Emily Mkamanga
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What qualifies as emergency to govt?
Experience has shown that Malawi has had its fare share of natural disasters, such as floods and drought. Without doubt,…
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Consequences of ignoring whistle-blowers
One of the things that most Malawians expected to come out of a multiparty democracy is successive successful government with…
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No individual has monopoly to lead
As every Malawian knows, the fight for democracy in 1992/93 was to have freedom, including freedom of choice by having…
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Govt diverting attention deliberately
It goes without saying that Malawians are facing a lot of problems ranging from poor service delivery to low education…
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Malawians want genuine economic indicators
As it has already been said somewhere, Malawi was economically at par with Taiwan at Independence in 1964. At the…
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Political legacy can be costly
It is common in Africa to see a newly elected President behave as if he/she is the only person of…
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Leadership self-assessment
During his recent budget consultation meeting in Blantyre, the Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe was quoted…
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Where are the promised investors?
When President Peter Mutharika came into power in May 2014, one of his promises was to improve the economy. He…
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CSOs are necessary in Malawi
Recently, some civil society organisations (CSOs) have been in the news for what can be termed as right reasons. As…
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Malawians can stop corruption only if …
George Orwell, author for the famous book Animal Farm, was once quoted as saying a people that elect corrupt politicians…
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Lame excuses will take Malawi nowhere
When things are not working in a country, people look up to the Head of State and the entire leadership…
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Exemplary leadership lacking in Malawi
It is common knowledge that the Malawi–Zambia Maizegate has triggered a lot of public debate in the country. The debate…
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Malawi losing direction
Under normal circumstances, the essence of having a government is that it has to offer direction to the country and…
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Defending a failed government
If what Malawians are currently going through are not the results of failed leadership and, by extension, a failed government,…
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Thou shalt not underestimate people power
After having stayed in Africa for a long time, a BBC reporter once said that one cannot underestimate the power…
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Sycophancy blocking progress
After Malawians have had a bad experience of three decades of dictatorship under Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda, the recent advice…
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Failed government equals failed reforms
It has already been said many times without number that the introduction of government reforms created great expectations. Malawians…
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Hypocrisy on unity in Malawi
On his recent visit to Mzuzu, President Peter Mutharika appealed to Malawians to be united and respect one another. These…
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Party manifesto: Not agenda for the country
A party manifesto can best be described as a catalogue of intentions for a particular political party. Such intentions…
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Greed is destroying democracy in Malawi
Any Malawian who was around during the multiparty referendum in 1993 should appreciate how hard Malawians worked and sacrificed to…
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