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What Justice Kapindu said in Lutepo’s sentencing?
Lutepo was a young successful businessman and thus contributed positively, for a while at least, to the Malawian economy. He…
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The vice-presidency: A poisoned chalice? (Part III)
In the last two articles of this column, I have tried to make the point that the vice-presidency in Malawi…
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The criminal political culture and service provision
Why is it that Malawian politicians feel compelled to steal from the State on a massive scale, repeatedly, with…
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The vice-presidency: A poisoned chalice? (Part II)
To understand why our Constitution protects the tenure of the vice-president, one needs to grasp two forms of democracy: representative…
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It’s not Mutharika’s project; it’s ours
During the launch of the construction works for Lilongwe Old Airport-Kasiya-Santhe Road on Thursday, there was so much sycophancy on…
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The Vice Presidency: The poisoned chalice? (Part 1)
The vice-presidency in Malawi is a high constitutional office that has been robbed of its significance largely by myopic political…
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On the accountability of NGOs
The question of the accountability of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has a tendency to polarise opinion. NGOs demand others to be…
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Parliament—the missing link in our democracy
If Parliament during the one-party state became the theatre for the hero-worshiping of the personage of Dr Kamuzu Banda, Parliament…
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Accountability Hub
The folly of independence celebrations
The Independence Day offers us time to reflect on our history; where we have come from, where we are and…
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The significance of popular opinion for govt accountability
Media and other reports on government abuses of public power or resources are now followed almost immediately by a surge…
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The criminal political culture and service provision
Why is it that Malawian politicians feel compelled to steal from the State on a massive scale, repeatedly, with impunity,…
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The new ‘cashgate report’ and politics of donor accountability
The enhanced intrigue, puzzlement and speculation about the deepening levels of State rapine by the governments led by the…
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Why Malawi should recognise dual citizenship
Dual citizenship is something that is good in itself and for the effects it can have on a state.…
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Mutharika’s comments on Unima wide of the mark
Dull, hackneyed and uninspiring is how the speech read by President Professor Peter Mutharika at the University of Malawi’s…
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Accountability Hub
Malawi has faced the problem of a hung Parliament since the dawn of multiparty democracy. A hung Parliament arises when…
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