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Thoughts on survey on democracy
Hon. Folks, in the 1993 national referendum, 65 percent of Malawians voted for democracy and only 35 percent tried to…
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Shut up or say sorry!
Hon. Folks, Oswald Lutepo should consider himself lucky that after fleecing K4.7 billion of public funds through the infamous Cashgate,…
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Criminal libel, my foot!
Hon. Folks, Nelson Mandela once said: “A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy.” Ironically, the…
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Twist to Baker Tilly list
Hon Folks, First, it was Cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo implicating former president Joyce Banda in the multi-billion kwacha scam. Now,…
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Gowelo, Chibingu: Victims of prerogatives?
Hon. Folks, here is my take on APM’s Cabinet reshuffle on Monday. Kudos to him for maintaining a thin 20-member…
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We have rich Europe to thank
Hon. Folks, the passing of Access to Information Bill would not have been a condition for budgetary support had government—from…
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Dazed or energised by aid freeze?
Hon. Folks, the credibility of the multi-party system as a game-changer in the development of Africa is beyond question. The…
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Of snakes and defamation
Hon. Folks, APM has pulled a first on two fronts in the past few weeks but I doubt his overtures…
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Matters arising from Unima’s 50 years
Hon. Folks, as University of Malawi (Unima) commemorates its golden jubilee this year, it is “right and proper”, to quote…
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On being rattled by poll findings
Hon. Folks, it seems harder though he tried, APM could not bear the fact that voters in his own home…
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Why all the MSB hullabaloo?
Hon. Folks, the hullabaloo that ensued after the sudden sale of Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) to FDH Financial Holdings, though…
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Why red flags couldn’t be detected
Hon. Folks, the Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) audit analytics of May 15 2015 may not have exposed anyone as did the…
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Slow down on digital crackdown
Hon. Folks, once upon a time when a DPP-led government made a law in haste to regulate air pollution, even…
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Point of no return
Hon Folks, there comes a time during a plane take-off when an attempt to abort the process can only lead…
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Cursory look at Malawi in 2015
Honorable Folks, a cursory look at the 2015/16 National Budget shows a shrink both in the recurrent and expenditure sides of…
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Where DPP and UDF are headed
Hon. Folks, when UDF was in government between 1994 and 2014, it used to bolster its strength in Parliament by…
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The folly of exploiting poverty
Hon. folks, A cursory look at the pre-budget narrative shows the APM administration isn’t just doing the public service reform.…
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Parastatal reforms or joke?
Hon. Folks, I never lived a moment to doubt that parastatals need changes of reformational — if not outright revolutionary…
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Opportunities in intellectual budget
Honarable Folks, what’s an intellectual budget? Finance minister Goodall Gondwe used the term at a pre-budget consultation meeting in Lilongwe…
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BWB snoring on the job
Honourable Folks, a question to folks at the helm of Blantyre Water Board (BWB): would they, in this 21st Century,…
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