Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im sarah montague. Its a year since Lazarus Chakwera became president of malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world. The preacher turned politician won power promising to create A Millionjobs and to clear the Rubble Of corruption. But a year on, the economy is being hit hard by the effects of covid. His government admits it has no idea how many jobs have been created, and hes been criticised for nepotism, including giving jobs to his family. Hes about to take on the presidency of the southern african development community, but can malawis president even honour the promises he made to his own country . Lazarus chakwera, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. Now, lets start with the situation as regards covid, because there are currently 11,000 active cases reported in your country. Thereve been 1500 deaths, but that will be underreported. Whats your assessment of the situation at the moment . You know, it is possible that it is
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