By Malawi Freedom Network

This was not an accident. It was not luck. It was a calculated, relentless, and courageous campaign driven by activists and journalists who refused to be silenced while Lazarus Chakwera and the Malawi Congress Party tightened their grip on power.

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At a time when fear was the currency of governance and intimidation the preferred tool of control, these voices chose resistance over comfort and truth over safety. They confronted propaganda with facts, intimidation with courage, and political arrogance with unfiltered accountability.

From street-level activism to hard-hitting commentary, Hon. Kamlepo Kalua, Bon Kalindo, Lytone Mangochi, Pastor Moses Shumba, Bishop Kachenje, Bakili Muluzi TV, Ntanyiwa, Burnett Munthali, Suleman Chitera, Jones Gadama, Vincent Gunde and many other unsung comrades formed a defiant front that MCP could neither control nor crush.

These were not armchair critics. They took the fight to the public arena—on the ground, online, and in the media—exposing failures, challenging hypocrisy, and dismantling the carefully packaged narrative of moral superiority that MCP sold to Malawians.

Among them, Jumbe stood out as a force—consistent, vocal, and unapologetic—helping to galvanize public sentiment and sharpen the political message that change was not only necessary, but inevitable.

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This was a movement powered by conviction, not convenience. It was driven by people who understood that democracy does not defend itself and that silence only empowers failure. The result was decisive: the collapse of MCP’s political stronghold and a clear path to victory for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

History will remember elections and outcomes. But it must also remember the fighters behind the scenes—the activists and journalists who absorbed the attacks, carried the insults, risked careers and reputations, and still pushed forward.

They spoke when silence was safer. They stood when others retreated. And in the end, they helped rewrite Malawi’s political chapter—forcefully, fearlessly, and decisively.