Cut the Chaff
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Inflation is moderating, but for how long?
Since April when Malawi started harvesting maize—the staple grain that contributes 50.2 percent to national inflation (the rate of increase…
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The mess that is Escom
Apart from electricity being more expensive and that Escom is now more efficient at disconnecting non-paying and clients who have…
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When banks start trusting each other again
There is good news from Malawi’s money market. Local banks have started trusting each other again. This means that the…
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Bingu’s wealth and Chimunthu Banda’s betrayal
As the saga of former president the late Bingu wa Mutharika’s accumulation of wealth calculated to be more than K61…
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Why people do not feel the recovery: Reader’s turn
I thought I should indulge myself in a rare activity: Publishing a reader’s feedback to my views here. Among several…
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National Audit Office going rogue
I am outraged by the outrageous behaviour of the National Audit Office (NAO). Imagine if the Malawi Police Service—yes, those…
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Budget throws the poor under the bus
Now that the contours of the K638.2 billion 2013/14 national budget that Finance Minister Ken Lipenga presented two weeks ago…
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JB’s Mudzi Trust will either duplicate LDF or kill it off
One of President Joyce Banda’s many dreams is “seeing” prosperity of the nation. She has now brought her mental picture…
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JB misses her finest hour
Maybe I had too high expectations. In terms of both style and substance, I expected President Joyce Banda last week…
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Why is OPC dithering on Kalebe, Kutsaira?
Ted Kalebe is a jolly good fellow. I know him fairly well, having worked with the seasoned economist and bureaucrat…
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RBM decision on bank rate makes sense
I was not surprised to read on Thursday that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has…
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Stop the pettiness Madam President
Two prominent people in as many days have shown remarkable courage in telling Malawi President Joyce Banda some hard truths…
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Channeling Jefferson, JFK wisdom to JB
I, Joyce Hilda Mtila Banda, do solemnly declare that all journalists in Malawi are murderers! Well, she may not have…
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The woman who named my son Vitumbiko
I heard the news at around 4pm last Friday as I was about to leave the office. It did not…
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No wonder, IMF policies don’t work for the poor
So, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) came to Malawi, peeped into our little bundle of forex at the Reserve Bank…
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Let’s reject the celebration overreach
So, Joyce Banda, Malawi’s first female State President and Africa’s second after Liberia’s 24th and current leader, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf,…
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I hate to say it, but I told you so
I hate to say it, but I told you so Two weeks ago, I made the following prediction and explained…
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What is in it for President Banda?
Something is not adding up in the way President Joyce Banda has been intervening in procurement processes in the public…
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Eyes on the ball: It’s the economy, stupid
The Bingu wa Mutharika death inquiry report has changed the national conversation from economic hardships to an examination of the…
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MPs should stop the CDF madness
As the May 2014 tripartite elections are fast approaching, Members of Parliament (MPs) are desperate to show their constituents something…
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