Cut the Chaff
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Stop the currency fixing nonsense
Of course, I get it. The depreciating kwacha is eroding our earnings in real terms by the day. I…
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Citizens being punished for water boards’ inefficiency
Malawian consumers and individuals are suffering—with no end in sight, it seems. The kwacha is collapsing around them, making…
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It is official: Authorities run out of ideas as economy tanks
It looks clear that the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) as well as the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning…
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We have seen the efforts, now show us results
If there is one government agency that could be a beacon of hope that sometimes reforms in Malawi might just…
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Shameless obsession with revenue while ignoring wasteful spending
It seems there is an obsessive wave across local councils of increasing market fees. Several councils, it appears, are convinced…
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PP must move on, but in the right way
I don’t know what she is running away from, but former president Joyce Banda has been on the run…
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‘Special’ clearance turning out to be day-light robbery
A friend of mine and senior media practitioner Charles Simango recently, on his Facebook wall, posted a stinging criticism of…
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The evolution of Governor Charles Chuka
Sometime in January 2013—eight months after then president Joyce Banda, Finance Minister at the time Ken Lipenga and Reserve Bank…
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Mutharika pants as pressure mounts
Bakili Muluzi had very few important quotes that are memorable, but there is one that most people readily recall: “Amayi…
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A tough-to-reach 90 percent target
So, government’s long-term fiscal target is that by 2025—10 years from now—domestic resources should finance 90 percent of the national…
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When MCCCI snores on home ground
Sometime last year, the Public Service Reforms Commission, chaired by Vice-President Saulos Chilima, engaged the private sector in a frank…
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Am I missing something?
I was going through what I think is the abridged “scope of work” of what should have been the…
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Tread carefully on demands for allocation hikes
Finance, Economic Planning and Development Minister Goodall Gondwe must not give in to the pressure for more funding to ministries,…
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‘Special’ clearance turning out to be day-light robbery
A friend of mine and senior media practitioner Charles Simango recently, on his Facebook wall, posted a stinging criticism…
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There goes the spineless Peter Mutharika
So, President Arthur Peter Mutharika — otherwise known as APM these days — has bent over backwards to accommodate…
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The tragic cost of irresponsible public debt management
So, the latest debt sustainability analysis for Malawi—jointly carried out by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)—shows…
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Ralph led a good life
“Iwe, Chaffer, wayamba ulesi eti! Why didn’t you write your column this week?” He chastised, adding, “readers have no idea…
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Nankhumwa’s big mouth vomits again
Remember that day when Information and Tourism Minister Kondwani Nankhumwa opened his mouth and told journalists that he had delivered…
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Style versus substance as Chakwera responds to Mutharika’s major speech
As expected, President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday delivered his second State of the Nation Address as he opened the fourth…
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Tough opportunity for ‘intellectual budget’
Finance, Economic Planning and Development Minister Goodall Gondwe has the momentum going into the approaching parliamentary budget deliberations that—according…
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