US Ambassador to Malawi, Virginia Palmer says patriotism is one of the pillars that have made America a great nation.
Ambassador Palmer was speaking in Lilongwe during celebrations to mark 240th Independence of the United States of America.p
In his remarks, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Francis Kasaila said Malawi can learn a lot from the United States of America.
Kasaila, who is also the parliamentarian for Nsanje Central, urged Malawians to embrace three pillars of integrity, patriotism and hard work for the country to develop.
“Malawi needs responsible and productive citizens, productive citizens to achieve socioeconomic development,” said Kasaila.
Recently, President Peter Mutharika called for unity among leaders and the public in the development process.
According to the Malawi, lack of integrity and unpatriotic spirit among some Malawians hinders the country’s progress in development.
Delivering the State of Nation Address which marked the opening of the 2016/17 budget meeting, Mutharika urged politicians and all Malawians to be united and together fight for one common goal of ending poverty.
He said Malawi as country is faced with a number of challenges and that government alone could not manage to fight and that it required concerted efforts from all sectors including politicians.
“As a small player in a highly complex, volatile and globalized economy, we are bound to face many more challenges along the way due to externally induced pressures and shocks.
“At fifty plus as an independent nation , I feel we are at the critical stage of development where patriotism , hard work, discipline, commitment to duty and above all selflessness and sacrifice must be exemplified by all of us including members of this august House. All the efforts by the Government shall be in vain if we do not bury our differences and put the interests of our country and people first,” said President Mutharika.
The Addis Ababa University of Ethiopia will honour President Peter Arthur Mutharika with a Degree of Doctor of Letters on July 9.
According to a letter from the University’s President, the Senate of the University gave the approval while its Board of Governors has given full recognition of the selection of Professor Peter Mutharika for the honour.
The State House Press Office says the ceremony will be held at the Addis Ababa University.
The University says it has decided to honour Professor Mutharika, who is also the Regional Universities Forum Champion for Higher Education in Africa, co-convener of the International Commission on Financing Global Education and Charles Nagel Professor of International and Comparative Constitutional Law Emeritus of the Washington University in the USA for his great and outstanding contribution in academia in the world which has inspired and continues to inspire other scholars.
President Mutharika has since accepted the conferment of the honour of the Degree of Letters.
Former Silver Strikers forward Atusaye Nyondo has joined Bloemfontein Celtic from University of Pretoria.The 25 year-old Malawi international, who also had a stint at SuperSport United, had a year remaining on his deal at University of Pretoria but opted to sign for Celtic following AmaTuks’ relegation back to South Africa’s second tier.
Has joinedHas joined Celtic.However, if he is to break into Celtic’s first team, he must surely up his game following his disastrous season with University of Pretoria where he only managed to score two goals from 22 league appearances.Nyondo will be looking forward to fulfill all of his promise having been given the chance to remain in the top flight.Another Malawian player to have made a move in the ongoing international transfer market is Flames Captain Limbikani Mzava who has joined Golden Arrows from Mpumalanga Black Aces.The 23 year-old defender was highly linked with a move to Orlando Pirates but opted to sign for Arrows after falling out of favour with new Aces owner John Comitis. Mzava joins his former boss Clinton Larsen who coached him at Celtic before joining Aces.