Malawi: Kamuzu Built It, Others Broke It - Now I Am Rebuilding It for a Better Malawi, Says Chakwera At Kamuzu Day Celebrations

Malawi: Kamuzu Built It, Others Broke It - Now I Am Rebuilding It for a Better Malawi, Says Chakwera At Kamuzu Day Celebrations

With passion and resolve, President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera delivered a stirring address during Kamuzu Day celebrations, declaring his mission to restore what Malawi's founding president, Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda, built--and what others later dismantled.

Kamuzu’s legacy looms large ahead of polls

The legacy of Malawi’s founding president Hastings Kamuzu Banda loomed large yesterday, with speakers pointing to him as an example effective leadership in a general election year. In his sermon during Kamuzu Day commemoration in Mzuzu, newly-installed Mzuzu Catholic Diocese Bishop Yohane Nyirenda decried selfishness among political leaders and public servants and urged them to emulate the example of Malawi’s founding president Hastings Kamuzu B…

Kamuzu Built It, Others Broke It—Now I Am Rebuilding It For a Better Malawi, Says Chakwera at Kamuzu Day Celebrations

With passion and resolve, President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera delivered a stirring address during Kamuzu Day celebrations, declaring his mission to restore what Malawi’s founding president, Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda, built—and what others later dismantled. “Kamuzu built it. Others broke it. Now I am rebuilding it,” Chakwera declared before a packed crowd at Mzuzu Stadium, evoking […] The post Kamuzu Built It, Others Broke It—Now I Am Rebuilding …

Malawi celebrates Kamuzu Day

By Feston Malekezo & Sam Kalimira:  People from all walks of life are today trekking to Mzuzu, Malawi’s Northern Region city, to commemorate the life of the country’s first president, Ngwazi Dr…

The Shadows of Kamuzu: A Call to Abolish Kamuzu Day in Malawi – Malawi Freedom Network

By Jones Gadama On May 14, Malawians gather to commemorate Kamuzu Day, a day that ostensibly honors the legacy of Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda, the first President of Malawi. President Lazarus Chakwera’s presiding over the events in Mzuzu at Mzuzu Stadium serves as a reminder of the complex and often painful history that this day represents. While some may argue that commemorating Kamuzu Day is a means of recognizing the nation’s past, it is impera…