Mr. Afterthought: Muckraker on Malawi state of disaster
“It is good , it is good, it is bad, it is bad” -Saulos Klaus Chilima
If you make a not-so-clever move once, it is an honest mistake; if you make it twice, it becomes poor judgment; but if you make it three times it manifests itself into a dangerous habit.
In fact too dangerous a habit if you happen to be a leader, any leader – be that you are a school, church or local leader; but more-so if you are a leader of a whole country.
Look, President Peter Mutharika is notorious at making decisions and changing them almost immediately. At first we thought it was a ruse to make himself look considerate.
Remember when he famously reversed the purported insane decision by the Cabinet he himself chairs to request for an obscene salary hike? Most of us thought it was a trick to forestall similar requests from the civil service.
And there was his own 80 percent salary hike which he allegedly postponed.
He has made several reverses in seven months one wonders how many he will make by the end of the 60 months we have given him mandate to lord over us.
We somehow thought he was on a learning curve; he would learn to make firm decisions and stick by them in the New Year. But, hell, no!
Look, this other day he declared more than half his country a ‘disaster area’ following devastating floods that have left nearly 200 people dead and more than 200,000 others homeless.
These are just official figures, by the way, for more people are still unaccounted for; others are still marooned in places even military choppers cannot rescue them for the soils are too soft for the equipment to land.
Already, the Nsanje District Commissioner says he cannot account for more than 150 people; his Chikwawa counterpart also has his population books not balancing up for he is not aware whether some of his people are dead or simply missing.
The case is not dissimilar across the width and breadth of the country for even in Blantyre a family has decided to have a funeral wake for a son who has gone missing since nocturnal flash-floods swept him to the abyss of nothingness on one dreary night.
These are just statistics from places the media and government have been to. There are others – plenty others – where Vice President Saulos Chilima’s chopper cannot even begin to think of landing.
This, clearly, denotes a country in crisis; a country that needs to upgrade its emergency alert level to Red, if you see what I mean.
Peter Mutharika, therefore, did the right things to rise up to the occasion and make the necessary declarations. He used all the right words and emotions.
This makes it possible, if not easy, for the administration to mobilise the necessary relief items. Indeed the relief items have already started flooding in from far and wide; we need some 3,777 tents, already two charities have pitched up some in the Lower Shire Valley, a company there is also doing its corporate responsibility by supplying water in bowsers to the displaced people.
The Vice President, whose office is coordinating the relief, recovery and rescue effort – quite commendably, I must add – says government needs at least K5 billion to successfully do the job.
So far, so good; systems are in place, the government machinery has been activated to do the needful, military and police boats and helicopters are deployed to rescue marooned people, some perched high up trees.
And then President Mutharika, in his usual paradoxical ways, decides to muddy up the waters and announces he is flying to Mozambique to click glasses of Chivas Regal with Filipe Nyusi as the latter takes over the staff of power in Maputo.
What? How insensitive! Here is a guy who, just some eight hours before, announced that half the country he is supposed to be lording over is submerged under water, scores of his people are dead, many more are missing, and he is telling us he is flying across the border to make merry?
Look, I know inter-state camaraderie is useful, especially for a country the late Big Kahuna poked the middle finger at by inaugurating a port without the blessings of Maputo. But you cannot declare a mournful situation now and eight hours later you announce you are going to make merry with a new colleague who has just joined the ‘fat cats’ club.
How do you begin to justify the two polar positions?
Ok, ok, barely six hours later Peter reverses the trip using the emergency situation as the reason. Hey, good people, when did the President learn about the disaster situation? Peter himself acknowledged that Malawi is a ‘disaster area’ yesterday. How does he – or his office – today begin to announce a ‘merry-making’ trip and cancel the trip using the same ‘sorrowful’ reasons he personally announced to his people yesterday?
Does this make sense to anyone? It does not to me!
But who is fooling who? Or are we confirming that there is no coordination in the presidency? I know some jerk will challenge me that a presidential trip is planned months ahead but if the President changes the plan the machinery must immediately fall in place to reflect the present situation…if the systems are working!
Let me repeat, Peter cannot declare half the country ‘a disaster area’ and a few hours later announce he is heading for Maputo to make merry with Filipe Nyusi. Once the declaration of disaster was made all systems should have reflected that position.
Look, once the declaration of disaster was made the army, for example, should have been on high alert ready to be called to duty any time. And it was! Look at how soldiers and police officers commendably worked overnight to rescue marooned people in Chikwawa and Nsanje.
So how can one argue that because the Maputo junket was pre-arranged it was supposed to be announced as scheduled anyway even if it was clear it would not happen because of the present situation?
Or, perhaps, the President indeed wanted to fly to Maputo but someone whispered to his ear, “Bwana, that’s a no-no, a tactical – if not political – blunder”?
God save us!
Reforming the reforms
Listening to Angoni Saulos last Friday waltzing lyrical about his current favourite pastime you can begin to believe that the Mutharika administration is really serious about public service reforms.
Of course, the devil – as they say – is in the detail but the Vice President admits politics is the ‘elephant in the room’ as far as the success of public service reforms is concerned.
According to Saulos, there have been at least 19 attempts to reform the public service but all have been mired by politics.
The one thing, therefore, that the Saulos Commission has to do is to damn the politics if government really wants the reforms to work.
For example, on the contentious issue of tying the tenure of some public offices to the tenure of the appointing authority, the Vice President admits politics will inevitably make the President fail to work with some public officers.
This is sadly true because we tend to appoint people based on how yellow, blue or orange they are. If we appoint people purely on merit or professional track record I fail to understand how President A can fail to work with an officer appointed by President X.
So if we want the public service reforms to work let us reform our politics. Let us remove the thin line that separates the party in power and the government of the day.
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well written. strategic planning and management does not mean making foolish, obvious abrupt changes as Peter does
Leading a nation requires strategic thinking and management. This implies frequent reviews of decisions, plans & implementation processes. Evaluative thinking leadership is critical in a dynamic environment especially in immature democracies. Leading a nation to a life of greatness, in the current fluid democracies, does not necessarily need travelling through the already discovered wide road. The future is always different from the past. Therefore, I do not see a problem for the President to make frequent changes in decisions, plans and implementation processes. This is in line with modern management and scientific approaches in acquiring knowledge. Honest leaders are loyal to critical thinking to find out real needs of 14 million people ( in case of Malawi) who have different needs, through listening to people well beyond the so called representation groups that may be promoting their own interest
Mr Chilima,you have my vote if ever you stand as a presidential candidate,it seems you can change the politics of Malawi.Keep it up,i always salute you.
Akamunawa apwetekana pamwambapa ndi zipewa zawo.
You can easily tell comments from Blue Fanatics. To them APM is always right and therefore need not be reproached. They are a shallow minded lot. If you disagree with contents of this article, put forward your reasoning for people to appreciate. You may just win over APM critics to your side. You can’t achieve this by name calling.
Tenthani, its because pple like you would like APM to work in the manner you like that is making the president to work properly. You should not always look for problems in the president but try your best to offer constructive criticism. Not always criticising destructively. My appeal to the president is be yourself do what you think is right and stand by it come sunshine or rainfall. Dont be shaken by these pple who are not even leaders but would like to behave like ones.
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In the USA top civil service posts are Linked to presidential terms eg position of secretary of state, head treasury. Why can’t the same be true for Malawi
In this Malawi of today where donor funding to aid the budget stopped, the country is on the path of try and error not by choice but by situation.Nothing wrong to make a decision and reverse it any time that deems fit.We in fact need more of such emergent strategies to play a major role in a situation that we are in. That is another type of Leadership applied by APM; thus situational leadership and expect more decision reversals. Just make sure that your reverse gears are well and working!
Change is the word for you. You are very much obsessed with evil
You should be ashamed of yourself Tenthani, but then again you come of as someone with out shame. Busy with your campaign of hate against APM as usual, to the point were your neglecting your job as the voice of the nation to the world though the BBC, it’s very shameful that the floods in malawi were being reported by a journalist from mozambique. Instead of showing the world the suffering of Malawian your busy writing nonsense though your backside.
I am sadden by this called BBC correspondent, who does not know the power he has by just been a BBC correspondent who can help his nation to call for aid to the suffering Malawian. He is busy in beer halls drinking and criticizing those people who try to do something.
Tethani! had it been you took your camera and rush to Nsanje and write a feature story for the flood victims, what impact could you have made?
Poor Journalist of our beloved country. Who hate their country for no apparent reason! Shame on you, change or ……..
A Malawi zina tidzimvetsa. Tenthani sana lakwe kunena zolakwika mkayendesedwa ka Boma. A Boma uwu ndiye mwai okonzela zolakwika. The situation of the Nation we are passing through now is no politicking matter. People are dying in waters others are dying in collapsing dwellings, crops are being washed away, roads are also being washed away, yet some people have the nerve to poke at Tenthani. Very soon there will be famines and outbreaks of different diseases yet some people are busy planning trips for HE, the President, what a shame! Don’t embarras the President. Get to know that he already has a lot on his plate’ the various “gates”, the strikes and the demos. The oldman will collapse if we don’t rally with him. Chilima is trying as a rookey in politics and also needs our support. A Malawi, lets see beyond our nose. Mabvuto awa ngatonse. Pointing fingers will not help us. So may the good Lord help us.
Ralph, I want to warn you that a special crew has been set to fight your writings. Your moukler will be mocked each time it get published. Ralph its a special unit and well funded just to fight. This is just a tip.
Isn’t it interesting to note that those who take pride in picking on the tiniest bits of other people’s missteps are the most offended ones when they get a dose of their own pills?.
I know that Tenthani tries so hard to convince everybody that his arguments are always right but this fella should know better that that is an effort in futility.He can choose to dub his critics as ”jerks” but that will surely not help matters.In fact,that will just be like pouring gasoline on blazing fire!
Isaac Newton-that great scientist-could not have said it better when in his third law of motion stated that when one body exerts a force on a second body,the second body simultaneously exerts a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction on the first body.
So Mr Tenthani,you can lest be assured that you will always have plenty of critics.The faster you learn to live with it the better.
Mwasowa zokamba, a opposition, zomwe wachita APM zolakwika ndi zitizo. ? Walakwa kuchita cancel Mozambique trip instead he sent DR. Chaponda? What exactly are you critising? Kuzolowera kulankhula zoipa za president basi. Amalawi otembeledwa inu.
Tenthani is right, look we know all you writing silky comments against Tenthani have been sent to backlash. It seems to me like its one person using different names… Peter has simply failed us, Chilima should take over simple.
very unfortunate i never know what wrong did peter mutharika did to mr tenthani everytime i havent seen mackraking hailing our president munthu sakhara oipa mbari zonse mbari yabwinoyo mudzilembanso
Sometimes if you dont have smthng to do,i see it better to read the bible.Bcz criticisms which are baseless and confusing stimulates anger to some devoted citizens like me.The trip to mozambique was cancelled according to the state of the nation,& i dont see anything wrong.I would like to advise you Mr Tenthani to scan your criticism statements before public viewing.
Excellent piece of work from Tenthani. I wonder whether this president has any advisors. The flip flipping is a sign that some of the reversed decisions are an afterthought from other quarters other than the advisors. The president is not capable of making sound decisions but unfortunately he is not aware of his shortcomings.
Put up a fund my friend.if this article was talking about a fund with bank details and a task force comprising of well know people tommorrow we will be going to the bank to deposit imagine if 1 million malawians give 100 each we will have 100,000,000 for the victims and I know people can give if the fundraising team is of well known and calibre people believe in. Thanks tenthani !
I think 2019 we need to change presidency. The Mutharikas provide R
One thing so certain my fellow Malawians should know is that “Anthu onse omwe anathawa ku u msembe, mitu yawo siyenda bwino” so let us all understand and forgive this moron who what he knows is to criticize APM and DPP only.
By the way, what is it that the Mutharika family did you wrong? Kodi Mayi JB anakupatsa zingati zomwe ukulephera kubwezazo. Which journalism ethics do you follow? Why going such low Mr Tenthani? Nkuona ukulephera ndi kusamba komwe. Munthu okhwima ngati iwe sindinamuone ayi! Kumalephera ndikukhwazira ndevu komwe.
All in all, GOD bless Malawi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One thing so certain my fellow Malawians should know is that “Anthu onse omwe anathawa ku u msembe, mitu yawo siyenda bwino” so let us all understand and forgive this moron who what he knows is to criticize APM and DPP.
By the way, what is it that the Mutharika family did you wrong? Kodi Mayi JB anakupatsa zingati zomwe ukulephera kubwezazo. Which journalism ethics do you follow? Why going such low Mr Tenthani? Nkuona ukulephera ndi kusamba komwe. Munthu okhwima ngati iwe sindinamuone ayi! Kumalephera ndikukhwazira ndevu komwe.
All in all, GOD bless Malawi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don’t hate Tethani, Je Suis Charlie!
It’s as simple as its been said. How come the whole president visiting flood victims in his suit whilst on red carpet. You’ve got the rights critising Tethani in your opinion but the man is leaving no stones unturned. There’s no moral standards in him. How come the whole of APM would think and talk that way and now you people got balls giving some sticks, because you support mlakhwoism and you can’t see the truth in the article. O, poor malawians.
It is very impressive to see the kind of blind support for APM in the comments. However, the point that Tenthani is making is that it is time APM started acting as a real leader. You may defend him all you want, but with each passing month it is clear that APM has no clue what leading a country is all about. Apart from the flip-flopping, others have noted the inappropriate attire and red carpet used in a ‘disaster’ zone.
My own observation is that APM declared the disaster zone BEFORE he even visited a single disaster area! What kind of leader expects the outside world to take his country’s disaster seriously when he makes a disaster declaration from the comfort of his sitting room? It does not matter that Chilima is coordinating the relief process, APM is still president and needs to visit disaster zones without someone reminding him.
It is not a question of unnecessary criticism, the fact of the matter is that APM is too detached as the president of the country. People who are directly benefiting through positions or contracts may choose to be blind to this but it is a fact: This President loves the idea of being President, but has no desire in performing the duties of a President…
DPP has no grace to lead the nation. how do you expect people and media to back a failed and a crooked goverment which cheated its citizens to get into power. simple concept. why do we need to go for interview before given job yet one has all qualifications and references with him? it shows some people can manupilate qualifications like Hon Lucius Banda before he learnt a lesson. a person is finaly proven by the work of his hands. therefore DPP has to prove. PP made its recovery process for this nation within 100 days in service. how many days are in 7 months. can one substitute only hundred days from seven months and come up with list of things DPP has so far done if not doubled the situation behind. am talking about the first hundred days of dpp leadership before the floods. they should not seek sympathey from others during this period of disaster we all understand its not their fault but it has contributed to their test of leadership…CHILIMA LEADING FROM UNDERCOVER. muisovenge
I would like to commend all those who have commented on this article. Malawians we must learn not to condone mediocre thinking; our country is stagnating because we waste our attention on people who speak or write any rubbish.
I think the president was supposed to go to Maputo. The trip to. Mozambique was very important as that one he sent his vice to Zambia. That is why you got a Vice President to takeover. the trips to Mozambique and Zambia were very, very important. The President was supposed to attend the funeral in Zambia as well as the inauguration in Mozambique. Mr Chilima analipo komanso boma linalipo.
Mr Tenthani u a such a person that mother Malawi would have commited even an unsafe abortion before u came to life on the mother land! I’ve been following what u wrt koma palibe ndi chimodzi chomwe chimene chinabweretsapo zabwino kwa mtundu wa mayi Malawi.
A Raph Tenthani apa mwaonekelatu kuti column yanu imangokamba za zofowoka za Mutharikas. invitation ya ku mozambique boma linalandira kalekale ndiye kuti a prezident anazipanga commit kuti apita. Government anounced the president’s official travel arrangement now disaster has striken and he has communicated that he wont go amid the domestic problems. what more do you want mr Tenthani? your piece today is a waste of energy and time. there is nothing tangibal here. your critism here is misplaced and portrays u as a disgruntled hater who has run out of ideas. next time try to concentrate on more serious things.
Akulu ino a Tenthani, ngakhale ku Mozambique kuno madzi awaononga koopsa. Magetsi, mabridge akuluakulu aduka, koma eni akewo anakhazikitsa date ya kudzozedwa Pelezidenti wawo ndipo sanasinthe. Ukanakhale iwe ukanalemba zotani?
Akulu inu Unsembe unakukanikani pano uwo utolankhani mukulowa nawo mtchire. Zamanyazi ndithu, sintani mkhalidwe.
Pamene mwafikapa olo udindi sangakupatseni. Ku BBC komweko palibe chomwe mumalembalako cha nzeru cha dziko lano. Kupusatu munthu wankulu kumeneko. Kaya mphenga yakula nkhutumo…………….
It seems u know tenthani better. How far did he go with his UNSEMBE bid?
I am also very much amazed with this thing called APM with its bootlickers who try to defend him yet chimunthu chanucho chikulakwitsa
Mr Tenthani, infact I myself made several questions on this change of the trip without a single answer. The issue may look simple to usual party leader bootlickers but very crucial to us who demand seriousness from our leaders. The same happened to the trip of Zambia. This is a stupid tactic of gaining our sympathy. BWAMPINI SHOULD KNOW THAT PRESIDENCY IS A HIGH OFFICE, ASATICHITISE MANYAZI IFE ASAAAA.
inde man pitala akuyesetsa kma amadkila an2 amutsutse kaye. mpamene bingu samasekelera zopusa akakhoma fundo imakhala yomweyo bas
Bravo Tenthani. In addition to your point, I even got my nerves jerking when I heard that the CEO of this country will be presiding over the opening of a road when half his own country according to himself is in disaster with people being swept away by floods. Poor leadership!!
Mr. Tenthani, you are sarvegely, brutally and UNpatriotically exposing your ignorance about journalism. Your columns are always none educative. They are just promoting hatred among Malawians. So, go to hell with your stinky ideas. Go into the class and face instructions once again.
Ralph u are becoming boring, daily mutharika this mutharika that. Kodi adakulanda mkazi achemutharikawo
Am one of ur followers. On this one u have goofed.Why have u associated presidents meeting wife merry making? Do u remember when mocambique was in our situation malawi helped them.The conclusion u have drawn have u seen the presidents agenda in maputo? My beloved reporter learn to love your country.You are creating a bad LEGACY
The Tenthani we all knew is long gone. In his place we have a hatred filled shadow of himself that leaves everyone baffled. This really is what makes it very sad. Look at his article. He feels so above everyone else he has the guts to refer to any of his critics as “jerks”. Wait a minute, aren’t you writing week in week out to criticize APM’s administration. Well then, are you also a “jerk” by criticizing other people? What are you smoking Tenthani? Crack? Sure looks like that from an independent reader’s perspective. So, not a single article about Malawi floods on BBC from you hey? I guess BBC inalienable kale eti?
Good point well made. Just one observation to add:
whilst it’s commendable APM cancelled his trip to Maputo, it’s rather perplexing that he then proceeded to undermine this (correct) decision by visiting flood hit Balaka dressed in attire that can only be described at best insensitive and at worst utterly crass and insulting to those badly affected by the floods ie. blazer, neck tie, designer shoes, safari hat and Ray Ban sunglasses! And for good measure, APM not only brought along a roll of red carpet and some comfy chairs for him and his mrs to sit on, he also had dedicated staff to hold up an umbrella each for him and the First Lady. I mean come one! Is this really necessary at a time of national disaster? Is this really necessary at all in today’s society? Some serious soul searching is needed by our leaders. Such displays of opulence in one of the poorest countries in the world at any time let alone at times of national disaster are totally unnecessary. As for our VP’s emergency helpline idea…I’m totally lost for words.
I think Raphael Tenthani is mad if not he is making these noises thinking that one day he will be given a hot seat at state house to be state house press officer, there is no reason he should blame the state president.
MR TENTHANI, AT LEAST ONE DAY WRITE SOMETHING POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE
Iwe Tenthani ndiwe mbuzi yeni yeni. What are you doing as journalist to help mobilise food and other much needed items for the victims of flooding? You are just petty for nothing.
Apatu Mr Tentathani zakuvutani. You are tackling the issues in a most sporadic manner. i feel after writing this piece you were confused yourself. What are you trying to put across? My free advice would be mudakasunga article yo for later maybe it could make sense. Apa zavuta ndithu there is no flow of ideas in this article. Ma one sentence paragraph’wa kuti article ikule muchite submit chani? Sometime is prudent to keep quite we are mourning our fellow Malawians and busy trying to be clever with the pen in such moments cannot help matters.
mr muckraker, you seem to have ran out of constructive criticism! I don’t see any substance in your article especially the upper section. bola za ma reforms zo. check yourself, sir, you may be taking some of these little things too seriously. zinazi nzopanda ntchito, bamboo! nonetheless, keep up the good work of checking the executive.
The biggest achievement ‘Saulosi Commission’ should do is to remove the appointments of senior cadre in government and encourage competition (recruit based on real merit) not necessarily aligning tenures with presidents’
Ralph, you don’t have to write something every weekend. If you have nothing to say, don’t say it.
Stupid people who are not even successful themselves piercing at everything what is your problem tentha I come there is. No story here . Pls let’s look at positive side of issues and populise. We should talk of investments man go to Ministry of Trade and Analyse the trade compendium which is critical for development of this country let talk of how we can tackle deforestation,improve agricultural production and many more
What a useless article by the so called esteemed journalist.You are a disgrace to the malawi nation.I can now clearly see that you have the PHD (Pull Him Down) Syndrome. Instead of reporting on the actual reality of the floods you are hellbent on finding whatever little fault with the executive. If this is what Malawi journalism is all about then I feel sorry for the organisations that employs you.
Mr Ralph Tenthani you are a joke for Malawi and its people. In any disaster situation know one knows all the facts or details, information is gathered sporadically. The President has shown leadership and acted as the situation changes.
It seems to me as an outsider that you are very jealous of the President, for it is you who would like to be supping Chivas Regal Whisky.
In fact you are not a genuine journalist , since you do not report on facts or truths but merely give your opinions which are very prejudiced . I think you need to take a hard look in the mirror and ask yourself who are you, who do you love. Malawians deserve much better than your self centred mediocrity,
Tiyeni nokhanokha kususana ndiye ife timva ziti? Amayi bwerera tikufa ife kuno
That is propagandasm to impropagandast
even a fool is considered wise if he/she shutes his/her mouth.just critisizing and advising anything APM does! hei! you mean he is a failure in every thing?ndiye mudawadyera zambiritu amene akukutumaniwo.just appy to a position of presidential advisor.
Mutu ukakula siulewa nkhonya. APM’s flip-flopping is a news item that Ralph Tenthani as an alert scribe cannot miss. It simply is fodder for newsmen. You need actually to commend him for consistently shepharding APM to act as a serious president. Raphael Tenthani is actually a patriot citizen.
Now, now, what about this for a quote: ‘…the late Big Kahuna poked the middle finger at…’ I mean, you may not like the pudding, but you have to have the palate for his baking…the man can write B.E.A.Utifully
KODI AMENEYI MWATI NDI NTOLANKHANI?? UKUFUNA UNDIWUZE KUTI UKUSOWA ZOLEMBA MUNTHAWI INOYO PAMENE AMALAWI AMBILI APITA NDI MADZI, MANYUMBA AWO AKOKOLOKA, UKUFUNA UNDIWUZE KUTI UKUSOWA ZOLEMBA?? I THINK NTHAWI YAFIKA SOPANO YOTI UPITE KUMUZI UKALIME SOPANO WAKALAMBA. ASIYILENI ANA AGWILE NTCHITO YAWU TOLA NKHANIYI. ZOMWEZIJA ZA FEDULO ZIJA MPAKANA PANO?? ZIMENE MUKUPANGAZI MUKUNGOMU DALISA PETER. NDICHIFUKWA ZITHU ZAKE ZIKUYENDA, IWE UKHALA CHONCHO. NDIPO UZISAMBA UMATICHITISA MANYAZI, NAWO A BBC WO SANGASAKHE MUNTHU WOZISAMALA IYAYI AKUKATENGA SASAMBA NGATI AMENEYI, MINYAMATU IMENEYI.
That’s why he is putting a suite on red carpet ku disaster area ndi mkazi wake Ali neng’a pampando.
You might blame Tenthani, but he is right that the move goofed.
I do agree with his reasoning , decisions, polici’s nt talking to each other,things are falling apart
As Bwampini myself, if you keep on clapping hands on what I sometimes do wrongly, you gonna make me keep on making these blunders because I know you will always defend me. Politically, I will never ever accept my mistakes because your conclusion will be am weak in my actions. Deep down my heart i recommend the bravery of Mr SO -SO for consulting me to reverse some of my decisions.
I personally hate some of party gurus who always support me even they know I am wrong. That tendency can easily make me a dictator. To rebuke sm1 does not mean you hate the person.
Last but not least, you, Tenthani, next week write about something please as there will be no blunder in this week.
Ralph what we have in this country we proudly call home is a government of cartoons. You hava watched many cartoons and what we see in there is exactly what is happening in this country. You wonder what that plantation of advisors are doing around him. He goes to a place where people are morning have lost everthing to floods this person you call president rolls out carpet and in a suit. So detached and insensitive dude
Tenthani in order to cover the floods story bizy gastigating APM iwenso ndi mbuzi
Mr Muckracker, see this:
1. Don’t bother about the “fickleness” or unreliability of APM’s decisions. They reflect the person that he is – he is not together; he is untrustworthy. Besides not putting such people in high profile leadership position, there’s nothing that can be done once some ‘stupid’ Malawians decided to put such idiots into the presidency. Forget about correcting APM; he’s incorrigible by nature; but you can turn the tables around in the next presidential elections by voting on basis of the candidate’s personal caliber or merit, and not voting on basis of tribal or regional affiliations as most people do in Malawi.
2. Your concerns on public service reforms are legitimate, but you’ve fallen short of harnessing the potency of your last paragraph. “..if we want the public service reforms to work let us reform our politics”. You should have given concrete suggestions how our politics can be reformed.Please do this, I’m waiting to hear your reform suggestions. Malawian politics are mired into tribal, factional and partisan quagmire. If people come to a point of saying “I can’t vote for a Tumbuka”, do you think there’s hope of reforming the way our politics are run? You mean Tumbukas are not presidential material? This reflects how our politics are entrenched in tribal considerations. And as long as we consider our voting on basis of tribes we’ll always miss the right candidate to fill the presidency. And if you chose the wrong candidate he/she will always be the “elephant” in the room of positive reforms, and change decisions anyhow as if he’s a cameleon. What I mean is that “there cannot be positive reforms in any aspect of governance as long as we vote for people on basis of criteria other than the candidate’s caliber or merit.” The presidential tenure of APM represents a waste opportunity for Malawi’s socio-economic growth”.
3. And your last point of “Let us remove the thin line that separates the party in power and the government of the day” is probably incorrect. This line must be thickened so that it’s clear the two institutions are not the same. Removing this line or blurring it will make these institutions appear the same and expose govt resources to exploitation by a ruling party.
Mr Tenthani, what type of journalism do you practice? Your role as journalist in this disaster is to help advancing our course with your contacts with international media. Learn to be patriotic for now. Learn from your fellows in the western media. Whenever there is a national occurrence, the western media get united with their government to deal with it. Why should you spend your time just attacking and talking about negatives. That is counter productive my dear. Everything has its time and this is not time for hate journalism.
What a petty writeup from a pathetic journalist. Kusowa chochita Kapena?
Ndakuziwa ukusaka pofera Tenthani.
Mr what best can u offer in this country? Question our ability first before you can testify others wickneses, stressifull life will not make you grow older. Why do you dinie your self for selfish reasons? Let me remind u, common sense is not always common.
So great to big think like that, Bravo mfwetu wena
Through the Esteemed NyasaTimes, Can you ask Mr Tenthani to rewrite his article. What is he trying to write about? Is he defining Journalism that he has to write negatives. Trying to create a path for………………………………………… WALEMBA MMADZI
inunso a Ralph tenthani musatibhowevwe are in mourning season. I mean why should we be good at criticising every small thing one does and says?? for example, I heard that you tenthani is one educated journalist that you work for the BBC, but have we seen any of your feed on BBC during this disaster time in Malawi?/ Instead it is this Nigerian journalist who reported Malawi floods on BBC while the so called “Mr All Wise Perfect Tenthani” are busy scrutinizing even a cough Peter Muthalika makes. This for sure shows you have a personal vendetta on APM so much that you have forgotten that as a journalist, you have a big role to positively report on this national disaster to alert both local and international well wishers to assist us. I personally find that lacking, Mr Tenthani. This is the time we collectively play a role in building this nation. This is the time we focus on the problem we have and help in how we help solve it
All five of you have a least read the article, that is very good even if mwabhoweka
Mr Tenthani, the fact still remains that the president cancelled the trip to Moz because of the situation in the country. In my view, govt is trying its best to deal with the situation. What’s the issue to blame APM here. You personally just have pathological hatred of the President. Sometimes lets learn to practise fairness and actually you lose nothing for that.
Always criticising tenthani!what kind of journalism did u study?
DPP will not achieve anything. Forget it. Each govt will be reforming the civil sertvice to suit its agenda.