Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera spoke to international outlet Aljazeera.
MIJ On line’s Brenda Kaonga transcribes all responses from the interview.
𝟏: 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐢 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝟏𝟕 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝟒𝟐 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬, 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐢𝐫?
Chakwera: You know these are real issues you raised. The war has not helped because prices of food, fuel and fertilisers have spiked and you are right that our consumption particularly wheat related food stuffs is been affected negatively. We pray for peace and we pray for the resolution of these things. However, what we are doing currently is to diversify and have other food systems that can enter into the equation so that Malawians can still survive and thrive this period despite the pain that we all experience as a result of the shortage.
𝟐: 𝐀𝐦 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐀𝐓 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. 𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬?
Chakwera; We did remove VAT on some of the imported materials that are needed desperately. We did have shortage in terms of maize production even though what we were able to produce would still be on average higher than the last five years. But we are encouraging the production of cassava, potato and others in order to supplement that which cannot be imported. And so, our biggest challenge right now is to be sure that even in places where there were floods because of cyclone Anna and Gombe and drought because the rain came late, we should have sufficient supply of maize to cover everyone. And we believe that is doable.
𝟯: 𝗢𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗱𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲, 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗸𝘆𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝘄𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁.
Chakwera: Yes the devaluation of the Kwacha was a necessary evil and I think that realignment has helped a lot, free up some forex so that we are able to import what is necessary. Our continued discussions with the IMF are giving us prospects of a hope that we could have a program with them. But the responsibility we still be on us to produce, add value to what we produce and then export.
𝟒: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐌𝐅; 𝐈 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐢 𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡. 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫. 𝐒𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐟𝐟, 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞?
Chakwera: Our discussions with the IMF hinge on for example how to manage our debts because it’s becoming something that causes distress. And so we believe that our discussions are bearing fruits because we had entered into certain debts some of which we inherited at very expensive rates. But we believe this too can be managed.
𝟓: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐣𝐨𝐛𝐬. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝟗𝟗𝟕 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟒𝟐𝟎 𝐣𝐨𝐛𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐛𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝟏.𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜. 𝐒𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐫, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐛𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭?
Chakwera: When we are talking about jobs, we are talking about sources of income that could give someone a livelihood and because of the pandemic, three year pandemic, yes jobs were lost and many companies were closed others are just trying to revive .
We have also tried to do the best we can to encourage construction industry, infrastructure across the country to make sure that people get jobs. Our National Economic Empowerment Fund has disbursed 37.2 Billion Kwacha to various groups in order for them to create such jobs.
162 thousand such groups have been helped across the country. We are just trying the best we can within the circumstances. And you are right that the pain is being felt by everyone. But we want to be sure even though the whole world is sharing in these issues, we want to be sure that we can mitigate the Malawian situation and be sure that people will go on.
𝟔: 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐒𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 .𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧, 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬. 𝐒𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭. 𝐃𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭?
Chakwera: You know it is a constitutional right for people to protest and to do it peacefully and to do it safely and so if you also consider the hundreds and thousands of those that we have been able to help through social cash transfers across the country, affecting over four million people and these other issues and programs that I have just mentioned about empowerment , that is not an answer for everyone and so we realize that this is not supplying the jobs that are needed for everybody and so they are protesting and they have a right to do that but we are also doing something that if you ask the millions that have been helped they would also tell a story that sometimes is not being told when the emphasizes is just on those who protest.
𝟳: 𝗗𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗸𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝟳𝟬 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 .𝗜 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗷𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘄𝗶’𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺𝘀?
Chakwera; You have to understand when l said people have a right to protest peacefully, you will notice that there have been hundreds of people that were not even arrested and so in this particular case you refer to, there was a case were people began looting , breaking into shops and the police have even recovered stolen items and returning them to the shop owners.
This is definitely criminal but it has nothing to with whether people should be able to protest or not in fact other companies and other groups of people continued to protest regarding several issues that they are not happy with. This is a particular case were people are charges of criminality.
𝟴: 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗮 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱?
Chakwera: They will be released. My commitment has never wavered.
𝟵: 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺. 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘄𝗶 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺. 𝗔𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 , 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲. 𝗔 𝗻𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗦𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽 .𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿. 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗷𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 . 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲?
Chakwera: I still do. We do not want people to feel like they have no freedom to express themselves, the constitutional is pretty clear on that and so as far as I am concerned I have stated not once but many times that I will not have journalists harassed or imprisoned
𝟭𝟬: 𝗦𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂?
Chakwera; They are doing that daily.
𝟏𝟏: 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐢 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐢 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 . 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧?
Chakwera; Well you know even as we speak there is a national conference on resetting moral tone as a nation and I want everyone to know that we do have that political will but we must address such issues across the board and we must have all stakeholders participate and this the conversation that is currently taking place.
𝟏𝟐; 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐢𝐭 , 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 .𝐒𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝?
Chakwera; The cabinet is doing fine. I can tell you that every time that we have issues raised we know that there institutions that are mandated to investigate the same. You have been witness to the actions that I have taken. We were even this morning briefed on what has been done and not just the talking. But the talking still needs to happen because everyone must participate and then agree on the way forward.
𝟏𝟑: 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭? 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐰?
Chakwera: Everyone is scared. They can’t just willingly do whatever they would want. That is the message that is there even at Capitol Hill. You must understand that even the studies will show you that much of the corruption as much politicians will be central to it because of the political will that’s needed, a lot of public sector, private sector collusion has been there and this is what we are addressing currently.
𝟏𝟒: 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐒𝐢𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦. 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝. 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐢’𝐬 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧-𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭. 𝐒𝐨, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝?
Chakwera: You must understand that a person like Sean Kampondeni for example has been with me since 2013 and nobody said anything at that time. And so he is the one that works with me. But even those that have raised that question have come to realize that this is not really the issue because we can show you that there are so many others that are qualified that have been deployed in various ministries and departments and agencies of this government to the end that you cannot take one example and then blow it you say.
𝟭𝟱: 𝗔𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗿. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂.
Chakwera: Yes
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐥 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝.
𝗦𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗺?
Chakwera: Anyone who says Malawi cannot rise, anyone who says nothing works, anyone who says that this country will never develop that who am talking about. Am talking about people who instead of encouraging others to work like we are wanting to work and getting Malawians united and it is not a specific name am just talking about the altitudes that needs to change in order for Malawi to truly rise.
𝟭𝟲: 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗮 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲 .𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄. 𝗜 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻?
Chakwera : Those matters came out of court hearing and court judgment but my relationship with the former president as well as and other former presidents is cordial .
𝟭𝟳: 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲?
Chakwera: I will not force anyone to do anything. Because me I want people with albinism protected , I want them to live freely and work freely , loom freely in this country this is their land .I want everyone to able to feel safe that as Malawians will can do that.
𝟏𝟖;𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐒𝐢𝐫 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 . 𝐀 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐬, 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞. 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐢?
Chakwera: I wasn’t happy about the footages that I saw when this thing was revealed. But the appeal is to everyone let us not abuse others for whatever reason. Let us live as humanity one family.