You know Game,

I once had a conversation with some people from Brazil about Africa and they said that the best way for Africa to survive was for it too suffer so much till it realises that it needs to take on its own politics and its own future. I argued that it was bollocks from an African perspective. Now, I'm not so sure anymore. Maybe they had a point.

Look at revolutions all over the world. It was when the poor and the masses had enough.

in my opinion it will take time for malawians to be revolutionised,we have been brainwashed for a long time,africans,malawians in particular will never have enough,they love to be manipulated thats why our leaders go the extra mile because of the poor opposition,any institution that can bollock the government right now has a corrupt bureaucracy,everyone wants to make a quick buck through dubious means.the government cannot implement the wishes of its citizens if there is no pressure group.

its every man for himself in malawi right now,there is no unifying factor to give the people hope.its like people are now exercising their freedom to disunite and disorganise.nothing good comes out of a chaotic situation,everyone in our parliament is cantankerous,greedy business men,who bought their way in.no country can progress like that.

To prove myself to regular visitors of this website, I will again restart the most important topic Njala. I think it is pivotal that we talk more about it. I have gone through all the correspondences. I know that we are concerned with the situation back home.

Though it cannot be treated in isolation to African situation, we have a duty to reflect on how it affects Malawi. I for one do not understand why were are in a such situation. Malawi is one of the countries in the rift valley. Malawi is such an agricultural nation yet great hungry folk. In treating this issue, we have to identify key factors that brings about famine, and hunger. I will take Lower Tchiri as my case study. This region alone, can feed whole Malawi 4 times if blessed with a bumper harvest. But recently, production has indeed gone down. People are always left in such uncompromising dilemma. In one season, you see farmers busy planting, putting more effort in their gardens/farms. The weathermen have promised them great rain. They are happy and build hope of a bumper harvest only later to see their crops being washed away by the heavy rains. As farming being their only incentive, they compose themselves and look forward for another season. When that farming season begins, they are steamed with hope for a better season. Unfortunately, this time they are greated with no rains. DROUGHT. They awfully witness the drying of their plants. Already a poor man, with a large family is left helpless, hopeless. Him and his large family wait for a manipulative government for food relief. It is pathetic that the government they voted for does not have alternatives to their seasonal hunger. When the western world see the hungry faces, its then they awake from their dogmatic slumber and take a step to help. Poor local people of the Tchiri Valley find support and temporal salvation.

Therefore, the factors that affect the availability of food varries from natural to human causes. Natural causes involve shortage of rains--drought, and floods. Human causes involve political strategies that defy the underground situation--reality. With fertile soils, the government could have established long ago irrigation--an answer to shortage of rains. What bothers me a lot is that, many people earned votes by promising the desperate locals of irrigation. 

Therefore, we have a situation where we need to face up to natural disasters, and political failures of people trusted with our votes. Categorically, we need to shed more lights on what really makes our nation poor, dependent on foreign food supplies when we treasure fertile alluvial soils. Rationally, we need to discern appropriate means or stretegies that our policy makers should take into consideration when dealing with issues of famine and seasonal hungers plaguing Malawi.