Yolembedwa ndi Burnett Munthali
Anthu osadziwika adachita chiwawa pogenda ndi kuswa mazenera a galimoto ya a Grezelda Jeffrey, mmodzi mwa anthu omwe akupikisana pa mpando wa phungu m’dera la Nkhotakota-Chia.
Chincident ichi chinachitika m’boma la Nkhotakota, pomwe a Jeffrey amadutsa pamalo otchedwa Kalimanjira omwe ndi malo omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito pochitira malonda.
Galimotoyo yomwe inavulazidwa ndi mtundu wa Toyota Fortuner, ndipo idali ikuyenda momasuka pa nthawi yomwe a Jeffrey ankachoka ku Nkhotakota boma kupita ku sukulu ya pulayimale ya Chibothera.
Pofika malo a Kalimanjira, anthu osadziwika omwe akuti analinso ndi zolinga zoipa, adachita mwano poswa mazenera a galimotoyo ndikupangitsa chiwawa chomwe chasokoneza mtendere.
A Grezelda Jeffrey akuyimira chipani cha Malawi Congress Party (MCP), ndipo tsikuli ndi lofunika kwambiri chifukwa akupikisana mu chisankho cha chipulura chomwe chikuchitika lero pa sukulu ya pulayimale ya Chibothera.
Malo a Kalimanjira ndi m’dziko mwa Nkhotakota m’dera limene a Jeffrey akufuna kuyimira ngati phungu ngati angapambane pa chisankho chomwe chikuyembekezeredwa ndi anthu ambiri m’derali.
Chiwawa chimene chachitika chikuwonetsa kuti ndale zathu zikusowa mtendere komanso kulemekezana pakati pa omwe akupikisana.
Apolisi sanatchulepo aliyense yemwe akuganiziridwa kuti akukhudzidwa ndi chigawenga chimenechi, koma kufufuza kwatsatidwa kuti apeze omwe ali kumbuyo kwa chiwawachi.
Otsatira a Grezelda Jeffrey akusonyeza nkhawa ndi mantha chifukwa cha chochitikachi, ndikupempha chitetezo chowonjezereka kuchokera kwa apolisi.
M’modzi mwa anthu amene anaonera chiwawachi adati anthu omwe anachita izi adachita mwachangu ndipo anathawa msanga, zomwe zikusonyeza kuti anali ndi dongosolo lomveka bwino.
Chiwawachi chingakhudze kwambiri mmene anthu angavotere pa tsiku la chisankho chifukwa chikhoza kubweretsa mantha kwa anthu okonda mtendere.
Chipani cha MCP chidalengeza kuti sichiloleranso chiwawa chilichonse m’ndale ndipo chikulimbikitsa mphamvu zachitetezo kwa omwe akuyimira chipanichi.
Kuyankhula kwa a Jeffrey pa chochitikachi sikunamveke nthawi yomweyo, koma ofesi yawo yotsogolera kampeni yatsimikiza kuti ngakhale chiwawachi, a Jeffrey sadzalola kuti ziwawazi ziwalepheretse.
Chochitika ichi chikubweretsa funso lalikulu: Kodi ndale za ku Malawi zikuyenda bwanji pamene kugwiritsa ntchito chiwawa kukupitirirabe ngati njira yosokoneza ena?
Tikuyembekezera kuti apolisi achite zonse zofunika kuti apereke chilungamo komanso kuti chitetezo chikhale patsogolo pa chisankho.
Tikulimbikitsa anthu onse kuti agwirizane pothandiza kuti dziko lizisankha anthu motsatira malamulo, osati pogwiritsa ntchito nkhondo kapena chiwawa.
Ndale ziyenera kukhala za mpikisano wa malingaliro, osati nkhondo ya thupi kapena kuwonongana ndi katundu wa ena.
