(MENAFN- The Maravi Post) The government of the Republic of Malawi should swallow its pride and declare that Malawi is no longer a paradise for investment. Call me unpatriotic, yes, I will accept as of now but I will continue to call a spade a spade on crucial issues affecting out country.
It is very unusual for the Capital City to be experiencing such prolonged blackouts and dry taps. Most often we have electricity for a few hours and water once a week. As usual, the culprit is low water levels blah blah blah in Shire River.
I am told the situation is the same elsewhere in Malawi but the government is busy patting itself on the back that the China Malawi Forum has so far lured 19 companies, will these companies be using divine electricity and divine water? Malawi has time immemorial attracted big investors of big time but they have always folded up because of poor conditions of doing business in Malawi which include erratic electricity and water supply.
They could not use genesets for long because of high fuel costs in Malawi. We have always experienced this problem this time of the year, every year, yet there has been no effort to correct the situation. For God's sake, why on earth did our president receive the honorary degree from the University of Addis Ababa for allegedly improving the electricity and water supply in Malawi when the opposite is true? The authorities should know that it has its priorities upside down.
You cannot order water boards to start quenching throats of crops with water through massive irrigation programs when throats of their voters and citizenry are perpetually dry. Coupled with the dwindling economy, am not surprised that some companies continue either to downsize their staff and operations or are completely closing shop in the country.
They would rather go to war torn Mozambique and do business there than stay in a country of the so called honey and milk when reality on the ground tells it is hell on earth!
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