My Dear Friends and Fellow Malawians
Today is a great day for me as I have completed two years as a leader of this nation. When I took over the mantle of leadership as a State President of this beautiful nation, I immediately began a journey to eradicate poverty through economic growth and wealth creation.
I was prepared to do what I can to see Malawians enjoy their freedom, dignity and sense of pride; and maximise their capacity to realise their social, political and economic empowerment. This was after I inherited a governement that was bankrupt , with no forex, no fuel, no respect for human rights and people's dignity, no international diplomacy and all systems of governanance almost shutting down.
To day I am happy because over the past two years, I and the Peoples Party Government have managed to work together with all Malawians to fight poverty and unemployment and reduce inequality and despite the negative global economic situation and emerging challenges that we faced, we have been able to heal our country from pain and despair.
Today we have a population driven by hope, unity and togetherness, today we have real democracy and today our economy is on getting better.
Today I am happy because we have turned around that ailing economy within a short time I have been President, as all our decisive actions to heal the country have resulted into building a strong foundation for growth.
As you will remember with joy in your hearts :
· It has been two years since our people spent hours on queues looking for fuel;
· It has been two years since our people and businesses struggled to access foreign exchange;
· It has been two years since bad laws were repealed and since then our people started enjoying their freedoms and civil liberties;
· It has been two years since the media started operating freely without Government harassment; and since our people started exercising their rights and enjoy their freedoms including demonstrations without Government killing them;
· It has been two years since punitive tax measures on private sector were removed and businesses started increasing their production capacity from 30 per cent to over 75 percent;
· It has been two years since tobacco buyers returned to the Auction Floors and our tobacco farmers started enjoying good production and prices;
· It has been two years since we are witnessing the increase from 281 megawatts to 352 megawatts of electricity generated and the rolling out of Malawi Rural Electrification Programme (MAREP 7) to 81 Trading Centres across the country;
· It has been two years since we have seen availability of maize in ADMARC markets across the country at reasonable prices and our people no longer fight for madeya;
· It has been two years after devaluation of the Kwacha and now we are witnessing inflation rates coming down; and the Kwacha regaining strength;
· Indeed it has been two years since God placed me in the transit lounge to prepare Malawi to receive the blessings of the next 50 years. To God be the glory.
· Today, we see the economy looking good.
· Today, the crops in the field are looking good.
· Today, our currency is stabilising.
· Today, our foreign exchange reserves are looking good at 3 months import cover.
· Today, inflation and interest rates are going down.
· Today, efforts to stop corruption have been like never before. We have taken very far reaching measures in dealing with fraud and corruption in Government including engaging foreign forensic auditors. This audit will cover the period from 2005 up to 2013.
These successes we have registered represent the foundation of a transformation agenda that the People's Party is proposing to implement in the next five years. I therefopre seek your support and prayers for our Peoples Party Government continuing transforming this country.
Above all, to God be the Glory!
Thanks you all and God bless
Dr Joyce Banda
President of the Republic of Malawi
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