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Demonstrations Erupt Over Failure to Prosecute the Attacks on People with Albinism

By Alfred Mthandizi

People with albinism on Wednesday matched in the streets of Lilongwe demanding to force Government to establish special court and try all suspects arrested for albino killings.

The demonstrators have so far given President Mutharika to address their grievances within 48 hours. But demonstrators failed to access Statehouse because they were blocked by the security forces.

Almost 26 people of Albinism have been killed Since killed and 130 injured while scores of them are missing. Malawi’s Main opposition political party President Lazarus Chakwera has so far described the albino killings as barbaric and uncalled for. Chakwera says there is need for the Malawian President Peter Mutharika to use all his instruments at his disposal and stop the killing of people with Albinism.

There is strong belief that the bones from the people of albinism brings money after being sold. President Mutharika has several times appealed urged Malawians to stop killing people of albinism saying there is no market for their body parts. DPP running mate, who is also Minister of Civic Education, Everton Chimulirenji, condemned the killing of people with Albinism.

Chimulirenji while addressing the rally at Masintha said people with Albinism are human being and similar to anybody. Malawi nation wake up shocked in April 2018 to a news that a Catholic priest Father Thomas Muhosha of Mulombozi Parish in Zomba got arrested over the abduction and murder of a 22-year-old person with albinism, McDonald Masambuka of Machinga.

The matter is currently in court.

Masambuka’s body was found on April 1 by police who traced the body following confessions from suspects arrested in connection with the crime.

The suspects under arrest include a police officer and a clinician at Machinga District Hospital. Police confirmed the arrest of a priest saying the priest was being investigated by the Eastern Region Police after he was mentioned as one of the people who took part in the brutal killing of Masambuka.

The national police spokesperson James Kadadzera said currently, Father Muhosha is being kept by the Eastern Region Police where he is being questioned. Ms. Maria Jose Torres is United Nations Resident Coordinator.

In her statement during the World Zero discrimination Day which falls on 1 March, Under the leadership of the United Nations Joint Program on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), the UN has since 2014 dedicated 1st March as a day to renew global commitment to combat all forms of discrimination against people living with HIV and other vulnerable and marginalized groups.

The theme for the 2019 Zero Discrimination Campaign Day – “Act to Change Laws that Discriminate” – calls for urgent action to change discriminatory laws and policies that violate and threaten the rights of vulnerable and marginalized populations.

Torres says there is need for collective action to ensure that no population is left behind in collective drive towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as Malawi implements the third Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS III).

The UN congratulates the Government and people of Malawi for the effort at eliminating stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV through the enactment of HIV and AIDS Prevention and Management Act in 2018.

The Act seeks to ensure that all Malawians irrespective of age, sex, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, political or religious affiliation have access to HIV prevention and treatment services in an environment free of stigma and discrimination. The Act also provides stiffer punishment of MK5 million to MK10 million- or five-years jail term or both for various forms of stigma and discrimination by service providers. We must work together to ensure the full enforcement of the Act to promote and protect the rights of key populations, marginalized groups and people living with or affected by HIV.

Torres is also asking concerted effort to end stigma towards people of Albinism. “The United Nations in Malawi is concerned by the resurfacing of gruesome attacks on persons with albinism and strongly condemns the killings. The UN calls upon all stakeholders to redouble their efforts to implement the National Action Plan, which addresses the root causes of attacks on persons with albinism, including a nationwide awareness raising campaign, strengthened investigations and prosecutions, together with strengthened protection and victim assistance measures. If these measures are not put in place, we will continue registering violations on the rights of persons with albinism.”  Torres laments.

She says “We are concerned that persons entrusted with the responsibility of promoting and protecting the rights of all Malawians including persons with albinism are allegedly involved in the killing. We encourage the authorities to ensure a thorough, prompt and impartial investigation into the killings and bring the alleged perpetrators to justice.” She says.

The UN says remains committed to supporting the Government and people of Malawi to proactively promote and protect the rights of persons with albinism and ensure their full participation in the socioeconomic development of the country in an environment free of stigma, discrimination and physical attacks.

Currently, there are more than 20 Agencies and specialized organizations of the United Nations active in Malawi which, through their work, contribute to ensuring a better life for the people of Malawi. The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) and Association of people living with albinism (APAM) are currently demonstrating and hold vigil at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe.

Persons with albinism organized the vigil in a bid to request President Peter Mutharika to institute a commission of inquiry on the recent attacks, abductions and killings of people with albinism to uncover alleged markets of their body parts and bring culprits to book.

Demonstrations Erupt Over Failure to Prosecute the Attacks on People with Albinism was originally published on The Malawi Star

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Chimulirenji Implicated In Fertiliser Scandal

Chimulirenji Implicated In Fertiliser Scandal

Everton Chimulirenji who was the de-facto Vice President of Malawi from May 2019 toFebruary 2020 and former Ministerof Disaster Management Affairs and PublicEvents has been implicated in a K76 million fertiliser scandal. A statement from the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) indicates that on September 4 2020, the graft bursting body received an allegation that in the 2019/2020 fiscal year,…

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Veep Chimulirenji urges clergy ‘pray for peace to continue prevailing in Malawi’ - Malawi Nyasa Times

Veep Chimulirenji urges clergy ‘pray for peace to continue prevailing in Malawi’ – Malawi Nyasa Times

Vice President Everton Chimulirenji Saturday called upon the clergy to pray for peace in the country saying it is only when peace is maintained that Malawi and her citizenry can move forward.

Chimulirenji at the ordination of 3 deacons

Chimulirenji made the call in Mangochi when he graced the ordination of three deacons and seven priests at St. Thomas Complex of the Anglican Diocese of Upper…

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Court orders Saulos Chilima returns as Malawi vice president: Out Chimulirenji

High Court of Malawi sitting as the Constitutional Court in the presidential election nullification petition which has annulled the result of last year’s presidential election, citing irregularities, and ordered a new one within 150 days, has ordered that former vice president Saulos Chilima should revert to his position essential removing the current veep Everton Chimulirenji elected with…

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Oltre venti presidenti africani in Giappone all'apertura del 7 ° TICAD

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Oltre venti presidenti africani in Giappone all'apertura del 7 ° TICAD

Oltre venti leader africani stanno partecipando alla settima edizione del vertice della Conferenza internazionale per lo sviluppo africano ( TICAD ) di Tokyo , che ha preso il via oggi (28 agosto) in Giappone.

TICAD si è tenuto in Giappone ad eccezione di TICADVI che si è tenuto in Africa. TICAD7 si svolge a Yokohama, in Giappone. Inizia oggi e terminerà venerdì 30 agosto 2019.

I leader africani in Giappone includono:

Faustin Archange Touadera, Repubblica centrafricana

Azali Assoumani, Comore

Danny Faure, Seychelles

Alpha Conde, Guinea

Patrice Talon, Benin

Julius Maada Bio, Sierra Leone

Andry Rajoelina, Madagascar

Ismail Omar Guelleh, Gibuti

Joao Lourenco, Angola

Hage Geingob, Namibia

George Weah, Liberia

Felix Tshisekedi, Repubblica Democratica del Congo

Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya

Yoweri Museveni, Uganda

Abdul Fatten Al-Sisi, Egitto e attuale presidente dell’Unione Africana

Paul Kagame, Ruanda

Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, Somalia

Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe

Faure Gnassingbe, Togo

Mahamadou Issoufou, Niger

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Ghana

Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

Cyril Ramaphosa, Sudafrica

Ibrahim Boubakar Keita, Mali

Edgar Lungu, Zambia

Macky Sall, Senegal

I leader della delegazione che non sono presidenti includono:

Thomas Thabane, Primo Ministro del Lesotho

Everton Herbert Chimulirenji, Vicepresidente del Malawi

Isatou Touray, vicepresidente della Gambia

Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Primo Ministro della Costa d’Avorio

Osman Saleh, ministro degli Esteri se l’Eritrea

Abiy Ahmed, Primo Ministro etiope

Martedì 27 agosto si è tenuta la riunione preparatoria ministeriale del TICAD7 a Yokohama e il sig. Taro Kono, ministro degli affari esteri del Giappone, ha partecipato alla riunione in qualità di copresidente e si è radunato per ottenere sostegno per raggiungere un vertice di successo.

In risposta, il copresidente, Sameh Shoukry, ministro degli affari esteri dell’Egitto, ha dichiarato l’intenzione di rafforzare i partenariati e mirare a raggiungere l’AU Agenda 2063 e gli SDG attraverso il processo TICAD7, sotto il tema di TICAD7, “Promuovere lo sviluppo dell’Africa attraverso Persone, tecnologia e innovazione ”.

Successivamente, attraverso la discussione tra i partecipanti a livello ministeriale, hanno affermato i contenuti della “Dichiarazione di Yokohama 2019” e del “Piano d’azione Yokohama 2019”, e i due documenti saranno presentati ai leader da adottare al vertice del TICAD7.

In questa riunione, le misure espresse durante il processo TICAD negli ultimi tre anni sono state presentate anche attraverso il “Rapporto TICAD VI 2016-2018”.

Il governo del Giappone guida la conferenza con co-conduttori come le Nazioni Unite, il Programma di sviluppo delle Nazioni Unite ( UNDP ), la Banca mondiale e la Commissione dell’Unione Africana ( AUC ).

TICAD è una conferenza internazionale a livello di vertice sullo sviluppo dell’Africa lanciata dal Giappone nel 1993. TICAD si è tenuto ogni 5 anni fino a TICADV (2013).

Il periodo di hosting è stato ridotto a 3 anni da TICAD VI (2016), durante il quale si è svolto per la prima volta in Africa (Kenya, Nairobi).

Oltre alle principali deliberazioni dei presidenti, dei capi di Stato e dei rappresentanti del governo, ci sono una serie di eventi collaterali previsti per i paesi per avviare colloqui bilaterali con la nazione ospitante e tra di loro.

Durante il TICAD 6, il primo ministro giapponese Shinzo Abe, ha rivelato che l’Africa beneficerà di un pacchetto di investimenti di $ 30 miliardi entro il 2018, incluso un investimento di $ 10 miliardi nello sviluppo infrastrutturale.

“Se combinato con gli investimenti del settore privato, mi aspetto che l’importo reale totale sarà di $ 30 miliardi. Questo è un investimento che ha fiducia nel futuro dell’Africa “, ha detto al momento.

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Malawi: Mutharika Running Mate Chimulirenji Pays Tribute to Kamuzu Banda

Malawi: Mutharika Running Mate Chimulirenji Pays Tribute to Kamuzu Banda

[Nyasa Times] Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential running mate, Everton Chimulirenji has highlighted the importance of issue-based campaign amongst political parties to ensure peaceful campaign.

source https://allafrica.com/stories/201904020102.html

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Veteran politician Harry Thomson laid to rest

Veteran politician Harry Thomson laid to rest

State Vice President Honourable Everton Herbert Chimulirenji on Monday led thousands of Malawians to witness the burial of late Harry Ian Thomson at Limbe Cemetery in the commercial capital Blantyre on Monday.

Thomson, a former Minister of Trade and Industry under the reign of Dr. Bakili Muluzi died on Thursday last week in South Africa after a long illness.

The funeral ceremony started with a…

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Chilima security detail removed, new VP Chimulirenji gets MG 2 - Malawi Nyasa Times

Chilima security detail removed, new VP Chimulirenji gets MG 2 – Malawi Nyasa Times

Immediate past Vice President Saulos Chilima will no longer have  46 security officers from Malawi police who have since been withdrawn and new Vice President Everton Chimulirenji has been given  security detail befitting the country’s second in command.

Chilima’s former guard commander salutes as immediate-past-Vice president’s wife Mary Chilima looks on

Chimulirenji has also taken MG 2 the…

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OPC hires MBC’s Wahara as press officer for new VP Chimulirenji - Malawi Nyasa Times

OPC hires MBC’s Wahara as press officer for new VP Chimulirenji – Malawi Nyasa Times

Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) has hired a Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) journalist as press officer for the newly elected vice president Everton Chimulirenji.

Chimulirenji: Second-in command takes oath

Nyasa Times can reveal that Charles Wahara was appointed on Wednesday as Chimulirenji’s press officer.

Officials from OPC have confirmed the hiring of Wahara who once worked…

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Malawi govt in lavish expenses over Mutharika inauguration - Malawi Nyasa Times

Malawi govt in lavish expenses over Mutharika inauguration – Malawi Nyasa Times

Government has booked all paramount chiefs at Mount Soche Hotel in Blantyre and senior chiefs at Victoria Hotel for the inauguration of Peter Mutharika who has been controversially re-elected as president.

President Mutharika inaguration on Friday and DPP victory rally celebrations on Sunday at Njamba

The inauguration of Mutharika and newly elected vice president Everton Chimulirenji takes place…

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"Accept Defeat and Move On" Bishop Malasa Tells Election Losers

“Accept Defeat and Move On” Bishop Malasa Tells Election Losers

Bishop Brighton Vita Malasa of the Anglican Diocese of the Upper Shire says Malawi should move forward since the elections are over and the winners were declared. Malasa made the remarks in Mangochi during the ordination of three deacons and seven priests at St. Thomas Complex of the Anglican Diocese of Upper Shire which was attended by Vice President of Malawi Everton Chimulirenji.

According to…

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Police spray MCP supporters with hundreds of tears gas canisters at party headquarters - Malawi Nyasa Times

Police spray MCP supporters with hundreds of tears gas canisters at party headquarters – Malawi Nyasa Times

As President Peter Mutharika and vice president Everton Chimulirenji were taking oath of office in commercial city of Blantyre, in the capital Lilongwe dozens of anti-riot police officers were tear gassing opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters at the party headquarters at city centre.

MCP offices damaged as police shot tear gas cannisters MCP vehicle deflated by police Chakwera came…

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Mutharika urged to be ‘President for all Malawians’ as Atupele congratulates ‘A Dad’ - Malawi Nyasa Times

Mutharika urged to be ‘President for all Malawians’ as Atupele congratulates ‘A Dad’ – Malawi Nyasa Times

Malawian President Peter Mutharika and his running mate now Vice-President-elect Everton Chimulirenji are being flooded with congratulation messages for being bestowed the mandate to lead the country for the next five years following the pair’s triumph in the presidential race held last week and  have been tipped to get to work the nation’s good.

Mutharika: Gets fresh mandate

The head of the…

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Mutharika asks voters to hand him second and final term - Malawi Nyasa Times

Mutharika asks voters to hand him second and final term – Malawi Nyasa Times

President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika has called on Malawians to entrust the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government with another five-year term of leadership so that it continues developing the country.

Mutharika and his running mate Everton Chimulirenji The DPP jubilant crowd at Njamba

Mutharika, who has been in power since 2014, will face tough opposition, including from his own…

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DPP Cadets Attack UTM Officials at Necof Meeting

DPP Cadets Attack UTM Officials at Necof Meeting

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) cadets went on rampage at Victoria Hotel in Blantyre demanding United Transformation Officials to leave the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) National Elections Consultative Forum (Necof) meeting.

The cadets behaved savagely in full view of their running mate Everton Chimulirenji.

UTM Director of Research and Planning Leonard Chipoya confirmed the development…

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Nankhumwa tours Ntcheu to boost Chimulirenji: ‘Mutharika’s choice of running mate good for DPP’ - Malawi Nyasa Times - Malawi breaking news in Malawi

Nankhumwa tours Ntcheu to boost Chimulirenji: ‘Mutharika’s choice of running mate good for DPP’ – Malawi Nyasa Times – Malawi breaking news in Malawi

The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president for Southern Region Kondwani Nankhumwa has said two-term parliamentarian for Ntcheu Northeast, Everton Herbert Chimulirenji, has served the people of Ntcheu and Malawi with utmost loyalty, dedication and diligence both as an MP and Cabinet minister.

Nankhumwa visists Ntcheu Northeast

Nankhumwa: Chimulirenji is a good running mate