Nationalism, Patriotism or xenophobic syndrome. Reality check! While foreigners come to Africa – Zimbo, Malabi for Malawi Zamundaland to look for land to build a shopping complex, and fill it up with their own businesses, we the local people are busy looking for an empty space to hold the next political rally or overnight church crusade In rainy season.

If it happens that we are not lying to people that when they vote for us their lives will be well (empty rhetoric and promises in the next 90 days) we are lying to them that that if they take the ‘anointed water’ or get spread with insecticides like doom or ingeniously siphon tithes in order to deal with their generational curses, their lives will be well!

Ironically the Chinese don’t mind how cursed we are, or how many spiritual husbands and wives we have, they still give us a job, to cook and sell the same Nshima and ifisashi and chikanda we have been cooking for generations and many years at our own homes.

We are so fussy and passionate about attending useless functions that don’t help us. We would rather go for every weekly wedding committee and donate a K500 every month for 5 months than go for a business seminar and pay K200.

We will plan for one year to attend ‘The Day of Thunder’, National Day of Prayer or Hell Raining Fire and “Satan Binding” Mountain Climbing Retreat, yet have no money to buy one book on Business Success or even a motivational book.

We can spend one week attending a Fire for Fire Anointing Service, but we are too busy to attend a one day free Network Marketing presentation or just any financial literacy class.

Why don’t we mind Abraham who was rich in Cattle, Silver and Gold? What about Isaac who was a farmer? Paul the Tent Maker, Peter the owner of a Fishing Conglomerate (The Biblical Fisho Mwale), Luke the Doctor, Job the Richest man in Uz, Paul the Professor, Solomon the Wealthy Philosopher etc…

We would rather argue passionately about European soccer, which team is better than the other, about the churches, prophets and bishops, about tribe and which tribe is more more likely a 6 out of 10, uubomba mwibala alya imbuto, who is encroaching the Forest Number 27 and who is practicing Chitemene Systems with Mukula Trees. Which President of a Political Party has more more money than Dr. CK who can have breakfast in London and Luch in USA and dinner in South Africa. Who is a real Economist and who is VAT, GST Tax Expert, who is superior to another!