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Avoid throwing tantrums ,Your Excellency
It seems that President Peter Mutharika’s idea of running away from tough questions is by throwing a tantrum, complete…
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Our healthcare system needs change
Two survivors of a car accident in critical condition have just arrived at the hospital. The doctors’ judgment is for…
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This nonsense has to stop
You are not doing too well, Mr. President. Your press conference last week was a disaster. What most of…
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SDGs: Chance to finish the job of the MDGs
Friday 25th September 2015 is a day that will go down in history as one that determined the direction…
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The public space
World leaders have been meeting in New York to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). That public spaces is a…
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On primary health care
The Ebola crisis laid bare major gaps in the world’s ability to deliver life-saving health services. Leaders have a responsibility…
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Civil society and periodic review
On September 15 2015, the world commemorated the International Day of Democracy under the theme ‘Spaces for Civil Society’.…
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Avoid aged men as guards
Experience is a basic requirement for almost any job, if maximum output is to be realised. Employees with qualifications…
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Reflections on Athens’ Deaf Conference
The world of deaf community, sign language interpreters, audiologists, psychologists, teachers of the deaf, electronic note takers, researchers and scholars…
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No trust, no pact
Four adults and two children. That is how empty one coach was when we left Blantyre for Lilongwe. Include…
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Tyranny of the majority
French political thinker, Alexis de Tocqueville, noticed that as much as democratic leadership is determined by people, ideally majority,…
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Linking nutrition and literacy
Do reading and writing seem like very simple skills? If you are reading this you have probably answered yes, but…
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Dying in our sleep
My late step mum, Peliyawezi NyaChipeta Gondwe, was allergic to quinine (anti-malarial medication). Although this was clearly stated on her…
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Sentencing reforms needed
decisive in the economic, legal and social-economic development of the country is because it was supposed to represent a structural…
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Malawi needs a leader
Day in, day out the marathon of domestic politics gets louder, lousier, wilder and wider… what have you! The noisy…
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Tough times ahead
Two weeks ago, I arrived in Blantyre on the same flight with a couple of Malawi government ministers and…
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Thoughts on drug situation
Talk is cheap, so they say. Agreed. It does not cost a dime. Anyone can yap anything any time.…
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Raise living standards of police officers
When the Centre for Social Research 2013 Governance and Corruption survey rated the traffic police as the most corrupt…
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On youth and civic engagement
I die inside every time I have to tell foreigners or even locals that Malawi is the poorest country in…
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Feasibility of the PPP
The Polluter Pays Principle (PPP) has become an important component of environmental policy at both national and international level since…
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