Category: Politics

* The Ministers who presented wrong information for President Chakwera’s SONA exposes a lack of leadership in the country * By its very nature, the President Chakwera’s speech content was in no way reflective of the state of the Malawi nation currently * But rather a presentation of projects that do not even exist on the ground—AFORD President Enoch Chihana By Duncan Mlanjira In its response to President Lazarus Chakwera’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) made in Parliament…

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* To the leadership, this is a crisis time to put a crisis team to resolve this matter. To the president, this requires your immediate direction * You are condemning our people to suffering. The pain and suffering is real. In times like these leadership has to show up. * The buck stops at the President, therefore we expect action on the ground to save Malawians from their suffering By Duncan Mlanjira Presidential aspirant for the September 16 national…

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* Asks Leader of Opposition George Chaponda as he rips apart Chakwera’s SONA describing it as campaign speech full of lies * Inflation rate in 2020 was 9% while today, it is over 33%; interest rate was 12% now at 35% * Foreign exchange rate was MK750 against the US$ in 2020 and today it is about MK1,800 in banks while it is over MK5,000 in parallel markets * Fertilizer prices was MK17,000 now at MK130,000; 50kg bag of maize…

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* I believe that I am at peace with God and I have enough trust in the Malawian people that they are fair-minded enough to judge my performance as President by what I have done * Not by what other politicians say about me or by the disasters that have befallen us as a nation and subjected us to a season of pain that we must have the strength to endure and overcome, and I believe that overcome we…

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* So, to the 86,000 registered voters in Chitipa, I say this: Be ready to hear other parties this year offering to take Chitipa backward * But remember that the reason I am here is to continue taking your development forward * As he celebrates four years of administrative achievements in his State of the Nation address in Parliament By Aliko Munde, Priscilla Phiri & Sheminah Nkhoma, MANA President Lazarus Chakwera says he plans to see Chitipa become a…

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* This is not just a statistic — it is a failure of governance. The food insecurity has hit rural communities hardest * This crisis is not simply the result of environmental factors — it is the direct outcome of failed policies and gross incompetence By Duncan Mlanjira In his address to the nation yesterday, former President Peter Mutharika declared that Malawi is in a hunger crisis, saying between October 2024 and March 2025, an estimated 28% of Malawi’s…

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