๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐:
By your Sunday troublemaker, channelling the late Raphael Tenthaniโs biting wit.
Ah, Malawians! Pull up a bench. Letโs 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: โThe North delivered, bwana!โ Classic kingmaker who finally got the big seat but refused to sit still.
Thenโฆ poof!
For the past several months, Honourable Chihana has entered full ghost mode. Haahaha! The once restless traveller is now quieter than a broke manโs pocket on the 31st.
No more fire. No more Northern thunder. Just polite press statements: โWell done journalists,โ โWorkers, you are the backbone,โ โPlant more trees, my people.โ
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: โIs this the same Enock or did they swap him with a well-behaved cousin?โ
My late brother Raphael Tenthani would have died laughing. Heโd call it โVice Presidential Retirement Syndromeโ,you get the title, the convoy, the budgetโฆ and suddenly your mouth develops selective lockjaw.
The kingmaker became the kingโs 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 doesnโt do โlow profile.โ
Chakufwaโs 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, weโre left with the silenceโฆ and plenty of jokes in the drinking joints.
As Saulos Thindwa would singโฆ.
Chihana Machineโฆ.. MACHINE!!!
Enock Machineโฆโฆ..MACHINE!!!
Honourable Saulos Thindwa, this is for you, when the lion finally wakes up and roars again, make sure the microphone is working.
Haahaha.
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐ข. ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
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