By Vincent Gunde
Political activist Bon Kalindo says Malawi is a country of shame where its people do not want someone to be famous for something important to the nation.
Kalindo said Dr. Napoleon Dzombe is one of the business people in Malawi who is eyeing for the good future of the country to be like Hong Kong and China in fertilizer manufacturing.
He said after noting that fertilizer prices are high due to importation of it from outside the country, he thought of establishing his own fertilizer manufacturing company in Dowa so that beginning 2026/ 2027 farming season, Malawians have to buy fertilizer manufactured in their own country by a fellow Malawian of Dowa district.Dzombe’s fertiliser plant to start April
Speaking through an audio clip, Kalindo said Dzombe’s fertilizer manufacturing company is meeting challenges one coming from the Malawi Environmental Protection Agency (MEPA) that to this day, the company has not been issued with a license to start manufacturing fertilizer in Malawi.
Kalindo recalled that some years back, Dzombe wanted to build a modern Lilongwe Bus depot that when one arrives at the Lilongwe depot, he should know that he is in the Capital City of Malawi but his vision was blocked, some people feared for his vision out of political reasons.
He said the situation Dzombe is going through, is the same with what Prophet Shepherd Bushiri is facing, he has the welfare of citizens at heart, he has a hand of giving without expecting something in return but some people are fearing him that one day he could become president of the country.Napoleon Dzombe Nears Completion of Fertilizer Factory in Dowa as Malawi Eyes Local Production Boost
The Activist said Dzombe’s factory could have saved billions of Kwachas which government was spending to import fertilizer from outside the country and some Malawians could have by today found an opportunity of getting employed for their change of lives, but license issuance has affected the company to start its work.
” Envy and jealous have killed the country, if Dzombe’s fertilizer manufacturing company began manufacturing fertilizer, Malawi will be known to the world, not Dzombe’s name,” said Kalindo.
He said if Dzombe was an Indian or Chinese, he could have been issued with a license even before starting manufacturing fertilizer speaking for itself that in Malawi, there are people who don’t want others to be seen at the top but themselves only.
Kalindo has observed that the country has a lot of maize grown by local farmers but instead of buying the maize from within, government buys the same maize from.other countries into Malawi case in point envy and jealousy are part of citizens development.MEPA Fires Back at Napoleon Dzombe Fertilizer Factory Owner as Approval Delay Dispute Deepens
He said business people in Malawi have nowhere to expand their businesses as bank loans are distributed basing on regional and tribal lines saying it is not surprising to note that Malawi remain to be a poor country today.
Kalindo said most Malawians have reached at a point of worshipping politicians as the answer to their everyday life situations clapping hands at nonsense, envy and jealousy taking centre stage.