The First Time I Was Privileged To

What I Am Saying Every Day To Malawians Is That Time Has Come For Us To Move From Aid To Trade. We Have Picked Several Sectors That We Think We Can Focus On Immediately In Order For Us To Grow Our Economy. So We Have Decided To Diversify Agriculture, We Decided To Develop Our Tourism Sector, We Have Decided To Develop Our Mining Sector.

It Is Only When A Woman Is Economically Empowered That She Can Negotiate At Household Level With Her Husband About The Number Of Children That Body Of Hers Can Have.

When I Gave Birth To My Fourth Child, I Suffered From Post Partum Hemorrhaging. I Almost Lost My Life. I Was Lucky To Be Under The Care Of Trained Health Care Personnel. I Started Wondering Then What Was Happening To Women In Rural Villages.

Lula Da Silva Was My Hero When He Was President. I Googled Him So Many Times. The Fact That He Got 20 Million People Out Of Poverty... That Happened By Encouraging Entrepreneurship, By Supporting Small Business.

What I Have Said To My Team Is That At A Point Such As This, With 40% Adjustment In Our Currency, It Means That Malawians Are Paying The Price. While That Is Going On, They Need To See, Us, The Commitment On Our Part, Particularly Right At The Top. The Political Will Needs To Go Through This With The People, Side By Side.