Stanley Onjezani Kenani

Tightening odds

Mar 04, 2019 1

Weeks before the presentation of nomination papers, there were underground talks to forge an alliance for three parties in opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), the People’s Party (PP) and the United Transformation Movement (UTM).… ...

Mutharika’s 2014 ‘lies’ catch up with him

Nov 19, 2018 7

Politicians can indeed fool some people some of the time, but in the end, the chickens come home to roost. The promises President Peter Mutharika made as part of his 2014 presidential campaign have returned to… ...

Malawi corruption: Timeline of the K145 million and the DPP/Govt.’s response

Aug 04, 2018 6

On the night of 28 June, document leaked to the world. On 29 June, Mgeme Kalilani tells Malawians that the document is a coordinated and sponsored character assassination campaign against President Mutharika and the DPP… ...

The K145 million Malawi scandal: what needs to be done

Jun 29, 2018 5

I beg to move that President Peter Mutharika must step aside and clear his name in a trial by the courts of the Republic of Malawi, and if the courts find him innocent, he can… ...

The Picnic

Dec 18, 2017 8

They bought a pizza capricciosa at Jungle Pepper, and at precisely 8:30 a.m. they hit the road, heading towards the great mountain in the east. They had been planning this picnic for a long time,… ...

Achievements and failures of the DPP and the party’s prospects in the 2019 elections

Dec 01, 2017 1

On Monday, 21 June, 1999, Stuart, my classmate and room-mate at the University of Malawi’s Polytechnic campus and I stood cheering and clapping alongside hundreds of President Bakili Muluzi’s supporters inside the Kamuzu Stadium. Above… ...

MCP: A party on the rise but hubris could make it lose everything

Nov 29, 2017 48

There are all signs that the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is in serious contention for the spot of ruling party in the 2019 elections. Even an Afrobarometer survey, the likes of which predicted a Peter… ...