It was at once a serious tragedy and a comedy of Shakespearean proportions.

The spectacle of the whole United Nations (UN) failing to see the tragic irony in parading President Mutharika as the hero behind the “End Child Marriages” campaign in Malawi, and using this dubious stunt as a yardstick to qualify him as a successful president and hence the right septuagenarian to rule Malawi is one I will never forget.

In my opinion, the UN and especially UN Women can take that charade held on the margins of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly and shove it.

The UN, if it wants to be accorded a modicum of respect, should seriously reconsider such tragicomic displays of dreadful judgment. Continue reading Z Allan Ntata’s Uncommon Sense: GIVE ME POWER! NOW! →