My Turn
-
Public procurement headache
Public institutions are constantly procuring goods and services. In 2022, the Reserve Bank of Malawi reported that government spent K636…
Read More » -
Nature can conquer suicide
May was the World Mental Health Awareness Month. Recent statistics show that 200 suicide cases occurred in Malawi from January…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
Unmasking bad leadership
Over the past five years of working as a facilitator for development programmes in public sector leadership and management, I…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
No secrecy, Mr President
Secrecy, along with misinformation and disinformation, is the one tool that successive Malawi governments have used to control public opinion,…
Read More » -
Political leadership mess
Political leaders are vital because they determine government priorities as well as allocation of power and resources. They also make…
Read More » -
In defence of refugees
Over the past three decades, Malawi has embraced the One Africa concept, the relaxing of border controls to facilitate free…
Read More » -
Mzimba chiefs’ war on charcoal
Champhira Forest in Mzimba District is one of the protected reserves under siege from illegal loggers and charcoal producers. To…
Read More » -
Federalism key to Malawi 2063
First things first. The term ‘federal’ came from a Sanskrit word meaning ‘to unite’. The federal system often exists where…
Read More » -
ECD gaps creates failure chain
Good development of a child starts with a firm foundation, which includes access to early childhood development (ECD) programmes. ECD…
Read More » -
Cholera bares low investment in water
March 2023 marked a year since Malawi began battling against its worst cholera outbreak that has killed over 1 600…
Read More » -
Enhancing solar energy utilisation
It has become a common practice for Malawians to own a solar power system for household, institutional and commercial use.…
Read More » -
Population boom fuels corruption
Malawi is facing so many problems, including rapid population growth and neglected corruption. Most of our political leaders deliberately ignore…
Read More » -
Celebrating medical lab tests
Medical laboratory practitioners celebrated this year’s Global Medical Laboratory Week from April 23 to 29. This is a period to…
Read More » -
Roads: Drivers’ nightmares
Roads enable smooth movement of traffic between connected places, an essential service for national development. The smooth traffic flow helps…
Read More » -
Improve humanitarian governance
Citizens are faced with severe challenges due to the worldwide ‘polycrisis’. In 2022, the World Bank projected the Covid-19 pandemic…
Read More » -
Banks rigid on expired IDs
I write to seek proper interpretation of the recent presidential pronouncement on the removal of an expiry date from the…
Read More »