My Diary
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Who really killed Bingu?
During a memorial service in honour of former president, the late BinguwaMutharika, in May, former Minister of Information Kondwani Nankhumwa…
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Even cockroaches have leaders
Monday’s coup d’état in the People’s Party (PP) seemed like the right thing to do. PP’s leader, Joyce Banda,…
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Sometimes crime pays
Unless I am grossly misinformed—which I am not—encroachment presupposes that a person occupies or enters another person’s property without their…
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Out of chaos rose opportunities
In early March this year, Minister of Transport and Public Works Francis Kasaila raised his hands about the endemic corruption…
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Some criminals have all the luck
Something about the arrest of Kondwani Guta, a police officer serving suspension for robbery, and the death of Perekani…
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Not out of the woods yet
President Peter Mutharika should be wondering if his family is afflicted with some curse that everyone should throw ultimatums…
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Confused about trivia, seriously!
President Peter Mutharika just loves to pick fights he cannot win. And, boy, does he love picking them with…
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When puppet masters flee
On a day like this last year, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) reclaimed the government from the ill-fated and clumsy…
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Nankhumwa is no Goebbels
I fail to understand why the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) tries so hard to make itself hated. And they will stop…
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Folly of political yoyos
Someone should jostle Harry Mkandawire into life. Seriously. While all of us know he is headed, even sleepwalking, towards the…
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As scandalous as they come
On a scale of one to 10, I am caught in sixes and sevens about which is the most mind-numbing…
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So foul and so violent
When it comes to sabre-rattling, John Kapito, Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) executive director, prides himself as the part master…
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Not just some lousy dinner
What other information does the State House—or even the Democratic Progressive Party—chuck out at us that is either wrong or…
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What Kachama ought to have said
You could say—and probably get away with it—that Inspector General of Police Lexten Kachama is a lucky man whose luck…
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Ask what you can do…
A politician—a Malawian politician—is just one plunge from political grace away from turning prisoner. In a game of survival that…
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MCP’s guilt is own
On Tuesday, Malawi Congress Party’s administrative secretary, Potiphar Chidaya, wondered why the Lilongwe City Council is making a special case…
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Celebrating frivolity on a frivolous day
As bad ideas go, Democratic Progressive Party’s idea to hold a commemorative shindig for the day President Peter Mutharika, alongside…
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Not betting on Chakwera’s sincerity
Martyrs’ Day was an annual diet of solemnity, tears and suffering during Malawi Congress Party’s 30 year regime. It was…
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Irony of gender equality
I was left mildly unimpressed on Thursday, February 26, as President Peter Mutharika launched the #HeForSheCampaign which calls for solidarity…
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How charcoal tax will fund everyone
Monday, February 16 Life must be tough being a Malawian. It has to be. Monday was pretty depressing. Malawi is…
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