𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞 – 𝐄𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤’𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐧

𝐌𝐔𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘:

By your Sunday troublemaker, channelling the late Raphael Tenthani’s biting wit.

Ah, Malawians! Pull up a bench. Let’s laugh before we cry.

Enock Kamzingeni Chihana hit the ground running after that October 2025 swearing in like a man who just won the lottery and the North at the same time.

Funerals? He was chief mourner.

Rallies? He was dancing.

Tree-planting in Phalombe?
The man was practically hugging baobabs.

Up and down the country, convoy blazing, reminding everyone: “The North delivered, bwana!” Classic kingmaker who finally got the big seat but refused to sit still.

Then… poof!

For the past several months, Honourable Chihana has entered full ghost mode. Haahaha! The once restless traveller is now quieter than a broke man’s pocket on the 31st.

No more fire. No more Northern thunder. Just polite press statements: “Well done journalists,” “Workers, you are the backbone,” “Plant more trees, my people.”

The DPP coalition must have found the ultimate remote control. One press of the mute button and the AFORD lion from Rumphi turned into a harmless house cat purring official lines from the VIP lounge.

Where is the man who used to make presidential candidates queue like patients at Kamuzu Central? Now he surfaces for Labour Day messages and World Press Freedom Day greetings like a disciplined civil servant.

The North is scratching its head: “Is this the same Enock or did they swap him with a well-behaved cousin?”

My late brother Raphael Tenthani would have died laughing. He’d call it “Vice Presidential Retirement Syndrome”,you get the title, the convoy, the budget… and suddenly your mouth develops selective lockjaw.

The kingmaker became the king’s quiet deputy. The spider that built the web is now politely watching from the corner, hoping nobody shakes it too hard.

But seriously, bwana Chihana,the name you carry doesn’t do “low profile.”

Chakufwa’s son was never meant to be a decorative plant. The Aford people who voted Blue are waiting for the real Enock to return from annual leave.

Until then, we’re left with the silence… and plenty of jokes in the drinking joints.

As Saulos Thindwa would sing….

Chihana Machine….. MACHINE!!!
Enock Machine……..MACHINE!!!

Honourable Saulos Thindwa, this is for you, when the lion finally wakes up and roars again, make sure the microphone is working.

Haahaha.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢. 𝐌𝐇𝐒𝐑𝐈𝐏.

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