Lazarus Chakwera rose to power in Malawi dramatically five years ago after winning a court-ordered repeat election. But those the former preacher beat in the poll have ramped up their campaigns to pose the biggest challenge to his re-election bid.
Now, the talk of town is whether the twanging cleric will face a ‘Wantam’ moment, a corrupted phrase meaning ‘one term’ that is mainly used in Kenyan politics to refer to politicians who struggle to win back their seats.
