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Hail the year of reckoning!
Hon. Folks, hello 2019, the year of reckoning! Between now and the time of tripartite elections in May, candidates aspiring…
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What’s missing in campaign messages?
Hon. Folks, having uninterrupted electricity from days before Christmas feels good. I wonder who do we thank for the respite–Escom?…
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Behold the ATI award winner!
Hon Folks, so MBC has felt duty bound to honour APM for the Access to Information (ATI) law! Frankly, I’m…
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Of perks, greed and operational independence
Hon Folks, I never lived a moment to doubt the need to protect MPs’ operational independence. In fact, many governance…
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Chocked by dust from fall of great man
Hon Folks, Themba la Mathemba Chikulamayembe was on Tuesday laid to rest. But the dust stirred by political drama at…
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Should Congoma go, what next?
Hon Folks, as we head towards the 2019 tripartite elections, inter-party battles are raging so much that MEC has already…
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Price of sidelining women
Hon. Folks, Damson Chimalira is an MP for Ntcheu South, a constituency where Martha Chilabade, 30, comes from. For the…
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Of presidential prerogative and vetting
Hon Folks, since 1994 a sitting President doesn’t justify Cabinet reshuffles. Hiring and firing of ministers is a presidential prerogative,…
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My take on Ipor report
Hon Folks, after the Institute of Public Opinion and Research (Ipor) released its report on the political environment in Malawi…
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Which way democratic Malawi?
Hon Folks, Secretary to Treasury Ben Botolo asks Eric Chapola to resign as MRA board chair. He does not say…
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Should we update the old song?
Hon Folks, remember the song: “Zonse zimene nza Kamuzu Banda.” (All there’s belongs to Kamuzu)? Growing up in Malawi in…
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Here’s why aid is a blessing
Hon Folks, the health sector is where Malawi is bagging kudos. Life expectancy was at 63.7 years in 2016 from…
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From Unga with intrigues
Hon Folks, APM’s 2018 United Nations General Assembly (Unga) trip is harder to measure for its merit than it is…
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Time to redefine our destiny!
Hon Folks, a stitch on time saves nine, they say. As politicians have hit the campaign trail, trying to woo…
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Did I hear the Sona at UNGA?
Hon Folks, does APM—he of “we’re managing just fine with our own resources” fame—know that the 2018/19 National Budget is…
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2019 is for you, dear Mum!
Hon Folks, the number of Malawians who have opted to vote with their feet in next year’s tripartite polls is…
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They fall on us like ‘a tonne of bricks!’
Hon Folks, Malawi is on the world map for wrong reasons-violence. Earlier in the week, the UN High Commissioner for…
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Has K145m really evaporated?
Hon Folks, after the embarrassing exposure of the K145 million which ended up in a DPP account for which the…
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Voters can force older men to behave!
Hon Folks, as registration of voters, is in progress, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has released the outcomes of the exercise…
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APM needs audit report on ACB clearance
Hon Folks, APM appears to be at pains to prove he did not personally benefit from the K145 million a…
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