Most of what I have said has been said before, and it will continue to be said, unfortunately, it appears our current situation will continue for at least another generation. We have had leaders with colorful visions, the type that make you feel as though they have the map to El Dorado. The plot hardly changes: new leader with a nice sounding dream; success in the first term only to lose the plot in the second term. But it is never just the leader’s fault, throw in some hero worship here, bag of honorary titles there add to the leader’s already inflated ego, some scores to settle with old foes, and you have the story of malawian politics.
It is quite obvious that our traditional government system has failed us. We have a chaotic political system, politicians defect to the party of the day at the drop of a hat. Not because they like the policies, but for ministerial positions. Some of our cabinet ministers are not even experts in their field, you find a former minister of health, who was former minister of foreign affairs, now minister of energy and mining. Perfect example of ‘Jack of all trades, master of none’. In other countries, cabinet ministers are not always members of any party, some are not even members of parliament. In Italy for example, there was so much political chaos that eventually led to a devastating economic crisis in 2011. A new Prime Minister was appointed, a man who is not even a seasoned politician. His cabinet consists of 17 technocrats, a third of them professors and not all have political affiliations.
There are many highly educated malawians, brilliant minds, with fresh ideas and no particular political affiliations. Why not take the route of Italy and have such a think tank in the corridors of power? I for one, would take that over the recycled politicians we have been used to
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