Mabvuto Jobani Banda: My President

Yesterday, my president Bingu wa Mutharika called for an improptu news conference. Just like anyone else, I dashed there because I thought he was going to announce his long awaited cabinet. But alas! he didn't. He could not tells us his cabinet, he failed to answer my question why an Editor in the ministry of information was arrested for keeping John Tembo's bio on his computer when he was under instructions from his superiors to prepare one in case the opposition won the election. My president lied that he had never taken a beer, or whisky in his life --apparently no one asked him or cares about his drinking habits. He just thought it convenient to lie to the world. The attack on the Nation newspaper was what worried me most. I feel whatever he said was a pre-emptive attack on the fourth estate. I will not be surprised what his last four years in power will do to media in Malawi, my country. Finally he promised to declare his assets--which according to him have gained interest in the last four years from K 150 million (almost a million dollars) to....? The property he has amassed speak for itself.