My Turn
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Govt best buy Malawian
With the devaluation of the kwacha in 2023, policymakers should take pragmatic decisions and steps to generate more foreign currency…
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Public procurement headache
Public institutions are constantly procuring goods and services. In 2022, the Reserve Bank of Malawi reported that government spent K636…
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Nature can conquer suicide
May was the World Mental Health Awareness Month. Recent statistics show that 200 suicide cases occurred in Malawi from January…
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Let’s tackle urban waste crisis
Malawi is struggling with an exodus of people from rural to urban areas. However, the citizenry has not fully embraced…
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Beating volatile exchange rates
Malawi is one of the world’s least developed countries with more than half of its population living below the poverty…
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Fix politics beyond voting
In June 2020, Malawians elected President Lazarus Chakwera whose Tonse Alliance promised a better Malawi for everyone. The court-ordered election…
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Unmasking bad leadership
Over the past five years of working as a facilitator for development programmes in public sector leadership and management, I…
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Time to end child labour
Malawi Government developed the second National Action Plan on Child Labour for 2020 to 2025 to guide the implementation of…
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No secrecy, Mr President
Secrecy, along with misinformation and disinformation, is the one tool that successive Malawi governments have used to control public opinion,…
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Political leadership mess
Political leaders are vital because they determine government priorities as well as allocation of power and resources. They also make…
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