I would like to share my views and hopes of Malawi to Bingu and company. I have noticed that most politicians spent most of their time campaigning, other than put into action what they promise voters before getting into the office. I feel the best campaign is to produce results. Dont dwell on politics of words.
Malawi wouldnt ask for a better president that somebody with a PhD in Economics - The best thing Muluzi did in 10 yrs as President was to nominate you as presidential candidate for UDF.(You did good to turn your back to him, when he thought he can push you around or corrupt you). This is the best time for you to put into use what you learnt through your many years in institutes of higher learning and also what you didnot accomplished when you were at COMESA.
I was one of your stanch supporter when you promised to stump out corruption - our main disease. You started well, but youre now slacking. Do you not use the anti corruption campaign as a tool to deal with your enemies. Start clearing your house first. Make sure you surround yourself with corrupt free personnel. Set the standards for everyone. Remember that nobody is above the law. If you and all pple work for you are corrupt free, I dont see you failing to take to task duplicity.
Its good thing that you have shown to be a nosense type of character, but I feel slowly youre turning into a dictator and youre isolating yourself. You can be a strong commander without being a dictator as long as youre legitimate.
So far you have make some mistakes you could easily avoid. These are some examples:
- Setting tobacco price: We all know that buyer are getting our tobacco at cheap price, but what happen to diplomacy (instead of dictating prices). Next time try to work with buyers or try to look for markets somewhere. Bring competition. Go to middle east, Asia or South America. And with the anti smoking compaign, we should start to look for alternative cash crops.
- Appointments and violating constitution: I know that its not easy to play politics in the environment where the majority are illiterate, but try as much as possible to follow the rules. Hire pple who will produce. Dont hire to fire later. This is costing poor government money. And dont force appointments like you did with Mrs Mussa. If PAC say no, go look somewhere else. And dont appoint to appease because you cannot make everybody happy. Seek help if youre not sure of your appointees.
- It was unncessary to mess up our relationship with donor community because of Mugabe.These are mistakes you can easily avoid. Could you imagine that somebody is getting paid guarding Magabe road sign post. Thats ridiculous. And what about that maize which was rumored 'tiptoed' to Zimbabwe? If thats true, then mukuzikhapa mphazitu achimwene.
But the most important thing you have done so far is to stabilize the economy and getting debt relief. Its our turning point economically, if we can play our cards right. We have to look at best ways to use this money, before we spent it on allowances and seminars on 'how best to use HIPC Initiative assistance'. Here are some of my recommendations:
-Build good and durable infrastructures. We need good double lane roads from Chitipa to Nsanje and all places of interest like Mangochi, Nkhata bay, Salima etc. And make them toll roads. Can be done in phases, so that money recovered from toll fee from one phase, can finance the other phase. We need good roads to attract investors.
-Improve our electricity system and telecommunication. Do major rehab on Nkula or introduce solar system. We should start looking for funding from others sources too. Go to Arab countries and beg. Make sure you include muslims in your delegation and make sure they wear their robes to look real. Be resourceful. Send Chilumpha and forget your beef with him. Tell him you will send him to jail if he doesnt bring money. I hope you take jokes. If you cant get money get free oil.
These are some of the areas which will attract investors. And with the Shire valley and mining projects underway, we gonna need good infrastructures.
And some of the areas we should concentrate also;
-Farming. We need to intensify irrigation farming. We have enough bodies of water to wait for rain. Get help from countries like egypt, china, taiwan on irrigation. Nobody is gonna question where you get help. Other than tobacco, try find other cash crops. ie start exporting more macadamia, cotton, sugar. Start making mango juices. Bring back MYP as an agricultural training tool not as armed force. Start exporting more Malawi Gin. Improve the test of Kachaso and find markets in German and Russa. Yaa!!! mix kachaso ndi bwemba. It can be the best gin and juice. Give it german or Russan name depend where you gonna sell it.
Try to find ways we can utilises on our best chamba. We can make hair oil from chamba. See if Lever Brothers can came up with a furmula. Or just legalize it. Make sure it smoked in designated areas like the beach to attract tourists. They smoke it anyways. (or fine then heavily if you find them smoking). Send somebody to Holland to check how they operate or run their chamba business. Here some cancer patient are allowed to smoke - Take advantage of them.
Malawi is one of the countries with most beautifuls beaches and fine sand, but we pay nothing to visit. Make these pple pay. Create more water sport. And If am not mistaken, Lake Malawi is the only lake with more species of fish in the whole world. That a plus. Build world largest aquarium and put all species found in lake malawi.
Find best way to sell malawi. Talk of Mulanje mountain, talk of David Livingstone, game parks etc. Send pple to study Kenya tourism industry.
We gat one of the cheapest labour force. That an incentive to attract investors. Ask India how they did it.
But to achieve this, you should try to unite the country. Instead of trying to prosecute everybody from opposition, try to work with them. Form a truth and reconcile commission and try to work with pple who confess to corruption. Make sure they pay back. Prosecute only those who doesnt come forthwith with the truth. Government is losing money prosecuting pple without proper evidence.
Firstbendman you can really make a good member of Parliament.
Maybe we just need to give him a chance to finish his term, until then we will be able to see if he is really the weakest link! I am not pro Bingu, but the guy deserves a break.
My advice to him is that azizilongosola in termsof pleasingthe donors. Good infrastructures come with good relationships.
abuhakim wrote: Firstbendman you can really make a good member of Parliament.
Maybe we just need to give him a chance to finish his term, until then we will be able to see if he is really the weakest link! I am not pro Bingu, but the guy deserves a break.
My advice to him is that azizilongosola in termsof pleasingthe donors. Good infrastructures come with good relationships.
Thank you Abuhakim for the flattering remark, but I doubt if I can make a good MP. One of my weakness is that am no good public speaker. And I am not economical with the truth like most politicians. I only lie to get out of trouble.
Most electors are like most women - Theyre impatience and hate the truth, which make them easy quarry for politicians. You tell them that youre from a poor family and you are going through 4 years of school, but you see a brighter future - They will tell you to come after 4 yrs.
That aside, but giving Bingu a break will make him go off track. He has shown those capabilities. Actually, its a blessing that we have a strong opposition side, although it has questionable motives and ill intentions. Instead of checking and balancing, our opposition is there to frustrate the govenment, personal gain and covering their dirty closets. They oppose, without bringing up alternative solution. If you meant a break from this type of opposition, then I agree with you.
And I also agree with you on the point of pleasing the donors. That should be top on the agenda. Of course some of the donors have strict condition, but work with them and explain what will work for us and why.
The best way to deal with the opposition is to work with it. If I was Bingu, I will work with every MP regardless his/her party. I will have personal contact with them. Invite them for lunch or beer. I will Inquire from them what is need in their constituencies. Make them feel free with you. Joke with them. Ask them advice. Have 4 or 5 MP at a time and have round table discussion on any topic. Make them feel their input is important. Let them book appointment with you whenever they want as long as youre free. Make them know that youre the president on the whole Malawi. But dont promise them the moon. Do coax them to join your party. Dont promise them ministrial or diplomatic posts. Let them stay in opposition party, but at the same time work for you. Its that simple.
firstbendman wrote: The best way to deal with the opposition is to work with it. If I was Bingu, I will work with every MP regardless his/her party.
Firstbendman, I don’t buy it that you can make a bad public speaker according to your expressions, full of good ideas! But how can the opposition work with the government if they feel betrayed? Let us not forget the relationship between the government and the opposition. It’s like the husband telling the wife that its time to get pregnant, not knowing the kind of child they are going to have, a nincompoop! Maybe they need to sort out their differences first, which is unlikely. Look at South Africa’s DA opposition party headed by a white person, they refute everything in parliament good or bad. The country will be hosting world cup, and this opposition party says that its not good coz the country is unsafe. What kind of silly ideas are those? How about suggesting that security should be tighten before hand. 90% of the people I ask about Bingus development will say; the towns are clean and that there are no Vendaz to mug you. I know there are good things that come with clean Towns, but this can not certainly feed the poor mouths out there. How about constructing good roads everywhere because this can surely attract Foreign Investors and foreign Investors means Job creation and job creation means kutha kwaumphawi and kutha kwa umphawi means going up on the list of the most poorest country in the world!
Damn!!! If wishes were horses.......... then Bing would read and MAYBE act upon this..... But alas!!!! It's all good though...
What are the chances of 'wishes' to be 'horses'? My bet will be zero. But what are the possiblities of somebody with doctoral degree to access the internet and subsequently use search engine? And if this very same person is the president of Malawi, what are the chances of him search Malawi on the net? If this person is doing research on Malawi using search engine, what are the chances of this guy come across Malawiana.net?
In reference to your other postings (Women and Society and Malawi Post Office), what are the chances of a broke ass postal mail sorter (who tampers with other ppls mail with the hope that they will find ill-gotten gains) might have to access malawiana.net comparing to Bingu? So you thought it wise to discuss a mail sorter, who has no access to your postings than discussing Bingu, who has better access to computer (probablely the whole Malawi)?. Dont you think its wise to help Bingu make Malawi a better place first, so that a mail sorter can make enough money and eventually stop tampering with your parcels? Smarter pple will solve problems from the roots to prevent it from recurring.
Now, after answering the above questions, you will know who is damn. And you will know why some pple (not me) think you belong to the kitchen - I wouldnt let you cook for me, anyways (may be my dog will appreciate your cooking skills). And you will also know why all along you thought the head of BBC is a woman, when you could verify facts (using the same computer you typed your posting) before sending it to the world. And you will also know where to use the term If wishes were horses.........
I remember during my chamba smoking days, when am high, I used to think everybody amasuta chamba. No wander, you thought I was damn.
Do me a big favour madam, go kill yourself. If you think thats too much of a punishment, go donate your brain. May be somebody can put it to better use - flushing it in the toilet.
Next time, if you think somebody solution is not good, come up with a better solution. The same, if Dr Bingu cant act on my ideas,then he should come up with a better solution. The bottom line is I want better Malawi.
abre les ojos wrote: Oh gosh, this irritating person is back.... I was hoping something awful had happened to you and you had bowed-out for good.
Hi Psychosis,
While I thought youre getting better from your lunancy, I have just realized that youre still sick like before. In your sick mind, did you see me disappear to say am back? If your wish was to see me step aside, then am so sorry because am here until something awful happen to your insane ass.
Am the original pain in the ass to the original pain in the ass- you.!!!!!!!!!!! And do you know that I know that I irritate you and I feel good about it.
firstbendman wrote: What are the chances of 'wishes' to be 'horses'? My bet will be zero. But what are the possiblities of somebody with doctoral degree to access the internet and subsequently use search engine? And if this very same person is the president of Malawi, what are the chances of him search Malawi on the net? If this person is doing research on Malawi using search engine, what are the chances of this guy come across Malawiana.net?
In reference to your other postings (Women and Society and Malawi Post Office), what are the chances of a broke ass postal mail sorter (who tampers with other ppls mail with the hope that they will find ill-gotten gains) might have to access malawiana.net comparing to Bingu? So you thought it wise to discuss a mail sorter, who has no access to your postings than discussing Bingu, who has better access to computer (probablely the whole Malawi)?. Dont you think its wise to help Bingu make Malawi a better place first, so that a mail sorter can make enough money and eventually stop tampering with your parcels? Smarter pple will solve problems from the roots to prevent it from recurring.
Now, after answering the above questions, you will know who is damn. And you will know why some pple (not me) think you belong to the kitchen - I wouldnt let you cook for me, anyways (may be my dog will appreciate your cooking skills). And you will also know why all along you thought the head of BBC is a woman, when you could verify facts (using the same computer you typed your posting) before sending it to the world. And you will also know where to use the term If wishes were horses......... -- Edited by firstbendman at 04:36, 2006-09-27
Dont get your your hackles up man!!!! You should have understood both postings before spewing venom. You should know better than to think that i was targetting the mail-sorter who by your standards, is a broke ass so and so. The postings were for pple who send parcels to Mw and from your views, it's clear you dont give a hoot whether goodsare lost or stolen and i should check myself cos i dont see the point of responding to you.Read and understand firstbefore you click 'submit post'PLEASE!!!!
As to my cooking, am afraid i wouldn't even dream of cooking for you cos you just dont qualify. Your dog might cos it knows who the master is. Plus i wouldn't cook simply because i DONT!!!!
I now wonder if you and that step-father rapist aint brothers!!!! If wishes were horses, beggars would ride........just incase you were wondering where this comes from!!!! UNDERSTANDING isn't that easy i know but will let you off.
Thank you Abuhakim for the flattering remark, but I doubt if I can make a good MP. One of my weakness is that am no good public speaker. And I am not economical with the truth like most politicians. I only lie to get out of trouble.
-- Edited by firstbendman at 05:53, 2006-09-26
I'd say that's not the only thing you aren't good at! To talk to Bingu seriously one has to know that addressing malawiana is as good as talking in your sleep. Why are you winking in the dark?? Switch on the light man and address whoever through the right channel!!!! Even a 5yr old tells a mother what he wants Santa to bring for xmas. Use your brain!!!!
Hell, we all want a better Mw but malawiana wont send that message to Bingu!!!!!!
Dont get your your hackles up man!!!! You should have understood both postings before spewing venom. You should know better than to think that i was targetting the mail-sorter who by your standards, is a broke ass so and so. The postings were for pple who send parcels to Mw and from your views, it's clear you dont give a hoot whether goodsare lost or stolen and i should check myself cos i dont see the point of responding to you.Read and understand firstbefore you click 'submit post'PLEASE!!!!
As to my cooking, am afraid i wouldn't even dream of cooking for you cos you just dont qualify. Your dog might cos it knows who the master is. Plus i wouldn't cook simply because i DONT!!!!
I now wonder if you and that step-father rapist aint brothers!!!! If wishes were horses, beggars would ride........just incase you were wondering where this comes from!!!! UNDERSTANDING isn't that easy i know but will let you off.
Dear Madam Chikopa
I hate to deal with pple like you, who cannot understand simple facts. While governments and organizations like UNICEF are busy trying to eradicate ignorance, and when you think the population of mbuli is lessening, balamathu!!! iyo mbuli ina idza moyelamo. Ili kukamwa nyindu, iyenda tang'atang'a monyada ngati namwali wachigololo.
Let me refresh your damn mind first. Carefully read what you wrote here, because it seems you cannot understand your own writing. I understood your posting. Its not mind cracking.
I have recentry found that goods sent from overseas to Mw tend to be tampered with and its common to find one or two items missing if at all they get to the destined recipient. Dont or cant we have better measures to safeguard this? One once tried sending goods to a church thinking that was a safe altenative but no-one knows who received them! What do you think?
The first part, youre describing the problem and the last part youre talking of your futile solution. Coming to your question - This is ambiguous question and it has different answers. Youre trying to find the solution to the problem. Who can best tackle this problem? The victim or post office? Here, the best way out for the victim is to use other couriers and pay more (temporary solution). Post office itself has permanent solution. Most members of this forum are agreeing that the solution is with post office. We cannot talk about post office, without talking of main culprit - broke ass mail sorter.
By the way, what did you send that should make us have sleepless night? Dothi la ku UK? Bull*****.
This is just stupid tactics. The main thing is: can Bingu visit Malawiana? And the answer is yes.
As to my cooking, am afraid i wouldn't even dream of cooking for you cos you just dont qualify. Your dog might cos it knows who the master is. Plus i wouldn't cook simply because i DONT!!!!
If its my dog then am its master, so will take my commands. If its full it wont eat anyways.
I now wonder if you and that step-father rapist aint brothers!!!! If wishes were horses, beggars would ride........just incase you were wondering where this comes from!!!! UNDERSTANDING isn't that easy i know but will let you off.
This say implies to impossibles. Its very possible for Bingu to visit malawiana. Mwinanso pano akuyangana zithunzi. Therefore it is irrelevant.
I'd say that's not the only thing you aren't good at! To talk to Bingu seriously one has to know that addressing malawiana is as good as talking in your sleep. Why are you winking in the dark?? Switch on the light man and address whoever through the right channel!!!! Even a 5yr old tells a mother what he wants Santa to bring for xmas. Use your brain!!!!
Hell, we all want a better Mw but malawiana wont send that message to Bingu!!!!!!
I'd say that's not the only thing you aren't good at!
It takes a man to admit his weakness or mistake. But the fact that am no good public speak, doesnot mean I cannot speak to the public. Am just not good at it. Typical example: The way your boyfriend can make love to you, cannot compare the way I can sex you up. I will leave you feeling good all over your body. Including tidzala kumatsekemela - Chimwemwe chodzadza tsaya. I will leave you satisfied. Thats right, sex is my area of expertise. So, here we can not say your boyfriend satchaya. No! but he is not good like Firstbendman. (This is only on condition that youre beautiful. Ngati uli mpini, then get satisfaction from your boy - youre meant for each other. Sunganani ndithu.)
And who told you that I wanna talk to Bingu seriously? I want him to change malawi for the better and I feel this is the only way I can communicate with him. Am living my american dream right now and I dont need him that much. Sorry!!!
If you can see me winking in dark, am pretty sure Bingu can also see me winking in the same darkness.
I wonder what the proper channel of communicating with Bingu. Fly to Malawi, book an appointment and wait 6 months. Anyway, forget it. I will use malawiana.
If you think we are winking in the dark, then what are you here for? Its funny that you just come here to wink in the dark,go eat,shi***, and come back to wink in the dark again. What are you trying to achieve? sister.
And who told you that I wanna talk to Bingu seriously? I want him to change malawi for the better and I feel this is the only way I can communicate with him. Am living my american dream right now and I dont need him that much. Sorry!!!
If you can see me winking in dark, am pretty sure Bingu can also see me winking in the same darkness.
I wonder what the proper channel of communicating with Bingu. Fly to Malawi, book an appointment and wait 6 months. Anyway, forget it. I will use malawiana.
If you think we are winking in the dark, then what are you here for? Its funny that you just come here to wink in the dark,go eat,shi***, and come back to wink in the dark again. What are you trying to achieve? sister. -- Edited by firstbendman at 07:25, 2006-09-29
Wow!!!!!! That was one helluva posting!!!!! Thanks for your time bro. As to what am doing here, same as you in a way i guess but i target the malawiana forum pple and not Bingu who doesn't even give a toss about your posting. And who certainly wont respond to you for crying out loud!! Please dont put 'we' in winking in the dark because so far it's you who has the desire for Bingu to read your posting. You know the many ways of communication but sensible people use the effective methods if i wink, i always make sure there's light so that you can see me and contribute constructively.
Thank goodness you weren't serious in your posting!!!!! But you sure do contradict yourself brother!!! One minute you are addressing Bingu and the next you dont want him to do a thing, lastly you admit you want him to change!!!!And pliz don't apologise; am getting your opinions so it doesn't matter one bit cos it's how you feel. Most of us find power in swearing but how effective is it?? Hoping that you've seen the light and your next posting will be more constructive and i can do something from it. Talk to me about survival in the US/UK and not how Bingu was dressed yesterday!!!! metapholically speaking of-course!!!!!!
Wow!!!!!! That was one helluva posting!!!!! Thanks for your time bro. As to what am doing here, same as you in a way i guess but i target the malawiana forum pple and not Bingu who doesn't even give a toss about your posting. And who certainly wont respond to you for crying out loud!! Please dont put 'we' in winking in the dark because so far it's you who has the desire for Bingu to read your posting. You know the many ways of communication but sensible people use the effective methods if i wink, i always make sure there's light so that you can see me and contribute constructively.
Thank goodness you weren't serious in your posting!!!!! But you sure do contradict yourself brother!!! One minute you are addressing Bingu and the next you dont want him to do a thing, lastly you admit you want him to change!!!!And pliz don't apologise; am getting your opinions so it doesn't matter one bit cos it's how you feel. Most of us find power in swearing but how effective is it?? Hoping that you've seen the light and your next posting will be more constructive and i can do something from it. Talk to me about survival in the US/UK and not how Bingu was dressed yesterday!!!! metapholically speaking of-course!!!!!!
Madam Chikopa,
Here we go again confused madam. I wish you could take a little bit time and check what you write. To me you sound like one confused b*****.
I think youre suffering from 'contradictmasis' diseases, because every statement you say, contract the other or the one you gonna say in the future. You have been severely hit by this disease and its making you think everyone is suffering from it.
1. Lets start here:
Thank goodness you weren't serious in your posting!!!!! But you sure do contradict yourself brother!!! One minute you are addressing Bingu and the next you dont want him to do a thing, lastly youadmit you want himto change!!!!:biggrin
-Yes, I admit addressing Bingu.
-In my communique to Bingu, I said I wanted him to change. I gave some of 'to do list' to help him achieve the goals.
-I dont see where I wrote that I dont what him do anything. You have the honor to show me. This is what I wrote:
And who told you that I wanna talk to Bingu seriously? I want him to change malawi for the better and I feel this is the only way I can communicate with him. Am living my american dream right now and I dont need him that much. Sorry!!!
-I deny want to talk to Bingu seriously. And I underlined the word seriously even in my previous posting. "Seriously' is the key, Madam
-'I dont need him that much' doesnt mean I dont need him. The word 'much' is the key here.
Dont rush into conclusion. I dont see the contradiction anywhere.
2. Let me show you what 'contradictmasis' diseases do. Few days ago you said that 'addressing malawiana is as good as talking in your sleep. Why are you winking in the dark??' And now youre coming with this story (focus on underlined statement):
Wow!!!!!! That was one helluva posting!!!!! Thanks for your time bro. As to what am doing here, same as you in a way i guess but i target the malawiana forum pple ..........You know the many ways of communication but sensible people use the effective methods
Assuming you know the meanings of the terms 'talking in your sleep and winking in the dark', I wonder how you reach your target audience. So, I disagree with you, because my posting are just pass-on, so the target can be anybody who is interested. And on this particular topic, my target was Bingu.
.....and not Bingu who doesn't even give a toss about your posting. And who certainly wont respond to you for crying out loud!! Please dont put 'we' in winking in the dark because so far it's you who has the desire for Bingu to read your posting.
How will Bingu know that there is a posting on Malawiana that he need not give a 'toss' (whatever it means), without reading it? And does it really need Bingu to respond in writing to show the world that he read my posting? I remember couple days ago, you wrote a posting title 'OPENING FOREIGN CURRENCY DENOMINATED ACCOUNTS' and for days, nobody responded to it (I assume you forgot to turn on the lights on it) until I decided to help out, but your response was:
...Thanks for your response but i've obtained the info i wanted only the dude himself is gonna bring the application forms next time he visits again.....
My guess is that this dude heard you crying out loud and responded, without coming on this forum. I guess this is the same way Bingu will respond to me. Thanks for bringing the answers.
You know the many ways of communication but sensible people use the effective methods if i wink, i always make sure there's light so that you can see me and contribute constructively.
I really want to know the most effective method of communicating with Bingu other than the one I chose. Pls help me.
Talk to me about survival in the US/UK and not how Bingu was dressed yesterday!!!! metapholically speaking of-course!!!!!!
Sorry, but I chose my own topics. If you wanna talk of survival thats cool with me, but I wont tell you what to write.
ndimangomva kuti ngati ukufuna kumva how zitsiru zakumalawi zimaziyalutsira open this site and ndakhulupirira.
onse olemba pa folamu iyi ndizitsirudi .
ndikudziwa ndi uchutsiru wanuwo mugundika kuyankha.this is nota topic for discussion .
c l o s e this site zitsiru zipeze chochita china please
The moment you start posting you have become a member and difinetely you have become chindere and as am saying wazelezeka waka.Mind you some of the mebers are your relations in a pseudo.
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Zelezeka, If olemba onse ndi zitsilu then that makes you one of them. It’s just that you don’t have anything to chip in to the forum apart from feelings of resentments. The truth is, some of us are now proverbial with things we didn’t know about. It’s about sharing ideas. Stick around and you will get schooled, otherwise butt out!