By Comrade jumbe
My heart is heavy in this time of great need, witnessing our leaders intending to pour billions into a monument of the grave of gwanda chakuamba that’s while the land trembles under the weight of our people’s suffering.
They say, “A wise man builds bridges while a fool builds walls.” What bridge is being built by sinking 3 billion kwacha into a grave monument?
What future can be paved when our people are scrambling for the barest necessities?Today, across the country, people go to bed on empty stomachs, and as the sun rises, many of our fellow Malawians in villages find nothing but unripe mangoes to cook.
The government might call it honor for the past, but “the stomach cannot eat memories.” The people need food, not monuments.
Our leaders must remember, “A hungry stomach has no ears.” How can we expect our children to learn, our workers to build, and our farmers to produce, when they can barely fill their own bellies?
As I write this article,our farmers have no fertilizer in this already rainy season of the year no fertilizer subsidy to adequately cater for our farmers,our economy stands still—there is no fuel to power our nation’s heart.
The kwacha is sinking day by day
A drowning man does not ask how deep the water is.” Yet here we are, drowning in the depths of hardship, as our leaders stand on the shore, looking back to honor yesterday rather than building boats for the living.
If our government fails to act, they risk watching the very foundation of this country erode away
.“A goat does not speak unless it has seen something.” I, Comrade Imraan Jumbe, have watched with a troubled heart as our nation is pulled backward by misplaced priorities and abandoned promises.
Our people eat chitedze, they are cooking unripe mangoes, and yet billions are thrown toward the graves of Malawi congress party veterans.
Our ancestors teach us, “A river that forgets its source will dry up.” So why, in honoring the past, have they forgotten the very essence of leadership?
A government that cannot nourish its people is like a tree with beautiful branches and no roots; it cannot stand the test of time.
Our people cry for vision, for leadership that sees them, that stands with them.
“The child who cries to be carried does not know the path is long.” But our leaders do—they have seen this path, and they know it demands commitment, integrity, and action.
Let us invest in our farmers, our small businesses, our schools, and our clinics. Let us build a Malawi where no one goes to bed hungry and no one is left behind.
It is for this reason, with a heart full of conviction, that I join the race for the presidency. Not for power, but to restore dignity to every Malawian home.
“The one who fetches water does not forget to carry a cup.” I will carry every Malawian’s dream for a better tomorrow, ensuring that each kwacha is spent on growth, on stability, and on future prosperity.
A nation cannot feed on monuments, nor does a grave satisfy the hunger of a child. Our ancestors would remind us, “The harvest of the lazy will rot, but the diligent will eat their fill.”
Let us not let this government’s carelessness rob us of the harvest that should be for every Malawian.
Together, let us sow the seeds of a new Malawi, one built not on symbols of the past, but on the strength of our people, the promise of our children, and the resilience of our spirit.
Together we can
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