Analyst tips Chakwera not to be ‘trial and error’ leader

August 18, 2020 Nyasa Times Reporter 16 Comments

A political scientist from Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima), Mustapha Hussein, has advised  President Lazarus Chakwera against being a “trial and error” type of a leader by  rescinding decisions passed on to the public for the sake of pleasing some quarters of society.

Mustapha Hussein: No trial and error

Since Chakwera’s  triumph in the court-sanctioned June 23 Fresh Presidential Election,  the Malawi leader has made two major u-turns following public outcry.

“Rescinding decising passed to the public for the sake of pleasing some quarters  of the public is not good for the nation,” pointed out Hussein.

Following a public outcry which included women activists, President Chakwera renamed the Ministry of Community Development and Social Welfare to Ministry of Gender, Disability and Social Welfare.

The second scenario was just last week where religious bodies demanded reversal of COVID-19 guidelines which restricted any gathering to not more than 10.

After the pressure from those bodies, Government quickly bowed down.

But Hussein advised President Chakwera’s led- administration to consult widely before reaching decisions.

“Government should be thorough and systematic in making decision because decisions makes
policies so there is need for wider consultation before decision is made because we are in democratic society,” he said.

The university professor urged government to be decisive.

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16 replies on “Analyst tips Chakwera not to be ‘trial and error’ leader”

  3. I think Tonse did not have a strategy of doing things.i.e. trial and error policies. This is running a govt which is a very serious business. E.g. choice of retired gurus, covid act, choice of advisor.

  4. Kodi aliyense mumangoti political scientist bwanji. Mdala human resource management uyu. All the way from mpemba to chanco. Yotapitsanso. When did.he become a political scientist? Zachamba eti.

  6. Bwana prof limenelo ndi hogwash your advice lacks depth. Tonse government must not engage in unnecessary intransigence just to win a face of a ruler. Pen the president on such observations Bwana professor

  7. Did he change the cabinet when there was the biggest public outcry and resentment?….the resounding answer is NO.

    So what do you mean by indecisiveness or try and error…….all the things he has reversed were because it was necessary to do so and not just please some quarters…..

  8. Zoona za Universal fertilizer uturn,K100,000 tax free uturn, lockdown attorney general today another statement tomorrow another one . Lockdown measures put in place the following day the president talks about schools reopening and no actions taking place to enforce the measures.

  9. There is nothing wrong with trial and error because the new government is trying to avoid the mistakes that the UDF and DPP governments made since they took over from Dr. Banda. The mistakes they made are costly and Bingu tried to correct most of them but he messed up during his second term. Bingu became so arrogant that he made a lot of enemies within Malawi and outside Malawi. In the end Malawi suffered unprecedented fuel shortages among other things. This led to the collapse of businesses. I do not think that the errors can grossly affect Malawi as compared to the mistakes by Bakili, Bingu, Joyce Banda and APM. We saw a lot of stealing of taxes and a lot of tribalism. One tribe and the tribe’s districts were favoured in terms of developments and recruitment in the public sector. There was Lomwelisation in every sector and that is why the new government is finding it hard to remove the likes of Aubrey Sumbuleta, Itaye, Matabwa, Buluma, Elias Hausi and many others. The best is to use the proverb “popha nyani sitiyang’ana nkhope”. The bad cadets in government must be removed. They stole loads of money at Nocma, Mera, ESCOM, EGENCO, Government Ministries etc. The names include Norman CHisale, Peter Mukhito, Norman Chisale, Rosa Mbilizi, Gertrude Muthalika, Zameer, and Peter Muthalika himself.

  10. I totally agree. Is the VP part of these decisions? Take your time and team work will reduce these u-turns

  12. Foseki
    What shit are you talking about. He is President of the people. Your so called polofesa was good at stealing money only. I hear you are also involved in some dodgy deals.

    1. Chakwera was in 2005 also conferred professorship by Pan Africa Theological Seminary (PAST) in Nyahururu Kenya.

  13. That is the more reason the guys needs too many advisors to advise him..Atupele already said he is a leaner and would go into government as an apprentice. Imagine he is hiring old people from retirement saying they will help him reform the civil service yet they are the same people who messed up the civil service before they left. If they did correct things we should not have been talking of a rotten civil service.

    1. Inuso Atupele anayamba wakhalapo President kuti awoneke wa experience? Za ziiii! Chakwera ndi President wa anthu osati zanu za chilomwe zija ayi. Those retired people you are talking about was not retired but they were taken like anthu oipa in DPP Government,that is why they just left the Service. Inu ndinu anthu aipa.

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