Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has faced criticism over its innovator of the year award given to Malawi Queens coach Griffin Saenda.
The public broadcaster handed out innovators awards for various categories at a function held at Kamuzu palace on Friday.
But writer and social commentator Stanley Kenani has questioned the decision to award Saenda the innovator of innovators award saying the coach is not an innovator as the award name suggests. “Innovator: a person who introduces new methods, ideas, or products.
For example, Mixon Faluweki introduced the Padoko charger, a mobile phone charging device that enables individuals to charge their phones and other electronic devices using a bicycle as they travel between locations.
Note that the mobile phone charger was invented long ago — what Mr Faluweki did was innovation i.e. he introduced a new way of charging phones.
“But MBC is of the opinion that the person who coaches the very same netball team that yields the very same results is the innovator of the year 2016,” said the Netherlands based Malawian writer in a Facebook post.
He however argued that the Malawi Queens coach is also an achiever and deserved an award though the award should have had another name.
“There would have been no harm in calling him the greatest achiever of 2016. But innovator was not the best nomenclature, in my view,” said Kenani.
Personally, I think its OK if we look at meaning of innovation which is..a way of doing things outside the norm,to bring better results. Netball being one of the few activities that’s bringing smiles on our faces I believe Zagallo has done it “outside the box way”, to achieve what we have been fighting for, for decades..to break into that netball top 3. While in everything else we are regressing, in netball we are advancing. Let’s learn to be proud of our own achievements and applaud those responsible. What we should be agreeing on is, how do we force this govt to pay our sports ladies their dues on time…period.
Ansanje zanuizo
But honestly that guy deserves it he has done his part. Sayenda wow
Why not RBM yatulutsatu chi nilibepulobulemu
Zanziiii
No matter how you understand ‘innovator’, if not Saenda, who then?
How is coaching innovation like for real… even when the president was presenting this; he didn’t think it doesn’t make sense?? A netball coach for Innovation?? Tsk tsk
Kkkkkkk all of you who are saying Sayenda deserves the award here is my assignment go to your dictionaries and find out what innovation means later u will tell me. Osamangosokosela zopanda pake apa
Akukupusisanitu madictionary akulu..
Nde sibwezi inu muli mmene mulilimo pakanapanda ma dictionaries
if we are giving such an award to such people then there is really no innovation happening in this country.
Chinyengo even in sight of APM.. In fact sayenda did not deserve any award
Power of ignorance,zilizonse ??
He deserve.
Nzanu akapanga chabwino yamikani,that means you don’t appreciate his role he playe? Nsanje a Malawi basi mpake flames ikukanika
Someone Innovated A Remote Cooker Did Recieved Anything?
Kkkkk inovetor in sports! Ya we’re living in scientific era she invested techno sports who knows!
Lets define the world innovation…..he did a brilliant job with the queens but what has he innovated?
The wining formulae. Mxiii can’t you see. Does innovation only refer to something tangible? Amalawi nsanje.
Look u say world innovation
Francis Mpakati y shud i be jealousy with him?
Kkkkkkk no offense…but what that heck u pple mean when u say sayenda deserves the award?
According to my dictionary….AN INNOVATOR IS SOMEONE WHO INTRODUCES A NEW METHOD,IDEAS,OR PRODUCTS
So tel me how the award to sayenda relate to the award
Wining method for the queens…
Kkkkkkkk…..what method?do u knw the method he used?
winning strategy
Kkkkkkk so does that make him an #innovator?
So who else has this strategy?
Dausi minister of information
This is Malawi, always wanting something out of nothing mxxxiiii akapolo!
Nobody Deserves It Like Him,,,for The First Time The Queens Are Among The Top Three Teams In The World,,
Was that category for footballers, coaches or what
welcome to Malawi where people criticize everything, a small country full of big headed people, even if you are eating nsima somebody will come and criticize the way you are mixing nsima and nsuzi!!!!
Ndiye Ku Malawi!!!!!
I think malawi I needs dictatorship rule
Chifukwa kuwapatsa mwayi wosankha Amanva molakwika ndi zosamva zianthu zake ine ndinangobadwa malawi muno koma sindiganiza ngati mmalawi
Tazania ingobwera izatichangamutse koma tulo kwambiri amalawi
timangosutsa zilizonse pa malawi, sizatukuka malawi ,kuganiza ngati nkhuku too much