By Vincent Gunde
BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-Muvi wa Chilungamo pressure group has launched a three-year Mindset Change project with the call for politicians focusing the country’s needs and aspiration that Malawi be developed to reach the standard of Qatar of Africa.
The pressure group said for 57 years of the country’s independence, politicians have been labeling Malawi as a poor country while they are keeping money in Swiss banks without thinking of no –drugs in the countries health facilities, schools, bridges and poor roads making Malawians to be crying for their country.
The group appealed to Malawians to change their mindset regardless of political party affiliations that tomorrow the generation to come sing a song of praise that their forefathers had set a good foundation of changing their thinking capacity, behavior and attitudes for their country.
Speaking during the launch of the project, Commander in Chief of the pressure group and Pioneer of Mindset Change project, Bantu Saunders Jumah, expressed concern over Tonse government officials at the event.
Jumah wondered why could Ministry of Civic Education and National Unity and the office of the Vice President be absent when are championing mindset change.
“Minister of Civic Education and National Unity, Hon. Timothy Pagonachi Mtambo assured us that he will come to grace the event only to see him not present so too, Minister of Information, Hon. Gospel Kazako, a development clearly seen that government is not serious with its mindset change project,” worried Jumah.
He added that the project launch is in line with Tonse government mandate of protecting lives and property .
He said in Namibia, five presidents who have ruled government do meet and sit down to discuss problems rocking their country, wondering why this not happening in Malawi saying Malawi politicians are full of jealousy and envy and do not want their country to develop.
…..’’We reserved chairs for the four presidents with labels of their names as a sign of respect to them, we wanted to have this launch as a reconciliation day to sit down on a table as one to solve problems affecting the country,’’……said Jumah.
Speaking at the same launch,Thom Nnesa, President of MAFUNDE Party said the opposition parties are not for opposing government but giving direction and guidance to government for it to perform in the best interest of the citizens.
Nnesa lauded Muvi wa Chilungamo for graduating from being a social media platform to a pressure group and mindset change project urging all opposition parties and government in Malawi to support it for Malawi to grow saying Malawians are tired of seeing their country poor.
Speaking earlier, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Lesotho expressed hope that mindset change project which has started with Malawi will be extended to all countries in Africa.
Dr. Metseng said foreign ideologies have taken Africans to be prisoners in their own continent calling for the need to depart from these ideologies for mindset change project to change the peoples’ way of thinking and attitudes for countries in Africa to develop without foreign influences.
The launch was spiced by poems, drama and a live band performance mesmerizing Muvi wa Chilungamo pressure group delegates who have traveled from the country’s four regions to grace the occasion all wearing in red and green golf shirts and Caps.