Political Uncensored
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Searching for sanity
Lazarus Chakwera’s inauguration address will, in a sense, always haunt him. The speech, obviously well-woven, set the bar just high…
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DPP’s fist fight
When the hyena wants to eat some of its children, goes some humorous African ancient wisdom, it first accuses them…
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Holy anger
It was the local Catholic Church in one its pastoral letters, way back before we could suspect men of collar…
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Big Generals, small pawns!
Who would’ve known that Lazarus Chakwera has a middle name and the middle name is Mr. Unpredictable? But, perhaps, its…
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Tete-à-tête
There is a tide in affairs of men, it’s said. For former President Peter Mutharika, it must be infuriating and…
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Saving mighty DPP
Now that the pain of watching a cabal masquerading as our government for six years, has subsided— thanks to its…
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Proof of the pudding …
The President must not tame snakes, least they grow some venom, teeth and bite him, it has been loudly said.…
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Jar jam politics
“Jacques Chirac (President Chirac 1995-2007) could have his mouth full of jam,” once mocked d’Estaing, who was France President between…
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Head in the sand!
If you believe Peter Mutharika, our good immediate past president, Malawians are already having a bout of nostalgia about his…
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Fish rots head down
“The whole government,” once said Paul Mphwiyo, “is a criminal enterprise.” As the Lazarus Chakwera-led administration continues clearing the “rubble”,…
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No, Mr President, No!
“I knew this was going to end in tears,” an anonymous man who phoned this newspaper on Friday morning mourned.…
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Reset
It must feel good, if you love the country that is, to see the backs of the outgoing regime and…
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Sanity won
If anybody had any doubt that the people of this country are determined to reclaim their destiny, if anybody thought…
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Final word
Walking across the country, hearing the people talk in minibuses, at funerals, churches, bars, homes, you get a feeling there…
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Crying foul
After all the hullabaloo about the elections—over whether or not we are going to vote and when—it seems that we…
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Feasting on dog meat…
The best way to describe what’s happening on the local political scene, is to borrow a famous phrase by the…
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House of Bingu, house of Bakili
They say they are no permanent friends and enemies in politics. In generations to come, that lesson in politics, will…
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Project victory…
That Jane Ansah still the chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission—undoubtedly the most important today—yet she has zero shred of…
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Camera set, action!
Two weeks ago, two security agencies—the Malawi Prison Service and Malawi Police Service—both answering to the same minister and commander…
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Mutharika’s manna
The coronavirus is bad news. Economies are in shambles, thousands of lives lost or bedridden, barely surviving and now dependent…
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