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Who benefits from federalism?
Honourable Folks, Karonga Central MP Frank Mwenifumbo was in the news this week (The Daily Times of Tuesday, October 14,…
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Questions and more questions on Cashgate
Honourable Folks, when Cashgate was exposed following the shooting of former budget director Paul Mphwiyo on September 13, 2013, government…
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Logs from the graveyard
Honourable Folks, there’s something about decentralisation that needs urgent attention. Who conducts the environmental impact assessment of the developmental projects…
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More fire on right to information, please
Honourable Folks, my colleagues in media tell me the APM administration has shown unprecedented interest in enacting an enabling law…
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Which way, Mr. President?
Honourable Folks, during the campaign period APM sounded like he was ready to inject into politics the professionalism of medical…
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Walk on a tight rope
Honourable Folks, I don’t know about you, but I see the 2014/15 national budget as a walk on the tight…
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Spare us plastic politics, please
Honourable Folks, at the stroke of a fat finger of power, big shops such as Shoprite, Game and Metro stashed…
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Charity begins at home
Honourable Folks, the other day I was in the company of an ambassador for one of the major donors to…
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Gaps that need filling
Honourable Folks, APM has been praised for a lean 20-member Cabinet. He’s also been praised for public sector reforms. He’s…
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Who pays the bill?
Honourable Folks, here’s the crunch for the APM administration: It’s scoring highly on policy but is unlikely to deliver on…
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Design razor-sharp tool, Goodall
Honourable Folks, as Minister of Finance as well as Economic Planning and Development, Goodall Gondwe, the star economist of Bingu…
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Where does APM start from?
Honourable Folks, when APM extended an olive branch to his predecessor, Joyce Banda, at his inauguration, saying he wouldn’t engage…
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Which way APM’s economic direction?
Honourable Folks, now that elections are over, winners have been sworn in, APM has appointed his 20-member Cabinet and married,…
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APM’s bipartisan politics
Honourable Folks, painful as it is that a legal technicality prevented the Malawi Electoral Commission from sorting out irregularities before…
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Of purging corruption and witch-hunting
Honourable Folks, in case you doubt the credentials of Nicholas Dausi, the new head of the National Intelligence Service (NIS),…
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Could Peter be game changer?
like was the case with his late brother in 2004, Peter Mutharika has this year risen on a minority 36…
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Be the Mum in days of King Solomon
Honourable Folks, the May 20 Tripartite Elections have invariably been described as “irregular”, “circus” and “fraudulent.” They are all adjectives…
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Where Kamuzu outclassed all others
Honourable Folks, politicians have in the past killed then re-created Kamuzu Day for sheer political expediency. Did they know it…
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Were presidential debates useful?
Honourable Folks, after the three presidential debates which were preceded by running mate debates, a question arises: Are voters any…
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Try harder on looting!
Honourable Folks, there’s no denying that winnowing ourselves from donor dependence is the desirable goal we must aim for. Every…
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