My Diary
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How shall we behave?
Life presents us with dilemmas requiring us to make choices. In decision-making, we generally pursue our own interests before the…
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The by-election results were inevitable
Another by-election has come and gone and the results are not shocking. The Vice-President, who was roped in to create…
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Looking on as evil triumphs
It was Irish Parliamentarian Edward Burke who is credited with the quote “the only thing necessary for the triumph of…
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Where was the President in all this?
It is nearly a week since President Peter Mutharika touched down at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe welcomed by…
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So it takes 12 497km to solve our problems?
In 2016, at the height of satellite communications, a somewhat fast albeit expensive Internet and data connection, it has become…
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Riding a dead horse since 1964
It remains unclear whether there is a grain of truth to the famous tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians which…
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Things falling apart in MCP
The National Executive Committee meeting of the oldest political party in the land, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has come and…
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Practising cronyism with wild abandon
Once upon a time in this country we had 42 Cabinet ministers. At the height of public protests and discontent…
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Who will protect an ordinary Malawian?
There is a tendency by politicians to blow issues out of proportion which in turn the public does not take…
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The tirades are becoming tedious
We are at a stage again where like a school playground, we are watching two boys fighting over whose father…
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10 years of wastage, betrayal
From that 2006 afternoon drama on the tarmac of Kamuzu International Airport when former president Bakili Muluzi was unceremoniously…
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Diversionary tactics will not work, Mr President
In the prelude to the July 20 2011 demonstrations and at the height of the public discontent and planned demonstrations…
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The making of a dictator
It does not bode well for Malawians who lived through the era of Kamuzu Banda to hear a whole Attorney…
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Redemption time for APM
It is without a doubt that public university management is a sore subject for our President, perhaps even education…
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We do not need prayers
It was only fitting that we did not celebrate the 52nd anniversary of our independence on Wednesday, not for…
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Knowing your weaknesses is a sign of strength
A story is told of how one lawmaker, then deputy Minister of Health, would dodge members of the fourth estate…
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Fearing fear itself
The first democratic president of this country—he is best remembered in those terms—Bakili Muluzi—once said our biggest problem as Malawians…
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Teachers, nurses deserve more money not MPs
It is astounding how members of Parliament (MPs) do not fail to rally together when it comes to issues involving…
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End the impunity first
There was a time prior to the 2009 elections when it was sacrilegious to even suggest that political parties must…
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You should be more than ashamed, Mr President
It is a shame what we Malawians expend our energies on sometimes. If it is not sleeping in Parliament…
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