Are Harare and Nairobi setting the African Political pattern?

I hate to think that I may be a prophet of doom. But the elections in Kenya that were marred by seens of violence and intimidation compounded by Mugabe’s Zanu PF reluctance to release results and order an unwarranted recount in 23 parliamentary seats gives me a dozen of reasons to worry. More so because Malawians will be going to polls in or around May 2009. I hate to imagine that my vote will be rendered useless by the corrupt electoral system as is the case in Zimbabwe. The dilemma faced in that country is that the person who won before the recount is not known. We will never know, will we?

History has shown that politics follow a certain pattern/trend in Africa. I do not want to give merit to bad politics that we have witnessed, so I will not highlight examples. However, it is my prayer that all Malawians of goodwill shall condemn any attempt by our political leaders to disintegrate a united country such as our own in order to remain in power or gain positions of influence. A violent country such as Kenya and Zimbabwe retards the development of the Tourism Industry and slows foreign investment.