President Arthur Peter Mutharika has urged people in the country to follow the footsteps of John Chilembwe by working hard with the aim of developing Malawi.
Speaking yesterday in Chiradzulu during Commemoration of John Chilembwe Day, Mutharika said Chilembwe had all three important national virtues of hardwork, patriotism, and integrity that led to success.
“Today, January 15, is a very remarkable day in the history of our great nation as we celebrate a great son of the soil, John Chilembwe, who lived an inspiring life. He was patriotic and always determined to get what he wanted in his role as a leader,” Mutharika said.
According to Mutharika, Chilembwe was extraordinary due to his achievements that are currently benefiting Malawi.
“Chilembwe was not a man who would falter in his mission because of any challenge. Just before he led the uprising, there was a great famine that lasted two years. But Chilembwe and his people never stopped working hard to rebuild their lives,” Mutharika said.
“If there was one man who was a symbol of our national virtues, of hardwork, integrity and patriotism, then it was John Chilembwe,” he added. The Malawi leader then called upon Malawians to follow suit.
“Today, we are called to rise and build our nation by emulating this industrious spirit. Let’s learn to emulate his life, believe in our country and work hard to develop our nation together,” Mutharika said.
The Malawi leader has since promised that his government will construct a technical college at PIM in Chiradzulu in remembrance of Chilembwe. Chilembwe led an uprising against colonialists in 1915 following concerns over forced labour and discrimination.
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Chilembwe anatikhomelera asaaaa bwenzi tili ngati ku sasafilika ife koma kapolo ameneyu kuthawa ndi mfuti komanso kumuotchera bell la tcahalitchi basi busy kumutama mxieeee
bwana chilembwe ife tinampeza alimmanda pamene timabadwa ndie zoti amatani timangomva muradio its not fair to giv us examples of this man let’s move on if u can help HELPE us don’t keep on talking about the past sir plz this is not going to help us mind u pali enatu akugona two’ three days without food inu simungakhulupilile coz that never happened to you so it’s a joke plz plz help Malawi not by setting example of hundreds yirs ago
working hard by stealing public funds or by what?
KWA INU AMALAWI NONSE!! Ndawelenga mwanzeru ndemanga zonse! Kuonetsetsa ndikumvetsetsa AMALAWI mukulira mukufuna MTENDERE wa m’tima womwe siufuna NJALA, MATENDA,USIWA KAPENA NKHONDO!! Komatu m’kulira kwathu kwandiopsa kwambiri chifukwa chakunyoza JOHN CHILEMBWE! AMALAWI ena mwabadwira mu ufulu, m’masiku ameneo makolo athu anali ngati NYAMA ZA M’TCHILE! KULANDIDWA MALO, KULIMA M’KWAPULO ULI PA MSANA! AMAI KUBELEKELA MWANA M’MUNDA, MTEMBO KU-UKWAPULA! Izitu zinampangisa CHILEMBWE kuti akalipe ndikukangana ndi azungu! AMALAWI MUSA (MOSES)poona mtundu wake ukuzunzidwa ukuphedwa ngati agalu nayenso adakwiya n’kumumenya mu Egypt! pambuyo pa zaka zambiri MULUNGU ADAMUITANA ATSOGOLERE AISRAEL!! LERO mukulira munena mukusowa m’tsogoleri -ZOONA?? ADAMUSANKHA NDANI?? SITIDZAMUSANKHASO?? Chonde musamatukwane atsogoleri amene adamenyela ufulu muli nao lero chifukwa chamasankhidwe anu!! AMALAWI OGAWIKANA INU MUPHUNZILA LITI KODI!!! ZIKOMO.
Nice idea, go ahead dr
If I behead somebody, that’s life in prison!
We work hard for somebody to take our silly money and enjoy life whilst we are starving
Professor my foot,Ngati akufuna komenyerana anene ndiwapatsa ground shupit zawo
Kkkkkkkkkkkkk kodi iwe unachoka chigafa chiti?
This tribe stealing is their culture,even Chilembwe stole guns .
Fotsake
We do work hard you are collecting our money doing nothing craziest president
Isaac lukhere , point taken
chilembwe was a stubborn fool who fought the british out of ignorance even before they had developed malawi,look at us now we lack all necessities of life even water itself or power and you tell me we are better off now? hell no we shouldnt have fought them then maybe now because malawi would have been like SA.now all we have is freedom of self suffering and good luck with that hence i aint copying chilembwes legacy
What irealy don’t understand is apart from being called a President he is also called a Professor bt up to now I don’t see any good thing that he changed in our country that will talk about him nxt he left the seat besides of all the Priveladges he got. To me I think Education in mw is vry low if this one is realy professor then in this case my Uncle is a professor too.
Koma iwe