Malawi President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has hailed Umthetho cermony singling it out as benchmack of fostering unity and national development. Speaking at the foot of Hora Mountain in Mzimba where the event took place, Chakwera said the event gives room to different people of different background to converge and exchange ideas . He said this is the same reason why he value the event saying it is a good platform as the country encampasses and ponders means and ways of achieving agenda 2063. He said it is, therefore, critically important for all of us as a country to express solidarity when celebrating these cultural diversity and all its accompanying fruits. He said this is the very same reasons the president joined the Ngoni at the foot of Hora Mountain in Mzimba District for the annual Umthetho Cultural Festival, an event which coincided with the 10th anniversary on the throne of His Royal Majesty, Inkosi ya Makhosi Mmbelwa V. The president said this festival, as is the case with similar events within other cultures across the country, is a reminder of the impact of cultural diversity on the nation’s socioeconomic development. “Besides fostering unity and entrenching moral values in society, cultural diversity enriches our country economically. There is an entire value chain of industries we should promote within the cultural context primarily in services such as education, manufacturing and tourism, ” he said. Chakwera is billed as President who embrace culture in his undertakings. Post navigation JB calls for more trade between China and Africa Cultural events key in promoting tourism – Chakwera