In Malawi, in 2014, we had 'successful' elections. Successful because an opposition party won - which really says a lot about the independence of the Electoral Commission. Successful because there were no people who died after the results were announced - if we can just forget the officer and a civilian who died during campaigning. Successful because the losing parties accepted the results - if we ignore all those desperate attempts to hold on to power by the sitting President at the time and all that crying from the opposition. However, it is not as if on the day of releasing the results there was no tension. There was tension. Palpable tension that spread in the veins of the country. Apparently, even before it came to the time of releasing the results, there was drama all the way through. A friend told me that one day, while we were still waiting for the results to be announced, he was in town. A gentleman, whether in the spirit of exercise or high on something, decid
...writings and recollections; thoughts too.