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Friday, May 15, 2009
BEAUTIFUL AND PEACEFUL COUNTRY
another part of Lilongwe City another party of Lilongwe City
The calm waters of Lake Malawi
NO TO VIOLENCE
It is sad that some people have started fighting and stoning each other as the campaign for the General Elections draw to a close. The recent developments in Thyolo, Lilongwe and Mangochi will have a bad effect on the outcome of the elections.
I believe that our lives are more important than everything else so why should we put them at risk for the mere fact that we are supporting different candidates. There is no Presidential or Parliamentary candidate who is worthy dying or even getting scratched for. Its all useless to be fighting for these politicians who are busy enriching themselves.
In fact we will have another vote in five years time. Those who will lose this time can try the next time. I also understand that they are laid down procedures to complain if you are not satisfied with the outcome of the results. Please stop this unruly behavior lets just concentrate on campaign the rest of the days without violence.
We cannot afford to be losing lives every time we have General Elections. In 2004 several lives were lost because of the violence that erupted a few days after the elections. Please spare us this time around we all want to be part of the next government.
I urge all the leaders to condemn this behavior before it gets off hand. We should not see what happened in Kenya or Zimbabwe. Malawi have always been a peaceful nation and lets maintain that image. Please my fellow Malawians lets love our country and stop this violence immediately. GOD BLESS MALAWI AND KEEP IT A LAND OF PEACE !!!!
I believe that our lives are more important than everything else so why should we put them at risk for the mere fact that we are supporting different candidates. There is no Presidential or Parliamentary candidate who is worthy dying or even getting scratched for. Its all useless to be fighting for these politicians who are busy enriching themselves.
In fact we will have another vote in five years time. Those who will lose this time can try the next time. I also understand that they are laid down procedures to complain if you are not satisfied with the outcome of the results. Please stop this unruly behavior lets just concentrate on campaign the rest of the days without violence.
We cannot afford to be losing lives every time we have General Elections. In 2004 several lives were lost because of the violence that erupted a few days after the elections. Please spare us this time around we all want to be part of the next government.
I urge all the leaders to condemn this behavior before it gets off hand. We should not see what happened in Kenya or Zimbabwe. Malawi have always been a peaceful nation and lets maintain that image. Please my fellow Malawians lets love our country and stop this violence immediately. GOD BLESS MALAWI AND KEEP IT A LAND OF PEACE !!!!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
WAKE UP CALL
The recent news about Madonna's failed adoption of Mercy Chifundo James is a wake up call to all the people who are responsible for making our laws. Why is it that we are still using a law which was passed or reviewed in 1958?
It is really embarrassing to note the we fail to change the laws that govern our country. Our very constitution has a lot of loopholes that needs to be reviewed and changed. Since 1964 we have had several Constitutional reviews but i wonder why these archaic laws were not changed. Our National Parliament meets several times every year and draws alot of allowances in the name of making laws.
As the world is changing we really need to move with the times and the Constitution and the various laws need to be changed inline with the changing times. No wonder some greedy politicians have taken advantage of the loopholes in our constitution to advance their personal agendas.
The past five years our supreme law has passed through various tests that proved its inefficiency in dealing with other areas. Something must be done pretty fast to review and change our laws. Whatever happened to the recommendations that we submitted to the Constitutional Review we had a few years back needs to be explained.
Time has come that we should live like we are in the 21st Century and our laws should reflect real issues that we are facing. Because of these archaic laws, Malawi has been criticized worldwide for denying Mercy Chifundo James a chance to be adopted by the world's most successful female recording artist, Madonna.
While she was trying to follow the law, Judge Esmie Chombo has ended up being criticized by people around the world including her fellow countrymen. The learned judge could not twist the law just to favour one person. Regardless of the public outcry, the media coverage, the status of the child to be adopted, the law requies a person who has stayed in the country for over a year.
Whilst Madonna might be thinking of relocating to Chinsapo, Chilinde or Chilobwe to be eligible to adopt another child, let us think of reviewing the law to suit with the changed world. A lot of orphans will be denied good opportunities because of these colonial laws we are still using. Wake up Malawians.
It is really embarrassing to note the we fail to change the laws that govern our country. Our very constitution has a lot of loopholes that needs to be reviewed and changed. Since 1964 we have had several Constitutional reviews but i wonder why these archaic laws were not changed. Our National Parliament meets several times every year and draws alot of allowances in the name of making laws.
As the world is changing we really need to move with the times and the Constitution and the various laws need to be changed inline with the changing times. No wonder some greedy politicians have taken advantage of the loopholes in our constitution to advance their personal agendas.
The past five years our supreme law has passed through various tests that proved its inefficiency in dealing with other areas. Something must be done pretty fast to review and change our laws. Whatever happened to the recommendations that we submitted to the Constitutional Review we had a few years back needs to be explained.
Time has come that we should live like we are in the 21st Century and our laws should reflect real issues that we are facing. Because of these archaic laws, Malawi has been criticized worldwide for denying Mercy Chifundo James a chance to be adopted by the world's most successful female recording artist, Madonna.
While she was trying to follow the law, Judge Esmie Chombo has ended up being criticized by people around the world including her fellow countrymen. The learned judge could not twist the law just to favour one person. Regardless of the public outcry, the media coverage, the status of the child to be adopted, the law requies a person who has stayed in the country for over a year.
Whilst Madonna might be thinking of relocating to Chinsapo, Chilinde or Chilobwe to be eligible to adopt another child, let us think of reviewing the law to suit with the changed world. A lot of orphans will be denied good opportunities because of these colonial laws we are still using. Wake up Malawians.
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