Cut the Chaff
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Crunch time as budget review meeting looms
Within the next two weeks, members of Parliament (MPs) head to Lilongwe for the Mid-year Budget Review Meeting. While there,…
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Let’s not push the President unnecessarily
Look, I know that by the end of the day the buck stops with the President as Malawi’s chief executive…
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So, what gives on the funding rumblings?
Let me get this straight. Is the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development not funding government ministries, departments and…
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Government’s project management stinks
It is the kind of inefficiency that has become too expensive for Malawian taxpayers, half of whom live below…
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If this is Gondwe’s idea of stability….
“We expect light at the end of the tunnel, which means stabilisation of the economy. If the weather behaves as…
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Is all our spending on civil service worth it?
So, by last year we had 178 000 civil servants, a cumulative 61 percent jump from the 110 000 we…
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I wish I could wish you a Happy New Year!
At mid-night on Thursday, a lot of people in Malawi must have let loose a huge sigh of relief as…
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Please cough Mr. Vice-President, you will choke
I hope you had an exciting and blessed Christmas my friends, including Mr. Vice-President Saulos Chilima, who is the subject…
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When an administration thrives on utaka
There is something pathological about how the Arthur Peter Mutharika (APM) administration attracts controversy it does not need—it’s like the…
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Let’s not dance around the Road Levy
Nations Msowoya—the spokesperson for the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development—is a good friend of mine and a former…
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We saw this coming
Let’s start with public hospitals. Ambulances are grounded. Patients can no longer access meals, or at least the three meals…
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ATI Bill: They want you to remain poor
Just in July this year, government announced that the Executive would not just table, but ensure that Parliament passes the…
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Rate hike and controversial trade-offs
On November 4 2015, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) hiked the…
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Rate hike and controversial trade-offs
On November 4 2015, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) hiked the policy rate…
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Viola-gate: Just get the President’s story out
I offer my sincere apologies for standing you up the past two weeks. It was never out of disrespect for…
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The cost of indecision in power sector
Alright, I get it that the Electricity Corporation of Malawi (Escom) is, to some extent, a victim of environmental problems…
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Shameless obsession with revenue while ignoring wasteful spending
It seems there is an obsessive wave across local councils of increasing market fees. Several councils, it appears, are convinced…
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The cost of indecision in power sector
Alright, I get it that the Electricity Corporation of Malawi (Escom) is, to some extent, a victim of environmental or…
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Is this how BAM promotes professionalism?
Apparently, the bank’s information, communication technology (ICT) system had collapsed, making it hard for the bank to serve its…
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IMF has just pushed confidence to new low
For several months, confidence in the Malawi economy and its markets—especially financial markets—has been low as seen, for example, by…
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