MDF, State House budgets under scrutiny
Lilongwe North West legislator Mphatso Boti has asked Parliament to come up with what constitutes serious or mere security matters...
Kingmaker with no-one to make him king
For whatever reason, Vice-President Sauilos Chilima and his supporters are too quiet for my comfort on the critical issue of...
Ditching ECF was suicidal, in the first place
We commend government for finally securing the long-sought-af ter Extended Credit Facility (ECF) from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Truth...
When kwacha was devalued by 5 933%
On Thursday this week, the Reserve Bank of Malawi devalued the Kwacha by 44 percent. This was at the back...
Cry for Mzimba Perekezi on AIP
Today allow me to speak on behalf people who have missed this year’s Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) train in my...
Chizuma: Most torrid time at ACB
This week, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has been celebrating its silver jubilee. Here we argue that the term of office...
On reversing Bingu’s visionary ideas
Former president Bingu wa Mutharika must be rolling around in his Mpumulo wa Bata at Ndata in Thyolo following his...
APM fighting dead brother
Former president the late Bingu wa Mutharika must be rolling around in his Mpumulo wa Bata at Ndata in Thyolo...
About APM’s no-show at JZU’s funeral
What did Nicholous Dausi, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) spokesperson, say at the funeral of John Zenus Ungapake Tembo on...
Kalindo riding on 2025 campaign wave
It is no longer a secret that politician-cum-comedian Bon Kalindo is not someone to be trusted or taken seriously. Once...
On Mombera fraud ACB has the simplest of jobs
Interesting things have always been happening about the Mombera University whose name has now changed to Inkosi ya Makhosi M’mbelwa...
Street kids indeed a menace but more to it
This week, I sit back to allow two followers of Off the Shelf, Mwangi Mwamkenenge Musukwa and Reagan Kaluluma, to...
Police, street kids and crime
Streets kids have become a real menace in Blantyre’s central business district (CBD) and residential areas. They have been unleashing...
Pension for MPs is self-serving, shamelessness
It has been a bad week for the forex, fuel and cement, et cetera-starved Malawi, on the back of a...
Of the Likaomba Otherathu syndrome
This week, some of the countr y’s pub l i c universities announced fees adjustments for generic undergraduates and mature...
How incumbency is abused in Malawi
There is no doubt that it is highly rewarding to be a ruling party in Malawi. Bakili Muluzi, the first...
Benefits of being a governing party in Malawi
There is no doubt that it is highly rewarding to be a ruling party in Malawi. Bakili Muluzi, the first...
Graft fight in 30 years of multiparty dispensation
Governance and accountability institutions such as the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), the Financial Intelligence Authority, the Ombudsman, the Malawi Human Rights...
ED was in Malawi not on holiday
Historically, Malawi has economically benefited more from Zimbabwe than vice-versa. The trend is likely to remain so for the unforeseeable...
Only in Nyasaland do refugees stay like citizens
Some 8 000 refugees are living in rural and urban locations of Malawi, according to the United Nations High Commissioner...
