A new boundary for Lake Malawi
By Vincent Gunde
Tanzania has finally reclaimed its long awaited dream comes true half of Lake Malawi a development which has raised questions than answers that why has this happened during the reign of servant leader and man of God President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera and his MCP while the MCP under Kamuzu Banda rejected to give any portion of the lake to Tanzania.
Former Presidents Dr. Bakili Muluzi, Professor Bingu wa Mutharika, Madam Dr. Joyce Banda and Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika rejected vehemently any calls for discussions over ownership of Lake Malawi claiming that the whole lake is in Malawi.
Madam Dr. Joyce Banda angered by the activities of the Tanzanian government on its interest of the northern part of Lake Malawi threatened to send Malawi Defense Force (MDF) soldiers to be patrolling the lake claiming full ownership of the lake.
In what started as a rumor that the Tanzanian government has built a dock on Lake Malawi which later turned into reclaiming half of the lake, the truth has now finally settled its dust that the Tanzanian government was not doing this all alone, there have been negotiations with the MCP government over the same lake.
The Tanzanian government drew a map showing new boundaries and this was presented to the Government of Malawi and was received by Minister of Information Moses Kunkuyu putting to rest all the news speculations to rest that part of Lake Malawi was sold in exchange for alleged fuel supply to Malawi.
Ever since news on the sale of Lake Malawi to Tanzania has been making rounds in various media outlets, President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera maintained his tight lips over the issue and Malawians are yet to be told the truth about ownership of Lake Malawi.
Memories are still fresh when the entire population of Malawi was awakening with reports that Likoma and Chizumulu Islands were on sale to Germany investors and no one knows how the issue was resolved beside government dismissing the reports as not true.
Political activist Bon Kalindo has thanked Minister of Information Moses Kunkuyu for coming out in the open on MBC TV through MBC Exclusive admitting that Lake Malawi and other mountains across the country were sold to the investors.
Kalindo has praised Kunkuyu for standing on truth while President Dr. Chakwera was quiet as business as usual commenting nothing warning Kunkuyu and MCP that if indeed the lake has been sold, they will be in trouble during the campaign trails for September, 2025 elections.
“It was very surprising that beside all the news that the Tanzanian government was busy implementing its projects on Lake Malawi, Malawi didn’t send its soldiers to monitor the situation,” said Kalindo.
Kalindo has finally appealed to other Ministers to emulate the good gesture as set by Kunkuyu to stand on truth that half of Lake Malawi belongs to Tanzania contrary to the previous map which was drawn by the colonials that the whole Lake Nyasa belongs to Malawi as Lake Malawi.
