Govt, improve public service to protect the poor
Honourable folks, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday cautioned that the economic fallout from the coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic could...
Capitol should tread carefully on civil service recruitment
Honourable folks, government recently succumbed to pressure from some sections of the public service to employ more people and promote...
Politicians should stop the culture of impunity
Honourable folks, the campaign period is here, and along with it, the kind of delinquent mischievousness, irresponsibility and immaturity that...
Laz would do well to look into his camp
Honourable folks, MCP presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera, alongside his running mate, UTM Party leader who is also the country’s Vice-President...
APM wrong to back MEC commissioners
Honourable folks, APM reportedly told the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) that he would not fire the MEC commissioners. According to...
Are we making rational decisions on Covid-19?
H onourable folks, the coronavirus pandemic has proven to be one of the greatest health crises Malawi has faced in...
Capitol Hill should protect citizens from coronavirus fallout
Honourable folks, Malawians across the world have started feeling the effects of novel coronavirus pandemic. Commuters were the first to...
Is Malawi prepared for Coronavirus?
Honourable folks, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday projected that Malawi’s economy would grow by six or seven percent...
APM, Ansah playing with fire
Honourable folks, APM on Wednesday announced he has withheld assent to four election-related laws that were sent to his office...
MEC: K600 million for what!
Hon. Folks, the Jane Ansah-led Malawi Electoral Commission continues to surprise me. It has hired South African lawyers, a move...
The forgotten K236bn plunder
Former president Bakili Muluzi once said Malawians forget quickly. He was referring to the atrocities the Malawi Congress Party (MCP)...
Can we have free and fair elections now?
Hon. Folks, on May 19 this year voters will once more go to the polls to choose the country’s President...
We need sober approach on Parliament’s deliberations
Hon. Folks, on Tuesday this week some peculiar scenes characterised events at Parliament in Lilongwe where our members of Parliament...
We need to guard our democracy more than ever
Hon. Folks. On February 3, 2020, a panel of High Court judges sitting as the Constitutional Court nullified the results...
Are we ready for the coronavirus?
Honourable Folks, on Wednesday this week, the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) issued a regional advisory on the global outbreak...
Capitol Hill should straighten out its priorities
Hon. Folks, on September 9 2019, Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Joseph Mwanamvekha pledged to implement strong fiscal...
Capitol Hill should straighten out its priorities
Hon. Folks, on September 9 2019, Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Joseph Mwanamvekha pledged to implement strong fiscal...
Bring back public sector reforms
Honourable folks, the Malawi Public Sector Reforms were one of the DPP’s largest campaign promises during the 2014 Tripartite Elections....
Was Vision 2020 unrealistic?
Hon folks, was Malawi overambitious to target the attainment of middle income status in its Vision 2020? The vision had...
Spare us plastic politics, please
Honourable Folks, this year big shops stashed into the trash can the plastic bags they were giving us, their customers,...
