Political Uncensored
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Sometimes in April
“Look at the ‘abhorrent’ statue as a metaphor of the changing political faces of Bingu wa Mutharika. A man of…
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…Can’t say it, can’t do it
Ghana’s Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia is an interesting speaker. Eloquent and proud of his country’s progress, watching Bawumia address the recently…
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The Lady and black cockerel
TIt’s not so uncommon for politicians to have the damned-you-do and damned-you-don’t moment. In polarised society, almost every move politicians…
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Moment of Truth
Moment of TruthAs I found out during my recent visit to the United States in Washington DC, America’s leaders have…
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A criminal enterprise
‘The whole government of Malawi is a criminal enterprise, that’s what I found out,” former budget director Paul Mphwiyo. Paul…
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The price of failure
“….A handful of us—the smart and the lucky and hardly ever the best—had scrambled for the one shelter our former…
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Welcome to hell
Goodson Makanjira has become another cause for temporal anger. Soon, the 14-year-old will become nothing but another statistic: the recent…
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A modern day prophet
For those who believe in an all powerful deity like yours truly, how do you think a true prophet of…
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Musings from a rally
Saulos Chilima is the change candidate, at least, that’s what he says. Handsome, polished and eloquent, he also comes across…
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War to the end
“An old woman is uneasy,” Chinua Achebe once wrote, “when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb.” You should; hence,…
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Rising above the fraycoming
Rising above the fray“The propensity to undermine other people’s achievements and to exaggerate their failures and weaknesses has been a…
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Own goal May
If our country has a leadership crisis, I wrote following Institute for Public Opinion and Research (IPOR) study into political…
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Last word…
We do not know what tomorrow brings, only the almighty does. So, let’s bid farewell to the year mindful that…
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Chakwera’s gambit
It’s been a long time since Malawi Congress Party (MCP) last tasted levers of power but we will not wait…
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Hall of shame
If anyone needed any further evidence that our leaders can occasion and thrive on pettiness—when occasion demands sobriety and levelheadedness—well,…
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Alliance? Hell no!
One of the results of the recent survey into voter preferences ahead of the 2019 elections by the Institute for…
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Prerogative…
For the first time since Kamuzu Banda’s one-party regime, a Cabinet has been officially announced without a Vice-President. Not by…
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Ghandi’s ghost
Let’s say something about Mahatma Ghandi, the Great Soul. His place in history is beyond doubt. His ideas of non-violent…
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Phoney war
Ardent students of history would recall a period between September 1939 and the spring of 1940, during the bloodiest conflict…
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A case for change
Is a new Malawi possible? There is never been a better time to revisit this question than now. Travelling across…
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