#SONA2016 Mutharika bashed for singing same old song

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Albinos Malawi

Malawians have punched holes into President Peter Mutharika’s state of the nation address which he made today in Parliament told.

Mutharika used the address titled ‘Towards recovering and sustainable socio-economic development’ to disclose plans his government want to implement over the next 12 months.

The Malawi leader also touched on several issues including the fight against corruption, the Lake Malawi wrangle, and the country’s dwindling economy.

But observers were not impressed with the address, describing it as empty and saying it lacked any new plans.

One of Malawi’s social commentators Idriss Ali Nassah took to Twitter to urge the president to assess his presidency after such a flat speech.

“Peter Mutharika ought to do a lot of soul searching. You can’t, as president, have a state of the nation that is virtually ignored,” tweeted Nassah.

Another Malawian @Kaykintu dissected Mutharika’s speech saying the president was speaking about the same issues he presented two years ago.

“This speech is full of things people were told in 2014. Nothing new,” he tweeted.