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Malawi laws are now personalised
Malawi, as a country, is guided by laws which make up the Malawi Constitution, which is popularly known as the…
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Clueless leadership is as bad as overstaying
Professor Patrick Lumumba of Kenya was once quoted as saying ‘a good dancer must know when to leave the stage’. …
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Malawi government needs genuine advisers
It is typical of any failed government in Africa not to accept blame for its failures. Instead, they blame their…
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Is the DPP Government for the people?
Malawi is a democracy. By definition, democracy is a government of the people, by the people and for the people.…
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Surprise office visits by the President, not productive
Basically, there is no better way to describe the Malawi economy than to simply say that it is very poor. …
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Surprise office visits by the President, not productive
Basically, there is no better way to describe the Malawi economy than to simply say that it is very poor. …
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Empty promises can backfire
Every political party in Malawi and, probably, in other countries as well, has a manifesto which, among other things, stipulates…
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Illusion about sharing Malawi’s success
There was a big reason why Malawians were desperately looking forward to a quick return of President Peter Mutharika from…
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Protecting political power amid suffering
As 2019, the year of elections in Malawi draws near, political campaigns are heating up as people realign themselves on…
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Malawi needs meaningful youth empowerment
When President Mutharika addressed the recent United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting in United States of America he emphasised on…
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What qualifies as emergency to govt?
Experience has shown that Malawi has had its fare share of natural disasters, such as floods and drought. Without doubt,…
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Consequences of ignoring whistle-blowers
One of the things that most Malawians expected to come out of a multiparty democracy is successive successful government with…
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No individual has monopoly to lead
As every Malawian knows, the fight for democracy in 1992/93 was to have freedom, including freedom of choice by having…
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Govt diverting attention deliberately
It goes without saying that Malawians are facing a lot of problems ranging from poor service delivery to low education…
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Malawians want genuine economic indicators
As it has already been said somewhere, Malawi was economically at par with Taiwan at Independence in 1964. At the…
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Political legacy can be costly
It is common in Africa to see a newly elected President behave as if he/she is the only person of…
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Leadership self-assessment
During his recent budget consultation meeting in Blantyre, the Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe was quoted…
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Where are the promised investors?
When President Peter Mutharika came into power in May 2014, one of his promises was to improve the economy. He…
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CSOs are necessary in Malawi
Recently, some civil society organisations (CSOs) have been in the news for what can be termed as right reasons. As…
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Malawians can stop corruption only if …
George Orwell, author for the famous book Animal Farm, was once quoted as saying a people that elect corrupt politicians…
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