Chisomo Ngulube Writes

I was determined to travel to Likoma Island on Lake Malawi in 2015 and experience the amazing views that the Island has to offer. My two work colleagues from my employer at the time the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation Steve Balaleya and Thoko Kamwanja had assured me of a hearty welcome from their relatives on the Island.  So, my two children Vithero and Takondwa and I travelled to Mzuzu, to visit my mother in-law en-route to Likoma. After the welcoming pleasantries, I informed her I intended to travel to Likoma with the kids. She looked at me, then at the kids who at the time were eight and nine and told me there’s no jetty on Likoma Island.  “I know,” I replied.                               TK and Vithero watch people load their goods on the Illala "I’ve been told that there are boats that ferry people to the shores of Lake Malawi,” I continued.  “True, but with the kids I do not think it is a ...

The appointment of 38 percent women into Malawi President Lazarous  Chakwera’s 31-member cabinet a first for the Southern African country, though slightly shy of the 40:60 prescription, gave gender rights activists what they thought was a glimpse into a new world of greater inclusion. But the announcement of new board compositions for state-run entreprises, took them aback as an analysis of the appointment showed that women had been grossly underrepresented . So I, Chisomo Ngulube (CN) sought a reaction from University of Malawi senior lecturer senior lecturer of Political and Administrative Studies (PAS) Dr Tiyesere Mercy Chikapa (TMC) .  By the way Tiyesere and I were in the class of '98 at St Mary's Secondary School in the cool city of Zomba, Malawi which also happens to be my home district; both my parents are from there. I call Tiyesere prof. regardless of the fact that she's yet to be made one by her university!