UTM Party president Dalitso Kabambe has said time for the third revolution has come.
He was speaking at Masintha Ground in Lilongwe Sunday during a mega rally the party organised.
According to Kabambe, Malawi fought for independence and got it in 1964.
He said in 1993, Malawi fought for democracy and got it.
Kabambe, however, said despite earning independence and democracy, economic prosperity had eluded Malawi.
He said the third revolution has four pillars which include ending nepotism and that positions will be given to people based on merit.
“When we get into power, our second task will be to end corruption once and for all because, with corruption, Malawi can go nowhere,” Kabambe said.
He added that UTM would make sure that all the fertiliser used in Malawi must be manufactured within the country and that its price should not go beyond K50,000 per 50 kilogramme bag, adding that those who cannot afford fertiliser will be put under a subsidy programme.
“We will put K500 billion in agriculture every year so that, after five years, we can irrigate over one million hectares,” he said.
The UTM leader added that his administration would put another K500 billion per annum in industrialisation so that whatever is produced in agriculture is fed into factories, thereby adding value and creating the much-needed jobs.
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He noted that from around 1970s, the country was able to produce its own clothes, shoes and all the things that it is currently importing.
Kabambe said his government would also put K500 billion every year in mining so as to revamp mining activities.
UTM presidential advisor Patricia Kaliati appealed to Kabambe to make sure that the prices of goods go down.
In his speech, UTM publicity secretary Felix Njawala said Kabambe was the only person among people who had shown interest in contesting for the country’s highest office who could transform the country’s economy.
According to Njawala, the September 16 elections are about saving the country and not just voting along party or tribal lines.
On his part, UTM youth director Penjani Kaluwa said the country’s youths were struggling to survive.
According to Kaluwa, even those who are working are struggling because their earnings are getting depleted before receiving them because of the highly inflammatory environment.
