Malawians, especially in Lilongwe city, are getting angry. These are people who voted for the DPP, and even those who didn’t, but hoped the new government would work for everyone.
Yet only a short time after the DPP returned to power, water taps are dry again. People are queueing for water, neighbours are carrying buckets, and some areas have gone hours — even days — without supply. Electricity blackouts are also coming back, just like before. It feels like we have jumped straight back into the old days between 2014 and 2020 — the days of darkness and dry taps.
And Malawians are asking a very serious question:
Is this bad planning — or is someone trying to take us back to generator deals and fuel corruption again?
People remember what happened last time. Power problems turned into business for a few. Generators everywhere. Fuel deals everywhere. And Malawians suffered while a small group enjoyed life.
Let us be very clear:
Malawians did not vote for suffering.
They did not vote for darkness.
They did not vote for empty taps and noisy generators.
Whether you liked Chakwera or not, one thing is true — electricity and water were far more stable during his time. We all saw it. So the DPP must ask themselves a simple question:
Why are things already breaking down again?
This government needs to wake up fast. If they think Malawians will just accept going backwards, they are wrong. People are tired. People are watching. And people will speak again if they feel betrayed.
No one wants to return to the days when fear, corruption, and mysterious crimes filled the news. Malawi has moved forward, and no one wants to hear stories of innocent people being hunted or harmed again while leaders look away. That memory is still fresh and painful.
DPP, listen carefully:
You have been given another chance — not because Malawians forget, but because they hoped you would change.
The honeymoon is over.
The excuses are over.
Malawians want results — water in the taps, electricity in the sockets, and honest leadership in State House.
Fix this country now.
Do not take us back.
If you do, the people of Malawi will remind you — loudly — that power belongs to them, not to any political party.
