As Malawians; we mourn together and we also celebrate together. If death has come among us; the rule of thumb is that we leave whatever we planned to do for that period and go comfort our friends, show solidarity with them. We are always there with our friends as they burial their loved ones. Our presence literally lessens the burden on their part. Seeing your relatives around; your friends round; you are encouraged. This is what defined us Malawians. This is who we are. These are the values our parents taught us. We are living these values and we will leave these values to our children. This is the acceptable way of conduct in Malawi in such situations.However, this is different from Malawi President Peter Mutharika. The guy is just not Malawian. Some of us are not surprised. It may be because he has been abroad for a long time. He does not know what it means to behave in a Malawian way.
This is the case of the tragedy that the Muluzi family is failing to understand as to what actually happened. The daughter of the political engineer together with her friend, while helping in applying fertilizer in her garden, were struck by lightning and pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital. This was a pure tragedy.
What does Mutharika do? He feigns to condole Muluzi. He tells Muluzi he wished he could be there during the burial ceremony but that he couldn’t. He likes partying and he needed to attend a party of the so called MBC Achievers award at state house. Serious?
Mutharika was partying when the Muluzi family were mourning and burying their daughter. Even the so called Saulos Chilima was with Mutharika partying hard, very hard when Muluzi was burying his daughter.
Look at this; we know Muluzi is a Muslim. However, the deceased belonged to CCAP. Nevertheless, the eminent and ever busy Malawi Catholic Bishops left all what they do simply to be with Muluzi. They understand the fact that it is at this moment when you need to comfort your friend.
The catholic bishops respect Muluzi because during bad as well as good moments; Muluzi is always there with them, mourning together with them as well as celebrating together with them.
However, this is not the case with Mutharika and Chilima; they party even when their friend has lost a daughter. They don’t care. This is stupidity! Yes stupidity of the highest order. As Malawians we can’t condone this stupidity.
This even reflects the status in our country. These two leaders are insensitive of the sufferings of Malawians. They simply just don’t care. Just imagine, if they are failing to care for their friend Muluzi; can they care for the nation? This is where there is black-outs everywhere. No water. Sad. But it is understandable, what can stupid leaders do if not subjecting their people into shame of black-outs and no water. These two; honestly tinabetsa, bolanso amayi ndithu!
Look at this; even the younger Muluzi; Atupele is in their cabinet. They needed to show some respect, Amangwetu.
But what do they do; they party hard and lol and behold, President Mutharika was yesterday in Mchinji attending a wedding of daughter to some veteran farmer Simbi. By the way, they want to use, abuse and dump Simbi the way they did with Mulli. Zake izo che Simbi!
Amangwetu; what is important between attending a burial ceremony and a wedding ceremony in Malawi? What is important?
This is why we are saying Peter Mutharika, (read DPP) has shown a middle finger to Muluzi (read UDF) and the political engineer has taken note of this insult.
As for us Malawians; we know that both Mutharika and Chilima have proven themselves as undoubted failures in running the affairs of our country. We simply didn’t know that they are also failures in behaving in Malawian culture and what they have done is unpardoned sin politically. These two deserve to be nowhere near running the affairs of our country. These two are a danger to the nation. They must be eliminated using any other way possible and this must happen as soon as possible.
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11 responses to “Malawi Pres. Mutharika insults Muluzi family; leaves them mourning as he celebrates back-to-back with overrated Chilima”
He paid his regards much Earlier when he visited Muluzi
i’m not a politician, fight for urself, don’t let me in!
I am not a Mutharika fan but this is much ado about nothing. Muluzi is a former president. Muluzi didn’t die. His daughter died. The daughter was NOT a public official. Mutharika can’t stop attending to business because a relative of a former president died! Wake up, Malawians.
Well said jojo, and also life goes on for the living,let the show continue this life is not for the dead its for those under the influence of oxygen..
Agreed they are making a mountain out of a mole
Guys, we are Malawian and our culture besides being African it is Malawian special culture well admired taught by kamuzu banda and nothing about that will change. We dont know some of might be alomwe or a dpp but maliro ndi maliro, yes of course, many die by day but not all are public figures or well know, Muluzi is our Democratic father after all how humble the guy is even by the time he was in high office he remained humble and considerate. How could the leader of the state abandone funeral and go to attend parties? Had it been Getrude’s family or Mutharika could he notcancel the government functions and attend the funeral? If it is school or growing up outside malawi then he is not worthy of being our president.
Nobody plans to pass such fateful time after all Muluzi is father why cant he at least send Chilima to attend the funeral on his behalf while he was eating and dancing his meaningless functions? This is not good but God knows. Musataye mtima a Chair, inu muli ndi a Malawi ambiri ngakhale kuno kunja kwa malawi anangovuta ndi malamulo koma chichokeren inu pampando sanapezekepo wabwino wodzichepetsa ndi woyeneredwa ngati inuyo. Tsiku lina Mulungu wanu adzayankha ndipo adzatipatsa woyenera yemwe adzakulemekezeni koma ngakhale anthu tikutukwaneneni ndi kusakuyamikani, Mulungu akukwezanibe ndipo azakuyamikani m’malo mwathu poti iye amazutsa miyala malo mwa anthu akasowa.
Peter Mutharika umunthu ukuthandize.
on the spot. This is Malawi. We hv our own values to protect. Shame on the president!
To you dunderheads you want to pose as the enlightened here: Was attending MBC innovators award a state function? Was attending Simbi wedding a state function?
The point is that your Mutharika or whatever you call him is a certified failure no matter how hard you may try to defend him. The noble thing was for him to attend the burial ceremony. If not himself, then delegating Chilima would have been proper. I agree with the writer; what these two did was raising a middle finger on the Muluzi family, period.
Shame on the writer making something out of nothing. How many people die in Malawi. Mutharika would not tend to government affairs If every time someone dies he has to help them mourn
Clearly the Author is this rubbish is not a Mutharika fan but this is beyond the Pale. You expect Malawi government to stop all functions because of Esmie’s death? As a matter of fact you are the. One being dis-respectful of the Muluzi Family using the death of their daughter to write a hatch job attacking Malawi President who was honoring his obligations. Sad MARAVI post had post this nonsense
My friend,
Even Obama failed to attend Muhamad Ali Funeral because of his daughters graduation whilst Bill Clinton & Others were on attends . When Bingu died, them people they kill cows make party’s and danced.So what’s the problem? Mind this was already in line. U’ll only get know once you became a reader.