Chakwera congratulates Mwawi on athlete of the year nomination

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Mwawi Kumwenda

Leader of opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Dr Lazarus Chakwera has congratulated Malawi’s netball shining star and Airtel Ambassador Mwawi Kumwenda for being nominated for the International World Games Association (IWGA) 2015 Athlete of the Year award.

In his congratulatory message, the leader of opposition said that Kumwenda’s achievements are not only a cause for all Malawians of goodwill to smile but also an inspiration for every Malawian to look to the future with hope that our present individuals efforts are contributing to a prosperous future for our nation.

Mwai Kumwenda
Kumwenda: congratulated

He further said that Kumwenda has raised the flag of our nation high and the netballer did not reach this level by waiting for handouts or by giving excuses.

The MCP president added that the level of excellence that Kumwenda has reached demands the kind of self-discipline, self-development, and self-determination that refuses to accept the popular notion that there are heights other nations can reach that are impossible for us to scale.

Chakwera also urged all Malawians to remove the word impossible in their mindsets and to vote for Kumwenda so that she should be awarded the IWGA 2015 Athlete of the Year.

“It is now up to the rest of us to do our part by voting for Mwawi so that she wins this award, she has done her part, so let us now do our part by voting and voting and voting, and spreading the word so that she wins the award for Malawi.

“Let us vote today, vote tomorrow, and vote every day so that there is no part of the journey that she walks alone. Let us lift Mwawi higher because any nation that does not win together loses alone. Once you have voted, please leave a comment on Mwawi Kumwenda’s page saying “I have voted!”,” said Chakwera.

Kumwenda is the only African among the 18 athletes who have been nominated for the IWGA 2015 Athlete of the Year award.

The nomination follows her extraordinary performance at the World Netball Championship in New Zealand last year where she had a shot success rate of 91 percent and netted 321 goals in eight games.

Kumwenda, who plays in New Zealand, was also crowned Player of the Tournament at the world championship.

Vote for her by clicking www.theworldgames.org/the-iwga/athlete-of-the-year-2015