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Taweni
Taweni
7 years ago

Please do not mortgage our country. Modern African leaders are careless with taking debt. They do not care how much and from which country. They boast with development which is all debt – financed. Why mortgage the country when you do not have resources to pay back. Financing road projects which only last less than 10years when repairs and/or replacement must be effected before payback period can be dangerous. We must be borrowing to construct railways or any robust assets which last 50 or more years. Regimes change and one day we will be faced with countries which resort to… Read more »

Dziwani izi
Dziwani izi
7 years ago

Much as we appreciate the assistance we get from China we Malawians must always remember that the Peoples Republic of China is a one political party dictatorship. Every Chinese must support the Communist Party-the only party allowed. There are no elections, no free press, no freedom of expression, no freedom of religion, no freedom to access internet-facebook is not allowed, no independent judiciary-when the state takes you to court just know that you are going to jail. Recently some booksellers in Hongkong who were critical of the communist government disappeared one by one. In short the freedom and democracy we… Read more »

Little Bwana
Little Bwana
7 years ago

Why a coal-fired power plant? Not that we don’t need the added electricity capacity, but coal? Just another commodity we will have to import and become dependent on (and let me guess, we’ll import it from…China?). Why not a clean and sustainable energy source? Our landscape is well suited for wind and solar energy. Look at the air pollution in China – people have to wear surgical masks over their mouths when they go outside – do we want that here? Ndimakonda mphweya wa clean wa Malawi. Please, coal may be appealing when the kwacha is crying but on this… Read more »

Moses Phiri
Moses Phiri
7 years ago

Is that his Excellency’s real name ?

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