you that a season of joyful harvest will come.”

However, President Chakwera cautioned Malawians that the joyful harvest will only come if the country puts the fresh opportunity for international support to good use.

“The choice is ours. And this is not the first time we are having to make this choice. In September 2006, after two years in office and struggling to make progress economically because of high levels of debt, the late President Bingu and Malawi were given a fresh start when the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank announced the cancellation of our international debt and in the two years that followed, that fresh start was put to good use and Malawi’s economy began to rebound,” he added.

“However, after the elections of 2009, the gains started being squandered as people developed insatiable appetites for spending on consumption and neglecting to invest in production, including a presidential order to the banks to allow people to cash government checks at commercial banks without any controls. The result was cashgate and the loss of the international budget support we had received in 2006 which we have never gotten back until now.”

ECF to unlock many economic doors – Chakwera

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ECF to unlock many economic doors – Chakwera


By Senior Business Editor

President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has commended International Monetay Fund (IMF) for the approval of $174 Million Extended Credit Facility (ECF) saying the facility will will unlock many economic opportunities.

“An hour ago, the Board of the International Monetary Fund approved the Extended Credit Facility to Malawi that we have
been negotiating for the past two years. Under this facility, Malawi will receive an injection of 174 million dollars over the
next four years, as well as the resumption of direct budget support from international partners after a 10 year absence
because of Cashgate and the financial mismanagement of the previous administration,” he said.

The president said the benefits of this IMF Program are many saying will help unlock foreign direct investments into the country.

“First, the IMF approval will unlock
foreign direct investments into the country to strengthen productivity. For example, as a result of our qualification for this IMF Program, several development partners have already lined up a number of financial facilities that will boost the supply of foreign exchange in our banks,” he said.

The support includes the World Bank’s US$60 million Trade Finance Facility that will assist domestic banks to support importation of strategic commodities
like fertilizer, pharmaceuticals and industrial raw materials.

“It also includes the World Bank’s 217 million dollar package in response to the fiscal reforms we have implemented, one third of which will be made available immediately. It also includes 250
million dollars from the World Bank for the Agricultural Commercialisation Project, ” he said.

President Chakwera spells out measures of cushioning Malawians in the face of devaluation-Cancels all foreign trips

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President Chakwera spells out measures of cushioning Malawians in the face of devaluation-Cancels all foreign trips

By Linda Kwanjana

Malawi President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera on Wednesday unpacked measures on how his Government will cushion Malawians following the 44 percent devaluation.

The president directed his Cabinet to cancel all foreign trips and that those who are abroad should return with immediate effect.

In a special address to the nation, Chakwera said he has also personally cancelled all presidential foreign travels until the end of the financial year including the Cop 28 which was due to take place in Dubai.

President Chakwera



President Dr Chakwera has made further directives as austerity measures
directing to have fuel allocation for ministers and different government officials be cut by half.

The president has also directed Ministry of Finance to include cushioning measures to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to avoid job losses as well as increase salaries for public and civil servants as well as revising the PAYEE inorder to help Malawians.

The president has further ordered Ministry of finance and Trade in conjuction with fair trade authority to investigate price raising without following stipulated laws.

Finally the president has stopped raising of water and electricity tariffs effected by the government’s parastatals and transfer the same to the operations of the board.

“Those who made the economy suffer like this will be dealt with accordingly,” he said.

The president assured Malawians that Malawi will never be the same since Board of International Monetay Fund (IMF) has given Malawi the much awaited facility.

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