What do you think, is Malawi a free country? I once came across that question and I don't know about you, but I say yes. Yeah there are issues of people especially opposition being arrested. Most of these people deserve to be arrested or maybe not but they are brought through to the courts which as far as I am concerned are Independent. Everyone has the right to a fair trial and so they do. The courts of Malawi has issued so many injunctions in the past years it is ridiculous. I hope next time these will be reduced drastically. To my knowledge i have not heard anyone complaining of not having a fair trial. Of course lawsuits are more of the thing that needs to be advocated instead of just arresting people. However Independent Judiciary is a big sign that the country is free. Influence might be present there is no evidence. Oh yeah typical case of Madonnas adoption, the president and most people including me, were behind Madonna but Judge Esmie chombo had different ideas.
As far as our constitution if concerned Malawi is a free country. the problem with Malawi is our culture that is what makes Malawi look as if not free. Malawi people say what ever they want and express themselves freely. The problem comes about in the way we express such freedoms of expressions, with freedom comes responsibility. Our culture especially the conservatism of the few in Malawi does creep in and affect how people respond to anything.It is easy to confuse survival with dictatorship for common sense is not always common. Most people in Malawi consider themselves intelligent. What most people fail to realise is that their intelligence is mostly based on academic progress and qualification. In other words Most educated people in Malawi are narrow minded. The uneducated are also narrow minded but can be excused as they do not have the luxury Of being Properly Informed. It is a shame that most educated people once they join the decision making positions they end up being as corrupt as the very people they are trying to change.
If you consider yourself educated or having rights, this and that then you will realise that the other person might have rights and feelings just like you. You would also realise that Malawi has it's culture and a balance needs to be achieved between the freedom of expression and so forth with the essential needs of our culture. It is easy to criticise but if tables were turned would you take it. Would you not say it would be good to offer alternatives rather than just criticise. Any fool can criticise. Judgement is always done on ones standards which often prevents us from understanding the other person better. For example some one is caught having sex with another person on camera and the video gets exposed and the whole country knows about it. most people be it Conservative or not will condemn it in Malawi. I big will on the other hand will definitely jump at the chance to see it. To me this is original art at it's best armature porn is very sought after ha ha ha. Here is a crash of cultures not that Malawi's not free, but most Malawians expectations are that it is an abomination. It is just the way we were brought up but don't worry things are changing.
Mind you if you asked most men separately they will tell you that they will record themselves sleeping with a girlfriend if given a chance. So if you know you are doing something on the edge be very careful of your environment and security. There are alot of weird things that goes on in Malawian homes but as long as they can keep it locked in the closet no one cares.so next time before you go about doing what ever you like consider our culture and where you are. Malawi is free but our culture is yet to change to reflect that. Still we need to preserve our culture and all liberals just need to make a compromise and everyone is happy.
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