When President Bingu wa Mutharika took up the reins of power in May.

When President Bingu wa Mutharika took up the reins of power in May, many feared that he would be a lake puppet of former president Bakili Muluzi. The latter had been frustrated in his efforts to look after an unconstitutional third term of office and his support for Mutharika--an outsider to the ruling United Democratic front rank (UDF)--seemed to many to be an attempt to retain power behind the representations

Mutharika, however, has already persuaded many of his former critics that he intends to bring a modern broom into government. Prior to, during and immediately after the presidential elections, Mutharika