Cut the Chaff
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RBM must stop these lazy banks
So, it has pleased the Bankers Association of Malawi (BAM) to throw away both the baby and the bath water?…
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From a bang to a whimper
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has all but given up his fight for better tobacco prices. From the muscular “I…
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I don’t need another father, thank you
For an administration with a mountain of economic and political problems to climb, it is amazing how arresting political leaders…
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Give farmers dollars or devalue
As President Bingu wa Mutharika wastes precious time sabre-rattling against the World Bank ‘mission of juniors’ and hopscotching from one…
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Govt cheats on wife
As global markets waited last year to see whether the world’s largest economy and debt consumer, the United States (US),…
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President ‘used to be’
Like most families in the Northern Region, particularly Karonga, I too used to have an uncle who trekked to the…
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Ecama must be relevant
Over the past year, the Economics Association of Malawi (Ecama) has never ceased to depress me with its increasing irrelevance.…
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Some green shoots?
Of late, the Bingu wa Mutharika administration has started working on specific and concrete measures to deal with our twin…
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A fake indicator of fiscal integrity
Ideally, this should have been wonderful news, something to applaud government for. But I can’t. It comes at too high…
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Govt must formalise devaluation
You have to feel sorry for the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM). Every day, it is at the receiving end…
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What did K100bn yield?
After spending more than K100 billion over the past six years on the Farm Inputs Subsidy Programme (Fisp), I asked…
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The 24-hour lie
After 15 years of fatherhood, it has pleased meâ€â€by the powers invested in yours truly thanks to the big dude…
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2011 is out, but will 2012 be better?
Thank God that Malawiansâ€â€poorer, angrier and more hopeless than they were at the beginning of 2011â€â€are seeing the back of…
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