The Elephant in the Room

By the Richie Online Resident Journalist, Chikondi Sato

I did promise myself to keep away from politics. But as I add minutes to my life, I have come to realise that the politics I was trying to keep away from are right inside me.   My friends, the food I eat, the girl I see and many more of my aspects are all political.

Back the memory lane, just this January, the president was in Chiradzulu where he was a guest at the John Chilembwe memorial.   Insensitively, he ordered the Minister responsible for technical colleges to construct one there. So basically the president is walking his talk.   His Excellency also warned whilst seeming to joke, that he would fire him should he fail to deliver. How ironical.   Apparently, another minister is sneaking into the country through a Toyota corolla, from wherever he went, despite being on forced leave by the courts.   All these however, are ministers of the same president.   Anyway, all I am trying to say is; the president knows very well, that Malawians are a people not serious with their affairs.   Do we need more technical colleges when the already proposed ones have not rolled on or are not functioning at all?   Do we need to threaten a minister i.e. Henry Mussa that we will fire him if he fails to build a technical college?   Can't we just fire the one who has already messed up, Mkulu wa Chimangayu?   Can't people take us seriously that way?   The state of affairs in the country is a shame to us. It is people like us that feel the pain of ministers misusing our taxes.   Where has Nankhumwa sourced money to distribute resources of well over 25 million Kwacha? Well, most of us know he didn't have that money just a few years back.

Arrogance has no place in a democratic society like ours. The know it all attitude can not be sustained no more. Somebody has to tell Dausi this. He can tell his friends as well, these people do not have any vision for our country.   Whoever is dying first we do not know. That's for God to know.   However, the youths must be more concerned about the future.   And then we are cowards! How many movements and pressure groups are there on facebook? Whatsapp? And the like...   Can change really happen on Facebook in Malawi where not even quarter the population have access to smartphones? I am a believer in change. The spirit of activism on social media is just way too much. It must translate into real things. These pages, groups, events, will end right where they started.   Dr King was an action based man. All he did were meetings and action. Dr Banda, Ghandi, Mandela? We all know the stories!   The youth must move on to action and stop lamenting about things on social media!   All the things we talk about on social media, the insights; I challenge you two thirds of the people here already know that. We all know where the people who need to be told this are. Love it or loathe it, these are the people that decide our future.   Malawians are a sorry lot of people. The leaders are eh...kaya ndiotani kaya.   

In conclusion, I will talk about the title of the article, "The elephant in the room". We must not mince words here. As far as Mulumbe and Chaponda might have problems, they are not the real problem.   The real problem is at The State house, and oh, everybody is afraid to talk about  him.   The Elephant in the room is the President Peter Mutharika and he has failed us!

Question for Reflection: What does it take to anger a Malawian?