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Malawi

Let’s get the little things right to get the  big things right

Maravi Post Reporter
potholes that have developed in Malawi Cities

By Jayne Chapomba

Now that the Holidays have ended let us get back to our work.  This new year has just started 2023 with   heavy rains across the country Malawi. I have some viewpoints to share that we cannot just look and see when the country is going down. There are these and other experiences which have reinforced my view that the right politics to engage in, is to get many trivial things right, all the time. If we cannot get the little things right, there is no way we can get other institutions right, like Healthcare system, education system, Escom, transportation companies etc. and other bigger problems as a country.

      If we do not get the small things right, ongoing deterioration will continue until the entire country resembles the areas like Ndirande, Che Musa,, mbayani, Limbe, Nchesi Lilongwe and many more…… A sea of litter and decay with dirty water into our streets. Storm Water drains damaged and blocked, roads, bridges, buildings and other infrastructure are falling apart before our eyes across the country.

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      When a country loses the ability to perform simple tasks such as processing visitors at a government institution or cleaning a state office every morning, then we must ask whether we are not becoming a failed state. It is unfortunate that political parties have started underground campaign just 2 and half year after elections. Their focus now is their pockets during campaign and another billions will just vanish without a trace.

    It is not a joke anymore. This year and years to come must be the one in which every Malawian as individual with any sense of national pride (patriotism) decides this and no further. Change is not an option, but a necessity. Politics is a game of mind, and this is what many should understand so that they do not feel betrayed when promises are not being fulfilled. Let us rise up and speak for the voiceless. Enough is enough.

Jayne Chapomba special Contributor

Malawi

Mpinganjira demands immediate arrest of ring leaders of ‘APM motorcade booing’ in Ndirande

Maneno Chimulala
Mpinganjira demands immediate arrest of ring leaders of ‘APM motorcade booing’ in Ndirande

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)—Deputy Minister of Defence, who is also a member of parliament of the Blantyre City Centre (Ndirande), Chipiliro Mpinganjira has demanded his constituents to immediately identify the ring leaders in the Thursday’s embarrassing incident in which people booed and pelted stones at the convoy of President Peter Mutharika.

Mutharika, who was the last presidential candidate to present his nomination papers at the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), paraded in the streets of Blantyre together with his new running mate Atupele Muluzi.

But according to a video footage which is in circulation on social media, people who are believed to be supporters of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM spoiled the funny of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) faithful by booing and pelting stones at the presidential convoy.

Reacting, MP Mpinganjira has blamed what he called the criminal behaviour by opposition supporters and has since called upon his constituents to identify the perpetrators so that the law should take its course.

Mpinganjira’s reaction to the incident comes amid general feeling that the Malawi Police only acts when DPP officials or supporters are attacked.

However, Presidential spokesperson Mgeme Kalilani has downplayed reports that Mutharika’s motorcade was stoned saying the stoning could have been on cars of party supporters who had gone earlier before Mutharika.

Kalilani said Changed routes to return to Sanjika Palace because it was getting dark but he maintained that President Mutharika and his rung mate addressed people around Ndirande Market.