Back Bencher
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What’s next after Mpinganjira’s case?
Hon. Folks, Tuesday’s sentencing of billionaire Thom Mpinganjira to nine years imprisonment with hard labour by the Blantyre High Court…
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Tonse sailing in ‘flooded waters’
Honourable Folks, so many things have happened in the country since the court-sanctioned June 21 2020 Fresh Presidential Election. This…
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Some reflections on Bakili Muluzi
Hon. Folks, today I am partly reflecting on former president Bakili Muluzi who still deserves unprejudiced honour for the many…
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Forfeiting the 15 minutes at Unga
Honourable Folks, the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (Unga) started on Tuesday this week in New York,…
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Seriousness vital in Covid-19 fight
Honourable folks, it was relieving during the week to see the Indian Government presenting to the Ministry of Health some…
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Still waiting for Tonse’s corruption amnesty
Hon. Folks, it is now over a year, two months and a couple of weeks since Malawi ushered the Tonse…
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Leaders must stay ahead, not behind
Hon. Folks, President Lazarus Chakwera will this week assumed the chairpersonship of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) from his…
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Leaders must stay ahead, not behind
Hon. Folks, President Lazarus Chakwera will this week assumed the chairpersonship of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) from his…
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Leaders must stay ahead, not behind
Hon. Folks, President Lazarus Chakwera will next week assume the chairpersonship of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) from his…
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When politicians cry ‘witch-hunt’
Hon. Folks, someone once said ‘politics is the art of looking for trouble’. Never mind the perpetrators or victims. Former…
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And police wonder why they are losing public respect?
Honourable folks, this week some Malawians were shocked with the latest Malawi Police Service approach in enforcing Covid-19 public health…
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Tonse working behind schedule
Hon. Folks, today last year, many Malawians rode high on hopes that things would start changing for the better by…
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Government should prioritise vaccines
Honourable folks, the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) earlier last week cautioned that the country’s economic growth might not be…
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Government should prioritise vaccines
Honourable folks, the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) earlier this week cautioned that the country’s economic growth might not be…
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Of mob justice and vigilantism
Hon. Folks, Malawi has lately witnessed a distressing wave of mob justice by some citizens who sometimes feel hard done…
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Of MG1 processions and road carnages
H onourable folks, today I feel obliged to re-examine the bloodbath on our roads. This coincides with the death of…
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Of MG1 processions and road carnages
Honourable folks, today I feel obliged to re-examine the bloodbath on our roads. This coincides with the death of two…
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Of power, corruption and public interest
Honourable folks, when the Public Appointments Committee (PAC) of Parliament asked the outgoing Ombudsman Martha Chizuma if she was not…
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Of power, corruption and public interest
Honourable folks, when the Public Appointments Committee (PAC) of Parliament asked the outgoing Ombudsman Martha Chizuma if she was not…
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Of paying the cost of executive arrogance
Honourable folks, recently I have recounted how intra party democracy has taken a turn for the worse in the former…
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