By Vincent Gunde
The Alliance for Decentralization Movement ( ADM) has called on all political parties, church leaders, traditional leaders, and all Malawian citizens that this is the right time for the country to adopt the federal system of government.
The ADM has noted with a grave concern that since independence 62 years down the line, Malawi under a unitary system of government has failed to spread development projects equally in all regions, and districts across the country.
The Movement has claimed that at 62 years of independence, Malawians are still facing hunger, some communities still accessing poor quality water, shortages of drugs in public hospitals, poverty on the increase and rampant corruption in government.
Writing in a statement signed by activist and President of the ADM Willy Nyirenda, the ADM said corruption which every government that comes in Malawi vows to end, is just on paper, politicians are at the helm of it making the fight against it a non- starter.
The Movement said corruption is deep rooted in Malawi and has blanketed the whole country from the president, ministers, members of parliament, chiefs, up to the common man in the village.
The ADM said development projects are based on the political party in government making other regions, districts, towns and trading centres to suffer because their leaders are in the opposition camps.
In the statement, the ADM has thanked the President of the nation Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika on his statements made during campaign trails and 2026- 2027 Budget that government funds should not remain centralized at Capital Hill, but rather be disbursed to all constituencies to foster local development.
The statement said President Professor Mutharika has already demonstrated that he wants rural areas of the country to develop through the K5 billion Constituency Development Fund ( CDF) which now will be managed at council level saying this gesture alone, is part of federal system of government.
The ADM said President Professor Mutharika is practicing federal system of government making sure that development is closer to the people and as such, the Movement would like to take advantage of this that while the President is on this driving seat, the nation can adopt this federal system of government so that when he lives power, Malawi should be continuing with the federal system of government.
The Movement has expressed hope that millions of Malawians will support the proposal for a federal system of government in the country on the claims that President Professor Mutharika has already demonstrated that he wants to bring development closer to the communities and not Capital Hill as previously was.
” We, as ADM, we are appealing to the government of Professor Mutharika to consider the adoption of federal system of government as living examples, by adopting the system, we can reduce corruption and development will equally spread to all regions of the country,” reads part of the statement.
