Southern Politicians and how they view Malawi- Using the North and Centre to achieve the Southern end- Prince P Guest writer
By Prince Phwetekele- Guest Writer 12 hrs “WE WILL ALSO RULE FOR 31 YEARS” Bakili Muluzi During his hey days, at the helm of state power, Dr. Bakili Muluzi used to say the South will also rule the country for 31 years because the Central Region led the country for 31 years under Dr. Hasting Kamuzu Banda and his Malawi Congress Party. He tried all the best to destroy MCP to the core in the South by among other things going personal at Gwanda Chakuamba who was the only major remnant of the MCP in the South. He used to incarcerate the leadership of MCP (Dr. H.K. Banda, Mama C.T. Kadzamira, Hon. J.Z.U. Tembo etc) When taken aback by the unprecedented election of late Hon. Rodwell Munyenyembe to the position of speaker in 1994 and the subsequent formation of the loose alliance of MCP/AFORD in 1996, Dr. Bakili Muluzi and his UDF mooted an idea of re-demarcation of constituencies. This exercise focused mostly in the districts in the Southern Region so as to increase