President Chakwera has travelled to London accompanied by his family. The internet trip to London – no shame – no face – Globetrotting President Why Brussels – of all the Embassies that Malawi has globally? What exactly is Violet Chakwera doing in the Malawi Embassy in Brussels – what value does she add to the team that is already stationed in Brussels? Does she get the normal perks as the rest of the staff in the Embassy or hers becomes an albatross on the Malawian fiscus considering that she might need extra security and that just she is the President’s daughter? What businesses does the Chakwera family have in Western Europe that they would need to send one of their own there – what brief does she have or hold for the family that side? Who else is related to the Chakweras or a close ally is in that Embassy – Chakwera would not send his daughter into a place where she would not have allies. Thus the question, WHY Brussels for Chakwera’s daughter? – She could not have gone there for politics definitely.īeyond the swirling rumors of Violet’s collapsed marriage and new marriage to the internet Congolese pastor, Malawians need to ask questions and be given answers on a number of levels concerning the President’s daughter’s deployment? Politically and for international relations, there are some places where states cannot just send novices, for example, Brussels because it is the sit of the EU New York because of the UN and Beijing because of geopolitics etc. So in places like that governments send their children to school, their relatives as Embassy staff and so on so that gold, diamonds, timber etc. Where there are financial interests, they would send their best people to safeguard their economic and financial interests. This was and probably is still the case with Zimbabwe for their Embassies in Russia, Singapore and China. For example where government officials are under sanctions, it would be important to have their proxies and key people in strategic places where they can get medication, banking services etc. It does not look like that in this case.įoreign Embassies are key institutions and strategic positions for states as well as government officials. Why would Chakwera not be allowed to do the same for his children? That question is easy to answer – he can do whatever he wants for his children but they have to be qualified and competent to do the jobs they are given or asked to do. That his children should be afforded the same chances as any other Malawian is fair game.ĭonald Trump did it with Ivanka and that son in law of his. Violet used to be an outbound ticket Sales Agent for Kenya Airways and before that she used to work for Air Malawi as a ticket sales assistant and now she is a top diplomat for Malawi in busy and important place such as Europe’s political center?Īnyway, the drill is the same – Malawians need to hold President Chakwera accountable even on this issue. On the contrary, Violet Chakwera’ highest qualification is a certificate in International Air Transport Association (IATA). June has a Master’s degree in International Studies from the University of Queensland, Australia, and a bachelor degree in Diplomacy from the United States International University in Nairobi. While, several other leaders have done such things in the past, for example, VP Ruto of Kenya has one of his daughters June, as the Charge De ‘Affaires in Poland. It has emerged that President Chakwera deployed one of his daughters, Violet to be a diplomat in the Malawian Embassy in Brussels. This is information Malawians themselves will need to find out using their civil society institutions, their regional connections and even asking the South Africans so that they can hold their President accountable.Ĭhakwera’s daughter is now a top diplomat in Belgium – nepotism or deploying excellence? How is Chakwera beholden to Bushiri that he would risk domestic censure and international ire by carrying out such a move? If it is true that he went to help smuggle Bushiri out of Johannesburg, what was in it for Chakwera? – because definitely it is not the ordinary Malawian who is going to benefit from such. If he went on a frolic of his own, whose money was used to fund that trip and how much was it? He did not even get to meet President Ramaphosa, so what was he doing there? Why was he in South Africa when he was not scheduled for a meeting with President Ramaphosa.
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