Let us not pretend. Dr. Lazarus Chakwera and MCP will win the 16 September election — and it is not by accident. It is because their campaign is strong, fast, and smart — like a car with a full tank on a smooth road.
Chakwera has already solved one big problem — fuel shortage. He made a good deal with countries like Oman, and now Malawi is getting cheaper fuel. Because of this, prices of goods will also start going down. That is what good leadership looks like. MCP is like Big Bullets FC — they play to win, not to make noise.
Now look at DPP. They are in big trouble. Their candidate, Peter Mutharika, is very old. Too old to campaign. He needs rest, not rallies. Some young boys in the party are forcing him to stand again, but even they know they will lose. He spends more time in bed than on the road. You don’t ask a grandfather to run a marathon — he will faint before he reaches the first corner.
And what about UTM? That one is just loud. They talk too much but have no power. Without Chilima, UTM is like a football team from Songwe Border thinking they can beat Silver Strikers — funny but impossible. They will be lucky to get 10 MPs, but most likely they will get less than 5. It is a small party with big noise.
So here’s the scoreboard already written in the stars:
𝟏. 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐚 (𝐌𝐂𝐏) – 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝟐. 𝐀𝐏𝐌 (𝐃𝐏𝐏) – 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝟑. 𝐔𝐓𝐌 – 𝐑𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠
As the proverb goes: “You don’t crown the rooster that crows the loudest — you crown the one that wakes the village on time.”
And that rooster, ladies and gentlemen, is Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera.
