According to the Gospel of Bingu, this country would have been exceedingly prosperous— with the proverbial milk and honey flowing everywhere—had it not been for the albatross of Satan, that devil from hell. So take a look at us now...

We are getting worried of developments between Macra, the communications regulatory body, and independent radio station Capital FM over the 'Straight Talk' programme.

In a country that has boasted of back-to-back bumper maize harvests for the past seven years, stories that certain parts of this country may experience hunger deals a rough blow to the 'food secure' image the country has built for itself over the years.

I have never quite understood the logic of destroying what little you have as a protest against not having more of what you want. So it was rather perplexing to read this week that after wrecking havoc in the UDF, Ken Msonda had moved to join the PP, where Joyce Banda welcomed him with open arms and called him "a gallant and seasoned politician".

We can only imagine that the man who was beaten by an infected dog in Blantyre and died of the infection went to his death a very sad man, indeed.

It is 2012 and you will not hear much noise about what government is doing to uplift the lives of the poor. That song will only be sung in 2013, a year before the general elections.

If you are reading this then surely you must have made it into 2012 and please accept our hearty congratulations and best wishes into this brand New Year.

Minister of Information Patricia Kaliati must live on another planet or that she is happy to live her life in denial or thinks that we are all gullible to believe everything and anything that comes out of her ministerial mouth.

I flew into South Africa's OR Tambo International Airport last week, via Lilongwe and via South African Airways business class. I found myself drudgingly in business class because all economy class seats are taken until end of January.

On the entrance to every palace of power should be a sign that reads: Beware of Power, It Kills Human Conscience.

The story that Malawi has made a name for itself for growing high grade cannabis that a World Bank report says is "best and finest" is not a compliment to our farming skills at all. In that, the findings of that report just give Malawi a bad name.

On Thursday, State House responded to my last week's article on the inanity of amendments to Section 46 of the Penal Code by placing adverts in the newspapers. The arguments therein were so shockingly shallow you were left asking how competent was the author or is the reason he got the job as legal counsel to the president that his name—Ntata—sounds so much like Ndata, the president's farm.

The Laws of Malawi are clear and straightforward: Anyone who names another person as a witch is committing an offence and they must be arrested and put it in jail.

If you have been to the airport when the leader departs from, or arrives in, the country it is always a spectacle to behold.

Anyone who deals in the estate industry will tell you three things about this business: location, location, location!

There is this Eurocentric view that regards everything black as evil—black Friday, black magic, blackout, black day, black market. In Malawi, the most dreaded of police assault vehicles is known as Black Maria.

It seems that it's increasingly becoming lost on Malawians that the Police are an important institution of this country. Their cardinal duty, first and foremost, is to serve the people, in all situations and at all times.

Before you let presidential spokesperson Hetherwick Ntaba bamboozle you with his interpretation of what the British meant by respect for minority rights, you need to read the statement for yourself.

If Malawians were asked what they wanted between living la vida loca and living a big, fat, lie yoiu can't tell how that vote would go.

The harrowing stories being told by poor villagers struggling to get the subsidized fertilizer should not be happening at all. If this was happening in the fist year that Malawi introduced this programme it could be forgiven as teething problems.