Word on the street
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Lessons from Kenyan election process
Millions of Kenyans on Tuesday turned up to vote in the 2017 general elections to elect a new government that…
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Youth voices will be loud in 2019
The term nation building or national development is usually used to refer to a constructive process of engaging all citizens…
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Let’s have Parliament with fewer MPs too
President Emmanuel Macron wants to cut the French Parliament by a third. Speaking at the Palace of Versailles on Monday,…
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Will the next Einstein be Malawian?
The Next Einstein Forum (NEF) has an ambition that is bound to win hearts and minds with its simple optimism.…
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Leave politics out of housing
If people complaining against the recent Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) 48 percent rental hike were as young as yours truly,…
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Hail the First Lady: she inspires hope
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) cadres should count themselves lucky to have one person, who Malawians are slowly falling in…
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Malawians too should take up tough jobs
In the midst of controversy over its lack of funds and budget use, the World Health Organisation (WHO) got…
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We are all not thieves
Word on the street is that, if you are rich in this country you must be a thief. Well, who…
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I ruffled more than a few feathers
My entry last week on Chakwera’s rants and another piece on MPs not living up to expectations attracted some feedback…
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Of APM’s speech at Pan African Parliament and Chakwera’s rants
President Peter Mutharika’s speech at the opening the 4th Ordinary Session of Pan-African Parliament on May 8 at Midrand, Johannesburg…
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MPs are you living up to expectations?
President Peter Mutharika’s State of the Nation Address is often predictable. Just like the year before there is not much…
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Politicians stem bad manners and grow up
We on the streets are incensed with the new undesirable behaviour creeping in our society which not only undermines but…
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No, Mr Chuka banks are shortchanging us
The Reserve Bank Governor Charles Chuka is out of order by issuing threats that we stand to be ripped off…
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Uninspiring speech at tobacco auction opening
For many years, I have followed the opening of tobacco auction floors with keen interest. I developed interest in the…
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Worsening poverty should worry APM
Data from the United Nations Commission on Trade and Development (Unctad) indicates that 71 percent of Malawians are living in…
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Corruption: Can it ever be controlled, Mr President?
This country is doomed. Everywhere you look you see corrupt people. On the roads, our traffic police officers are so…
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Escom is stabbing DPP in the back
Over the past few weeks, Word on the Street has been concerned with talk of decaying public service provision especially…
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BWB: Poor meter reading, water scarcity can be solved
The prevailing situation in Blantyre is that various townships are once again going days on end without potable water. I…
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Trying times are here again
The lean period, as many of my friends in the financial sector call it, is once again descending on us.…
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Govt should clean up mess in tobacco industry
As we wrap up this year’s tobacco marketing season and start planning for next year’s crop, the Tobacco Control Commission…
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