Kondwani Munthali -Malawi

Happy Christmas and have a blessed Holiday. There many praying today, actually more people in the World believe than non believers. A Gallop Poll years back found that almost 90 percent of Americans believe in existence of God. We have come from a tribulent past, we are now working towards a new beginning. Let all of us reflect our personal contribution towards changing the society we live in and improve more. From this blog, starting January 1, 2011, there will be more added and as one Freelancer Journalist told me, offer free news more as it happens in Malawi. I expect to publish at least a book in 2012 and we can read and share more as we debate to shaoe our own destiny. You are all part of my history by visiting this page, and I wish you happy and blessed Holidays. For those in pain, let the healing hand of the Almighty touch you. I love you all

Kim Jong IL, the reclusive Dear Leader of Democratic Republic of Korea is dead. The World is watching with full amusement on the process this nation is undergoing. They call themselves democratic, the ban free media but loves their own media. Thats the irony of a dictator. The public media often biased towards the ruling clique will play the game until the last end or the fall of a dictator. I still recall the defiance of the Libyan State TV even when Gadaffi had run out of Tripoli. Syrias Assad is busy showing "the other side of the war" but in truth he has been sending hundreds of troops to kill innocent people demanding that they be governed on equal footing. Unfortunately for dictators, their immediate families and cronies, the assume they have God given right to determine every persons fate. General Noriega that awful dictator of Panama is in jail, I have forgoten what has happened to General Pinochet. But Saddam Hussein, Muammar Ghadafi and many others have left the wor...

The Head of Malawi Police service appeared at the Commission of Inquiry today for over one hour. However the media was barred from the hearing as it was deemed necessary under the National Security. Mukhito arrived at 10.21 and went straight into the chamber and left at 11.32am. Commission Secretary Allison Mbang'ombe said it was normal for anybody to request for private hearing. We are working to get the recorded testimony by end of next week and we will update this page accordingly.

This morning the circus on July 20 demonstrations had opened after two senior Police officers testified on Monday afternoon. Evarson Saliwa, Lilongwe Police Officer in Charge was very candid and honest and refused to blame media or ascertain to a popular question from Apostle Timothy Khoviwa and James Namphambo. He said the injunction was mostly to blame as it inflamed Malawians. Namphambo this morning pulled a shocker "How many bonafide humans did you have?" Undule who looked very calm and composed had dismissed the notion of money being paid to demonstators and say he believes dialogue should not be open ended and not prolonging the suffering. Undule has told the Commission that there was no intention for regime change that is why they presented the petition. He said the people who obtained the last minute injunction wanted initially to hold counter demonstrations. He says the motive was clear. He has blamed MBC for inflaming Malawians. More coming...

17 year old Mphatso Victor of Lumbadzi and his father Petro Victor have given a moving evidence this morning. Mphatso has a live bullet on his knee and he was shot as he came from his father's gardern. When he approached the Police for assistance after being shot and he was bleeding, the Police arrested him took him to Hospital and later kept him bleeding for 29 hours. The Kamuzu Central Hospital says he need surgical operation in South Africa. The witness is Isaac Kambwiri who told the Commission that Police beat up people. Now its the turn of Police officers starting with Sargent Moses Chipeta who does not say what caused the looting and the role of the Police in the whole fiasco

Kelvin Mmangisa: The President okeyed the demontrations. But personally he would never have allowed the demonstrations because he feared the worse. Commissioner Thyolamwendo is doing a good job of trying to cleanse the Police of the killings while the Vice Chairman Timothy Khoviwa is trying to hit at the media. The second witness Isaac Kambwiri from Capital Radio has told Levi Mihowa that should Government have listened July 20 could not have happened. Right here I will be updating you in real time and live the proceedings which look like a circus of old men trying to convince a child that babies come from heaven.

The struggle continues From slavery to Independence The path of democracy remain elusive The rising sun gone Hope shattered A flag bringing heat A nation mourns where is our democracy We sacrificed many of our great talents Towards democratic path Jehova,s witnesses, Chisiza, Chipemberes, Orton Chirwa But the boulevad remains hazy' Why did the July 20-21 citzens had die? In a professed democracy Why should we live in fear 18 years after democratising The path is full of bumps The slave traders were Arabs The Colonialists were white The dictator was short Niether a democrat nor dictator was full of humour' The definition now eludes How to define 'democracy boulevad' I fear for my future I queue for my basics My income dwindles everyday Yet I see, happy and fat rulers This painful boulevad Perhaps tommorrow reason will come' Perhaps Parliament sanity will return Perhaps the Courts will live up to their justice titles Perhaps a revolution will come But the struggle con...