The government of the Republic of Malawi should swallow its pride and declare that Malawi is no longer a paradise for investment. Call me unpatriotic, yes, I will accept as of now but I will continue to call a spade a spade on crucial issues affecting out country.
It is very unusual for the Capital City to be experiencing such prolonged blackouts and dry taps. Most often we have electricity for a few hours and water once a week. As usual, the culprit is low water levels blah blah blah in Shire River.
I am told the situation is the same elsewhere in Malawi but the government is busy patting itself on the back that the China Malawi Forum has so far lured 19 companies, will these companies be using divine electricity and divine water? Malawi has time immemorial attracted big investors of big time but they have always folded up because of poor conditions of doing business in Malawi which include erratic electricity and water supply.
They could not use genesets for long because of high fuel costs in Malawi. We have always experienced this problem this time of the year, every year, yet there has been no effort to correct the situation. For God’s sake, why on earth did our president receive the honorary degree from the University of Addis Ababa for allegedly improving the electricity and water supply in Malawi when the opposite is true? The authorities should know that it has its priorities upside down.
You cannot order water boards to start quenching throats of crops with water through massive irrigation programs when throats of their voters and citizenry are perpetually dry. Coupled with the dwindling economy, am not surprised that some companies continue either to downsize their staff and operations or are completely closing shop in the country.
They would rather go to war torn Mozambique and do business there than stay in a country of the so called honey and milk when reality on the ground tells it is hell on earth!
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3 responses to “Malawi no longer paradise for investment— Dickson Kashoti”
The article stinks of a shallow minded person who looks at things up to the tip of his nose. The problems the country is facing is nothing other than lack of planning for the future because previous governments had they strategically thought-through the population increase and other related factors some of these problems could have been minimised. For how long has the authority advised Malawians to stop cutting trees wantonly, mainly along catchment areas? Is Kashoti not aware that it has been mentioned before that the levels of water in the Shire is because of siltation caused by lack of soil cover and shortage of rainfall which apparently is influenced by natural forests? As long as ignorant Malawians choose to remain adamant, don’t be surprised when the whole country turns into a desert due to carelessness and people like Kashoti who cannot advise their kinsmen accordingly. If Malawians are not prepared to look after their country do you expect Mozambicans to do that for you?
This is an opinion well thought of and should be applauded. On the other hand not all is Peter Mutharika’s fault. He cannot fix water and power problems in the short time he has been President. Let’s give him a chance to come with long term solutions
It never was. Who are you kidding…wake up mate.