A picture is circulating on the Malawian social media showing President of the poorest nation in the world Peter Mutharika queueing at an airport on his way to the Commonwealth Summit in Malta. Surprisingly some citizens of his poor nation are not happy with their President flying in a Commercial airline wishing he had chartered a Private jet that would cost the nation a fortune.
The Malawi leader left his country on another Commercial airline flight Malawian airlines. It is said that from Lilongwe, Mutharika connected to South Africa. In South Africa he took a long flight to Rome and waited for four hours at an airport in Rome before connecting to Malta.
A few weeks ago, Mutharika was adamant when he was cornered over his decision to take a Private jet to the UN summit in USA.
I do not care what you say, my office deserves respect
In a Press briefing that Mutharika held after a return from New York for the UNGA, an angry Mutharika told off a reporter who was pressing him on whether he will keep chartering a jet.
“I don’t care whether you don’t like me as a person but the office of the President deserves some respect,” an angry Malawi leader said to the journalists justifying why he had to keep chartering Private jets.
“Do you want your President to be waiting at the airport for 10 hours?” an angry Mutharika said while banging on his table.
“Of course we are poor but we should not be advertising our poverty.”
Mutharika then said that he had been rich throughout his life and did not see anything wrong with leading a comfortable life.
Flying commercial suddenly
However despite his rants, Mutharika has bowed to public pressure and on his latest trip he took Commercial flights to Malta in a move that has divided public opinion.
“This is putting national security at risk,” a ruling DPP sympathiser posted on Facebook together with a photo of the President on a queue at an airport in what has been said to be Rome.
“Is this the reason why we sold the jet?” queried another person referring to the jet that was sold by former President Joyce Banda and no one knows where the proceeds went to.
“Mutharika is not the first President to fly commercial, Presidents always fly commercial,” posted writer Stanley Kenani referring to a photo that purportedly shows Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta checking in for a Commercial flight.
A fortnight ago, President Mutharika had to delegate a trip to the India-Africa summit in India on what he said were cost-cutting measures.
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Live mutharika alone
It’s silly 4 us allow our president fly commercial. We r not trtng his office wth due respect. Let’s change our mindset.
Amene akumudaula ndi anthu amene alibe chochita, alesi komanso mbava, chifukwa anyamata awa samanyengelela mbava, koma kwa othamanga thamanga tili pambuyo panu moti 2019 kuwina kosayamba, wina asayese kuti amayi ake adzawina, ngakhale atagona ndi wina aliyense .
He is not the first and nor will he be the last to use a commercial airline why should we waste our money on private jets yet we do not have medicine in hospitals our economy is turning to dang there is nothing that would justify this wastage of money people say our president doesnt have to appear ppor well actually he does because its our money it does not make sense to dress him up and pretend everything is alright mean while we are dying in the back ground . Anybody who can justify such a notion is an idiot people you should know that you will not get praises for supporting stupidity. What you think peter will see your stupid comments and give you a job a the state house no he wont so just drop it and accept facts. We as a country need to cut our expenditure and find ways of generating income
Pali dziko losauka kuposa malawi,
Aaaaah! Zingofanana
Next time it will be njinga za Raja
Adzikwera matorawo wadikirirabe
Palibe vuto pamenepo akudandaula ngati anakwera wheelbarrow bwanji kapena upulezidenti wayamba ndi iye ngati akuona kuvuta atule pansi
Nthawi zonse mphawi wake ndi mmwano. Achite hire walakwitsa. Ayende zachisawawazi alakwitsa. Kuoneka anzeru koma kuyendetsa banja kukuvutani. Koma nkhani zadziko kuoneka anzeru. Bizinesi yabonya ikumakuvutani.
Olo ataleka kukwela olo akwele iwe ndi ine kwanthu kukanda basi, olo ataleka kulamula, olo atapitiliza adzakhala olenela basi, tiyeni tilinbikile kugulitsa bonya amene anabweletsa amai mwina mulungu angatupatse walelo.
Poor performance by foreign affairs/OPC. Peter ndi VIP. Why not wait in VIP Lounge and get papers processed and board the plane as VIP/ President??? This is not adding up. Advance planning inavuta apa. Keep up saving bwana, there are multiple poverty problems back home.
Som SUPORTS r completely MISPLACED.Use ur brain whn comentng not ur eyes or ears.Thus u say NOSENSE.Hw much do u get fr suportng MEDIOCRITY???
musiyeni azikwera, he is an economic failure,akungonamizila cashgate yakalekale chosencho anthu tikulipilamisonkho daily
Helicopter zambirimbiri ma Barracks zikusowa wokwera
nkhan za uku ndi uku
tili mmavuto kwambiri angoyenela kukhala pa line. Ndi mmodzi mwa wa ife ameneyu, munthu ngati ife tomwe
its unfair kuona mtsogoleri yemwe ayenera kulandira ulemu wokwanira kumakhala pa laini kudikilira matola chonchi amalawi tikupepusa mpandowu zoona akwere kaya asakwere commecial jet ziko lathuli tidzakhala tikulirabe ndi umphawi mpaka kale kale komanso umati ndipange lamulo loti liphinje wina mawa lizaphinja iwe wemwe ndie umalimva kuwawa kuposa yemwe unamupangira lamulolo
Amanu aja anagulitsa ndege mumati ogulawo anawononga ndalama, ndemumafuna Mutharika atani azikwera kabhanza? Anthu openga inu
Bushir (major one) ndi mwana wa ku malawi kuno bwanji osazichepesa ndi kukabwereka imozi yokha nkumayendera. Kumangozipopa kuti simunalowe ndale chifukwa cha umphawi pamene mulibe ndi ndege yomwe kkkkkkkkkkkkk bola akazanena Bushir tizavomera ndi mponda ma rand ameneyu. Lero si tonse tikudikila kabaza limozi. Matama basi