Some excerpts from Bingus speech today in Zomba: Speeches started with MP for the area, Chidzalo Mangulenje

e to welcome the Presid ent (previous protocol arrangements could require traditional leader T/A Mwambo to speak first) MP started off saying PP does not exist in his area as he has a difficult villag e headman who does not allow other parties to come to his area His constituency has accepted Peter Mutharika to contest in 2014 as he is a qual ity candidate unlike other contestants Every Tuesday the MP takes patients to the Zomba central hospital with his own f uel on the 3 tonner lorry that he has and want a coaster (bus) and the President should assist The Deputy Minister Chelewani came to speak questioning why VP Joyce Banda is no t at the venue yet its her home district her speech ends at 12:04hrs and ask the President to speak Party women start dancing until 12:07hrs after Bingu interrupted them Besides the function being a public function with all diplomats present, the Pre sident just like previous speakers, start with Chala mmwamba, Malawi woyee Starts by asking all present to wish each new years greetings He is well despite others not wishing him well and wanted him dead when he went to Australia but since he is chitsulo cha njanji he is going on strong In 2012, all his opponents will feel him mumva mbebe if they try to distract his vernments development and business agenda Says his govt has introduced another developmental area by encouraging Malawians to plant more trees previously it was just tree planting day, but when he took over office, he introduced a whole season spanning over 3 months He then encouraged Malawians to plant more trees as they are very important and its a source of zithumwa (charms) Since 2004, 363m trees have been planted country wide and 240m of them have surv ived since then. Almost 123,000ha of land has been covered translating to over 2 80,000 acres of once bared land Urged Malawians not to just dwell on complaining but think of the numerous devel opments the country has witnessed Malawians should not just look for help from donors but start by helping themsel ves otherwise there will be donor fatigue Asked Undule Mwakasungula if forestry was not human rights issue and why he was not at the venue but simply waiting for a single word from Bingu and then fly ou t to report to donors that Bingu is threatening them Bingu asked the gathered group if Mwakasungula had undergone any general electio n to claim that he represents Malawians He said he was saying all what he was to enable newspaper editors to make an age nda for their newspapers and make moneys out of their sales. What am going to sa y, you should write so that you have money to buy thobwa (sweet beer) out of thi s Bingu encouraged Malawians to work together to preserve the trees and prevent fi res and plant more trees along rivers. People should approach forest offices to get more trees to plant He went to talk about the maize shortages in some areas and the habit of some tr aditional leaders who go to ADMARC markets and buy and resell at exorbitant pric es. He is aware of such leaders and he will one day shame them when he is angry President Bingu will ask Agriculture Ministry within this week to make available more seeds to enable farmers replant in areas where rains did not adequately co me and also make available free fertilizer. Called upon MPs to assist in identif ying vulnerable families to benefit from such In 2012, his government has plans of making available additional 500Mega Watts o f electricity from Mpatamanga gorge on the Shire river and will make more villag es access electricity in Malawi and women would look forward to be fashionable a nd wear high heeled shoes Development is coming in 2012 and nobody should dear stop Bingu Went to disagree with the people who said 2011 was a bad year for Malawi. Is fore x or fuel the only problems a country can face?, asked Bingu

 The Reserve Bank of Malawi has posted significant reserves in 2011 and that is e vident enough that Malawi did well in 2011, said Bingu Even in UK and Europe there are problems worse off than in Malawi When there are small problems, lets not act like chickens which at slightest move ments of wind, run away quacking. Malawi is not a chicken nation Some Malawians are fond of saying lies and soon they will obtain Bachelor of Sci ence degree in lying whilst others will get PhDs. He will soon set up faculties in Malawi universities and will also offer honourary degrees in lying At 12;36hrs, he starts concluding his speech Work extra hard and dont backslide. Things will be ok in 2012. Malawi will have e nough forex and fuel in 2012 and will also have abundant food in 2012 There is no need to panic Malawi is a nation that glorifies problems instead of success. There is success and we are failing to see all of them and as a country , we will not move forward There is envy amongst most Malawians and we need to stop it. If opposition excel s, we need to congratulate them If opposition has better ideas on how to develop our country, come let us talk. If Mr. John Tembo or Bakili Muluzi has ideas come. Women start dancing praising Bingu that he is perfect to rule this country At 12:41, he resumes his speech and asked the women to instead say he is looking perfect in Wilson hat amidst laughing and sounding jovial At 12:41 he ends his speech by saying he was happy to grace the occasion and tra ditional dances started