By Dean Chisambo

A Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential hopeful Paul Msikula Gadama has said that Malawi now needs new blood with new thinking for it to excel.

In a statement released on Friday, Gadama says he has noticed something which many Malawians are not aware of.

He says as a country,Malawi is passing through a lot of challenges which are immeasurable and the leadership is now idle without any concern and any plans to save the citizens.

“Life has become more difficult to live and to have two meals a day, it is like you’re pushing the train to the next destination.

“We have two big parties which is democratic progressive party and Malawi Congress party but it has been proven that both parties have failed Malawians.

“Malawi congress party they came with prop but through what is happening they have failed big time everything is not adding.

“You wake up in the morning you hear issue of no fuel on the pumps, issues of shortage of forex now has turned into nation anthem, no drugs in the hospital, no roads in Malawi, ” reads part of his statement

It adds:”We are remaining with jealous and envy as prescribed in our nation anthem.

“During DPP things were not fine as some people described it but the world economic was at a good level, we cannot compare Muluzi time and Kamuzu regime.

“If democratic progressive party was better why did Malawi was still standing as one of the poorest country in the world, I strongly believe that if they were able to control our economy we could come out of poverty zone, but poverty margined was increased with 28% therefore for me DPP did nothing but they were good to decorate there problems and define it as better.”

According to Gadama, the key aspects in the economic growth is increase in the nation Gross domestic product or GDP which is a measure of the size and health of a country’s economy over a period of time (usually one quarter or one year).

He says Malawi has all important factors for it to develop but just lucks a strong leadership.

“The other main factor that makes countries in Africa to fail a specially in Malawi is the issue of nepotism, regionalism and tribalism and this happens so much with Chewas and the Lhomwe.

“During DPP it was only one tribe while with MCP is also passing through the same suits, during DPP it has six ministers from Thyolo district only while the whole central region had one minister, just for example. Do you think the country can prosper! The answer is NO!.

“We need fresh blood, people like Mbakuwaku, Gadama, KENAN and many more, they need to come together and come up with new leadership frame.

“You may find that some people in DPP are in the wrong place and are not well embraced, if DPP could be a good party they could just agree to give the party to people like Gadama and southern region they could just give Vice but not five candidates from one region and one from central region, some parties are keeping hold without knowing it. this should tell you something you Malawians, if this people could be one, they couldn’t be fighting for the position which there are not supposed to take. If we can remove our tribal elements in our parties I strongly believe we could be more unified and develop easily.
Malawi Congress party once tried to give it to Gwanda,” he suggests.

He says, there must be a change in country’s politics where no one tribe can rule Malawi for ages.

“please let us consider other’s. rotation Leadership is solution to all parties in Malawi. For your own information Malawi has three region, we have north central and south. We don’t have eastern region,” he says.

DPP will hold its convention in July where party members are expected to elect the party’s President who is going to represent the party in 2025 polls.

Among the party’s six presidential aspirants who have so far shown their interests to compete for the presidency are Paul Msikula Gadama, Kondwani Nankhumwa, Dalitso Kabambe, Joseph Mwanamvekha, Bright Msaka and Cedrick Ngalande.