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mjiba
mjiba
7 years ago

Malawi population is here to stay. I dont know where these idiots come with the figures that they quote in their reports on population growth in Malawi. We need to put in place strategies that make this population work for the country to develop and stop complaining. Huge population is good for cheap labour for agricultural purposes we can do away with perennial hunger. Huge population is good for national security. Employ more youths in the Army and Police, we have a threat looming at our nose from TZ, we have funds for this tighten the holes in financial management… Read more »

Saudi Mussa
Saudi Mussa
7 years ago

Almost all problems in Malawi are very much related to overpopulation. This is a major crisis for our country and everyone is so blasé about it including our leaders. Our GDP is low making us the poorest country in the world coz of population. I can’t think of any problem in Malawi that’s not directly linked to overpopulation. Just look at our neighbours; Zambia-14.9 million(6 times bigger in area), Zimbabwe- 14.3 (3 times bigger) and Mozambique- 24(6 times bigger) and yet Malawi has a staggering estimated 18 million( projected to reach 50 million by 2050) It doesn’t take a rocket… Read more »

aabwino
aabwino
7 years ago

High population is good for a country like Malawi. The majority of Malawians are the youth and if the government and policy makers can make deliberate policies to harness this group Malawi will be somewhere. These are future taxpayers. Who will finance our medical insurances, pension if we do not have a population which is growing? The government should stop complaining but rather use resources to have massive training programmes for the youth. Train them in farming, welding, carpentry, roadmaking, general fitting, electrical installation, solar energy, IT and heavy goods driving.

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