By Vincent Gunde
Two activists Bon Kalindo and Comrade Mtanyiwa, have blasted Reverends of CCAP Nkhoma Synod for going to the State House praying and wishing President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera good luck so that he should emerge the winner in the 16th September, 2025 General Elections.
Kalindo and Comrade Mtanyiwa have observed that the whole essence of the men of God travelling to meet President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera was for money at the expense of the suffering Malawians that are sailing through hard times under the leadership of man of God Reverend Dr. Lazarus Chakwera.
Kalindo said him being a CCAP member cannot sit down and praising Reverends of his church going to President Chakwera to wish him good luck in the elections when the same person is inflicting pain to Malawians through skyrocketing prices of the basic needs without control.
On his part, Mtanyiwa has asked the Reverends to inform their church members that they have received K10 million each to woo support for President Chakwera in their respective churches for their congregations to vote for Chakwera to bounce back into government
Speaking through an audio clip, Kalindo said Reverends of CCAP Nkhoma Synod are part of Malawians that are singing a popular MCP song “Boma ndilomweli silikuchoka” describing them as a shame and a disgrace to the nation.
Kalindo said it would have been better for the Reverends to meet Chakwera that as signs are reading on the wall, he should better resign to save his reputation and legacy but instead, they went to dine with the President while their flocks are sleeping with empty stomachs.
He has claimed that men and women of God are the ones that have made President Chakwera a failed leader for failing to advise him in good faith that Malawians are in pain and suffering and are regretting to have voted for Chakwera into office in June, 2020.
“Instead of telling President Chakwera that Malawians are suffering, they go to State House for Khaki envelopes for themselves and their families while their flocks are crying with nobody to listen to them,” said Kalindo.
He has invited Minister of Labor Vitumbiko Mumba to visit Tea Estates of Mulanje and Thyolo particularly Lujeri claiming that 500 workers have been fired from their work after being found taking part in the demonstrations to force their bosses pay them their money which they were promised as compensations so that each one goes away with K500,000.
Kalindo said instead of giving them the promised money, each of the employees was given K48,000 a development that forced the workers to hold peaceful demonstrations and in reactions, organizers of the demonstrations and all those who participated in the demonstrations, lost their jobs.
He has warned Tea Estates that gone are the days of slavery, saying him and Vincent Wandale will not sit down watching them abusing poor estate workers who most of them are pocketing less than K100,000 a month as salaries.
Kalindo has asked the management of Lujeri estate to reinstate the fired employees in as soon as yesterday and failing which he will mobilize estate workers and communities surrounding tea estates to hold demonstrations against them until they listen to the demand of the people.
