Malawi Parliament's New Inquiry Committees Face Scrutiny

[Nyasa Times] There is a particular genre of political theatre that Malawi's Parliament performs rather well: the announcement of an inquiry. A crisis erupts -- blackouts, a suspicious K700 million transaction, holes in the fertiliser subsidy scheme -- and, on cue, a committee is convened to investigate it. The country nods along, half-hopeful, half-weary, aware from long experience that the announcement itself is usually the most consequential part of the process.