Pressure is mounting for Anti-Corruption Bureau director, Martha Chizuma to resign for contravening her own oath of secrecy as per Corrupt Practices (Oath of Secrecy) Regulations.

Several social and political commentators on social media have also asked the authorities to get her arrested for contravening her own oath of secrecy.

This follows a leaked phone call in which she is heard sharing secrets and insights with commoners who have no bearing on investigations being undertaken by the bureau.

In a pure gossip episode with a male friend on the other end of the line, Chizuma is heard openly sharing delicate insights of ongoing investigations and how she plans to tackle them.

According to the Corrupt Practice (Oath of Secrecy) Regulations, any officer who reveals any information shall face the long arm of the law.

“Any officer or consultant in the service of the Bureau who (a)except as a witness in any count or in pursuance of his duties directly or indirectly reveals to any unauthorized person or otherwise the contents of any document, communication or information whatsoever which has come to his knowledge in the course of his duties as such officer or consultant; (b) make use for his own purposes, any knowledge acquired from such document, communication or information, shall be guilty of an offense and liable, upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding K50,000.00 and to a term of imprisonment of five years,” reads Section 4 of the regulations.

Besides revealing information to her friend, Chizuma is also heard confessing that she also shares details of investigations with France-based social media influencer, Stanley Onjezani Kenani.

Kenani has been an advocate of Chizuma on social media. The leaked phone call only confirms where he has been getting information all this time.

The phone call – believed to have been recorded by the other interlocutor – also exposes Chizuma’s lack of respect for Malawian judges labeling them corrupt and reliant on bribes.

Her attack on the learned judges comes as a direct reference to a recent episode where High Court Judge, Simeon Mdeza, released Ashok Nair who is an agent of embattled businessman Zuneith Sattar.

Ashok was released weeks ago when the High Court faulted the arrest of Lands Minister, Kezzie Msukwa.

From the phone recording (attached below) it is clear that Chizuma has chosen to fight corruption by sidelining key stakeholders who matter in issuing consent and prosecution.

She openly despises the Attorney General and the Director of Public Prosecution as offices that are frustrating her drive.

Interestingly, one of the reasons Judge Mdeza gave for releasing Ashok Nair and stopping the arrest of Kezzie Msukwa was because ACB acted without notifying the office of the Attorney General.

Her lack of respect for the two important offices is what is derailing smooth coordination in the fight against corruption. These are offices that will have to offer legal support and aid her to attain desirable results in form of convictions in the court of law.

Lately, there have been growing sentiments within the legal fraternity that Chizuma, despite her celebrity status on social media – does not have a compelling track record of courtroom competence. She has no prominent victories for any client before any judge or magistrate.

The phone conversation also reveals her intentions to use social media influencers and the faith community to fight her battles.

Ironically she is heard casting doubt on whether she can fully rely on Pentecostals and Catholics for the mere fact that the State President and State Vice President are communicant members respectively.

The 12 minutes 34 seconds call finally vindicates those who have questioned Chizuma’s ineffectiveness as ACB director both in terms of integrity and legal competence.

The curtain has come down on Zambian elections with opposition United Party for National Development leader Hakainde Hichilema declared winner of the presidential race.

What makes the Zambian poll worth emulating is that outgoing leader Edgar Lungu gracefully conceded defeat and pledged to hand over power peacefully.

“We held our general elections on Thursday and the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has released the final results. Based on the ECZ results, I will comply with the constitutional provisions for peaceful transitions of power,” Lungu said.

’’I would, therefore, congratulate my brother the president-elect, His Excellency Hakainde Hichilema for becoming the seventh republican president.”

The same happened in Malawi in June last year when opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera won the country’s rerun presidential election, defeating incumbent Peter Mutharika with 58,57% of the vote.

Thumps-up to the military and the election governing bodies in the two countries for ensuring that electoral justice prevails.

In the case of Malawi,  an independent Judiciary refused to be cowed by the incumbent to perpetuate his unpopular rule and abnormalities in the initial election to order a rerun which the opposition won.

The examples set in Zambia and Malawi should be cherished and emulated by all Sadc countries for long-term peace and stability in the region.

The two countries, though far inferior in terms of economic development, have shown others in the region how real democracy works.

Sadc should move away from the scourge of disputed elections that has continued to plague most of its member States, Zimbabwe being the chief culprit.

The region has continued to tolerate wayward behavior by the military and ruling Zanu PF party in Zimbabwe. Soldiers have been beating people while propping up the ruling party.

Sadc stood aloof in 2008 when the late former President Robert Mugabe refused to concede defeat to MDC–T leader Morgan Tsvangirai in the first round of the polls.

Mugabe declared that he could not be removed by a pen (elections) and Sadc failed to take him to account.

What has been happening in Zimbabwe is in sharp contrast to what obtains in her regional peers. Zimbabwe’s progress has been stifled by haggling between the ruling party and the opposition.

Ruling party supporters and top government officials should respect the will of the people.

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission should act professionally as a true custodian of the people’s votes, and the military should steer clear of civilian matters.

This culture of disputed elections cannot continue to be tolerated in the region.

As usual, mine is an unpopular view and causes too much controversy.

As I was browsing through the Twitter streets this is what I came across… Allegations that South Africa’s best musical duo could be a couple.

Yes like a real couple!!

Some sections on Twitter who came up with these allegations posted the pair’s pictures concluding that the chemistry between the two is more than just friends.

While some expressed disappointment as they were crushing on the musical maestros some claimed it was obvious while some made fun of it.

Apparently, according to comments from various pages, these guys made their relationship public in May this year.

That’s when they came public about their sexuality.

Below are some reactions to the news and a series of pictures that prove the allegations could be true.

Blaq Diamond is a couple? an actual couple?

— Hermaine M (@HermaineM) August 6, 2021

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— H O P E Y (@Shes_fair) August 6, 2021

COVID-19 has come either to live among humans like HIV/Aids or just to pass by. In either situation, the impact of COVID-19 is real not only on personal finances but also at corporate level. Living under COVID-19 restrictions is a new experience for Malawi and other countries across the world struggling to contain Covid-19. As we adapt to this new reality, it is important to actively manage some of the financial stresses that the COVID-19 restrictions present.

The financial impact of COVID -19 restrictions will be with us long after the restrictions are lifted. Thus, minimizing the long-term impact of COVID-19 on our household finances is critical at this time. Here are some of the things we need to do on:

Food, stress and health

At the most basic level the COVID-19 restrictions have added stress to Malawians who are already in the unprecedented unstable social- political environment that has followed the May 2019 Tripartite Elections resulting in more slowing down of economic activities.

Stress and anxiety often drives up the consumption of comfort food and binge or boredom eating. Binge eating means eating an amount of food that is definitely larger than what most people would eat in a similar period of time under normal circumstances. The time is now to avoid eating much more rapidly than normal. Avoid eating until feeling uncomfortably full. And avoid eating large amounts of food when not feeling physically hungry.

Excessive food consumption is not only unhealthy, undermining your immune system, but it also results in higher grocery bills, Hence managing your food consumption responsibly during this period is key to spend less on food. Remember too that whenever you do need to go to buy groceries and others, you are required to observe the physical distancing protocols that have been put in place to lessen the risk of the contracting or spreading the virus.

Data and electricity costs

As many and more companies are encouraging their employees to work from home, this requires more data and electricity. With almost everyone being at home, will translate to a spike in television watching, live streaming and social media activity for entertainment as well as online learning. Thanks to network providers for providing free access to selected online lessons. However some of students are left out of that provision hence the need for them to have own data. To help control data costs, make sure you:

• stream from a single device

• download content during non-peak time when the internet speed is fast

• limit streaming high definition content where possible

• if you have a cellphone monitor your airtime, voice and data consumption to minimize costs.

• Avoid opening applications that use more data when not using them.

Need to change Lifestyle

It is important to consider in our monthly budgeting inclusion of detergents and washing soaps since observing hygiene is one of the important components in this time of crisis. Do the following: –

• Adjust your budget by considering inclusion of soaps and detergents in your listings.

• It is important to teach children and relatives at home good hygienic ways in order to avoid contacting Covid-19.

• It is time to consider hygiene as culture in budgeting.

Increased financial responsibilities

Many families in Malawi are extended families. This means we live together with even distant relatives as part of our culture. As a result, people are feeding many mouths even during this difficult times which is stretching their budgets. Here is what you can do to manage your stretched budget: have a frank and honest discussion with your family and explain what is possible and what is not. Make sure they understand that you will only be able to cater for essential items such as food and other basic necessities.

When you draw up a budget and include other family members in your expenses, prioritize the most important costs first. For example, if you usually cater for a family member’s transport costs, let them know that as they won’t be travelling much due to restrictions, you will make an allocation only for food and electricity.

Use credit wisely and responsibly

While it is never advisable to buy food on credit, it may be unavoidable during these COVID-19 restrictions. However, proceed with the utmost caution and only borrow what you will be able to repay. Thanks to some financial services who have decided to offers loan repayment relief due to COVID-19 pandemic to their customers. This is an opportunity for us to spend on the very basic needs. Make sure you are alert as many more credible institutions are coming up with creative ways to take the pressure off some of their most vulnerable customers.

Time for bold decisions – not drastic action

If your budgeting shows that you are going to be short of money, be prepared to cut costs. Live on more affordable food. Eliminate unnecessary big purchases that you do not really need.

It is no longer a secret that some companies are reducing employees’ salaries due to the impact of COVID-19 restrictions. Others are even strategizing on retrenching some workers as the businesses can no longer support them all. Certainly, this COVID-19 times is not a time for job-hopping, since we do not know what the long-term implications of the pandemic will be. This is not the time to be leaving a secure employer for another whose survival is not certain. Whether or not COVID-19 has come to stay among humans like HIV/Aids, it is still hard to predict if the virus will be brought under control shortly. What is evident is that unless we are prudent with our finances right now, this period will have prolonged financial implications for most households and companies.

In conclusion, taking safety measures to protect your financial health, and being as strict about this as you are with your physical health, can help you get through this challenging time with your finances reasonably intact.

By: Andrew Ngozo

It is about mind slavery. Once you make a person hate themselves and who they are, (referring to their ‘cultural history’) you don’t need to kill or put them in prison because you’ve made them their own worst enemy.

The oppression of the mind is the most powerful tool you can use to break a person.

In the late 19^th Century, Europeans flooded into Africa with the sole intention of ‘bringing light into the dark continent’. Be that as it may have been, it did not mean that Africa then was a backward landmass for we had advanced socio-political and socio-economic systems that had been in place and sustained society since time immemorial. Concerning the Europeans’ arrival and escapades in Africa,  John Henrik Clarke, an African-American historian, professor, and a pioneer in the creation of Pan-African and Africana studies, said: “They laughed at your clothes; and made you change your clothes, they laughed at your names; and made you change your name; but more importantly they laughed at your God; and made you change your God.” From an African point of view, Africa never was, is, or will be a laughing stock despite all the challenges and the shortcomings we face.

The continent has to reject the notion that being modern and civilized means imitating the west. It is the 21^st Century and while most African nations have adopted the language, political ideology, socio-economic structures, education and everything that makes up a nation, even down to popular culture, from the west, we still have a total dependency on our own traditional political philosophies and ideas and their shifts and movements.

However, it is sad to note that this is largely evident in rural communities and in the poorer countries of the continent and not in metropolises and richer countries.

Africa Has Above-Standard Intellectual Theories

That Africa has taken to western norms and cultures, makes John Henrik Clarke’s statement about the West laughing at us ever so true today.

Whatever the West normalises eventually trickles down to Africa and is adopted as a norm. essentially, this means that, slowly, Africa continues to be slowly emptied of its essence, and becoming a relic, no different in substance from a statue or a museum.

As Africans, we should strongly desist from persuading the rest of the world to believe that anything from our continent is inferior.

For instance, celebrations of Africa on the international scene mostly involve dancing, music, traditional fashion, and other cultural artifacts.

Africans hardly ever showcase African-originated economic ideas, social ideologies, or intellectual theories.

It is not that these do not exist, but the world has successfully convinced everyone that everything African is substandard.

Echoes of 19^th Century Colonists  

It is the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and we are told that its either you adapt or you die. African leaders are telling us that the way of the west is ‘modern and civilised’.

They echo the 19^th Century colonialists who dismissed African civilisations as backward, barbaric and uncivilised. Sadly, this is becoming Africa’s reality.

Westerners, aided by our very own, tell us that our institutions are corrupt, that our societies are patriarchal, and that the African traditional religions are heathen.

To echo John Henrik Clarke’s remarks, they are, indeed, laughing at us.

However, this is of little concern to Africa’s elites.

For them, what matters is to find what the political currency is in the US or Europe, and to uncritically follow it.

Whereas people in the west are de-emphasising patriotism and nationalism, Africans need these to build sustainable nations.

Ultimately, we need to look into traditional African systems and extract coherent policies that can help form workable and uniquely African social and systems.

This is the only viable path to preventing the continent from fully becoming western Africa – and the only way to ending the continent’s long-term political decay.

Let Africa not be like them. As we celebrate Africa Month in May, let Mother Africa rise up to become the powerhouse that it is destined to be with all its sons and daughter.

Let Africa be the one to have the last laugh for they have been laughing at us for centuries but we shall serve them no longer.

A Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) cadet was left unattended by his party after car accident he was involved in on his way back to Blantyre from Lilongwe where he attended President Peter Mutharika’s event in Lilongwe.

The cadet, popularly known as ‘Ana Achepa’ in an audio clip that went viral on social media, he accused the party for dumping him the time he needed them most.

Ana Achepa who is well known with his notorious activities alongside his colleagues sustained serious injuries following his involvement in the accident.

In the clip Ana Achepa complained and accused the party of abandoning him after the accident without considering his efforts he rendered to the party.

According to him, the room he was left to get treatment was not good enough to him saying he was in a common ward with other people.

In the clip Ana Achepa continued saying that he is not looking for financial assistance but rather good treatment.

Just as the clip went viral in various social media platforms, some top officials from the blue camp moved in to help the disgruntled cadet.

Meanwhile, the cadet has been removed from the common ward to private ward with the help and order from Minister of Health Jappie Mhango who moved in.

In other pictures, vice president Everton Chimulirenji was seen paying a visit the cadet.

Ana Achepa is well known in insulting the opposition.

A popular British Soothsayer has come back this year with her predictions of what 2020 will bring to people with some being shocking and unpleasing to hear as she has predicted the death of British royal family member.

The fortunate teller who goes by the name Jemina Packington has also predicted that the incumbent United States of America President Donald Trump will win for a second term but will later be impeached.

Predicting on Trumps’s impeachment pending, Packington said nothing fruitful will come out from it.

In 2019, Packington made a number of predictions of which most of them tuned out to be accurate thus making the 64 year old trusted by many when it comes to her predictions.

Below is the list of Packington’s predictions of this year…

• Trump will win a second term; he will, however, face impeachment again and this time it will be carried through.
• Concerns about global warming will again take centre stage but more countries will take action to minimize the threat to the planet.
• “The instances of storms, typhoons, hurricanes, and flooding will increase tenfold, directly attributable to global warming. The UK will not escape this and especially flooding.
• Sports and sporting personalities will be embroiled in scandals including some high-profile and much-loved names.
• The nation will be shocked by some of the revelations. Brexit will happen smoothly and will not cause the problems that were anticipated.
• A real shake-up of the major political parties will take place sooner than expected.
• There will be a resurgence of independent retailers and smaller shops. Shop Local will start to mean something again.
• The youngest person ever to win an Oscar will be heralded as an acting talent of the future.
• There will be continued turmoil within the Royal Family and this will result in certain members being precluded from Royal duties and have privileges withdrawn but the Sovereign will prevail.
•  More royal births but royal bereavements too.
•  A renowned showbiz personality will announce his retirement from public life which will come as a great surprise, but he will receive an honour for his achievements.
• A review of the BBC licence fee will take place and the fee will be reduced or abolished completely.
• A review will take place of the standards set for education from kindergarten to university. This will lead to radical reforms and more challenging standards.  The interest in veganism will plateau as people will find it difficult to embrace no animal products being consumed.
• The Vale of Evesham asparagus will be heralded as the most prized vegetable worldwide.

President Peter Mutharika has convinced most of his followers that “at least” he has kept his promises but  the stack of broken promises has grown higher and higher.

Looking back in 2014 ahead of the May 20 elections, Mutharika during his campaign tours made a lot of promises that his government would fulfill once elected into to power.

In  most of his promises were to do with the education sector, the most notable promise was Mombera University which he promised to build in his first term  in office, but up to date no one can point where the said landmark university is built.

Mutharika had no fabulous alternative to the Mombera University, as he assured voters.

During campaign period ahead of the disputed May 21 elections Mutharika promised each and every district he visited that once given a fresh mandate, his government will construct not less that 200 secondary schools across the country.

As if that was not enough, Mutharika also promised private owned firms, Nyasa Big Bullets and Be Forward Wanderers Football Clubs that he will construct Stadiums for them.

On Sunday during his thank you rally in Nsanje district, Mutharika popped out another promise saying his government will construct Bangula University on top of other five universities he promised and not even one has been constructed.

“We will soon start Bangula University,” he said.

He added; “I want you to have your own university. You don’t have to go far to attain university education”

The high court in Lilongwe has thrown out an application that attorney general together with Inspector general made on Friday restraining HRDC to go ahead with the demos
In his ruling the court said attorney General has no enough reasons to stop the demos and demonstrations it’s part of human rights.

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Opposition political parties have dismissed the assertion that they are calling for Justice Jane Ansah’s resignation at Mec because she is a woman.

United Transformation Movement (UTM) and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) have said that the calls for Ansah’s resignation have nothing to do with gender.

Meanwhile, Seodi White is engaging women in all corners of the country to shed tears for Ansah as she is being victimized for being a woman a call that has been heavily criticized.

On Monday, Minister of Gender Mary Navicha led some concerned women in announcing a Jane Ansah solidarity march saying the Mec chairperson is being victimized.

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) under the banner Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) are calling for Ansah’s resignation for mismanaging May 21 vote presidential results.

Ras David chikomeni Chirwa’s endorsement of Peter Mutharika did not come as a total surprise.

He is the only famous of all the presidential wannabes whose nomination papers Malawi electoral commission rejected. With May 21 around the corner, and political parties desperate for votes, it was just a matter of time before one desperate party sought after the deadlocked Rastas influence.

However, the way Chikomeni and DPP’s policies ended up compromising over a meeting is totally surprising. Out of this meeting, which the DPP’s vice president for the south-Honourable Kondwani Nankhumwa hosted Ras Chikomeni, came the decision to endorse Mutharika.

From their discussions Chikomeni concluded Mutharika is the only candidate with the ability to develop this country and improve living conditions of Malawians.

This contradicts the rastaman’s earlier sentiment that he would be a better leader than the incumbent, who is failing to address unemployment and many other problems, Malawi is struggling with it is not clearly understood how the Rastafarian’s political ideologies changed overnight.

Rumor has it that huge sums of money changed accounts during the meeting, Ras chikomeni dismisses the rumour, he insists he did it for the kids who are denied places in government schools because of religious beliefs. He was quoted-“Anyone approaching me was supposed to understand what we, rastas, want.

I am a Malawian and the DPP is a party in power. It is the government, which approached me. i consider that as a sign that the government is taking care of us.

We have been crying that we want to go to school in dreadlocks.” Like a joke, Ras Chikomeni came into the spotlight. his decision to stand for the presidency got him the fame, but it seemed to have been made under the influence of a little too much grass. His drafted policies for transforming Malawi had Malawians thinking otherwise.

He promised a million jobs from the hemp industry alone and to fight for the rights of his fellow dread-locked Rastas who do not enjoy full citizenry rights.

No wonder he pulled a huge crowd during the ceremony of presenting his nomination papers, the crowd testified of the many hearts, which had fallen for Ras Chikomeni, it proved Ras Chikomeni very influential. will the influence which has got him involved with DPP deliver or betray.

If DPP gets re-elected, will we have dread-locked students in government schools?. Only time will tell.

By: Lot Dzonzi

In 1984 I was in Jos Nigeria. We were driving to church that morning, ahead of us was a VW Wagon. As we came close to it we read the words” PASSION WAGON”, Then we came closer and read” DON’T LAUGH”, We came closer and read”YOUR DAUGHTER MIGHT BE INSIDE” Sigh!

Was Ras Chikomeni Chirwa a joker?
No, he was a REVOLUTIONARY.

Listen to his words after his nomination was turned down:” Ndinayesesa. Koma chandivuta ndi umphawi. This should be a lesson to Malawians. No matter how hard you try. No matter how much love you. But if you are poor, the system will always make sure you remain poor and the rich get richer.. This is my story. Tomorrow it might be you. Not in the political field but maybe in the educational field, where you are intelligent but can’t pay fees. Maybe in the health field where you can’t get treatment. Don’t laugh at me, let this be a lesson. We might all be Malawians in the eyes but we are divided. Some are poor like me and some are able to buy their way into everything. I still love those that supported me despite my financial state.”

These are the words of a revolutionary not a joker?

1. He wore a shirt inscribed ETHIOPIA. This is not Ethiopia as we currently know it. It is ETHIOPIA the ancient, the true name of the continent known as Africa.. Why did he put on that shirt? He was pronouncing his political philosophy. He was saying; ” I am a Pan-Africanist, I believe in the total emancipation of the African people and I am committed to the decolonisation of the African mindset as it currently stands.

2. He choose, note choose, because he later read in English with an above average fluency, to speak in Chichewa, a widely spoken and known language. He rejected to use the language of the oppressor. He used the language of the people. He was fully identifying with them. He used the language of inclusion.

3.Ras Chikomeni Chirwa represents a community of people that feels marginalised and excluded from taking part in the mainstreams of Malawian life. It is a growing group. It meets in exclusive places mostly along rivers of squatter communities of our cities and in mountain areas of our rural areas. You might ask, Why did he seems to be a sole sojourner? It is because he is a visionary who sees far ahead of his community. His action will open the eyes of his compatriots. In 10 to 15 years time, this will be a community to contend with. It is time the rest of us Malawians begun to listen to their voice.

4. From his statement above he also belongs to the community of those that are called poor, and they make the majority of the population in Malawi. One day these will be mobilized, God forbid, not into a Revolutionary Movement that will be ready to die for a cause. The message from Ras Chikomeni Chirwa is simple” Pay attention to the plight of the poor, we will not be patient for ever, none of you are our representatives.

5. The question is ” Didn’t he know he will be rejected for lack of payment of the fee?” The answer is, he knew very well. Why did he then come anyway? To demonstrate on a national platform that ” this is an exclusive society, we the poor remain the downtrodden and scum of the earth.

This is not a simple message. Those who have studied Liberation Theology should understand this. This man is thinking at a higher plane that most of us see and conceptualize.HE IS NO FOOL.

In conclusion, was Ras Chikomeni Chirwa a laughing matter? Fellow Malawians “Do not laugh, this might be a brewing revolution whose fire we might fail to extinguish. I am not laughing. Ras Chikomeni Chirwa has communicated a serious message. It calls for meditation.

OPINION By Bright Malenga

Every person expects to win in a competition but not all people who are contesting in a competition are supposed to win. Some are supposed to lose.

Ras Chikomeni Chirwa is one of the presidential aspirants and he is expecting to be Malawi’s next president. I am wishing him all the best.

1. He criticises the MCP for the atrocities of the past. Reminds people that they must not forget what the MCP regime did to the people.

“SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY KNOW. NOTHING NEW IN THIS”

In Mozambique, three senior officials of Renamo, the largest opposition party and former rebel movement, have been officially appointed to key command posts in the state army.

The Ministry of Defence has welcomed this initiative as a step towards a comprehensive peace.

“Our mission should focus on territorial defence and the integrity of the country’s sovereignty and internal cohesion.” Atanasio Salvador,Minister of Defence of Mozambique.

Generals of Renamo (Mozambique’s Democratic Renewal) have been appointed as Director of Operations, Director of Military Information and Director of Communications.

Renamo waged a brutal 16-year civil war against the government of Frelimo (Mozambique Liberation Front), which killed close to a million people before the fighting ended in 1992. Frelimo has ruled Mozambique since its independence from Portugal in 1975.

Peace talks began in December 2016 when the Renamo declared a unilateral truce to end the conflict that had resumed in 2013.

Other countries and continents have hurricanes and other as natural disasters. They come and go.

Africa may seem to be spared. But our Natural Disasters don’t come and go. They are there forever.
Africa’s Natural Disasters are our Presidents. Almost all African presidents have to be forced to handover power. Why? Akuopa kuti zomwe adaononga zifukuka.(They fear to be dispossession off there wrong deeds)

They are perpetrators of corruption. How they award contracts, spend much on insignificant projects and stuff. They initiate projects just to create a funnel of directing funds into their pockets at the other end.
They get loans from international bodies and use for personal projects at the expense of the poor. A child to be born in 10 years coming will find a loan to repay yet 75% of the amount was shared among politicians.
They employ aganyu omwe amawapaka mafuta (ignorant people) to defend their clear mistakes. They abuse power.
They don’t mind making everyone suffer as long as a few people who make noise on their behalf are happy.
They are untouchable, they are gods. No matter what they do they can only be answerable after 10 years.
Our presidents are a natural disaster. Africa is not spared from natural disasters. They are more than hurricanes. Opinion by MC Elias Yairo from Social Media.