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William kaunda
William kaunda
9 years ago

I am surprised why many people from south are against federal type of government. Do they mean they can’t develop the south without northerner or people from centre? Come on, wakeup southerners.

mlomwe kabisa
mlomwe kabisa
9 years ago

iwe ndi galu eti lero ukudana ndi mbuli,mayesa iwe lero ngati ukudya mkumakhala ndi mphamvu zo bwebwetuka mchifukwa cha mbulizo.

JUSTINE CHIFERAH
9 years ago

It is not fair for nothern region to have their rulling.if their is problems just discuss,thats all.

Amutchona
Amutchona
9 years ago

Under a decetralised/federal system the resources of the country (budget) are allocated (as per Malawi Local Government Act of 1998) according to population size and level of economic development just to mention a few. This means (all things being equal) Lilongwe should get a biggger share of the resources than Mzimba. Secondly, some of the economic activities are planned and executed at local level, thereby speeding up development turn arround. The practice of deploying District Commissioners who are appointed by and report to National Local Government is old fashioned and too colonial. Most developing countries (such as South Africa) have… Read more »

wonder
wonder
9 years ago

let the north get independence or sucede as its people wish. we are now sick and tired of this issue. There shouldn’t be no one that should cling to people that want to break away. even in a family, if one wishes to go, the nkhoswe and courts do allow, yes they are consequences and one advocating for such move should be prepared to face that. in that situation, you gain some and you also lose some. it’s never a win situation. my thinking though is issue will do more harm than good to Malawi for following reasons; this is… Read more »

mary
9 years ago

NOW I KNOW WHY MAXON MBENDELA WAS CRYING!!!! CRY MY BELOVED MALAWI CRY BLOOD!!!

SAME LIPENGA
SAME LIPENGA
9 years ago

Mbuli ndi zomwe zikuonongetsa dzikoli. Zikumavotera anthu based fundo zopusa komanso zosathandiza. Zina mwa izo: 1. APM ndi Professor, anaphunzitsapo Obama. Ngat anamva kuti kuphunzitsa Obama means intelligence and wisdom to lead a nation 2. APM ali ndi ndalama kale kotero sazafuna zina kuti abe. Kuiwala kuti iwo sanalowe mmaganizo mwake and anthu omwe amuzungulira are also hungry for money 3. APM ndi wanzeru ngat mchimwene wake Bingu kotero adzapitiriza chitukuko ankachita mbale wake. Kuiwala kuti no body exactly equal to another person no matter what. …Lero ndi izi wagawanitsa komanso mitundu mdziko muno. I think we should set minimum… Read more »

John Nyirenda
John Nyirenda
9 years ago
Reply to  SAME LIPENGA

I second

Mwana wa Mfumu M'vonye
Mwana wa Mfumu M'vonye
9 years ago

Now we have heard from two profs., Kanyongolo and Chirwa; and from DD Phiri, an original thinker. It would be instructive to consider their views, as these people would act by their heads, and not necessarily by their hearts. For those advocating secession or federalism, please throw sentimentality out the window, real quick. Not serving the country favorably at all. Present solid economic (not sentimental) arguments regarding the pending benefits of federalism (cf. the costs): remember you will be adding another layer of government, and that’s not cheap. Malawi is not Great Britain, Belgium, Canada or Spain where great noises… Read more »

FKajera wa Kajera
FKajera wa Kajera
9 years ago

Mvyonye, you have talked no fact at all. You should be defending your region and why it is not necessary to be in a federal state. Mwana akafuna nyanga ya mtsatsi umusemere. Why are you not advocating? It is because you have no problems and see nothing wrong with what is happening. I am made to believe you are talking theoletically. You have never been to the north. We feel it and is getting deeper each day. Enough is enough. We must get things moving very quickly. QUOTA, NO DEVELOPMENT, POSITIONS IN GOVT, name them all.

Kenkkk
Kenkkk
9 years ago

Where to find them? Please elaborate Mr Mvonye so that we can all consider these alternative solutions.

Kenkkk
Kenkkk
9 years ago

Sue mikanichi, you started very well until when you started saying the north should form their own party. Why? The north had a party before, where did it take us? Please don’t regionalise parties. That is exactly one Of the problems that we Malawians are still far behind on democracy, we still think on regional lines. A party should be national, not regional. The north has refused to think on regional lines or forming another party or supporting aford because it takes us no where. It is the perpetual Numbers game!!! The north now votes for a party that we… Read more »

wisdom mwanza
wisdom mwanza
9 years ago

I for one do not see why people are so afraid of a federal government in Malawi. After 50 years of independence, most of us can see that the leadership of our country has failed us.The development of Malawi as anation has been polarised and it seems it will continue to be polarised because our political leaders are selfish and afraid to make unpopular but wise decisions for the sake of unifying the nation. Whatever the aurguments they can put forward, there is no need for the government to continue with university quota system selection. The policy has proved to… Read more »

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