A governance expert has said decentralization process in the country is not working because of political power struggle between members of parliament and ward councilors as the legislators refuse to recognize the ward councilors as front line development public officers in an area. The Zomba-based governance expert Happy Kayuni said development and democracy can work […]
Disgruntled Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water development George Chaponda has been criticised for his ethnocentric and tribalism comments over the maizegate scandal. Chaponda speaking on Capital Radio’s DayBreak Malawi program monitored by Nyasa Times Monday morning accused civil society organisations who have been calling for his resignation as being all northerners. The Minister who has been faulted by […]
A political scientist based at Chancellor College in Zomba, a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima), Happy Kayuni has said the current political terrain in the country does not favour former president Joyce Banda’s aspirations to contest in 2019 presidential elections. Banda—who came a distant third to President Peter Mutharika in 2014 elections —indicated in an interview […]
Malawi commentators have differed on the current governance rating in the 2015 Mo Ibrahim Index. Malawi is now ranking 17th, jumping by one step from last year’s position 18. Founder Mo Ibrahim, the Sudan-born telecoms tycoon launched the index in 2006 in a bid to help African countries measure and improve their performance. It ranks countries […]
President Peter Mutharika has been advised by a University of Malawi don, to focus on “objective appointments” when hiring people into public positions but also ensure gender equality. Happy Kayuni, Associate Professor and head of Political and Administrative studies department at the University of Malawi, Chancellor College observed that political appeasement has been the major […]
Associate professor and head of political and administrative studies at Chancellor College of the University of Malawi , Happy Kayuni, has given President Peter Mutharika an F for lacking critical analysis of social-political developments in the country. The fail comes in the wake of ongoing Judiciary strike and economic downturn, as the political analyst has saidMutharika […]