Let’s stop pretending. The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is under attack. In millitary lingua, we say ‘it is under siege.’ The full weight of the state machinery—channeled through the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) under the Ministry of Justice—has been unleashed. Former cabinet ministers are being picked off one by one. Arrests are relentless. Mercy is absent.
And in the middle of this storm, there is just one man visibly fighting back.
From Lingadzi to Lumbadzi to Kanengo, one lawyer is sprinting between police stations like a man on a lonely rescue mission. George Kadzipatike. We are told he is the MCP’s Director of Legal Affairs. If that is true, a painful question demands an answer:
Is he the only lawyer the MCP has?
Where are his deputies? Do they exist only on paper? What are they doing while the party bleeds? And where are the many lawyers who ate, drank, and thrived when MCP was in power? The same ones who jostled for positions whilsts posturing as legal brains? At the risk of sounding desparate; where are the bush lawyers of this world in this turmoil?
Now that the party is out of power, have they suddenly developed cold feet? Or is it that no one wants to be seen standing with “losers”?
If so, then let it be said plainly: have some shame.
You benefited. You postured. You collected titles and influence. You are part of this political family. And when a family is under attack, this is not the time to fold hands and disappear into silence. This is precisely when your services are needed.
Meanwhile, our research has shown that the newly appointed DPP, Fostino Maele, has a reputation for being ruthless in criminal prosecutions. Call it aggressive. Call it uncompromising. One of our sources even put this way that Maele; “…is criminal when it comes to criminal prosecutions, if you get the drift.” Whatever the label, this is not an opponent to take lightly. Leaving the entire legal defence of a battered party to one exhausted lawyer is not strategy; it is negligence.
By abandoning Kadzipatike to fight alone, the party is exposing its own leaders. Legal defence thrives on teamwork, debate, and multiple perspectives. One mind cannot match the machinery of the state. This is how cases are lost before they even reach court.
Let’s be clear: with MCP silent, disorganised, and seemingly indifferent, more arrests are inevitable. Kadzipatike will be overwhelmed. The damage will deepen. And the ship will sink—not because it lacked lawyers, but because those lawyers chose cowardice over duty.
All hands must be on deck. Now. Not tomorrow. Not after the next arrest.
Never say you were not warned. This is not malice; it is brutal honesty. And sometimes, the truth is the only lifeline left.
