Malawi: Chakwera’s campaigning while inspecting corn fields…

The Reverend and the Head of State, His Excellency, President Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Who has now ruled since June 2020 and should have been a popular fellow after winning the previous election. His Tonse Alliance should at this point in time go from strength to strength.

However, Chakwera has not only shown that his as scrupulous, as his predecessor, which he was supposed to be different from. Lazarus has appointed family and close associates. He even tried to hire the lawyers, who helped him win the election petition. Which made it possible to have a second round and win over the “Tipp-Ex” President. Therefore, the start of the President was hectic and it was really self-inflicted with the choices of cabinet members and who surrounded the Presidency.

It has not helped that the same ills of the previous administration is haunting him. The same sort of shady insider-trading business-men are infusing doubts about government contracts and tenders. It is just the easy access and non transparent acts of which the state is even making worse by not funding the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). They are just not caring and reckless about.

That’s why after being a vagabond and travelling across the world to functions, conferences and holding talks with heads of state. The President has been so busy doing this. Even during the world-wide pandemic. He and his entourage travelled to across the continent to participate in digital conferences, instead of staying home.

So, it is really unique that he travels across the Republic to inspect corn-fields and farms. While inviting chiefs, traditional leaders, Members of Parliament, Representatives of Special Interests Groups, Directors, Heads of Sectors and District Executive Committee members to participate in the rallies and inspections. It is not enough that he looks at maize, corn and the fields of the farms of Malawi. No, he needs everyone with a pulse and a title to show up and acknowledge the crops in question.

If Chakwera thinks this is smart or a genius move. It is not… he has a Ministry of Agriculture Lowe and Permanent Secretary Maweru who is designated to work out the issues and help the farmers. This is just showing his indifference to the role as a Head of State and trying to enforce his will on minor details.

Chakwera should be busy in Lilongwe at the Kamuzu Palace. Where he could redefine and find measures with the Ministers and bureaucrats on the matters. The Republic has been hit with Maize-Scandals in the past and other commodities, which has hit the previous administration hard. If it was charcoal or otherwise. That’s why Chakwera should ensure the bodies of trade, of seeds and the Ministry to be up to scratch. Instead of just browsing through fields and having photo-ops with the produce. That is neither smart or brilliant.

The President isn’t a guy for publicity stunts, his not a rapper or someone who has to sell controversy. His a man who is supposed to govern. Holding rallies after looking at produce only make him look more fragile and lost of purpose. That he don’t know how to handle the role of the Presidency and rather go back to the roots of his rise as a politician. Since, his holding rallies in the middle of the term and offering new promises in the districts. It is doing no difference and neither is this fulfilling his actual duty as the Head of State.

His only visiting, looking at the fields and holding rallies. Not doing anything substantial or of importance. The man could have just been in Geneva or Brussels begging for donor money. That would have been more impactful. Than saying “Oh that maize field looks healthy” and “Oh gee, the water sources needs to fixed and get a better solution to the possible climate change”. You go figure, right?

He is not just some Joe Blow, but actual leader of men now. Chakwera should act accordingly, but don’t expect it. He rather do this and waste his time in office. Because, he don’t know better and it shows. Peace.

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United Kingdom: Parte after Parte PM only gets a fine…

I understand the anger many will feel that I myself fell short when it came to observing the very rules which the government I lead had introduced to protect the public” – Prime Minister Boris Johnson (12.04.2022).

In London and in the United Kingdom as the people where blocked and under lockdown. Downing Street Number 10 or the house of the PM held several of parties when people couldn’t meet, greet or be allowed to gather. If it was pizza’s, beer or wine-and-dining in the garden. Doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things, but it is despicable and disgraceful.

During the lockdowns and with the rigid rules on the movement, the ability to meet people and even gather was blocked from the citizens. The citizens was arrested and detained if they couldn’t pay huge fines. That happened across the Kingdom, as some people resisted and acted in defiance in regard to the COVID-19 rules.

It is really magical the amount of parties he held while others was not allowed to gather in funerals, weddings or even meet over a pint at a local watering-hole. No, that was only happening in the near proximity of the PM.

The PM has in total been challenged about 12 parties, which was on the May 15th, May 20th, November 13th, November 25th, November 27th, December 10th, Mid-December “waiting room drinks”, December 14th, December 15th, December 16th, December 17th and December 18th. These are the ones that is known off and it shows that he lives with parte after parte, as a lifestyle.

So, if the PM is only paying fines for this. It is really showing a difference for the common man. Because, this was the lawmakers, the ones in near association and the whole Downing Street No. 10 participating in it. While the public couldn’t do the same or even take part in similar activities. These parties was in stark contrast to the strict and rigid lockdown rules that his government enforced. This is why the fine and the apology is meaningless.

That the PM has breached the public trust is clear. That he has violated own rules and regulations. As there been plenty of instances and not just one party. The Metropolitan Police continue their investigations and the PM was a serial offender. He didn’t only skip a Mickey once and ran-off. No, he ran the shop and opened the flood-gates for this behaviour.

That’s why the PM was going from one party to another. So, paying a fine for the June 19th 2021 is really just not paying dues. Neither is there any value in the apology. It is just empty pleas and words of recognizing what he did, but he intended to do more. It is not like that was the only one and knows that perfectly well.

That’s why the fine and the breach as one incident is really foolish. He was a serial breaker of the lockdown rules and he was the one asking for people to adhere to it together with his ministers. Ironically, one of his ministers was busy breaching the rules to visit his mistress. While his closest advisor travelled across the Kingdom to see some castles. Therefore, he wasn’t alone in it and not acting concerned about the breaches of lockdown rules.

It didn’t occur to me that I was in breach of the rules. I now humbly accept that I was” (Johnson, 12.04.2022).

He most likely knew that he was breaching them. His own government was enforcing it, but he didn’t think that it would have any consequences or repercussions. Because, he was the PM and the Head of State. Boris thought he would get away it and not have any scrutiny. Since it was just silly parties and drinking going on. You know water-under-the-bridge and let’s get wasted like there is no tomorrow. That sort of deal, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, sort of vibe. That is the sort of gist, I get from Boris. Not the “oops, I got caught and now I have to act sincere about this mess”. No, his not that guy. Lying is easy for Boris and this is no different.

He prefers to party over governing. Just look at his December schedule. Hard to believe that he ever did any sort of professional duty or had capacity to take wise decisions. Unless, he just signed off whatever the secretaries was giving him. That he was doing during lockdown period. It just shows how reckless he is and how he prefers the bottle-service over serving the Kingdom. Peace.

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