Mary Chilima rejects name to fill Saulos’ political sneakers

Mary Chilima, the widow of late UTM president Saulos Klaus Chilima, has categorically denied rumors that she’s going to be part of lively politics, saying her focus can be on the newly-launched SKC Foundation.

Speaking on the launch of the muse on the Bingu International Convention Centre in Lilongwe, Chilima stated: “If Saulos was here, what would he have been doing? Many have been telling me to continue his political journey. The UTM party has my blessing to implement the manifesto that Chilima aspired to.”

Chilima emphasised that she has no intention of filling her late husband’s boots in politics.

“I will not be joining politics. My focus will be on the SKC Foundation, which will implement charitable works that my late husband used to carry out,” she stated.

SKC Foundation, launched on February 12, 2025, is a non-partisan and non-political group aiming to meet the imaginative and prescient and targets of the late Saulos Klaus Chilima.

The launch was attended by President Lazarus Chakwera and First Lady Madam Chakwera, amongst different dignitaries.

However, the UTM social gathering boycotted the occasion, citing unresolved grief and unanswered questions surrounding Chilima’s loss of life.

Despite the boycott, UTM president Dalitso Kabambe stated the social gathering has donated K10 million in direction of the muse.

“We stand with Mary Chilima all the time and deeply respect her efforts to honor her husband’s legacy,” Kabambe stated.

The boycott was seen as an indication of the continued tensions between the UTM social gathering and the present administration. Kabambe questioned how the social gathering might share a platform with those that “owe Malawians the truth” about Chilima’s loss of life.