IMPROVING MALAWIANS ACCESSIBILITY TO SOCIAL SERVICES IS WORTHY IT THAN THEIR VOTES MADAM PRESIDENT.

Think of Malawians welfare

Esteemed observers, sometimes I wish I could keep quiet but the state in which our country is remains another story. It gets boring when you go through our news papers only to quote the president and senior ruling Peoples Party officials waging a war against social commentators, the opposition as well as media houses when indeed there is more than enough work in their offices tackling crucial matters of national significance for the common good of the underprivileged rural masses.

In a time that our leaders are busy politicking, its an insult to Malawians integrity for the ruling People Party and Joyce Banda to make a public statements on state run MBC-TV and radio stations that as a country we have enough stock of maize to get us going till next years harvesting season when surprisingly visiting some ADMARC depots in Ntcheu, Thyolo, Balaka, Nkotakota, Dedza, Karonga Mwanza, Mangochi and some parts of the country ended up finding no maize in these depots. How then do we need to trust our president bearing in mind that she has ever reclined to millions of Malawians on the South Korea labor deal? This is a serious matter of ensuring that food is available at a national level and it’s really the government responsibility to make sure that maize is available in ADMARC depots.

Furthermore, it’s very sad to note that some hospitals are having no drugs or being underfunded which has affected service delivery in almost 80 % of the government hospitals in Malawi posing a big threat to our lives. The situation at hand with Kamuzu Central Hospital and other district hospitals as well as clinics is unbearable and a threat even to the medical practitioners as medics are being forced to use expired items just to save peoples life which is totally unacceptable ,unprofessional and contrary to the Malawi poisons body Act. This is happening at a time that some ruling party officials are being implicated in the CASH GATE SCANDAL for the massive looting of billions of kwacha through payments that had been made for delivering nothing to the Malawian government when our hospitals run without drugs and operating theatres for a Central hospital like Kamuzu being closed,.

In addition to that, it’s very pathetic to note that our leaders seem not to care for future of Malawians youths by ensuring that Polytechnic, Chancellor College, College of Medicine, St Jones College of Nursing and other institution of higher learning are back to business by either funding them or meeting other requirements that have been demanded. It is not making sense that these colleges are continuing being closed for lack of funds when some officials have pocketed Billions for nothing. This is not making sense and sounding more of trash.

I suggest this could have been a time that our ruling Peoples Party could concentrate much on the welfare of Malawians than play a game of votes. The welfare of Malawians is more important than our votes Madam President and the entire Peoples Party team. This is not a smear campaign aimed at vindicating people’s party but rather a real practical situation on the ground. Provide us maize in ADMARC depots, open these colleges and make sure that hospitals have drugs and other items then Malawians will be quiet.

By: Magede Si Wandale.