Thread by @Times360Malawi

#HappeningNow: Bon Kalindo-led demonstrations are on in Blantyre.

They are protesting against rising cost living, corruption and are saying no to the 60-day amnesty which Attorney General Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda announced.

Reported by Jameson Chauluka

The protesters are passing the Independence Arch along the Masauko Chipembere Highway.

Addressing the protesters, Kalindo says he is 'not afraid of anyone' but calls on the protesters to remain peaceful.

Kalindo says all Tonse Alliance campaign promises such as cheap water and passport and drivers licence fees, 1 million jobs and ending corruption, have not been fufilled, describing the Tonse administration as the 'most corrupt in the country's history'.

Kalindo and colleagues sitting right on the road at Kristwick along the Masauko Chipembere Highway. The protesters are now in Blantyre's Central Business District.

Nearly all shops are closed in Blantyre Central Business District.

The money street, Victoria Avenue, is temporarily impassable.

The protesters have arrived at the Blantyre District Commissioner's office to deliver their petition.

Kalindo is reading the petition.

Among key points in Kalindo's petition are:

-Selective justice in the move to grant amnesty to some individuals, arguing if that happens, all corruption convicts should be released from prison.

- Subsidise essential commodities like sugar, cooking oil, candles, matches etc.

- Unavailability of fertiliser and at the promised price of K4,495.

- Further reduction of toll fees and that one payment must be valid for 24 hours.

- Water prices must be reduced.

- One million jobs materialise now.

- Demands Neef loans.

- Fulfillment of campaign process of cheap passport and driver's licence.

-If this does not happen, President Lazarus Chakwera and Vice President Saulos Chilima must resign.