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Freedom ever, <\/em><\/strong>let us all unite to build up Mala\u0175i. with our love, our zeal and loyalty, bringing our best to her. in <\/em><\/strong>time of war, or in <\/em><\/strong>time of peace, one purpose and one goal. men and women serving selflessly in building Mala\u0175i\u2014Malawi National Anthem <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

ON page 3 of The Daily Times of Wednesday March 8, there was a picture of Uladi Mussa surrounded by some sympathisers. Mussa looked regal and one could easily think this was a man who had just saved a nation\u2019s soul and deserved all the attention and royal treatment.<\/p>\n

It would be shocking for many to learn that Mussa is just one former minister who decided to hand himself over to the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) after learning that he was being investigated for some alleged wrongdoing when he was minister of home affairs.<\/p>\n

In a country like ours where everything\u2014be it theft, lechery, corruption\u2014is glorified, Mussa will be thought to be a good citizen who did the right thing to hand himself over. I leave that to you. But there is a bigger story to that than that sham parade of inviting some purported well-wishers to accompany him to ACB to hand himself over.<\/p>\n

If you read previous publications or revelations on why Uladi Mussa is being haunted and hounded by the ACB, then you would not have any sympathy for the guy. Mussa, in his very words, conceded that he directed officials at the Immigration Department to warrant citizenship to some foreigners.<\/p>\n

His excuse was so shallow if not repulsive. According to his earlier testimony, Mussa said he proceeded appending his signature to documents which he had not even gone through. It was just like that comic Mr Shouter Shout-out Officer on a promo on GOtv reclining on his swivel chair and signing to whatever comes in the in-tray. Whether Mussa decided to warrant citizenship to\u00a0those foreigners after being palm greased or inadvertently as he wants us to believe, it is something we will talk about later. My take is<\/p>\n

Whether Mussa decided to warrant citizenship to\u00a0those foreigners after being palm greased or inadvertently as he wants us to believe, it is something we will talk about later. My take is that, by conceding that Mussa \u201cjust did what he was asked to as minister\u201d tells a lot about the people we entrust to run our affairs. The Ministry of Home Affairs is one that touches on the security of this country and having on top of it a man who carelessly \u00a0signs for documents which he did not only bother to read is an unpardonable transgression. Now, Mussa\u2014Uladi if you like\u2014reminds us that as a country, we have fraudsters governing us. Here, I am talking about people who think governing this nation is just a circus where they can pull some pranks and get away. Nobody in this country seems to care about what is happening in this<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Home Affairs is one that touches on the security of this country and having on top of it a man who carelessly \u00a0signs for documents which he did not only bother to read is an unpardonable transgression.<\/p>\n

Now, Mussa\u2014Uladi if you like\u2014reminds us that as a country, we have fraudsters governing us. Here, I am talking about people who think governing this nation is just a circus where they can pull some pranks and get away. Nobody in this country seems to care about what is happening in this country \u00a0or not. And, boy we have a bunch of people who have decided to eke out a living glorifying idiocy, bad<\/p>\n

And, boy we have a bunch of people who have decided to eke out a living glorifying idiocy, bad governance and thievery. I am talking about people who would chant hoarse in praise and defence of wrong doing as long as at the end of the day they are rewarded for what they call loyalty: I call it idiocy. For the umpteenth time, I have an urge to tell everyone who \u00a0caes that the reason this country is still stuck in the quagmire of underdevelopment is that we are too timid to call a spade by its name. For instance, Uladi Mussa should not have had the guts to stare at us to tell us that his being pursued by the ACB was nothing but some political machinations. In 2013 or slightly before that, President Peter Mutharika and his gang called Midnight Six.<\/p>\n

For instance, Uladi Mussa should not have had the guts to stare at us to tell us that his being pursued by the ACB was nothing but some political machinations. In 2013 or slightly before that, President Peter Mutharika and his gang called Midnight Six.<\/p>\n

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For instance, Uladi Mussa should not have had the guts to stare at us to tell us that his being pursued by the ACB was nothing but some political machinations. In 2013 or slightly before that, President Peter Mutharika and his gang called Midnight Six were
\narrested for their attempt to rape the constitution and usurp power when Bingu wa Mutharika died. For many, Peter\u2019s arrest was also just a political move to kill his political dream but to me, it was just the law taking its course. But because in our good country the law is always politically connected, we decide to take issues politically. The truth that stares us in the face is that we have become a nation that<\/p>\n

For many, Peter\u2019s arrest was also just a political move to kill his political dream but to me, it was just the law taking its course. But because in our good country the law is always politically connected, we decide to take issues politically. The truth that stares us in the face is that we have become a nation that<\/p>\n

The truth that stares us in the face is that we have become a nation that canonises wrongdoing and is very much afraid to accept that it is a nation of shysters and bogus executives that either decide to steal on purpose or are coerced to steal by some politicians. I have a serious case in mind.<\/p>\n

The scandalous maize deal between Malawi and Zambia is a fine example of this nation\u2019s rottenness. Just like in the case of Uladi Mussa who claimed to have signed documents without properly reading them, we also have officials at the Office of the Directorate of Public Procurement and the Treasury who claim to have rushed into<\/p>\n

Just like in the case of Uladi Mussa who claimed to have signed documents without properly reading them, we also have officials at the Office of the Directorate of Public Procurement and the Treasury who claim to have rushed into authorising the maize deal. By the end of the day, the revelations coming out of these rushed processes are that we have careless people at the top who operate as if they are in a trance: if not then they must be people who make rush decisions crookedly.<\/p>\n

I always tell people that some people in this country unnecessarily expend they energy trying to bring sobriety to this nation. Lets us accept that we care little about this nation. I can even presume that most of you reading this are surprised that the epigram on this column is one of the verses of our national anthem. Of<\/p>\n

I always tell people that some people in this country unnecessarily expend they energy trying to bring sobriety to this nation. Lets us accept that we care little about this nation. I can even presume that most of you reading this are surprised that the epigram on this column is one of the verses of our national anthem.<\/p>\n

Of course you are forgiven that you only know the first verse of the anthem because whatever the anthem calls us to do as a nation is not what we do, it is almost a wasted refrain.<\/p>\n

Freedom ever, let us all unite to build up Mala\u0175i. with our love, our zeal and loyalty, bringing our best to her. in time of war, or in time of peace, one purpose and one goal. men and women serving<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Freedom ever, let us all unite to build up Mala\u0175i. with our love, our zeal and loyalty, bringing our best to her. in time of war, or in time of peace, one purpose and one goal. men and women serving selflessly in building Mala\u0175i\u2014Malawi National Anthem ON page 3 of The Daily Times of Wednesday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":42305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42306,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42303\/revisions\/42306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}