FOOD SECURITY: We have become a nation that begs another to feed us. We have become a people begging our existence from others. This is unacceptable indignity of a people. Our people in the villages we come from say “kulemera ndi kudya” (richness or development is food). This is the philosophy of our people. And it is in the wisdom of the people to understand that feeding ourselves is the core of development. Only a people who can feed themselves are capable of developing. Only one year ago; this month of April; 5 days from today; we buried Bingu. But we did not bury his vision. We buried the dreamer, but the dream lives on. We are a party that has always believed in food security; lived and walked the dream of food security; and governed by the policies of food security. We have led Africa on this path before, and we will lead this country back to food security again. We will continue with agricultural subsidy with new measures that ensure sustainability of the programme over time. We will uproot the spirit of corruption from the system and permanently end the culture of political abuse that has invaded the system. You don’t politicise food; we don’t politicise people’s existence. We will phase out the spirit of dependency and “hand-outs” so that every Malawian can afford the means to produce food while earning the dignity of labouring to feed ourselves. We will tailor agricultural policies that diversify production for both subsistence and commercial purposes. We will march forward; and return to the Green Belt project; and turn Malawi into the bread basket of Africa. Just as ancient ones did with the Nile River in Egyptian Civilisation; and so shall we do with Lake Malawi and the Shire River. Just as the people of Israel can feed deserts from their river and lake; “We the People of Malawi” have no excuse if we cannot feed ourselves. God has given us all we need to become a modern civilisation. That is our destiny. That is our promised land. And we shall lead to find the prosperity Malawians deserve.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 10:14:31 +0000
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