When Mutharika s undemocratic tendencies started to bite the populace, a cable was leaked through wikileaks, which simply exposed that the British high commissioner was reporting facts on the Malawian situation back to his superiors in London. There was nothing new or spectacular in the cable. Only repetitions of what everyone was saying that Mutharika was increasingly showing dictatorial tendencies. Unpredictably, Mutharika responded by declaring the diplomat persona non-grata