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Leadership
Leadership

President Chakwera of Malawi

dissolves cabinet

Malawi’s War On Corruption Is Real And Taking Shape.

Sourced by Chioma Phillips

or the changes in Afrika’s holds, with the expectation of them- In Afrika, this is all too prevalent.
social and political land- selves that their lives can, should Individuals who have become
scape to be carried out and will make a positive difference all-too-comfortable with the per-
Fsuccessfully i.e., for posi- in the environment around them. ceived benefits of corruption can be
tive transformation to take place, for Starting from within the individual extremely vicious in their defense of
deeply ingrained negative mindsets and moving outward towards family, their positions and gain. Resorting
and behaviors to be uprooted and community, and nation. They guide, to threats, cruelty, deceit and even
replaced with right thoughts and at- model behavior and set an example violence or murder to try to main-
titudes, we need to have people with for others to follow that is a blessing tain their access to illicit advantages.
a heart of leadership in position to to all. Malawi President, Lazarus Chakw-
make the right calls. This does not era’s recent speech in the aftermath
mean that every single individual If such an individual is in political of a leaked conversation between
who feels within them the call to office, sometimes the pressure to Martha Chizuma, the Director of
make a change should run for politi- compromise highly held standards the Anti-Corruption Bureau and
cal office. Leadership is about much can be very powerful. Particularly if another individual, in which he
more than political office. It is a per- one finds themselves in an environ- dissolved his entire cabinet, is very
spective of personal and communal ment where individuals are unwilling revealing. Chakwera was sworn into
responsibility that an individual to change or shift to new behavior. office in 2020, on the back of a

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