MACHINGA-(MaraviPost)-Malawi’s Democratic Progress Party (DPP) youngest lawmaker Fyness Magonjwa is facing backlash from the public for tribalistic remarks.
Magonjwa said openly that Yaos and Lomwes and other tribes in the southern region should be voting for each other because the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) with UTM Party have ganged up the support from the Chewa base in the central region.
The lawmaker’s remarks captured in a video clip which is circulating on social media were made when she addressed a campaign meeting in her Machinga South East constituency.
She challenged to be recorded on her remarks and warned chiefs in her constituency against attending political rallies organised by the opposition.
“Sindikufuna kuzaona mfumu iliyise itaima pamsonkhano wa UTM ikuti UTM wooye, Kwacha Kwacha, (no chief should ever speak at a political rally organised by the opposition,)”, famed Fyness.
Commentators have not minced words but denouncing the speech on social media.
They have accused her of propagating violence and tribalism of the worst type.
Private practice lawyer Bright Theu described the MP’s remarks as “spectacular display of her ignorance and tribal bigotry.
Social and political commentator Idriss Ali Nassah pointed out that MP Mwagonjwa is a “poorly educated, semi-literate disrespectful little tribalist.”
Nassah says, “Magonjwa is a “useful idiot for illustration purposes. The lesson she is teaching us all is this; if you elect tribalists, they will give you tribalism in return.”
“Education is important and it is a necessity for men and women in leadership. It exposes you and shapes you to think and reason critically. It’s why I said at the start that she needed be in school. I think she should be impeached and arrested for those remarks,” wrote Pemphero Mphande.
A firstborn in a family of four children, Magonjwa who turns 26 on June 26 grew up in Machinga, is a self-styled admirer of First Lady Gertrude Mutharika.
DPP leadership has remained mum on Magonjwa’s tribalistic remarks.
