Back Bencher

Don’t nationalise poverty

Honourable Folks, the disparity between the haves and the have-nots has been ignored for nearly 50 years we’ve been an…

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The cost of botched elections

Honourable Folks, the other day I asked a friend of mine who is quite senior at the Malawi Electoral Commission…

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The ball is in MPs court

Honourable Folks, that necessity is the mother of invention can be attested to by the awakening of Malawians to the…

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Where shall govt park the Mercs ?

Honourable Folks, government decision to replace ministerial Mercedes Benz cars with Toyota Prados came in the name of cost-cutting, a…

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Forget hand-clapping media

Honourable Folks, way back in 1999, I was among the Sadc journalists who had a stormy session with the region’s…

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Who gains from tripartite polls?

Honourable Folks, it’s now 13 months to go before the tripartite elections. Political parties are busy holding conventions to elect…

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Govt sounds petty on Madonna

Honourable Folks, I’m afraid the statement from State House on pop diva Madonna published by the dailies on Thursday lacks…

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Africa’s changing, Malawi needs 74 years?

Honourable Folks, it’s understandable why JB wants to make us believe her government’s Economic Recovery Plan (ERP) is bearing fruit…

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No more lies on poverty reduction, please

Honourable Folks, I’m not surprised government has not paid much attention to the damning Oxford University study that shows, at…

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Permission to greet supporters!

Honourable Folks, it beggars belief that 20 years after we chose the multiparty political system through a national referendum, and…

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