“He inherited a very politically and economically mismanaged legacy … and it was a very tall order to get the country running, to try to get the confidence of very important external players in Malawi,” said Dimpho Motsamai, a political analyst at the Institute for Global Dialogue in South Africa who specializes on Malawi. 
“ Alirithi hali mbaya sana kisiasa na uchumi uliodorora…na ilikuwa kazi ngumu kuiendesha nchi, kurudisha imani ya watu muhimu wa nje,” alisema Dimpho Motsamai, Mchambuzi wa masuala ya kisiasa wa Taasisi ya majadiliano ya Kidunia ya Afrika Kusini anayejikita nchini Malawi.