19/05/2026
It is always special to step back onto the campus that helped shape who I am today.
Going back to African Bible College (ABC) yesterdayâwhere I graduated all the way back in 2003âfelt like coming home.
I was invited to speak to a small political science class of freshman students. It felt like a beautiful continuation of the deep conversations we started during the Junior/Senior dinner a few weeks ago.
We had an honest, heart-to-heart conversation about the future of Malawi and we covered the following areas
1. When You Don't Vote, Someone Else Chooses For You
I found out that in that core freshman group, 10 out of the 12 didn't vote in the last national election because they honestly felt their single voices wouldn't change anything. Itâs easy to feel discouraged when development seems slow.
But I told them plainly: Staying away from the ballot box isnât silence; itâs actually a vote to keep things exactly as they are. When our brightest, most educated young people step back, they leave a vacuum and hand the keys of our country over to whoever decides to show up.
Your vote is your currencyâdon't throw it away through apathy.
2. A "Called Life" is Merely a Series of Small Steps
We talked a lot about how God builds our lives step by step. Back in 2003, sitting in my ABC dorm room, I never could have dreamed that my path would lead from media production at TWR, Plan Malawi, to running businesses, to entering Parliament, and eventually serving for three years as Minister of Lands and then Agriculture. Life is rarely a straight line. Every single small assignment along the wayâthe discipline, the chapel services, the classroom rigorâwas just a building block. I told them, if you cannot manage your character in a small college classroom, you won't manage it when you're looking at a multi-billion Kwacha ministry budget later in life.
3. Teachers Hold the Real Power
Some of these students are training to be teachers. I wanted them to realize just how powerful they are. A politician might influence a budget for a few years, but a teacher shapes the minds of thousands of future citizens, leaders, and voters over an entire career. Real development in Malawi won't just come from changing policies on paper; it comes from changing mindsetsâand teachers are the ones who build that mindset.
We ended the afternoon with a Q&A session. They treated me not just as a guest, but as a public servant accountable to them, asking the hard questions about where our nation is heading.
Thank you, ABC, for an incredible, high-energy afternoon. Letâs stop watching from the sidelines and start building the Malawi we want to see.