UTM Party presidential hopeful, Engineer Dr. Matthews Mtumbuka, on Wednesday met 64 delegates from the Upper Shire Region where he assured them of his commitment to preserve the SKC (Saulos Klaus Chilima) legacy.
Upper Shire Region covers districts of Balaka, Mwanza, Neno and Ntcheu.
During the interface meeting, the delegates sought Mtumbuka’s assurance to ensure that he will maintain the legacy of the departed State Vice President and former leader of the party, Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima.
The delegates reminded their party’s presidential aspirant about the principles and values that Chilima stood for.
They said they would not want the next leader of UTM Party to ‘kill them’.
But in his response, Dr. Mtumbuka said he would be the “very last person” to betray the fallen Vice President on his agenda and mission for the nation.
“As I have said in various fora, I will strive to carry on with his vision for this country. And that includes his desire to create jobs for the youth. As you might be aware, I have already started creating jobs for the youth through the company I established last year,” he narrated.
Dr. Mtumbuka’s company, UbuntuNet Alliance, is employing 80 young people in Malawi, including university graduates.
The UTM Party presidential candidate in an ICT engineer of international repute. He attained his DPhil in Communications Engineering at the University of Oxford in 2005.
Currently, he is heading the UbuntuNet Alliance.