JB donates shoes in Blantyre
President Joyce Banda yesterday donated about 500 pairs of shoes to the needy in Blantyre.
The donation was handed over to Traditional Authority (T/A) Kunthembwe at a rally where the President also handed over truck loads of food stuff following shortage of food in the area.
The President also visited some newly rehabilitated houses under the Mudzi Transformation Trust.
The trust’s objective is to mobilise accessible, responsive and flexible resources to support social and economic projects for the transformation of the lives of Malawians in all 28 districts of the country.
The President also denied assertions that her utterances that she is receiving death threats were meant to buy public sympathy to woo votes.
“Why should I buy sympathy when multitudes attend my rallies? Let us wait and see,” she said while challenging her critics of the support.
She, however, did not comment on the controversies rocking her People’s Party (PP) currently conducting primary elections.
But she advised those who have excelled to be servants of the people.
PP provincial chairperson Isaac Nyakamera warned Banda’s critics that they risk being sued because the party will not watch castigation of their leader.
During the rally, T/A Kunthembwe asked for social services such as schools, health facilities and bitumen road to link Chileka and Mwanza. The President promised to look into the issues.
In 2014 over 50 years after Kamuzu set his foot on this shores and preached the message of freedom, self reliance and prosperity, we have come to this, seriously? Bakili Muluzi tenure in office has come to symbolise hunger, corruption, high crime levels and vision less leadership. Bingus coming was a breathe of fresh air full of hope, people talked about never again shall we go back to the dark times of UDF a period filled with growing poverty and hopelessness. We talked about safeguarding our democracy and our future by never again entrusting the countries future by voting vision less, heartless, clueless leaders. Fast forward to the present day, we have exactly that a vision less, heartless, clueless president even worse than the standard bearer Bakili and even more painful is the fact that we have one who is unelected…Are we cursed nation?
By the way Malawians are not stupid voters Joyce, in fact it is the other way round. Only a stupid person would vote for a president because she has given them cheap sandals, when they very well know that the money being used to fund these gimmicks is the reason why they are no Medicines in hospitals and why they are having to Que for days to buy affordable maize at Admark.
The next time we review our constitution, we should seriously look at the qualifications of people running for political office. After 50 years of independence, I believe we have a large pool of well educated people where we can draw our political leadership. I have always wondered why we have relaxed the requirement for academic qualifications for the office of president, minister and eMuPii, when elsewhere these are non-negotiable.
In this day and age, an occupant of the state house should have at least a Maters degree from a reputable university. I do not mean the so called honorary ones. Ministers should have a bachelors degree at the minimum, while eMuPiis should have at least a post secondary qualification. Otherwise, we will have clueless leaders, surrounded by clueless hand clappers, masquerading as ministers, who believe that the country will develop through handouts. We need serious people in leadership positions, otherwise tizingotaya nthawi ndi zinazi.
I wonder what sort of school this woman did? What a dull creature!
The best she did was secretarial course at Poly as a policeman’s daughter whose dad played music in Police Band.
After all, she told the nation herself that she started selling ‘mandasi’ at the age of 21, what do you expect?
The shoes would have been donated in 1959 and not today. She is accepting that she has downgraded the integrity of Malawians. This is the parties should form alliances(or by whatever means) to unseat this daughter of Zion called JB. Really opposition, Parliament, Clergy, Civil Society watching this. A president who can not lead by good example but taking pride in poverty talks and instilling in Malawians laziness.
Kamuzu and Bingu used to encourage peolpe that chuma chili mthaka and let the work of my hands speak for me, respectively. And what did we see? Roads, new shape to capital city, no hunger. Civil Society, Clergy, Parliament, Traditional Chiefs, College students, vendors, media, can we not unite in order that we remove this peg in our eyes before she makesus rot in reasoning.
Zoona akutengera za mchimwene wake Bakili.
Can MCP and MCP pliz think of this. Mufuna tikhale zitsilu chifukwa cha dyera lanu lolimbilana komanso umbombo ndi maudido. Ngati mudzaluze ndi zofuna zanu tidzavutika tonse.
CASHGATE SHOES
This presidency and administration make me ashamed to announce at gatherings that I am Malawian. They make me sick. I used to be very proud of my nationality, to be sure. Not any more. I don’t like to call names, but I’ve had it, ladies and gentlemen: This government is made up of nothings but greedy lowlifes and four-flushers! In short thrift, they have turned my beloved country into a laughing stock. No foresight, no moral standards, no ethos, no nothing; they are best at thieving baasi! I have an old jacket, American football style, with “MALAWI” written on the back, from my college days. I used to wear that son of a gun at football games at Chichiri, and even in the village especially in winter. But not anymore! The situation in this country makes me so mad, I PUT THAT JACKET AWAY until after the next elections. Sindikunamatu apa! (Nothing fake about this). My pride for my country is diminishing rapidly. Some people may think I’m being childish, but this is but one of my ways of dealing with the stress. …until after May, when we vote in a new administration.
its total shame for this country for the entire presidency to be doing a task that could have been accomplished even beter by a community based organisation full of voluteers…..she is forgeting that all these malawians are seeing and zanja liku lemba……how long are those reciepents of the shoes going to wear them….instead of sitting in an office doing some work she always up and down….spending cash gate money….SHAME TO YOU MADAM MTILA TIONANA MAY 2014