The
late president Bingu Wa Mutharika is well remembered for many great things he
did and said. “Lolani ntchito za manja anga zindichitile umboni” (let the works
of my hands speak for themselves) was a bold statement from him that became one
of his trademarks that even amayi a Bingu couldn’t afford to be soundless, they
had a song composed in praise of this great logician “mawu a Bingu amati
akayankhula zinthu zimachitika”.
True
to his words, works of his hands were and are still blaring piercingly for all
to see. Putting some of his lows aside, Bingu was a man of action, his mind
proved to be stuffed with progressive philosophies that were starting as dreams
but ended up being practicalities on the ground.
Now
that death imposed on us this “JB moment,” words coming in from state house are
in bold, “lorani ntchito zapakamwa panga zindichitile umboni” (let the works of
my mouth speak for themselves) President Joyce Banda is a woman full of words.
She loves it that way, her hand-clappers love that too.
All
she is doing is going around making promises that she can’t fulfill, she is so
specialised in telling lies that she even got a “made in Korea” honorary degree
for lying that she is an economic expert who has managed to reorganise the
country’s economy within a short period of time. She brags about her
achievements that are actually nowhere to be seen and she is also full of
self-glorification. Listen to this; “when I established NABW - eeeh my Joyce
Banda foundation this - eeeeh am a woman who does charity work – eeeeh I shook
hands with Obam - eeeeh my facebook page - eeeeh this and that,” then
what you get next are verbal invectives all over. No time for action, nothing.
Do I need to take time to list down the many fights she has picked within one year to show you that indeed the works of her mouth are speaking for themselves? How she went to town on Maddona? How she called journalists murderers? How she carelessly takes on Atupele Muluzi and Professor Peter Mutharika?
To her the one cow per family project is worthy the praises. Why? Because she talks about it every day. She goes to Phalombe distributes three cows and she wants us to be talking about it because she talks about it.
Take a look at this other example, her two hour address in parliament on Friday; she sounded more disorganised with words in that she presented them without confidence. It was evident that she did not even believe in what she was saying. She was fighting to impress and sound more important than all her predecessors. To her it was like “wow I have been longing for such a well written document, let me kill it right away”. Then she came up with another lie, Mr Speaker Sir, JB goofed by telling us that that her government would establish the country’s ever tea market, ha ha ha! Go and ask the Tea Association of Malawi they will take you back to the tea auction that was established some 15 years ago.
At the end of the day Leader of Opposition and MCP president John Tembo told Weekend Nation that “Good things can be said but implementation is important”.
EU Ambassador Alexander Baum couldn’t agree more, he said the challenge with the address was implementation of the outlined programmes as the Country is going into an election year. We have heard some well written speeches form our president but on the ground there is nothing tangible, things are getting worse each passing moment.
Not that I hate people that talk a lot only that I love people that do a lot. People who talk without listening seem to think that what they say is as fascinating to everyone else as it is to them, and they don’t seem to understand that listening is an important part of communicating and connecting to others.
Let me hear somebody sing “chiwongolero amayi”
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