Musowa voice missing yet needed
March 4 2021 There have been times when some members of Parliament have been known to behave like kindergarten kids....
My Diary
Light that came with Covid-19
The coming of Covid-19 has turned the world upside down, but for Malawi it has brought a very good light...
Lessons from citizens initiative
January 28 2020 Malawi citizens, corporate and individual, have been making their contributions to the Covid-19 citizens’ response, an initiative...
No sacred cows on Covid funds
February 11 2020 W hat started as a simple citizen demand to the Department of Disaster Management (Dodma) to make...
Remembering February 3 2020
February 4 2020 Oh! How time flies! It seems like yesterday when some Malawians crammed the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe...
Tonse owes ‘ife tonse’ an apology
January 14 2020 The exponential rise in Covid-19 cases, and deaths, shows us the gloomy situation we are in. We...
Malawi’s bundle of contradictions
It is clear this country is a bundle of contradictions. It is a nation that seems to be so much...
Have it merry, like us
24.12.2020 S o, Vision 2020 was just a dream. The then president Bakili Muluzi sold us a dummy like all...
Corruption as an elephant
10.12.2020 A story is told of two men who went into a museum way back. In the museum, the men...
Who benefits from subsidies?
26 November, 2020 Among its aces, the Tonse Alliance had the Agriculture Input Programme (AIP). It was sold as the...
Chakwera’s Chinsapo gesture must grow
12.11.2020 On Wednesday, President Lazarus Chakwera launched the National Clean-up Day. He was joined by Vice-President Saulos Chilima, several Cabinet...
Blue-eyed civil servants
05/11/2020 On Wednesday, Form 4 students who were writing their Malawi Schools Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations had a rude...
Start corruption fight from State House
29.10.2020 Last week former president Peter Mutharika opened up to grant interviews on life after the presidency. From his beachside...
The hashtag generation
The ending week has seen Africa gripped with protests. On social media, especially Twitter, the hashtags have been about voices...
Rain clouds gather, Mr President
President Lazarus Chakwera’s honeymoon is over and one clear thing is that he has been wrong at the right time....
Ponderings on arrests
There was a time, during a Tonse Alliance campaign rally at Njamba Freedom Park in Blantyre when Speaker of the...
On abortion, Parliament jabs
September 24 2020 Parliamentary committees have been busy discussing Finance Minister Felix Mlusu’s maiden budget. The clusters, mostly chaired by...
Will the decorum return to Parliament?
17 September 2020 M embers of Parliament have been meeting in Lilongwe since September 4. During this session, we have...
Chicks come to roost for Muhara
10 September 2020 Pressure mounted this week on former Secretary to the President and Cabinet (SPC) Lloyd Muhara with practicing...
Silungwe is right on compensations
03/09/2020 In a communication to Vice-President Saulos Chilima, Secretary to the President and Cabinet (SPC) Zangazanga Chikhosi and heads of...
