Chakwera launches Malawi 2063 Vision with call to stop wasting time on trivia
President Lazarus Chakwera has launched the country’s second long-term national development plan, dubbed “Malawi 2063” with a call not to tolerate or smile on anyone who engages in wasteful conduct.
The Vision 2063, which succeeds Vision 2020, was launched virtually at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe and was among other attended on the internet live portal by the country’s former president Peter Mutharika, Joyce Banda and Bakili Muluzi.
The National Planning Commission (NPC), an independent institution established by an Act of Parliament in 2017, is mandated to formulate the medium and long-term development plans of the country and coordinate their implementation.
NPC board chairperson Professor Richard Mkandawire in his remarks acknowledged the role immediate past president Mutharika contributed to rolling up the successor blueprint of the Vision 2020 that was launched by Muluzi.
In his speech, President Chakwera called on Malawians to abolish the culture of waste that drains and destroys the resources God has given the nation “ to build a new Malawi enjoyed by all.”
He said: “Let us resolve to harness the individual and collective resolve to thrive against all odds that is unique to us as Malawians. Then, and only then, will we indeed be the first generation of Malawians to inherit a low-income economy and leave it a middle income economy.”
Chakwera said along with the country’s focus on the future, there must be some reflection on what assets Malawi can build on presently and what sins from the past people must avoid.
“Admittedly, Malawi is blessed with a rich array of such assets as fresh water, fertile land, fine minerals, and free society. However, by my reckoning, our historic failure to translate these resources into inclusive prosperity stems from our failure to tap the full potential of the one resource that has the power to catalyse and leverage all the others. The catalyst I speak of is the ingenuity of the Malawian people,” said Chakwera.
The President said he strongly believes that there is no nation on earth with a people as entrepreneurial as Malawians, no nation with a people as resilient, or as patient, or as collaborative, or as hospitable as Malawians.
“Above all, you will not find a people on earth who are as aspirational and hopeful as Malawians. No matter how bleak or dark the nights of winter get, you can always count on a Malawian’s ability to afford a warm smile born of an undying hope that tomorrow whispers the promise of a bright summer day. This ability to have hopes and dreams of a better future is what has always sustained our courage in the darkest seasons of our history,” he said.
He continued: “It is what sustained the courage of our forebears to rise against foreign occupation at the dawn of the First World War. It is what sustained the courage of our grandparents in the King’s African Rifles to march towards the killing fields of the Second World War with songs on their lips. It is what sustained the courage of our parents to lay their freedom and lives on the line to secure an end to colonial rule. It is what sustained our courage to march the streets of a dictatorship with chants of freedom pushing us through the labour pains of a one-party state until democracy was reborn. It is what sustained the courage of our sons and daughters to endure the stinging fumes of teargas month after month until a fraudulent election was overturned, and the will of Malawians was respected.”
Chakwera said the “hope of a better tomorrow” is also what now sustains the courage of the grandchildren who face a future without the relations that Covid-19 has taken.
He said Malawi 2063 is not just a vision for Malawi, but “the vision of Malawians to be fulfilled by Malawians.”
Said Chakwera: “ In practice, this means that if we do not increase the socioeconomic capacity of Malawians over the next decade, we are not going to reach the 2063 shores we are setting our sails for here.”
The President said for Malawi to be a “wealthy and self-reliant nation”, the pillars of Vision 2063 are agricultural commercialization, smart urbanization, and sustainable industrialization,.
He encouraged Malawians to “work hard, work smart, and work together.”
Speaking earlier, Vice President Saulos Chilima, who is also Minister of Economic Planning and Development and Public Sector Reforms, said with the launch of Malawi 2063 blueprint, all political parties in the country will be required to align their respective party aspirations to the country’s long-term blueprint.
Chilima lamented that it was regrettable that political parties never aligned their promises and priorities with the first long-term masterplan, Vision 2020 which expired last December and had a high failure rate in its implementation.
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Malawi is a failed state indeed, how can you set goals for the time frame which you are not certain to live up to? 40 year period is a full generation, who bewitched us?
What an empty article! Tell.us what’s in the new vision in summary! What can we expect?
2063,,,Is it calculator error ??kapena anyuzipepalanu mwangosokoneza Information ,,,Honestly this is a Debate Song
What happened to vision 2020 what did we achieve that we have learned before formulating a new vision is it donor driven
Chakwera and Chilma are giving Dead Dreams for Vision 2063 Malawi President and VP and his Cabinet Ministers are all Jokers who are dreaming about 2063 in this Period of Pandemic Who has seen Tomorrow ?
Vision 2020 Health for all . anyway its been death for all may be.
koma muluzi ndi goodall gondwe ma PS etc anakolola heavy kungowapaka a malawi zitosi kukamwa basi kungosowa osaoneka cocitika ngati njoka ya mmadzi.
koma kunabedwa heavy . ma truck nde anagulidwa .ngongole zopanda ciongola dzanja komaso sizinabwezedwe. kunali kumwaza ndalama ngati zamasiye. .
E mavuto
Rwanda’s transformation from a war-battered country to what it is today took roughly 15 to 20 years thus from 1994. Malawi can learn from Rwanda easily.
43 years is too long and it will be easy to lose focus. The result will be scope creep. Some of us who have worked on long term projects know that even 25 years is too long when planning, setting vision and goals.
Compared to Rwanda of 1994, Malawi is in a much better position today. So 10 years, (Vision 2031) would have been sensible. 2031 would have provided a better checkpoint and an opportunity to refresh the plans/vision. 43 years is too long and doesn’t make sense. The plans of 2021 will become obsolete or superseded by technological/ environment/ social/leadership/political changes within 10 years. So it doesn’t make sense to set such a very long term vision.
Having worked on some long term projects, there is an approach what is called Agile, which means delivery is done in smaller chunks within shorter timescales. Agile approach has been proven to be more efficient and cost saving than long term waterfall approach. It has been scientifically proven that most long term projects with a very long term vision fail because it is easy to lose track over the duration. The result will be scope creep. This is what exactly will happen with Vision 2063. Some of us can see this idea fail before it even starts. The idea of long term vision is good but the time limit set isn’t.
A bit of an insight based on experience. Agile approach is used in most military projects in US/UK and many developed countries. Call me a doubter/naysayer. But have the experience of some large scale projects. Seen many projects fail, primarily because time allocated was too long.
Set goals/ vision with shorter timescales and get everyone working. You will see Malawians working their butts off to get things done. Anyone not delivering within those timescales, throw them out and replace them with those who can deliver. It’s called agile. It gets people working.
2063 is too long and the way the human mind works, everyone will be relaxing knowing there is a loads of time to achieve the vision. Good example is Vision 2020. It got forgotten within few years of its inception.
How about Four year vision while still in office Mr. President, if successful then aim for 2063.
Shame!
This is a big big waste of thinking and setup .
Why 2063 ?
Why not 5 or 10 yrs goal ?
A goal has to be
– specific
-Time reasonable
– attainable and Achievable
We want to see what specific tasks this rule can achieve.
We don’t want gross and infinite dreams
Please
Please X 1000
1. Lee kwan yew developed Singapore without donors.
2. Mao developed China without donors
3. Park chung hee developed s.korea without donors
4. USA UK etc developed without donors
But look at us, even mere launch of our vision and you are clad in donor golf-shirt, very happy and satisfied with that? Undp and most of these donors are here to simply manage our economic decline. So long as the country relies on donors, this vision will fail. Vision 2020 may have also failed due to significant dependencw on donors.
This president and his entire administration is full of shit!
Very True 100% Agreed They are all full of Shit and Rubbish Talks Just Giving Malawians Dreams with Sugar and Honey On Top so Malawians Should have a Sweet Sleep for another 43 Years
So Chakwera and Chilma are thinking they will Rule Malawi for another 43 Years?
Trivia is when you hire retires and redundant people like zangazanga and thieves at state house like Geduin Kalumbu and kapondanganga. Please let these two thieves explain what they did with the money that they stole through cross roads hotel. The problem if the principal is a thief he protects his subjects hence it is not surprising that kalumbu and kapondanganga are not being taken to task because the money they stole was shared between the principal and them
We have done Vision 2020. Very successful. Now we have 2063. Long term vision. Viva Chakwera. Viva MCP.
Mr man, you will be 108 years old in 2063. What is this deadman’s vision we are talking about? Another tale in the pirates of the lake Malawi saga. Sinking ship president.
Lets hope Covid allows some of us to be there in 2063.
This has the hallmarks of another money milking scam, lots of meetings and allowances and benefits for people who will be 100 years or 90 or long dead in 2063. What is vision 2030? Maybe vision 2040? These guys can’t even connect their laptops to wifi without help and they are going to give us vision2063?? What a joke!!
That aside, Mr president looks ripped boy. Gym yikuthandiza and you look good.
A president aziwoneka kumaso kwa anthu osati za Mutharika or Museveni.
Chakwera shall be 108 in 2063 and Saulos shall be 90, we shall see.
Eeee dresi likathina pa nsika sikuti mukapita nalo kunyumba likakwana yi. Zinthu zakuthinani lale a Chakwera . Kumva mwamva kuti muchite step down musanaononge zambili ndiye mukutokota za 2063. Zipakirani.
I shall be 89 if I get to 2063 and chewing my pension. We shall see.
I did not hear an update on how the vision 2020 worked.
Vision 2020 came and went, now it’s 2063. Tawona.
Ma vision awa ndi nkhambakamwa chabe. Atiuze chomwe aMalawi apindulamo mu vision 2020. We understand that as a nation we have to focus on something but 2063????? When vision 2020 was made Malawi had two major roads – Nsanje-Karonga and Balaka Mzuzu. After spending over 20 years in the so-called vision, we are in 2021, outside the vision, still with same roads. Our agricultural methods are still next to stone age – kulima ndi khasu. Do the politicians believe that kulima ndi khasu kungathetse njala mMalawi. Mavuto alipo pamudzi pano. Maphunziro sakuthandiza pa Malawi. Aliyense angodyapo basi.😭😭😭
Zopanda phindu
Vision 2063😯😯😯
Why can’t we have vision 2030?
What has Malawi gained from vision 2020. Tiuzeni choona. Tidikire zaka 43, zoona. Bolani a Bakili 2020 amuona. A Chakwera 2063 adzamuona?
Takambani zina. Izi za 2063 ndizofuna kupusitsa anthu.
You speak well but you need to back your words with actions. Really. Look at VXs, the fuel allowances, the airtime, the allowances around you. The private sector is even worse. Please sort these things out. Salary SHOULD cover everything and we can all go and buy VXs, 1000 litres of fuel, huge houses, etc from that money if we want.
Talking is very easy but doing it amangwetu is not what the president says analipo anzanu anatinamiza chimodzimodzi only them their vission they was made it leaving the country in poor state shame politicians
Plans of the devil to deceive people to focus on earthly things so that they should forget that this world will one come day to an end
Za ziiiiii from the Kwantele Government. Vision 2020 flopped. Have you learned any lessons as to why vision 2020 failed? Let us have 5 year plans with attainable milestones Basi and review process or achievements every 5 years as well. Who shall be held accountable for failures in 2063? Fotseki Kwantele alliance! Mungofuna kudya ma allowance basi.
A country just like any other successful institution needs both long-term and short-term goals; “without a Vision, people perish”
Ideally long term plans span for 10 years…osati za kwantele akupangazi
Nanuso tulo bwanji? AU inakonza kale Vision 2063 for Africa ndemumati Malawi isalile??????Tulotwakwa Goliati mubwelese pagulu??????
This is a country, not a mere shop…you are in error to assume a Nation’s master plan doesn’t have 10-year milestones. A 100 year vision is way better than your proposed limited approach as everything aligns towards attaining the overall goal(s).
Zoloweza mpala so izi, Russia had 5 years plans look at where they are now. In 2063 I will be 74, Chakwera would be 108 .don’t waste my time with bullshit unaittable visions. Let’s build on feasible goals. The world changes so fast these days a vision that long is useless.
Paja sukulu idakusiilani pati?
Kumapeto