MALAWIAN Veep In Zambia As Mutharika Plans To Arrest Her And Charge Her With Treason

Malawi’s Vice President Joyce Banda flew to Lusaka on Sunday morning to attend Zambia’s country’s 47th independence celebrations on Monday October 24 on invitation from Zambia President Michael Chilufya Sata.

According to one of Banda’s aides at her official Mudi Residence in Blantyre, the Vice President had received a telephone call from Sata on the evening of Thursday, requesting her to be part of the celebrations in the neighbouring country.

“She graciously and humbly welcomed Sata’s gesture and accepted the invitation hence this trip this morning,” she told Nyasa Times at Chileka Airport, disclosing Banda is expected to return home on Tuesday, October 25, 2011.

Sata also asked former Head of State Bakili Muluzi and his son, Atupele, to attend the celebrations but it is not clear whether they will attend or not.

Joyce Banda: Faces arrest

Meanwhile, Tumfweko has gathered information that President Bingu wa Mutharika’s government plans to arrest the state vice president at the Chileka Airport on her return and charge her with treason.

Impeccable information suggests that governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has been fabricating strategy documents implicating Banda, who is also leader of the People’s Party (PP), in an alleged coup plot against President Mutharika and his government.

The plotters have been concocting communications allegedly between the VP and various people, including others from the military and foreign nations, strategizing on how to wrestle power from Mutharika before his tenure of office ends in 2014.

A security officer close to the plot confided in Tumfweko on Saturday that the VP was initially targeted for arrest on Friday, the day PP’s Secretary General Henry Chibwana was detained by Blantyre Police for “questioning” over a letter he allegedly authored and addressed to Banda.

In the letter, Chibwana was allegedly proposing that the PP retaliates the torching of its organizing secretary’s house in Area 47, Lilongwe. Salim Bagus’ house was set on fire by suspected state agents on Sunday, September 18, 2011.

The incident happened four days after Information Minister Patricia Kaliati had accused him (Bagus) of travelling to Germany to solicit funds to facilitate planned and abortive national vigils on September 21 against the deteriorating social, economic and political order in Malawi.

When he was picked on Friday, Chibwana argued he was “too educated” to author such a letter as alleged by the police. He also wondered how he could have written a letter to the VP when in fact, on the date the letter is said to have been written, Banda was on a private visit to the United States of America. He was released unconditionally.

People’s Party national publicity director, Stephen Mwenye confirmed the party was aware of plans by government to arrest the VP on tramped-up treason charges.

“However, the party’s position is that we’re not moved at all. The guilty are afraid, so goes the adage; in these circumstances, Malawians will be able to tell who, between President Mutharika and Madame Banda is guilty or not,” Mwenye told Tumfweko on a telephone interview on Sunday.

He said Mutharika has implicated “many rivals” in corruption, treason and other serious cases but none of the cases has seen the light of the day in court.

“Remember the treason case against his former deputy Chilumpha; treason case against Muluzi? It’s his political pattern we’ve become so used to that whenever they plan to arrest Madame Banda or any one of us, we just laugh it off,” Mwenye concluded.

Plans to arrest Banda come fast on the heels of the Sata’s avoidance of Mutharika to be part of the Lusaka independency party.

Sata did not attend the Heads of State and Government summit in Malawi from October 14 to 15, 2011, accusing Mutharika of failing to apologize for unceremoniously deporting him in 2007 as leader of Zambia`s main opposition Patriotic Front.

Sata was detained and declared a prohibited immigrant; bundled into a vehicle and driven across the country to the Malawi-Zambia border in Chipata.

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31 Responses to MALAWIAN Veep In Zambia As Mutharika Plans To Arrest Her And Charge Her With Treason

Gr. Matchona

October 23, 2011 at 6:53 pm

Welcome to Zed Madam, Don’t just feel @Home but be @Home. I certainly understand the how the Cobra and Wamu are trying to get things so personal that they have ignored National Interests. Both leaders refer are not here to stay, but the two nation shall always be there.

God bless ZALAWI.
James banda

October 23, 2011 at 6:54 pm

These are RB tactics. Wamutarika should be carefull with the way he doing things. Already Usa is not happy with that Big fool called Mbingu.
DIEN

October 23, 2011 at 7:10 pm

Tumfweko made it sound from the headline that Mrs Banda will face treason for comingg to Zed.

MCS and MWM are now behaving like th*gs; this is a “nigga moment” we are experiencing.
Zambia. 5

October 23, 2011 at 7:31 pm

DIEN WABA ITOLE CHIKALA !
Thy kingdom come

October 23, 2011 at 7:36 pm

Drama, drama, drama!
AKRRAL

October 23, 2011 at 7:46 pm

YOU KNOW TUMFWEKO,THE BEHAVIOR OF WAMUTHARIKA IS HOW DICTATORS BEHAVE,THINKING THAT THE RULE FOR EVER.HOW CAN HE ARREST MADAM BANDA BECAUSE OF NOT INVITED TO ATTEND ZAMBIA INDPE,SHAME TO HIM.
LET HIM JUST MEND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH PRES SATA AND OTHER COUNTRIES,IT IS NOT LATE,WE NEED PEACE.
IF HE ARRESTS BANDA THEN HE WILL INVITE USA,BRITAIN,FRANCE,NATO AND ICJ
Lungowe

October 23, 2011 at 7:46 pm

Malawian president sounds like a very petty man, throwing fits over anything and anyone that doesn’t agree with him.
BA ZEDI

October 23, 2011 at 7:48 pm

I feel for the people of Malawi, this desperate Mbingu is really something else dictators have no place in this mordern day and age. This mentality of wamuyaya shld come to an end.
lee

October 23, 2011 at 8:40 pm

This Mbingu will soon be another Gaddaffi of southern africa.just wait and see!!!!
statecounsel

October 23, 2011 at 8:45 pm

ba sata takes things personal just wants trouble with zim over debts and malawi plz spare us our country has bn friendly forever b4 you wont be president forever careful mudala.cb
Kay Hummer

October 23, 2011 at 9:20 pm

This Mbingu chap should be termd!!!He is slowly becoming a dictator!!!He will end up like Gaddafi he is not carefull!!!
Chikala

October 23, 2011 at 10:11 pm

If this yo joke fails then we will loose confidence in u tumfweko
Ba Simunyola

October 24, 2011 at 12:42 am

I’m painfully tired of these Bingu/Sata/Banda stories, please!! why cant we grow up and move on? There are more important issues we should all be concerned with, not these individuals, I NEED A BREAK!!!!
man k

October 24, 2011 at 6:27 am

Achimwene a Mbungu mwanva nsanje chifukwa MCS has invited yo vice president. Ninshi Joyce kasabula sana?
Bigie Joe

October 24, 2011 at 9:02 am

I hope the President has advisors. Let him not accelerate the problem as the situation may detoriorate to the dogs if not played cool. Pliz Zambia and Malawi have enjoyed the brotherly relationship from time immemorial.
Big Baster

October 24, 2011 at 9:41 am

SHAME on ma President Bingu, how many pipo will u arrest and charged them treason? iwetu nde uzavutika achair ndi pang’ono.
nckbnd

October 24, 2011 at 9:44 am

wen sata invited madam banda alot of pipo blamed sata 4not inviting bingu wamtharika bt now the man u wanted our president to invite is behaving william banda. We cn benefit frm madam banda than bingu. Madam banda plz sit down wit sata so dat u cn adopt the dont tell them slogan or dont kubeba. GOD IS STILL SAYIN SOMETHING THROUGH HE MR MCS sc:
Chimpapi j.

October 24, 2011 at 9:55 am

MBIN’GU WA ICHONGA has lost it he’s become like a rebid dog.
Sata S.C.

October 24, 2011 at 10:05 am

Zambia 5 insele shachila why insult yo friend 4 airing his views? Its not right man this is a democracy.
Able

October 24, 2011 at 10:39 am

Bingu shud not stat trowing stone 2 zambia a copper house and yet he livs in grass house coz if we stat 2 we wil break his house.kaba ukutumpa pamo na chi banda.
Kwathu

October 24, 2011 at 11:46 am

Dear Zambians

I think we are being so careless with peace. Differences between heads of states are not uncommon but when we make it so clear to our people that we have differences, its very dangerous to the common man.

Just like the bad taste of Mwanawasa’s comments on Zimbabwe and so are the attitudes of Mbingu and Sata. I dont know how my people there in Lundazi bordering Malawi and their counterparts in Muzimba are taking this.

It may not be long before we see conflicts as a result of this. Me may be fortunately any way because MC is not popular in Lundazi and Mbingu is equally not popular in Muzimba and so no one may be willing to die for two.
Ubuntungwa Mu Jambo Jambo

October 24, 2011 at 12:06 pm

Is Mbingu the next Gaddafi, Ben Ali or Mubarak? Or Is it Muswati the next on People Power bus?
Ubuntungwa Mu Jambo Jambo

October 24, 2011 at 12:12 pm

This problem needs addressing quickly and shud not be let to get out of hand. Remember: Love Thy Neighbor……..
Jacob

October 24, 2011 at 4:23 pm

It is so un-diplomatic for a head of government to personally call a Veep in another country and make a personal invitation to attend independence anniversary while ignoring the president of that country.Sata’s advisors have to begin to strongly advise him on how international relations are carried out,or soon we shall step on all our neighbour’s toes.
Changwamina

October 24, 2011 at 4:43 pm

Gentlemen let us call a spade a spade. and not a spade a big spoon.You pipo who wants Sata to appease Bingu you a cowards who wanted to give RB victory coz Zambia was going to have civil strife so we just sit idle. shame on you. what we showed you was that we can stand fight for dignity, and that is what we did. if Mbingu is an arrogant fool we shall treat him like one.
hara sandyson

October 24, 2011 at 5:08 pm

Surely does it mean if I differ with my neighbour, I shouldn’t talk to either his children or wife,are we suppose to involve others in our wrangles? That one in chewa we say ‘wai puta limba’ meaning you need to be strong wen you start a thing ! So mbg shud start wat he began and he shouldnt involve MADAM BANDA! Madm Banda I salute you viva. Let not personal interest interfere in our operations .
MASTER JERABO

October 24, 2011 at 7:53 pm

In life,we need to have strong principles and be ready to defend them at all cost. This is what exactly CHILUFYA SATA has done by showing Mutharika that what he did was bullshit. The best Mutharika can do is to apologise on why he deported KING COBRA for no apparent reason.A wrong is a wrong and Mutharika should just swalow his pride for the sake of peace that exist between Zambia and Malawi

As for the KING COBRA,please stand your ground coz Mutharika achepa sana. ONCE A COP ALWAYS A COP and thats what you are.
zimandola

October 24, 2011 at 8:24 pm

shit happening at the expense of the 90 days, leave Malawi to Malawians. we have bigger bones to chew back home. and this is no hero time.

Ask KK
riax

October 24, 2011 at 10:34 pm

LoL…nigger moment indeed
dilly

October 25, 2011 at 9:52 am

mbingu wl hav a similar downfall like Gaddafi
Rio

October 25, 2011 at 12:41 pm

And Angola over the UNITA rebels! Hahahaha