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Mike
Mike
9 years ago

Comment number 41, well written, point taken.

peter muthanyula
peter muthanyula
9 years ago

Look here Jimmy… you are spot on! But hey, as long as we depend on donors, we will never be innovative, hard-working, or anything else. It is not in Americas interest for Malawi to develop. It is not in the British, French, Germany, etc interest either. We need to understand the global political economy first, then we can make sensible gains. Malawi needs to make its priorities right, and stop dancing to the tunes of the donors. Check this: How many students graduate from Bunda collage every year? How many of them own farms or grow crops? Why don’t we… Read more »

Ngoma, Thomas, London
Ngoma, Thomas, London
9 years ago

The state of poverty Malawi finds itself in is not due to “Laziness”. Let me shed some light on this issue from a professional angle. Do not waste your time blaming one another. I will be a little bit technical (not too much) since we are in public debate here. The main reason Malawi is poor and it is struggling to get out of this poverty trap is because of lack of means of production and the obsession with demand side economics. The country is in a state of Malthusian economic stagnation state or as Richard Nelson has described it,… Read more »

Change me quick
Change me quick
9 years ago

Bingu said ‘ Malawi is not poor but the people are” TRUE. Which are these people? Did he mean alimi kumudzi? Nonse mukamalemba za lezinesi zanuzo you refer to us farmers. are you hard workers? Mukanena za umphawi, mmalawi, you point at us small farmers, are you employed workers rich people? Ntchito mukugwirayo itatha lero, can you sustain yourselves. Simubwera kumudzi inu kuzangofikira kufa ndi ulesiwo. Nyumbanso kumudzi mulibe kaya muzafikira pati. When we say we Malawians are lazy, it is all of us, Educated or not educated. Tonse lazy lazy lazy. Ma strike mukupangawo siulesi wokhawokhawo. If you had… Read more »

Luviriboy
Luviriboy
9 years ago

We Malawians lack innovativeness and we think just as the writer thinks. A lot of laziness and suffering from excusitis disease. People in big posts in Malawi die poor because they cant think of what to do with their money apart from chewing and moowing till the grass is over. Why emphasise on foreign investers when such people can do just that. Our towns look very outdated because we think it is governments duty to develop towns and cities by bringing in Malawi foreingers to build for us. Tulo amalawi. Wait a minute!!! should we keep on complaining about our… Read more »

agogo
9 years ago

zoona amalawi ndi alesi they want easy money thus all maka achinyamata amasikuano.

wiz
wiz
9 years ago

the fact is as much as government has contributed a lot to the poor economy of the nation, most Malawiain people are lazy full stop. malawians too lack leadership at all levels that can reinforce productive work ethic. The political situation in the countries just makes the already existing problem worse.Unfortunately Malawians dont even know that they are lazy coz the majority dont even know the other side of the coin, that pple in developed nations believe in work and that work and time managenement are crucial to development .Mavuto a ku malawi ndi osasimba kuti nkuyambira pati. malawi will… Read more »

Bristol
9 years ago

All in all, let’s accept we are lazy people as Malawians. Hardworking spirit advocated by HE Kamuzu Banda ended during HE Muluzi. During Kamuzu, Malawian Currency to a US Dollare was 2 : 1 because he knew that Malawi could survive with intensive agriculture. Many estates used irrigation for Tobacco before the inset of rains, but 20 years down the line, there is no trace of irrigation in these estates. In other works, we are moving from bad to worse. During HE Kamuzu, there was no FISP but the country developed through agriculture because there were loans accessed by Farmers… Read more »

mtendere
mtendere
9 years ago

I agree with this treatise. It is not fair to call Malawi citizens lazy when the state does not provide the conducive environment to make them work with dedication.

padoko
padoko
9 years ago

The bottom line remains that we are indeed very lazy. There are more countries where its citizens are richer than their governments. Despite the governments weaknesses, as citizens we really need to adopt the hard working spirit like the Chinese.

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