Article By: James Odziwa
Malawi President Prof. Peter Mutharika this morning left the country for Malta to attend the 24th session of Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting scheduled for 27th to 29th November, 2015.
The Malawi President Leaves his country in turmoil with Civil Society and many demanding answers from his poor performance and the state of the Nation in general.
The opposition MCP has also its problems like supporting racist remarks made in Parliament by an MP from their party. Jessie Kabwila and many party leadership fail to see the negative impact of such hateful speech from within their ranks, instead Jessie Kabwira appears to double down on the remarks by saying If Hon Bisnowaty didn’t start the issue all this couldn’t happen.
Meantime speaking to press before departure at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA), President Peter Mutharika emphasized on the importance of the meeting saying among others it will tackle issues of trade among member states.
Said Mutharika: “One of the agendas to the meeting is trade within the commonwealth countries. As you know Britain and Australia are more advanced nations in trade issues, we will learn from their stories and hence advance in our respective nations.”
According to President Mutharika, 54 countries will be represented at the summit making it a priority for Malawi to attend.
According to other information from CHOGM online, the meeting will also tackle issues of climate change, economy and it is expected that President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena will hand over Chairmanship to Malta President.
CHOGM meeting is held every two years by the Commonwealth 54 member states.
Apart from going to Malta, President Peter Mutharika also told the press that he will proceed to the United Kingdom for the Global Investment Forum where he will be the guest speaker.
“After the CHOGM summit I will proceed to the UK to attend the Global Investment Forum where I will be the guest speaker.
“From the Global Investment Forum, I will also attend the Chinese Africa summit in South Africa where I will meet the Chinese President on investment to Malawi,” he said.
According to Mutharika, while in South Africa, he will lobby for possible investors to Malawi as he said ‘Malawi is a free trade area’.
President Mutharika who was seen off by Vice President Saulos Chilima, Cabinet Ministers, different government officials, Chiefs and different Ambassadors, is expected back home on 6th December, 2015
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Eckson Kaime surely not in “turmoil”. Remember not everything else is lost, we can bounce back only if we as malawians hold each others hand and avoid such sensational coverage about the state of our mother Malawi
Lawrence Kamala Malawi is suffering from social and economic ills and that is well known.But I refuse to accept that our country is in turmoil.Far from that.I have seen countries which can rightly be described as in turmoil(countries such as Libya,Iraq,Somalia,Burundi,CAR,Yemen,Syria,Afghanistan etc etc).Malawi does not even come close to these countries I have mentioned.
Jabu Khumalo Kalimwai The fact remains Bisnowaty is not innocent!!!!!! He should know how to police his mouth. U can’t play king in a foreign country!!! When, he opened his mouth he knew that he was saying rubbish, but he wanted cheap politics.
