Wednesday, May 18, 2011

My Thesis: Criticising the trivials

There are about 12 drafts or so of my thesis. Only two were bound. The one on 15 September, and the one on 6 October. On 6 October there is are two drafts which are indeed relatively different that can stand as two different papers.

I saw my capability. That I can write two different thesis within a day! After freezing the first copy of the day, I decided to follow and correct the mistakes he wanted me to correct. Too bad I realised this two late. Even when my mum had told me earlier that I should do this, I did not realise that I had to make correction as he goes through the thesis and points out the errors.

It's even today, 18th May, 2011 that I have seen it all the way it was. My perception of "there is something wrong in your thesis. Correct it." Meant that the content was wrong. So painstakingly changed the whole thesis and submitted it again. To which he says again, there is something wrong.

I thought, what if all this time all he wanted was to correct the misplaced comma on the first page. And while I was correcting the rest of the thesis, the content he saw was that of the last copy. Which had nothing of what I wanted to say really but the conclusion seem to be the most important word in it having moved this way and that of the knowledge I thought was wrong or right according to the Professors need to have it corrected.

So criticising the comma at the beginning, ignored the most important information which should have been seen first. It would been better if I was told the exact comma I was to correct.

But I would not have researched deeper about what I wrote if the comma had been corrected earlier.

Now my concern about criticising the trivial is: the perfection that comes is difficult to out do. All that comes next is boring.

They decided to down grade the Master of Science in Information Theory, Cryptography and Coding Theory to Master of Science in Coding Theory. Instead of offering to Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics students, they offer it as a continuation program for mathematics majors for the Bachelor of Education Science at Mzuzu University. They are now planning to introduce a Phd in Information Theory, Cryptography and Coding which the rest of us can redo. I am wondering however if the content will be challenging enough for me having being mistaken for Phd. Graduate already?

Maybe its time I set foot on a foreign land for my Phd.

There are things that are difficult in one's field if they like a certain skill set. There are things that become equally easy for people who have a certain skill set.

These mathematicians seem to lack programming skills that is why their work becomes difficult. I saw the theses of students written before I saw I could reproduce their results independently with one piece of code. Just changing the code's parameters. Why should year after year have to rewrite the program and generate similar results for a thesis when they can be generated concurrently with on piece of code in one day and run as long as the computer is able to process them even yearly.

No wonder the girl scored distinction. She is a computer scientist (and a born genius of course).

Now I had this problem, from the results I had generated, I could say and give better explanations about the results the rest of theses were getting and I could write my whole thesis commenting on their theses where they are lacking where they are not. I noticed the results I put in my second controversial section where the codes Khumbo Kumwenda find. What would I write then in my thesis? For it would be taken as though I have copied their content for my thesis. Too little new to write about.

The only problem there was the confusing definition of non-trivial automorphism groups of Goppa codes. With that set right, these coding theorists would find their own way forward. Plus they needed a peace of code to work with. That's a bonus my thesis carried.

So that's it! And a Professor in Italy mistook me for a Phd. Graduate. He knew of course I had now graduated. He address me:

Dear Dr. Hara,

And blah, blah, here...

It felt good! Maybe I should keep the title. What does the world think?

After all I have an unofficial Phd. In all sorts of things. I have been waiting for wikiversity.org to start certifying their scholars so I can get my Doctorates.

Friday, May 13, 2011

On importation of Cheap Solar Equipment

The business page of Friday April 29, 2011 daily times, has a comment from Solair Corporation. Which attributes the importation of cheap materials to taking out of duty of solar equipment. The truth is, when the genuine is not available, people will still buy the good that is available.

The public should know this. Solair is too small to supply to the whole country genuine Solair equipment. What should necessarily be encouraged is the sensitization of the public what genuine solar equipment is, if macra, mbs cannot do this civil education alone, organizations live NICE have this commission to educate such issues to the nation. Such organization can train young unemployed youth through volunteerism, to do this civil education to the public as long as they have some allowances for upkeep than to have to steal or vend the same fake/cheap solar equipment.

If it is for Malawi, let us do this its for our own good.

It is not only cheap solar equipment, but there are a vast electronic equipment that it far less energy efficient being sold on the market that would render the Escom's Energy Efficient Lighting Project useless.

It is easier and cheaper to empower people with such knowledge so that they sort out the differences themselves, while at the same time, encourage even these youth getting loans in YDEF, to invest in solar equipment at all levels, training, supply and installation. Such youth are a treasure to our nation and would the government would do much good to continue to invest in educating and empowering even encouraging as many donors possible to train these youth without limit. Such aid is beneficial to our land.

My Thesis:Some battles

I  wrote once that my thesis should have been about how I overcame but I had to write something academic.

Does faith and knowledge go together? Very much so. For it is also said, faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God.

Can knowledge alone save someone? God says, my people perish for lack of knowledge. And if they knew what the will of God is, God would not have sent His Son, for by doing the will of God, they world have been saved. But nobody knew and they did perish for the battles we fight on earth are indeed greater than us. We fight against beings greater than us and we overcome only by His help.

In Acts 17, Paul tells the curious Athenians that God has put us in places and times as we live in that we may seek him and find him. Though we live on earth all these things as we acquire on earth, we will leave behind, for we have somewhere better to be indeed. Why then do we go to school and learn things such as we learn? For knowledge is also important for our salvation and for that of others. For some of the things as we learn help us in overcoming some of the battles we face on earth. Thus I said, I fought something in 2001, all that I learned even through the masters degree I have obtained helped me overcome.

What is mental illness? A delusion it is. There are compartments of these delusions which exist for various reasons as a person meets in life and there is none so difficult that one cannot recover. All of them are healable. How possible? The truth shall set you free. For a delusion is but a lie. To understand the difference between the lie and the truth and believe the truth is the barrier that we fail to break free from mental illness and indeed any bondage or sin, to our salvation and to the healing of mental illness as well. Some lies are strong indeed like a blindness that fails us to see something that is as close as our noses can reach.

The course of cryptography teaches various principles of detecting the authenticity of a message or someone we are communicating with.

There are such principles as deniability, authenticity, and security. Deniability is where one does something and refuses to have done it. How can one make sure that who ever did this thing would not deny later to have done it? What proof? Such is a question cryptography tries to answer. How can one know that the person I am communicating with, is who he claims he is? In case he is not how can I still ensure I or the intended person is still safe from such communication? Such are authenticity problems cryptography tries to answer. How can a deluded person break free from delusion? It is easy with support of a community one lives in but not easy alone.

From where I have been, I should say, all the processes people have assumed to be a solution to mental illness are the same that lead to delusion. For if you tell someone that what he sees in front of him is blue not green, and you push it so hard on his mind to the point of punishing him if he believes otherwise, you find that person will consider to be green everything that is blue. And it does takes only one word to say, this person is mentally ill for a whole community to believe. And the new community takes over adding to his delusion in the same way.

A child is born without knowledge of what is right and what is wrong, what is blue or what is green. Teach a mentally ill person how to live. He will live and be normal. It takes love and patience. Some have treated the mentally ill as one would treat animals, as animals indeed they would behave. Treat them as any normal person, normal they will be. Treat them as children, like children the will be. Treat them with respect, respectable they will be. Such is life.

Lie to them, lies they will believe as anybody else person they would believe. Re-educate them what is and what is not, indeed they would be that. Protect them from lies.

I have spoken a lot of things on this blog. There are some truths the world seems to have forgotten so much that it was surprising to see that people don't know.

It's only because I had to relearn the truth of what is and what is not from all the delusion I learned from those who have thought to delude was the way to treat the mentally ill.

It might be surprising to some to really know today that I have really never been mentally ill. When you doctors say epileptic ceasure, such words as epilepsy are what guardians know. To you its a technical term that's far from mental illness, to the guardian its way too much into mental illness. I wonder who coined these words.

I was fasting for my brother who very sick at the time. And I fainted for lack of energy. And fainting passed through many mouths became epilepsy and epilepsy through many mouths, became mental illness and I watched the whole process of delusion overcame some but was helpless to save the believable evidence of what was going on and keep this evidence to redeem myself.

I regarded the circumstances in which I found myself at Mzuzu University doing this cryptography course and manage to go through only to discover that Mzuzu University had kept no record of my scholarship all along.

A work of God, I graduated with credit and some professor called me Dr. Hara after reviewing my thesis. I have always believed my thesis deserved a high grade than it got. It was one of the only two considered for publication. The other one being being of a girl who scored distinction. I have to send that manuscript.

By the way, I seem to owe Mzuzu University nothing, though I have asked so many times what I owe it for me to plan and seek repayment. I thank God for that. I still have no record of how much was paid though, nor does the accounts, though my sponsor seems to have paid a lot than he should have.

However for this discrepancy of their own, they seem to have told my sponsor something bad to an extent my sponsor does not in anyway want associate with me anymore and because of his disappointment, my professor as well being the one who sort the sponsorship, looks at me with a certain disregard. Who will believe a mentally ill person, they say. I cannot suffer for the wrongs I have not done.

If somebody says, Mzuzu University is bankrupt I would not doubt it. They disappointed a lot of sponsors. It's not easy to find people like Professor Davis who year after year, he would come with a little something more to support the university from sports to academics.

I guess they should really learn to live by their motto. Service, Self-reliance and Perfection. Otherwise, it an empty forgotten word for their students.

For its value, look at what Phwezi's motto has done me, accept the challenge, God will guide. It has taught me a faith that can move mountains. Given me a courage to write a thesis that an Italian Professor mistook me for a Phd. Graduate after reviewing my thesis. An area I didn't have clue!

Academic Freedom: The Aftermath

Just days ago, I rode in the same bus with a student from Mzuzu University. They were supposed to open college but the university has no money. The Mzuzu University bankruptcy I heard from people in a computer cafe while I was having some news article and ad that I would need photocopied.

I have met another student from Mzuzu University, he doesn't know when they will go back to school. I once rode in the same vehicle with librarian at Mzuzu, the accounts seems to have problems and were auditing. The pay was late, and this guy was blaming the government's new payroll system. Adding salt to the wounds so that Bingu should go, they say.

Of course there is this homosexual issue which the homosexual ngo executive does not want to participate in this human rights thing. Probably he has seen the need to protect his own people from such a cultural erosion.

You know, if one has a definition of good governance and another has a different definition, they will always go in separate ways when told to promote good governance. Does the world know what our president defines good governance to be?

Empowering Women + Empowering the Youth + Empowering the Elderly + Empowering men.

Since that covers the whole demography of the population that is Malawi, it is in effect,

Empowering his people.

What has done to achieve this: from the very onset adding on the fertilizer subsidy which has already been a curse of multi-party democracy in Malawi and human rights and economic liberalisazition, he has encouraged people to get at least K200 for fixing their own local roads. This K200 to buy maize seed, which after seeing themselves hoe the roads, are encouraged to weed their own maize farms which the were taught they have a right not to weed.

Of course, everybody has a right to fold his hands and sleep. But proverbs truly says poverty comes in like a thief and steals everything one has.

So the dug the roads, found that they can dig their farms as well. And did they cultivate from the from the same subsidy and little fertilizer they received before and what a bumper yeald there was!

So here we are, suspects do get questioned everywhere when something gets wrong. God knows how many suspects have been short in their own home land and guantanamo bay to reveal the compound bin laden has lived for ten whole years until he died. Phew! The world thought war on terror is over. But we don't seem to have a breather yet. I wonder when it shall come. For terror is a very terrible emotion. You don't even where the fear is coming from. You can destroy everything around and remain alone. You will find you are still afraid of the dark.

So, good governance the President of Malawi empowering his people to be self sufficient and not to be dependent on donors. But strive to feed themselves. The youth, the first batch has received their cut. Please bwezani nsanga so that the rest of us can also start own business.

The women have been empowered to have this distinguished lady Joyce Banda. Who for her own name has proved herself very capable and would be leader to help than selfishly squander the nation's treasure like some have had in the previous 10 years. Putting this lady up there as a pillars and example to women. You too can. And do emulate indeed. For your individual failure is indeed your own. Politically they who have been jealous of the good things done, have tried this way and that creating a lie here or there to find fault with the leadership of these two who already have nothing to lose but the welfare of the people the lead and protect if they let go of their seats. You hear now, Joyce Banda has registered his party, you here later Joyce Banda's yet to be registered party has been deserted together with UDF, DPP and want Atupele Muluzi to be their party president. I wonder if UDF has also deserted itself, what party is Atupele Muluzi will lead having expressed his interest. Aren't people ashamed to create such lies? Apa ndiye zavutatu.

So here is the aftermath. The students are at home from college and don't know when they are going back.

Who will call them back? The lecturers? They don't want until they are assured academic freedom exists. Is it being denied by the lecturers themselves already?

Shall the government? The court's injuction has not been lifted for the good governing presidents directive to be listened to.

Shall the university council? The court's injuction to stop them from calling back the lecturers has not been lifted.

Should the university council and the president act in contempt of court to call back the lecturers? In humble opinion they can. The court does not seem to have a clue what its own law says. They throw injuctions everywhere, where can one tread with all these injuctions through all over.

They don't even seem to know what contempt of court is. Look they have the audacity of arresting a complainant instead of him who has refused to listen to a court summons? Stupid! Is the word I wanted to say, but God says don't call anybody stupid. Though Kamuzu Banda call the stupid federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland stupid and won us our independence.

Look what our president is teaching. Don't destroy our good culture for which Malawi is called the Warm Heart of Africa. Malawi has good things which the whole Africa does not seem to have. It's warm heart. Don't destroy it by allowing these violent people stump their dirty shoes on the warm heart. It's very delicate and very vital. The heart is. That is why it enclosed behind a cage of ribs and just that, hidden behind a hard stenum.

Our laws protect us from such as would want to destroy us. Change not our laws for your convenience to indulge in sins we do not commit. If need be, shew off indeed. We don't need such money as prostitution of men and men. We have illegalised prostitution of men and women already, why should we legalize the worse kind of prostitution? For at least a pretence of men and women prostitution, enabled Tamara to have an offspring through whom we have Jesus. But look, it was only a pretence of but not prostitution itself. Do not make us to see sins we abhor! We will vomit indeed. If we do vomit in your face, don't be offended nor punish us. For what you call good governance, is bad governance for our land.

Look, no human rights was broken but we saved ourselves from manipulation from those who would indeed harm our children for old men are strong and wiser to not do such acts with them that bring it. But though children are wise, they are not strong to fight big men from this wicked abuse.

Don't send us such people if you do love the people of Malawi. There are better people who can do the same good job. Don't put conflict where there should be none. Unless you do intend to provoke. Don't complain when you do get a sting of young and small Malawi. Being peaceful and kind does not mean in anyway that we are weak. Don't shame yourself by bullying a small Malawi. It's flame burns hotter!

So Malawi, you wanted academic freedom. You have it and your children are home. They don't know when they will go back to school. Here is the truth: I have a masters degree, I have no job today. Who shall employ you children who don't even have a first degree? Look you have a president who wants to build five universities so that every Malawian can have a quality education. Do you know with the money in your personal pockets you can build even more universities in Malawi? Even 29! One for every district? Just tell him, he will be more than happy to support such an initiative. After 2014, you don't know what kind of person will lead Malawi. He might want to destroy all the roads that have been built. And indeed destroy the nsanje port which is still young. And would want every foundation that has been laid for the five university to be erased from memory. Just to spite the President.

I should tell you now Malawi. If a person like Bingu had a choice to still achieve his desire, he would build a university for his own people at ndata than worst time arguing with a people that is too stubborn not to receive the help of somebody who wants to help it. Or even to help itself for that matter.

Look, academic freedom. You kids are home and don't know when they will get back to school. If they will get a job, its because the employer is looking for cheap labour.

All this work I have done on this site. All this knowledge, given for free? How do we define volunteering again? Is it cheap labour? One can do something with his own hands for free it benefits at least those he loves. It is cruel to expect one who has already done much for free to be expected to do more for free when he has no income. It's ingratitude so to say.

Send your children back to school. Tell the university council to find them lecturers who can teach them. The university council has not been barred from finding other lecturers. Maybe I can find a job as a lecturer as well. It seems its the same lecturers who have chosen to recognize the knowledge I can share with this generation and get paid for it that are in the forefront to not want to teach. Give us room. Test the sting on unemployment. Maybe instead of creating a curriculum that suite the industry's desire for obedient slaves you can create a curriculum a that empowers each student to survive without employment. Such students are the ones who can create companies which can compete with Airtel both here in Malawi and right in their home in India. Do we want this Malawi?

It begins with you.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

The Century of Broken Marriages

The mid 50's got themselves on a new hobby: movies. It was a nice feeling watching romantic ones as it is nice to watch the English Premiere League these days. Romance sold a lot and always topped box office. I guess for obvious reasons. The curiosity for the goodies that are found in marriage. Real life is normal if you push it towards the trends, it ceases to be normal. So pushed towards the trends it was. Parents and good people having seen the goodies in the goodies films of Friday evenings encouraged their young ones to date at the theatres. So life goes, marketers go after the trends as well. So began pushing the world towards abnormal to sale more.
Kids are clueless. What parents encourage, they follow. So they followed and followed and did they follow. But in real life what they learned to be true, wasn't. It does not exist anyway. What is AIDS, what is HIV? Around this time it also existed. Why, people did not find it taboo to have one night stands. Real love doesn't exist. Taught the actors for their own love did not exist as well. What is love? Can one cheat on their husband and still be loved? Can a husband watch another man have it with his wife and still love her because all that she was doing was just work? Of course money pays, marketers marketed in this country where marketers have been lazy to the extent of changing laws putting real lives of people in jeopardy to sale a bottle of coke. What? Just a bottle? A whole human life for a bottle of coke? Love, let's set the trends let others follow. Have you seen your necklace? It's in trendy these days. Have you seen the Romans? Everybody else in the world do what they do. The world is hungry for Romans. Do you know what the Romans do? They conform their minds after the will of God.

Let's go back to the Bible and set the trends for the world.

We can not act like the world does. We will go Mr & Mrs Smith way. Dodging bullets. Wanna go on the dance flow and learn to tango on the fly? You never know when the world calls for you to teach it a lesson, you know. Ready in season and out of season. And dodging bullets of the devil. I tell you if you do it with and for God, the devil gets attacks from a thousand dimensions. And finds no where to run. Such is life and joy as God can give.

Hollywood: you can't put a mouse in front of cheese and expect it not to eat. Here in Malawi we put groundnuts where Hollywood puts cheese. The result is the same.

Sexual attraction has no hero. Joseph had to run away. But look where it got him into? In prison. Does it stop there? It got him up and up and up. He became the vice president of Egypt. And Egypt ruled the world at that time. It was the only country which had food[let not the world buy food from us at so cheap a price, let not fao buy so much, disappear with it and sell it to us. If they set tobacco prices, let's set the maize prices. It's not cheap to cultivate. This is our time.]

You never know where each road leads to until you get there. But it is true all roads lead to Rome. They were built by Romans anyway why should they not lead to Rome? But not everyone who travels a road get to Rome.

By the way if all roads lead to Rome how do you get there if you are in Hollywood? At least if you in Bollywood or Mollywood, you can go their by road. Even us in Malawi can get there because we don't have to cross the ocean. Look, love, Hollywood crosses the ocean to get real love. We don't have to. We just walk to Rome. We are much better.

And of those going to Rome, some people get stuck in the loop of the maze. Roam, roam, roam will they roam and never get to Rome. Where is Rome? You need a map sometimes. There are many maps you say? Depends on where you are going.

Jesus says, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No body gets to heaven but by me".  How many maps are there did you say?

So here goes a test of faiths: What am I doing on this path? Where does this path go? Will I recognize what I must find there?

When in Rome, do what Romans do. What do Romans do? If you don't know, you will find yourself in Venice and sell your soul. For there are some cities in which people sell their souls. I must tell you this secret so that you may know what to find and do in Rome:

Paul a Servant of Jesus, as I also strive to be, told the Romans, "I beseech thee brethren, by the mercies of God, that Ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable before God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to the standards of the world: but be Ye transformed to this renewing of your mind, that Ye may prove what is that good and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."

That got them the word of approval so much that it was said, when in Rome do what Romans do.

P/S: Paul preached and worked. I like his wisdom of working and serving. I would like to work for my living and preach with no strings attached.

I am sure good jobs exist that don't give such a taxing time. Lecturing is one of them. I have sort this lecturing job way too long. It would do itself good to come and find me home.

I mean, for all that I can do and have learned and practiced, why should I fail to have a single job?

For sleeping and eating and preaching and teaching things you know with all the time in the world, is way too easy a job for one not to one to resist. But look no-one is paying me. How do I buy bread for my family? Better a little job than handouts.

Still I have stayed here for too long. God knows when I shall move on.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

The Security of The Lord's Prayer

Matthew 6:9-15 NIV

"This, then, is how you should pray:
"'Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name, your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.' For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

The prayer first calls upon our creator who is indeed our father. For we all are but his children all of us created by him. Among us are some who are but weeds among the wheat. Such on the Father in heaven knows. We go into much strife because of such as who are weeds. Be mindful of this and check your own direction. Turn back from such as you have been following. Dwell on the word of
God for wisdom and guidance. Proverbs teach the right way of loving. There are teachings of prophets, apostles, Jesus such as which would give direction for personal faith in God. As literal as the word is written so it will be of much help.

For there has been confusing interpretations and therefore much controversy, it is wise to take your own time and personally read in seclusion. As you read a novel, go through it, you will catch things of so much interest and will want to study in detail. Gather as much truth as you can. Shield yourself of thoughts that have confused you for so long. Gather as much truth to shield you of subsequent controversy. Go back to it as much as often.

People will see this change in you, for all of a sudden you become somebody of a different thought and almost always angry at what you see that is wrong. Take these times as opportunity to preach and teach the truths you have known.

Give us our daily bread. Spiritual food, in terms of the word of God, to have the hunger to read it.

Forgives us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Such is how we reconcile with God. And this reconciliation, includes reconciling with those who have wronged. For you can't say that you love God if you don't love your neighbours. For when God loves us, he expects us to love our neighbours as well. The world lacks love. Such is what God brings buy teaching us to love with his love. Do good therefore to others. Forgive as you also have been forgiven.

Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

It does not increase our faith to demand to be tempted, for we are under attack already. So much that we outweigh ourselves by extra temptations.

God allows sometimes to pass through temptations when we are about to fight a battle it is to teach us how to overcome such battles ourselves and for those we would help.

Sometimes it is enough for us to learn from his deliverance from evil and use this to help deliver others from same evil. For you always know the paths that led you into the way of evil and harm. You can now go and teach others not to take the same path or at least warn of the dangers in the path, and how to overcome each danger as you learned when you yourself were delivered.

Such is a prayer of communion with our father in heaven, a prayer of provision for our needs, a prayer of repentance, a prayer of deliverance from evil.

God bless as you keep in prayer.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

The Palm Sized Thesis

Title: Egypt
Author: Kondwani C. Hara
Abstract:
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The thesis establishes the reason for the worldwide fuel dry up around the time of Egyptian Violence.
Preamble:
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Europe raises fuel prices(BBC and European press). America raises fuel prices(CNN, NYTimes, et al).
Outlook:
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Yemen has just had just revolted and ousted their president. Follows Tunisia, and now it was Egypt. Press indicates the violence is intended to go over the rest of Arabic world.
Business decision:
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Hold the exports till it is clear the direction of the violence. To avoid making losses.
Results:
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Fuel prices go up world wide due to low supply, Lilongwe organizes a mini Egypt that does hold for love and violence don't go. It's a week of love(14th-18th Feb). MERA doesn't know why there is little fuel. But then OPEC doesn't know. Who could know Egypt could dry up world fuel?
Conclusion:
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What goes around comes around.
Bibliography:
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Archived press reports.
Goes the palm hand thesis. Does it qualify for shortest in Guinness book of records? Let's watch and see.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Faith, Hope and Love

I dead.
Faith moved a mountains off my tomb.
I lived.
For the hope to live another day.
I searched.
For love to find many friends.
Wait till the promise comes to pass.

Monday, April 11, 2011

The Beginning and the Essence of the Gospel

There has been a scientific question boggling the minds of scientists concerning the existence of God and creation.

Let me answer that:
The Kingdom of God exist we the lowly see its evidence day and night through all He does for us. You say its all mirth because it is true you have been searching in the wrong direction and not found Him. We searched for Him as well and found Him. How is that?

Let's start from the beginning. Genesis chapter one. It is a story of Beginnings, but the most important and urgent beginning was the beginning of sin. For from such we are captive needing redemption. Never the less, the beginning of all creation is not forgotten.

Genesis 1:1 NIV

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

It just a claim of who created the heavens and the earth. Any lie or untruth about, any contrary claim would be lying wouldn't they?

How he created it, is a question that follows. Believing it or not seems be a choice than a quest for a proof of how is it possible. Nevertheless, it is good to ask questions. In them some have found salvation. The three wise men, found out about Jesus Birth through their search for knowledge. And found him even at the time of his birth. How accurate is that?

What was the state before he started creating it?

Genesis 1:2 NIV

Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

Genesis 1:3 - 31 explains the rest. Believing is a choice than a quest for truth. For in understanding anything you do have to accept certain conditions. When you have understood these pre-conditions, it is easier to understand the rest.

You see at this moment the question of God's existence does not arise. It is verse obvious for the person who wrote this in such a declarative non-apologetic manner knew what he was talking about and it had to be said before he can say all that he wanted to say. Where does this doubt of God's existence arise? In the hearts of those who have searched and not found him.

Where is the Kingdom of God?

Deuteronomy 30:12-14 NIV

It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, "Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.

Jesus reiterates this as well:

Luke 17:20-21 NIV

Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is in your midst."

But He says:

John 3:3 NIV

Jesus replied, "Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again."

Why is that? We can now go back to the beginning and read Genesis 2. Because of sin all creation became subject to sin and death. Yet God loves His creation and would want to redeem it. How? By letting them be born again through Jesus. For through Adam, we died, we have to be born again through Jesus.

How can we be born again?

Be born of Water and the Holy Spirit. Don't ask me how effective that is. I have seen it importance but I cannot explain how that should be. For it the work of God to redeem a man. My part would be, to Baptize like John did. To Baptize in the name of The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. Using water, yes H20 we already know. But it is indeed the same water we baptize with. The rest is the work of the Holy Spirit. And its effect is true and evident to those who believe the Gospel we have preached to them. I have seen people change from just being baptized.

I heard testimonies of those who were healed by just being baptized.

Here is why? When we preach, our intention is to point the peoples attention to God. Who when they are convinced and turn to, they ask Him in repentance, to save them. For their sin becomes evidence to them and their hopelessness about it becomes real and their need to make peace with whom they have displeased.
God now comes in forgiveness and reconciliation to those who have repented. This is only possible within. For one can pretend before the preacher. His eyes are then still in the wrong direction.

His eyes indeed have to be towards God. And His prayer, to be towards Him who can save Him.

The simplest prayer of salvation is, Jesus, save me! For whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Ask Him to Baptize you with the Holy Spirit. For it is the Holy Spirit who is supposed to teach you the rest of the way to your specific salvation. Within you.

You will find yourself liking more and more the things of God. Some of the change within you is evident to yourself. Some of it, you may not notice but others will see the difference. For your faith, they will tell you saw.

How did that happen? The change, the salvation? It's within you. You can explain all that you experienced for its evident to you. Is it possible for others to understand? Of course they have seen the evidence of the change that is why they are wondering. In their frustration to not be able to change like you have and not to know, its the reason for their anger and jealous. In their frustrated search, they conclude God does not exist.

He does, just trust His directions how you can find Him you will find Him. Be born again. Of water and the Holy Spirit. In the name of the Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit. Ask of this of your pastor, he will be more delighted to help.

O, I Solve Problems - oisp.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

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Desiderata

Why do I write twice, Desiderata? The words are good to remember and Keep.

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is
a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let not this blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not
feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams; it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.

Strive to be happy.

--- Max Ehrmann, 1927

I will strive to be Happy, Desiderata. After all that's my name.

Rejoice, I say it again, Rejoice.

To whom it may concern: Desiderata

Desiderata, in search for things, I found God. It was God whom I sort thereafter. It was God who started adding these things, I searched, Desiderata.

Who could stop God from adding all these things? Desiderata, none! None, Desiderata!

http://marilee.us/desiderata.html

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

My comment on Malawi Democrat website

Here is a situation:
The University of Malawi, is composed of 5 constituent colleges. Chancellor College is one of them. Of these only Chancellor College and The Polytechnic joined in the lecturers striking. Bunda debated among themselves, and found the cause not worth striking for. Did not join. The University Council, looked at the matter at hand and made the same conclusion as Bunda. The University Council release a press statement stating their stand on the matter. This can be found in the Daily Times Paper of 31 March 2011. The German Students and Indeed the Amnesty International could request this press statement direct from the University Council itself, from Blantyre News Paper Limited which publishes The Daily Times, (http://bnltimes.com). They could directly contact the parties involved in the conflict and use first hand information which is very accessible indeed.

This issue seems to be politically motivated but some politicians who take advantage of any issue that is likely to start a national rebellion against the government. This lecturer event is not a new one.

On this issue, I should say of all the people who were arrested to stabilize the nation while it was demostrating to present their concerns on the fuel shortage so that people should not turn the even violent as it has been in Egypt which was still on around the time, Dr. Blessings Chisinga happened to be one of them. Does Dr. Blessings Chisinga enjoy special privilege to turn the fuel demonstration violent because he happens to be a lecturer?

The Chancellor College have handled this issue wrongly to interpret it as an issue of academic freedom and be so adamant to boycott classes.

The German students should be concerned about the fellow students who were demonstrating to make the lecturers come back to class.

To Amnesty International: you should consider the fact that the Student's right to education is being violeted by the lecturers refusing to go back to class. You should also consider that this issue is being handled with political motivation which will not help the lecturers nor the students themselves.

It is better resolved leaving government out of it, if anything, the direct parties to contact resolving these issues are first the university council, the lecturers, understand their fears and clear them out.

If anything, the police may be required to compensate for assaulting the lecturer but then it should also compensate for all others arrested over this period.

That would be a lasting solution than going political about it again.

Links:
- http://malawidemocrat.com
- http://bnltimes.com

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Solution to The Police/Lecturers Conflict

So here is situation I go to courts to seek justice for a wrong done against me. The court orders me to be locked up. Should I smile at any court? Shall I not ask again where shall I go to seek justice? For the police have also not given me justice. Shall justice be deliberately made a mystery? I shall not want that.

I told a barber today. If I meet a policeman who deliberately teases me I will fight back. I am sure the barber was surprised because he has seen me grow. He has seen the life I have grown. And I am sure it comes as a surprise to him. I am having difficulty to grasp my anger as I write for such an article would really strick such violence against the policeman as I feel also. The police might not find a home to live. For then they are surrounded with such anger as would not be easy for them to live with. Such is anger as I have lived with for all the bad things said against me I that I did not do.

Can police survive with such anger as they are creating among the people? If I were the Inspector General, I would check at this moment the anger the people have against the police. For they are but people who live among other people. For indeed for the wrongs of a few wroten few policemen many innocent may suffer.

I went to seek justice and I was locked up instead.

I called a police, you who maintains peace I am sitting down let none of your friends touch me. He protected me through it all. I rebuked another who was among the police that were making noise at the court house which the court officials might have mistaken it to be me. This one seemed so happy that I rebuked her that she wanted to know where I come from even on the day I was released just to know me. Even begging.

This woman who knew only one verse of the bible called me pastor and I preached to her to an extent she took my bible read all night and forgot at home. I am sure it is a special bible. It is. But it is the Holy Spirit present that taught her all night. That she left my money, my phone and everything else alone but took only the bible. In prison I asked for a happy face to remember for me to remain human not like a thug. I saw face all night that when she told me in the morning she enjoyed reading the bible like never before, I knew she has been reading all night. When ask what her name was she said her name is Kefa. I thought wow! Isn't that Peter's name? She was this day the most respectful woman I have met. She was also very kind. The day before she was different.

Another, in teasing said I should tell a lady beside me that Jesus Loves her. I told him that is what a pastor says, maybe you are a pastor. For I had watched what happened to those I had called names so I kept on calling them names. The next day, he looked at me with much surprise and fear that I wondered what happened to him? I am yet to hear that. And I would love to.

So the police have left a touch with me. A small one 3 watch batteries and a diode bulb. I was given as a gift. The prison wardens also allow me to go in with it. I find someone, he receives and calls me to seat somewhere. He asks me about it, I tell him. I will know when the time comes what to do with it. For this is the only thing I have been allowed to come in with. He scratches a match and lights a cigarette with it. Not his but somebody else. So I am,thinking, I should preach to him by giving him the torch. So I seat there and find that they have a bigger light so probably might not need my little torch. They have laws written all over the blackboard and they obey them. And they are very strick about taking off the shoes. And said strongly so. They pray every day. The called each other names one was the magistrate others were judges, policemen, and so many other names of law enforcement to ensure the prison is a safer place to live in. I said, hoh this day of calling names. This can only happen if God is raising a generation of such as would hold these positions in the future and he has to put them in prison to be kind to fellow prisoners.

I had already called me names few days before after blessing Prophet Bushiri's birthday. And I saw that I required all the names I had called myself to survive this lock up. While I could not sleep, and somebody else was troubling me to get to sleep.

I got tired and responded to him, maybe I am the watchman today. After all I sleep late at home. With my life on, thieves are kept away. And a prophet is like a watch man. So ya, from being a king to watchman. I wondered if I'll be a watchman, a prophet has been called to watch over his people before. A good king also does.

Few minutes later the guy came near where I slept he searched for something in a cartoon but did not find it. He said. Probably, he rebuked himself and knew I would tell the one who had given me a place to sleep if he took anything. After all I had called myself a watchman. I guess after patiently stalking to find me a sleep he will come out and find himself a job as a watchman to start off. That was before I slept.

People could sleep more peacefully if they listened to something peaceful like the word of God. I could not sleep and tried to recite verses but couldn't I asked for happy face and slept up to four o'clock for a morning Islamic prayer.

I asked for rule number one or number 24 on Thursday twenty fourth, to be read the word of God. But there was already a church and a bible drawn on the same bold.

I said shee! Si apostolic anointing ya manga mpingo ku police ndi mu prison? Mwinatu wa prison unamangidwa kale mmene anamanga poyamba wakula kukapezeka ku maula. Koma Nde. Hee ngati wa mu prison umakula choncho Kefa wa ku police yo ayenera ndi mwala wa mphamvu. Kusintha kwakeko, sindinakuone!

Police mumadalira ma tear gas. Ndaponya mwalatu ku police konko Mulungu waupatsa mphamvu. Ndaziona mphamvu nzake! Musintha basi! Ndaona kusintha kwa ma prisoner omwe akuoneka abwino aulemunso kuposa a policewo.

I told a prisoner who wanted me to respect anankhala kale mundendemo. I asked him, do think it would make sense to respect the laws in here if I disrespected those who give them outside? I told a person who wanted me to read the laws on the board. It is better if you don't force me to read them. For I will rebuke you if you break your own law you will hate me for no reason. For those who put me here did so for I rebuked them.

I am just tired of all this and you would do well to leave me alone than force me to read laws which you yourselves will break. You be angry with me for no reason at all. Better I live and leave this place in peace.

By noon the next day. The person who had given me a place to sleep was the inspector general. That's the position he had in prison.

If it is playing parts for resolution of this conflict, I find that the Inspector General showed much kindness by protecting the President who has tried his best but people are unappreative and for a wrong reason do they want to outseat him.

The lecturers are not wise to regard this an issue of academic freedom. If Human rights defenders really sort to help our nation? They would do good to reform the police and use their donated funds better to assist the reformed prisoners.

In such a situation as has been the president, they need to leave him off. After all its not his offence that he is answering from you human rights defenders.

But yes human rights defenders you have a task to do. To reform the police teaching them the rights of the prisoners. For that's the guilt they have against the lecturers.

To the court, don't abuse the law. And you who give the law, be the first to uphold it. You would give better justice to the people.

The anger the police may have against the academia and the rest of the educated people, could be due to all the cursing students do towards the policemen and the rest of the people you curse along the way in the buses. Such are curses as you accumulate upon yourselves for all the innocent people cursed along the way. If God is making corrections, I would consider where things are not moving, there is where corrections is needed.

Each should repent for the wrongs they have done. Whether today or in the past. And when you do repent, you will see better how to proceed in this situation.

Those of you who pray, if you do pray, you will know better what to do, what to respond and what to say.

I hope and pray God would bless Malawi and Give it peace.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Of honors and respect

Here goes an issue of respect.

What is respect? It is the opposite of disrespect. What is rudeness? Is it the same as disrespect? Rudeness can be with or without reason. Rudeness intersects with disrespect in that a person is not given respect.

When you have a diploma and hold a big seat not fit for you, you think you are the best in that place. When somebody comes who seems to know better than you, you think that person is rude.

I shall also demand my respect based on my qualifications, titles, honors due me if I am disrespected by somebody with a diploma.

I say this in such seemingly "rudeness" but it is in truth that if I have a degree and somebody has a diploma and I am treated less than a human being or like a child, I shall demand my respect.

I have been called bwana before. I earned the respect for the job I did even in my youth. It is demeaning to be treated like a houseboy even by a person with a diploma.

What is humanity? What is honorable? To disrespect everybody who comes into your office just because it is your office? I shall not like that but remind him of all the dishonours he has, and the honors he does not have.

Look at the English, the servant always calls a child of their master by the title Mr or Miss however young the child can be. The child is taught to call any grown up, Sir or Madame. Whoever receives such respect, would respond back with humility and respect to whoever is addressing him whoever young or unhonorable.

Cordiality and friendship are maintained. Malawians should re-learn such manners. Who comes into your office is a stranger. Give them respect. For they might be indeed more honourable than you. However small, however their look. Whatever their title.

There are such as who when respected take it on themselves to tease. These deserve a beating. For they have disrespected their honour by doing an unhonorable act against another human being. There are some who demand everybody to kiss their feet even from those with greater honor. To such, it should not come surprise them anymore if somebody younger and simpler does not give them their respect. It is a good beating for them meet somebody small but with greater honor.

You should not expect more no matter how big or respected you are if you do something disrespectful for you will indeed be disrespected by a little nobody. If you are humble, you would accept a rebuke or check you dishonour so that you maintain your respect.

If you are big and disrespectful, a stick called truth will beat you harshly. If it comes from a child it will hurt more. Better check you mistakes. Give respect and honors where due and be humble. That is also salvation for yourselves.

The House of Justice disrespects itself if it does not give justice to those who seek it. The House itself is honorable but the people in it are not.

The president also deserves His respect so do the Inspector General so do the Lecturers and so do I.

The police need to be reformed.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

SIGNS OF THE TIMES(My Version)

The Malawian Roman Catholic in their yearly pastoral letters commented on the activities of the year 2010.

Since the year was dominated the year, much of the issues covered were political.

Considering the current situation of events, I feel I should comment to break a loop of a series of conflicts that arise from the old issues and the current.

People of Malawi are angry. The government has failed. The demand the government to admit they have failed. If the government does not admit, they will keep on making noise.

Why has the government failed, there is no fuel. But today there is fuel. Maybe tomorrow it will not be there. The government is not folding hands. But indeed it has shown that it is sweating and cracking headaches by increasing the fuel price.

Why has the government failed? Because The First Lady has some responsibilities the vice president has. They are indeed both ladies. And they can share lady activities. The Vice President can't be the AU ambassador while The President is the AU chairperson. Otherwise for activities that need both, would leave Malawi without a leader. The Vice President is supposed to lead when The President is at AU. The first lady who always accompanies the president everywhere he goes, on the basis of being his wife, can't be a stay at home wife while she is capable carrying out responsibilities herself, so indeed responsibilities that the Vice President had while there was no first lady could right be given back to the first lady while she is present.

What does the constitution say regarding the duties of the president? Has the First Lady taken any of these duties? No she hasn't so indeed the first lady has not taken the duties of the Vice President. And the Vice President has not complained about these things.

The only thing she has complained about is the way the media ignores her. For she too has a voice to communicate to the public. The media thinks that her voice is small for she because she is a lady. The media blames the president because the voice of the vice president is small.

Is the media making sense?

How can it say that president has to make her voice bigger? The president has made her vice president. She is big enough. Bigger than any other lady in Malawi. She is the deputy of the President. But the media forgets that. The media sees a woman where the President sees her deputy. The media blames the president because its eyes(the media's eyes) sees a woman.

The media needs to wash its glasses.

It is because of this senseless media that the people of Malawi are angry.

I have to get some sleep now. I should not get a headache from sleeplessness because of the senseless media.

Friday, February 25, 2011

Of Laws and Homosexuality

The government of the United States has declared it would not recognize laws that bar homosexual weddings. While the US takes it upon itself to force such conditions on other lands it should remember that within itself, it gives provision that individual states adopt laws it approves and the laws of one state may not apply in other states and the jurisdiction of the law in a state ends within its boundaries.

So shall we the rest of the world expect the jurisdiction of the laws in United States end within its boundaries. That means the government of the United States shall by no means or force whether in form of sanctions or war expect to enforce its laws on other nations. Such action shall be deemed illegal.

For all ages, the church has had a provision to refuse to marry couples if they do not satisfy certain conditions. This has applied to straight couples and it still applies today. By no means shall this provision be scraped off in favour of the homosexuals whether in United States or anywhere else.

The church shall still have the right to refuse to marry couples whether straight or homosexuals. This is in accordance to marriage acts of many nations who subscribe to the English common law or the Roman which is similar to the American law. This is also in accordance as well to the values of many religions which are protected by the amendments in the bill of rights.

Therefore by no means shall the church be preferentially forced to marry gay couples. And nations shall without fear chose to adopt laws to apply within its boundaries. And the United States or any organization whether international or local shall not expect otherwise to find reason to punish.

Friday, February 18, 2011

My Thesis: The Acknowledgment

After doing all I could to find a cryptography topic to write my thesis, I resigned to the wishes of Professor Ryan to write a Coding Theory Thesis on Non-trivial Autimorphisms of Goppa Codes. The cryptography topic suggested by the visiting Professor Schaefer, I had already touched on extensively the previous year while assisting another Masters student, being supervised by Prof. Schaefer, with programming to assist in generating his results. I wanted to write something knew and original.

I sat in the MSc Lab with my abstract with my head blank on what to do with Coding Theory. In my aspirations, I wanted to do a cryptography topic as that would have relevance to my career as a computer scientist for information security. This pursuit highly blinded me from the fact that I had a highest grade in the Coding Theory module than cryptography. I might have worked hard on it so it could give me less trouble possible while I concentrate on the cryptography I have wanted, but it seems this is what encouraged the professor to give me a coding theory topic than a cryptography one. As such I was blank as to what I would do with coding theory in my career.

Time was not on my side, I had to graduate. At Phwezi Boys Secondary School, we had a slogan: Accept the challenge, God will guide. I accepted the topic as a challenge God would guide.

The first night, in the Lab, all I wrote was the acknowledgment. It was fearfully and thoughtfully written so. There were many more I would loved to thank and acknowledge but it was a requirement that it be short as possible. I had to remember.

Emmanuel Chima: when you are old and there is someone younger with some tenets similar to your youth, in being old you sometimes have to make new decisions which you can sure about if you remember how you made decision when you were younger. His life kept me walk on on the right truck with encouragement.

Edmond Kachale: suppose I say the guy crash tested my thesis to the point of breaking it. Shall it please my supervisor that I submit a thesis crash tested by a person with a mere bachelors degree he does not know? I did not forget to acknowledge you.

Archangel Chirwa: When you been regarded as a computer genius and been called lazy, you find that you are still an asset to someone who really wants to learn, it helps you organize your thoughts together which of your actions are laziness which of them are not. When you do share your thoughts about an IT matter you recall what you already know and understand yourself better. His life around me encouraged me to push further to what I really am inspite of the flatteries and discredits. This rebooted the courage to stand on my feet and walk the walk and the talk I have talked in the middle of all the noises in the crowd.

I guess, people might have misunderstood the inclusion of the word "troublesome" and treated me as a very troublesome person indeed. I gave her a lot of trouble with my asthmatic attacks when I was young that she resolved not to hashly treat me as I grew old. She has held me dearly that I wonder if my wife would be able to take me away from her love. She would rather watch me that I am ok all the time. She would stop me from doing many household chores that would be the reason I found myself concentrating much on academics than anything else. That's the only right thing I grew up knowing. Oh, plus the word of God. The Bible has been my best and faithful friend. It never leaves my bedside.

After a tearful and thoughtful night acknowledging people as they deserved, the morning was already come so I went to bed to rest a little bit having just written an acknowledgment for a whole night. And my head was still blank about what to write on in my thesis.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Retweeting Oxfarm and CISANET

So here goes Oxfarm and CISANET:
To serve poor farmers better, deregister ADMARC Ltd; re-enact ADMARC Act or register ADMARC as a Public Trust.

Good cause. Personal preference, re-enact ADMARC Act. Why?

The problem with a public trust is it becomes a separate and private entity that which can compete with other private entities. Is that a small problem? No, real big. What becomes lost is the act governing what ADMARC Act does. So in the field where ADMARC competes, the falls chaos which no Act in the laws of Malawi does not order.

I think we have come to such a chaotic point due to some Acts in the laws of Malawi have been relinquished. Such laws need to be re-enacted at all cost whether the governing bodies have become public trusts or not.

I do believe there is a way of incorporating every one whether a public entity or a private but governed under an Act which orders the operations within that field.

These laws include the Malawi Post and Telecommunications Act. Employment Acts, Professional Services Act. I mention these for these are for these are areas I have directly interface but there are many more acts which really need reviewing.

So there is no substituting the Acts and the establishment of ADMARC or other entities should indeed be a separate decision.

While Oxfarm's cause is good, its channel of communication, is not. Oxfarm would rather find it self in parliament to bring these issues to those who are concerned about them.

The public should not worry about the Oxfarm lobbying for the public has already entrusted some people to worry about such. If anything, Oxfarm could boast about its initiative on their website for accountability, or in their newsletters to donors but should not give ultimatums in the paper and expect an mp to think it up in parliament. Never indeed. For when the mp reads the paper, he does not read it on the capacity as mp unless he is referred to on the issue for his attention. For indeed as human being mp's they get what they have been sent to deliver to parliament.

When Oxfarm later does come and say the government does not listen, they did not hear for who was the message supposed to go to.

When it comes on the page that talks fuel, average mp will not even look at it. The only people who will look at it are farmers who know Oxfarm and are expecting a message from them.

If the people have members of parliament why should not non-governmental organizations have members of parliament whose job is to be in parliament and communicate such issues.

We don't have to hear it from the streets that the ngo's or civil societies want these things changed. It is an unnecessary disturbance that serves no good but destroys much. The streets are for safe pedestrian operation and vehicle commuting not demonstrations about things not communicated. When ngo members of parliament speak they would get the most attentive ear for the wisdom they communicate to the people.

For mp's require such wisdom for the sake of the people they represent.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Tomorrow's Malawian Demonstration: The Terms and Conditions.

Tomorrow, some people of Malawi, have organised a demonstration against what they perceive as problems in our land. Some seek publication, some seek to fill their pockets, some to destroy what is destroying their selfishness. They will speak what they find faulty with our current government. Some demands are unreasonable. Some may indeed be words unheard among all the noise and genuine. They might have been unheard for they were speaking through the wrong mouth and with wrong attitude and without respect to the ear that was ready to listen.

The west is good at rushing to punish even from hearsay. I find that before any action against our land of Malawi, if the west wishes to put pressure on the current leadership it shall look at the expressed issues independently and take at the objective look at the issues raised and the facts on the ground. I find that it shall need adequate time to consider the matter and independently investigate the truth of the matters raised. It shall not act for at least after a month to allow for investigation.

Malawi is a democratic country which has two five year terms allowed for each presidential terms. These terms were solely put to limit the time a president can stay in power. To allow or assist the removal of the current president before his term ends would be to bring unnecessary disturbance to the people of Malawi. For already we have to deal with so much unrest during election times which to we Malawians detest. For even in our national anthem, we have always asked God to keep our land in peace.

Malawi has proper of correction if a president is going against the wishes of the people of Malawi who are peace loving and for the sake peace and order have adopted a constitution which gives the guidelines of resolution in such situations.

These procedures have not been followed. And the demonstrators have not tried these proceeders in a proper way.

Not every voice that demonstrates speaks the wishes of Malawi. Not every aid that reaches the land of Malawi with honest intentions. Some indeed come to our land for malicious motives. Because they do have the money to stir up a crowd and bring disturbance, they succeed. We therefore call for peace loving organizations to come to our aid and counter the balance that the foreign malicious organizations may not succeed in their malicious motives.

In the acceptance speech, our first President, His Excellency, Ngwazi Dr. H. Kamuzu Banda called for each of us Malawians to hold the responsibility of maintaining peace and calm, law and order as we malawians have always done.

These were the words of one who was considered a dictator as well, but did listen to the voices and wishes of Malawi and did step down.

Those who took over government then with the pressure of foreign organizations, tore apart most of our national resources for their selfish gain leaving the majoring of the people of Malawi who lacked nothing in abject poverty. So much corruption developed amongst many officials, than was accused of Kamuzu's Government. This corruption, the current president has been almost single handedly has worked to curb it.

The introduction of the quotaed university selection system saw most of these who have been trying to protect their ill gained riches through corrupt practices which the current president is trying to curb.

Just days ago on 5-6 February 2011, Malawi commerated an anti-corruption day lead by the current leadership. Last years theme was mainly among religious leadership, this year was for government officials. This was lead by the president himself, His Excellency, Prof. Bingu Wa Mutharika which shows how supporting he is in the fight against corrupt practices.

There has been a letter written by the same group of people who want to incite Vice President Madam Joyce Banda against the current president. In this letter they were trying to implicate her in a conspiracy against her president but it does revel the intentions of those who found opportunity through the demonstration against a quotaed university selection system, but failed, they wanted to take advantage of the fact that Malawi Electoral Commission was closed pending an investigation. It is a difficult situation but like any organization, money is missing, there has to be an investigation and it can be a trap to find fault against the current president so as to find fault to impeach him. Like they have tried to incite Madam Joyce Banda so that her removal from her post could be used against the president who also removed Dr. Cassim Chilumpha who was not the presidents choice of running mate.

These are some of the problems that have arisen because of the people who have illegally acquired riches in the government of Dr. Bakili Muluzi as evidenced by the letter forged to implicate Madam Joyce Banda in a conspiracy against the current president.

These things foreign governments and/or organizations should objectively look at before supporting the demonstration being organized in Lilongwe, inspired by the North African demonstration. Even though the Egyptian demonstrations have succeeded, not all such demonstrations are for the right cause.

We need peace in Malawi than anything else. And We especially don't want a disturbance for all the wrong reasons.