President Arthur Peter Mutharika, who is also Commander-In-Chief of the Malawi Defence Force (MDF), has promoted two military officers, Corporal George Salimu and Lance Corporal Gift Tatani Nkhoma, who went missing in DRC but managed to return to the camp during a peace keeping mission George Salimu has been promoted to Staff Sergeant while Gift Tatani Nkhoma has risen to Sergeant. The two were part of the team that got ambushed in DRC on November 12 2018, resulting into the death of six Malawian soldiers.
During the operation, five soldiers went missing, three of which-who included Salimu and Tatani have since returned.
Decorating the two at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Wednesday, President Mutharika described the two as “symbols of courage and heroism”.
Said President Mutharika:“And we would like to honour them today. They are the symbols of peace that we all love as a country. I am proud that we have a patriotic military that is ready to defend peace in this country and elsewhere. This patriotic defense for peace is seen everywhere.”
The Malawi leader also seized the moment to commend the country’s security forces for defending the peace during violent demontrations tha Human Rights Defenders Coalition, in collaboration with opposition political leaders continue to organize in the country.
“In this country, there are people who have decided to ignore all the democratic and legal processes that we have built since we rejected political terrorism and victimization of innocent Malawians 25 years ago. These people are vandalizing schools and terrorizing school children; attacking innocent people in their homes; breaking cars of innocent Malawians and stealing from shops in organized looting. They are taking away our property.
“I would like to call upon Opposition leaders that, for once, just for once, they must think about this country instead of thinking of themselves. The destruction we have caused in the last few months will take us years to rebuild this country. Once again, I want to thank and commend our security forces for defending the peace of defenseless people. Keep it up! You have shown that the peace keeping you are doing in other countries is an extension of our peace loving spirit. To all Malawians, let me say let us continue being peace lovers,” he said.
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President Arthur Peter Mutharika, who is also Commander-In-Chief of the Malawi Defence Force (MDF), has promoted two military officers, Corporal George Salimu and Lance Corporal Gift Tatani Nkhoma, who went missing in DRC but managed to return to the camp during a peace keeping mission.
George Salimu has been promoted to Staff Sergeant while Gift Tatani Nkhoma has risen to Sergeant. The two were part of the team that got ambushed in DRC on November 12 2018, resulting into the death of six Malawian soldiers.
During the operation, five soldiers went missing, three of which-who included Salimu and Tatani have since returned.
Decorating the two at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Wednesday, President Mutharika described the two as “symbols of courage and heroism”.
Said President Mutharika:“And we would like to honour them today. They are the symbols of peace that we all love as a country. I am proud that we have a patriotic military that is ready to defend peace in this country and elsewhere. This patriotic defense for peace is seen everywhere.”
The Malawi leader also seized the moment to commend the country’s security forces for defending the peace during violent demontrations tha Human Rights Defenders Coalition, in collaboration with opposition political leaders continue to organize in the country.
“In this country, there are people who have decided to ignore all the democratic and legal processes that we have built since we rejected political terrorism and victimization of innocent Malawians 25 years ago. These people are vandalizing schools and terrorizing school children; attacking innocent people in their homes; breaking cars of innocent Malawians and stealing from shops in organized looting. They are taking away our property.
“I would like to call upon Opposition leaders that, for once, just for once, they must think about this country instead of thinking of themselves. The destruction we have caused in the last few months will take us years to rebuild this country. Once again, I want to thank and commend our security forces for defending the peace of defenseless people. Keep it up! You have shown that the peace keeping you are doing in other countries is an extension of our peace loving spirit. To all Malawians, let me say let us continue being peace lovers,” he said.
Malawi Defence Force is rated as one of the best peace keepers in the world.
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