Joyce Banda returns to UK, key speaker at BBC conference
Malawi Former president Joyce Banda who has been in Botswana to lead the African Union (AU) Observer Mission for that country’s 11th general elections held on Saturday returns to London as she has been invited to be a keynote speaker at the BBC’s 100 Women event.


Malawi’s former leader was leading a team of 35 trained AU observers from various African countries.
Since her arrival in that country on October 20, she has been meeting different electoral stakeholders such as presidential candidates and leaders of political parties.
According to BBC , she will be at the 28 October conference in London focusing on the power of women – those who have changed the world around them and inspired others to do the same – where she will be keynote speaker.
Among those joining Banda will be Prof Lesley Yellowlees, the first woman president of Britain’s Royal Society of Chemistry in its 171 year history.
Designers, doctors, businesswomen, human rights defenders, social aid activists, bloggers, footballers, economists, actresses, comedians, novelists, photographers and many others will also be taking part.
Banda has been away from Malawi for more than a month attending various personal and official engagements in United States of America (USA) and the United Kingdom (UK).
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Ena kuyankhula ati ndasisa maundina, kodi abale pitala kwao ndi kuti mpaka lero Chichewa chilankhulo chaku Malawi kumukanika
Joyce Banda alibe nzake abale, muthuyu ndi wotchuka: muziona azungu kumamuyang’ana ngati akuona nyenyezi ndi zosowa izi. Ife amai timakunyadilani anthu ena amaona ngati mu fwifwa koma you are flying higher higher kaya mpaka kuti. God be with you mama. You are my mentor and I know one day will reach higher.
Mukusowa mayi,,,,,?
No!!! Joyce Banda you are being too much ever since u lost elections u have been outside the country from one function to another. Its your money your right and your everything to be wherever you are now. But hold on, are you not up to something we don’t know? are you sure your outing is in good faith? you stopped your guys from participating in the by elections some defiled your directive and have been excommunicated. Are you not running away from cashgate namulondola? Or are u power hungry that you need to be a keynote speaker in these unaccredited colleges? Don’t you have time for family, PP suppoters, and other extended friends out there to give your attention to? I know it’s your money why can’t you use the same to uplift the lives of poor people like me through those projects you brainstormed i.e. Mudzi trust, one cow one family project among many? Or maybe you gaveup on us that we are ungrateful for not voting for you mama Joyce? Or are you nursing your wounds in abroad mama Joyce, or are u opening up a new chapter of your life by deflating your pomp-up bank accounts so that when Mutharika and his cohorts decides to freeze your accounts in the same way you froze his borther’s bank accounts, your accounts should be runing dry already? What is your motive mama Joyce, please come back and be with us
If we had several daughters in Malawi like the JB, Anastanzia, JLunguzi and others we could be winning donors because they will consider us as of sound mind. Not the Kaliatis who think that by talking nonsence at meetings they are popular anthu akamasekelera. Osekelera zonena za kaliati tiziadabwa.
It was in about 2006 or 2007 I attended a SADDC conference on food Security in Mauritius, Malawi was then represented by Joyce Banda in her capacity as Minister of Foreign Affairs while the rest of the countries has their heads of State. The chair of SADDC then was late Levi mwanawasa. We had brains like Thabo Mbeki there. I was very sceptical of Bingu’s choice of JB to represent him amongst such big brains. I was mistaken. The woman spoke and the entire auditorium was shaken. We Malawians started walking tall, we got congratulations from left and right. Zinazo pambali, Joyce is eloquent when it comes to Public speaking. Local politics put aside, let us admit that this daughter of the land is putting us on the map. Munthu saipa zonse.
You people you can’t compare Amayi to Peter. Amai is internationally recognized whilst Peter is just another silly bastard who is clueless.
Koma Amayi ine ndilibe chonena. Ntchito iyoooooooo
Honestly JB is loved by both here in Malawi and Internationally. Kudos Mama keep up with the good work. We love you
Then mukumakhala nkumanamizana inu a DPP kuti the azungus will resume aid to Malawi??? Mukunamatu. That will never happen. JB is international recognized ndipo she won the donors trust. Simunati mayi ameneyu akuzunguzani mumina kuti mfyooo. What can Bakili help you idiots
The mistake we made malawians was to fix unbroken object. Today other countries are benefiting from Joyce Banda’s expertise. The woman is flying higher. She has lotsof programmes lined up for her. Her international diary is very full mpaka 2016. Fully booked. Thats my president sizinazi ayi.
She danced to their tunes,ochenjera anaimba ngoma opusa navina-devalue the fwee,umugwire Albashir fwee,uchite suspend lamulo la same sex marriages fwee,unene kuti chimanga chidaola mnkhokwe fwee and tagulitsa ka ndegeko fweee!.Paramount group which bartered our jet is a British firm registered in the Virgin lands,Baker Tilly offered to criss-cross annals of justice, PR Pottiger is a British public relations firm hired by your jezebel to help Nsonda,Makande and Kunkuyu in the office of damage control all but a flop.Waterhouse Coopers has been lately engaged to double check and vindicate any alleged cashgate since 2005.Just see when she comes to see a can of worms spilled onto the Lutepo beans of phone calls.
YOU STUPID HELL! IDIOT,COACKROCH, LET JB ALONE JUST COMMENT ON ISSUES OF YOUR FAMILY.YOU ARE TOO NOTHING TO RACE AGAINST JB. ICHOO!
If Joyce Banda was invovled in cashgate the dop woudnt have waited to this day to arrest her. The first thing on agenda would have been to put her behind bars. Joyce Banda had nothing to do with cashgate thats why she allowednfor uninterrupted probe into the looting pf govt funds. JB we miss you
Joyce Banda has proved she can do without peter. But peter cant do without her. She knows all the buttons regarding forex, electricity and aid she knows them. However as long as peter continues to treat her like shit she will go about her ussual business. She has nothing to lose. I salute you JB.
The dullness that Malawians express is beyond comprehension and never sieze to amaze me. No wonder we are still poor today. I thought anzanthu akumpotonu muli ndi nzeru zambiri? What project did JB initiate to improve electricity? None. What did she donto improve forex? None apart from devaluing the Kwacha making it more expensive and therefore allowing the people to release it. However did she have a choice in this? Did not forex improve in her time because of aid resumption which was then later cut? Are we not now reaping the fruits of that aid cut?
I dont want to sound as bashing JB. However what I want Malawians is to give praise where it is due and criticize also where it is necessary. Commenting without any knowledge other tjan wearing an orange tshirt or federation shirt is not helpful in this case.
Welaniko imwe aMama, izani kuno kukaya tikukhumba kumuonani pera. ise wana winu tikumanya chomene kuti inu a Mama mwakuyenelera kuluta kundende. Makopara withu agho mwakawatora, ah… Ise tikuwakhumba chomene. So izani dankha a mama.
KHANI YABWINO.UBWINO WAKE AKUTANANI.XUMUKUONGA NDALAMA ZAMISOKHO AYI.JB AND RICHARD BANDA MALIMBIKIRA THAT Y MANY DORS OPENS 4 U.BOMA LIDAKUKANI INU KOMA ZIMENEZO
AKANGOZIPEREKA NGATI ANZAWO AKAZIPEREKAWA.
JB u deserve coz of her wisdom internationally recognised
God is not john or mary JB has seen th hand of GOD yemwe wamudalitsa palibe angamutemberere but u cant see it wth ur naked eyes
enanu mumwatu tarmac ndi jb akupwetekani
Malawi, Malawi, Malawi my beloved country that rejected or let me say allowed the thieves under Peter Mutharika to rob JB of an obvious electoral victory that was meant for her- Koma mulira koopsya ndi Mr. Ibu wanuyu. JB is still enjoying her popularity and those who are counting her out are doing so at their own peril- that women is irreplaceable and enanutu tikuonerani posachedwapa mukulira- we are watching you.
At least she can talk on the podium, can the new Malawi president do it? We are told the best he can do is muffle; hence not suitable to give presentations at high level conferences. He may be a professor, but not a good public speaker, so we are told (as I have never heard him speak). What is common knowledge though, it is quite common for people to invent titles, such as Dr, or professor – even among the overtly dull individuals.
Koma ndiye eeeyyy etu eee, to borrow from Bakili!
Do you really think if JB was involved in the cashgate saga, the DPP, who are writhing with jealousy at her sudden international fame, would not have printed her name in BOLD on that “revised” Tilly report that is being released in dribs and drabs? You could have liked it if she was outdated and out of sync as Bakili, John Tembo/ Gwanda Chakuamba and all the other 20th century political heavy weights wouldn’t you? Ophika mandasi uja has you in her pockets, with your balls firmly in her grip, hasn’t she? Kikikiki.
I agree with the following comments:41, 10, 45, 14, 19, 13, 44 among others, and totally disagree with No. 7, 18, 15, 2, 4. Mwala umene amisili omanga nyumba anaukana……………….. Amalawi time is coming when you shall indeed cry for JB. Look at the economy JB strived to build in 2 yrs. Its in wrong hands. Fuel crisis is just around the corner.
Choncho mungazawine ma elections? Ma ooponents anu akukusekani coz u r wasting ur time overseas instead of connecting with the electorate locally to find out why they lost confidence in you. Muli a president munali matako mnjira, pano ur still matako mnjira. Chitsiru nchitsiru basi sichizamva.
Tangowamangani mwina angakhale pasi.
yes an african of high profile kkkk
Its too bad that JB is not being utilized by Malawi as a potential influential person to bring some credit/trust to our divastated economy. While Peter is busy trying to position himself for the next election like Mugabe, our country is going to the dogs
Koma zimene amachita Mulungu,mukhoza kumaona ngati munthu mwathana naye koma kuli kutsekuka mwa njila Ina,anthu Ena akuvutika ndi dziko lokanikali.
mwala umene amisili omanga nyumba adawukana udasanduka mwala wapangodya. Mai munakanidwa ndi anthu osazindikila koma anthu amzeru akudziwa kufunikila kwanu, God bless you mama.
Kodi adzingokhalira kuyenda???
JB palibenso, it’s written all over the wall that you can’t match this woman olo Pitala wanuyu sakufikapo
Zoona JB, Timakukondani AMA!
Proud of you Mama! Keep the good work and my God bless the work of your hands!
Every face tells a story.
Joyce banda is not a happy person, she is attending all these useless things to fil;l a void, that is how people start drinking and taking drugs.
Dont get me wrong I am not saying Joyce is drinkig or taking drugs, but she is a mess, and some of you people that are praising her “Mai this Mai thst” are making matters worse for her. You are giving her hope where there is none. She has no influence what so ever, and you are giving her the impression that she has.
Joyce Banda knows the truth, and if a human being knows that they have the truth while everyone is clatching a straws, it tears them apart, they want to tell someone, until, even at their death bed, they do tell someone. But knowing Malawians you will argue “Bwanji sananene ali moyo zabodza”
Look at those photoes, she is miles away!! Thinking “What have I done, only if I listened”
unfortunately Joyce is as common as muck.
yes… ama ment to di good for mlw..enawa kaya mutiuza ndinu mumwanayo tea.
I salute u mama jb ..zina mydalekera zedi… mpaka anyamata kumaba mdzina lanu or pp…. kinanso company ya air malawi mudawinonga ndi aja aku a jl.. taonani ma staff trained by mlw khumakhuma kusowa ntchito!
Go go Mama doing the global work you are doing. God is with you and he will lead you wherever you go.
What a bunch of village political analysts we have here, commenting on all sorts of motivations for JBs activities after the election. If she stays at home and sulks, she is a loser. If she travels overseas, she is a loser. Lose, lose. Has it dawned on you that it is Malawi who is the real loser. Question: who initiated the forensic audit about cash gate? And who is now sitting on this report and its names, trying to twist the outcome for political purposes? Just ask yourself this question and be ashamed.
Joyce Banda being used by the wazunguzi.
JB yu dziko lonse lapansi likumumvetsetsa kupatula kwathu kuno zachisoni Why are not proud of our own daughter of this great land as for me l salute u madaam
It is because you do not understand global politics. Once you do, you will feel sorry for JB. Most organizations invite an African of high profile just to give legitimacy to the event that they are organizing. Nothing special and does not mean that you are special when they do that. Let us see if JB will win the Mo Ibrahim award that Chissano won and got a cool 5 Million US Dollars.
aah, so she an African of high profile. She’s got to be special then.
She was the president. What do you expect?
omwa tiyi azamwanso bola osaswa kapu
ngati adaswa ma cup pa cashgate akaitenga kuti ina?lets wait n c akangomutchula pa cashgate thts th end of ha believe u me
Good that you are no longer president. You cannot just sit down in one place. At least now you can do that since the decisions in Malawi do not have to depend on you. But dont you get tired with such kind of intensive travel? Think of the retired Chief Justice. He needs to rest.
Koma azungu amatipusisa osati pang’ono; at this event, they are inviting doctors, lawyers, inventors, economists, and experts from all corners, all from their backyards, koma kuchokela kwathu ku Africa angoitana JB. This is despicable!
That’s good news. We don’t need her in Malawi at the mean time.
I think sometimes it pays to be honest.
Joyce Banda knows she was involved in the looted government money, and is aware the people in Malawi will not stand by her to claim political motivation.
Please Nyasa Times spare us this crap, about she has been invited and spare us this nonsense portrying her as if she is doing something useful for Malawi, she isn’t and she never has.
Any reasonable person, would have come home first, kusamba, kudya, and kusanzikanso. That is how it is done.
I never respected Muluzi when he was in office and when he left office, but seeing what this woman is doing to avoid facing up to her actions, I am begining to respect Muluzi for his “courage” to face the music what what he did, dont forget he tried the same thing hiding in UK, South Africa etc.
If Joyce Banda is not careful, she will be remembered not for anything good that she has done, but for beibg a heartless woman who has been in the middle of all that is bad in Malawians.(ADMARC maize, where people died in their thousands, Rotten maize, where people suffered with lack of food,ChashGate, where the whole country is and will suffer for a long time to come)
Is it any wonder Malawians want a federal state.
wango dana naye JB iweyo. iweyo adzukukumbukile ndani? even ana ako adzakumbukila their step father iwe utafa. your indeed Angel of doom
She is now homeless. She is struggling in herself between continuing to live and committing suicide. She has no peace in her heart. Just wait, it will not be long before we hear she is dead. Joyce Banda is in a quagmire she does not know how to get out.
This is not fair! Osaitanako Malawi First Lady bwa? By the way seems JB is quite popular. That says a lot considering our other ex-president in Malawi. Olo olo kuitanidwako even on African continent. Shaaa! Nde kuti amaona mmutu kuti muli bwanji. JB is in a class of her own! She is making Malawi proud. Can`t wait to here APM invited to give a lecture somewhere.
Thats JB I know,doing what she knows best,all the best mama,we love you
Point of correction. She is a former caretaker or acting leader. She has never won presidential elections but accended to power due to the death of country’s legitimate leader. Has never been entrusted with that position by the electorate but did led by accident or death. Ndiyesa mwamva
Bravo JB. This is hw the world is like.
IF YOU MEANT TO BE A LEADER YOU REMAIN SO REALLY THERE IS MORE EVEN AFTER LEAVING PRESIDENCY
Koma maboma azungu awa tiwayamikire kwabasi. Athandiza kuchepetsa stress ya Mayi wathu. Losing an election in that manner was very embrasing. Pano akanakhala ali ku zomba mental hospital.
I I believe that she is really the woman of substance za u president amachedwa nazo
I like this. People should know that you are still being recognized out there for your achievements. It is only us here at home who don’t see what you have. All the best.
akutsatiranso President wathu prof APM…..kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
i like it Mama.
Msiyeni, ndinthawi yake nayenso
Asiyeni amayi agwire ntchito since we do not have a president in malawi. Boma ilo!!!!!
Are all these trips helping Malawi or it is just a way running away from home from Cashgate events? Anyway, Interpol will deal with it at the right time.
JB remains the only president that decisively United this country. I was happy to be Malawian during her time but now I hate this Foolish country with foolish tribalism perpetuated by foolish president supported by foolish tribe echoed by a foolish Priest Tamani. I wish this country did not exist. Why did God bring bring the Lomwes from their hunger striken Mozambique in 1914? Can’t they return? Why allow Satan rule us? Why accept people like Tamani live with their blue hearts? JB tell the British & all donors that supporting DPP & Peter is like supporting mfiti. Look they want to extract oil in Karonga without the knowledge of the residents but to develop the south as did with Kayerekera. Evil DPP. God blessed the North for a purpose. Shame Kyungu for his blind support for Barnabas Peter Mutharika!
Then follow JB. I guess you will be much happier where she is. President wanji wasokhala pansi? Ask Nyasatimes, I am sure they can you her contacts so that you can follow her.
Malawians, we throw meat to dogs and we feast on bones. Here is Amai her potentials being utilised by international bodies while Malawi is buisy manufacturing ways to get her into prison. Shame!!!! Malawi,wake up!!.
Kodi what potential are you talking about? JB ndi dunderhead. Example in point: her citation of section 82 to nullify elections kikikikikiki
Abwelele ku Malawi adzatani, ngati ndiwosowa chochita ngati inu, man
Nanga aja amati JB akuwatsatila, poti inu munangopita ku America, ku UK akukutsatiraninso? Ndale zachibwana a Kaliati ndi a Chaponda. Mungofuna kuchititsa manyazi Peter. Mumusiye apange zake Peter, munamulakwitsa Bingu, lero mukhaula Peter alibe mabodza.
Take your time, make all the money you can make . Kuno ku mudzi kulibe chiliko everything is at a standstill . The. Kwacha is depreciating at an alarming rate and nobody has a clue what to do.
Bravo JB. Pliz find it in your heart to forgive us. It wasn’t our will but it was Mbenderas. You left when our economy was recovering today kwacha is plummeting than any recent time in history. You are a brilliant leader Mai Joyce Banda. Chitsime chimadziwika chikauma. God bless you Mama.
Is this the level of intelligence that Malawians have? Are we not mature enough to understand simple issues that we become blided by political support? When did donors stop aid again? Was it not during JBs time? So what makes you think that depreciation of the Kwacha has anything to do with DPP? It would have been the same as now whether it was JB, Lazurus Chakwera of Atupele. We have a seasonal economy that is heavily dependent on tobacco. Without donor aid, the movemnet of the Kwacha will always be like this, low value in th growing season and high value in the postharvest season. Unless we diversify our economy, this characteristic of the economy will always be there.
Instead of talking of long term development programmes, like developing the toursim sector, we resort to these talks that just shows our dullness and the reason why we remain poor when everyone else is developing. JB was a woman of no substance. If you like her enough make her the first first president of your Nyika republic
My freind no 9.1 i feel u need spiritual deliverance first before u can understand God’s will next time dot commet things you are not too sure of…. otherwise u ill in mind.
Iweyo 9.1.1 are the one who doesn’t know what he is talking about. Under whose watch did cashgate take place? JB. Under whose watch was donor aid suspended? JB. So now, only a few months later, a new government is reeling from the blow that JB provoked and you want us to blame the new government for it? Peter stole the elections yes, but JB was no better.
Are you saying that DPP government being in power is not God’s will? How do you know that? We have to be very careful when mentioning the name of God in so many things. That is why the bible says we should not mention the name of God in vain. If you want to comment, comment on what I have written and if you diagree then say why you disagree. That is the purpose of this site. To encourage debate. If you think that the Kwacha would not have ben at this rate if the PP or MCP won, then state why that would be the case. Otherwise do not use the name of God to scare other people. God is love and does not want his name to be used as a scare tactic . God wants people to follow him out of love and not fear. That is why we choose whether to follow him or not. he has allowed us to make that choice.
Commenting on the political spectrum, DPP did the same thing, we even had no petrol we had to get them from jerry cans, they we’re outsourced from Mozambique, we had no sugar during the DPP regime, we had no maize, so who is to blame, yes JB had her problems, but the damages we’re first ignited by the DPP. So there is no right government in Malawi, they all come with their can of worms. I guess we should focus and think ahead on how we can save Malawi now. How we can develop our nation instead of arguing on who has done what, the arguments will never conclude!!
Keep it up Mama. U r one of a kind. Others are talking ill becoz you are way above thhem. You have raised the standards in such a way that its difficult for haters to find peaceful sleep.
Once returns in Malawi, you will be jailed.The donors are reluctant to resume aid coz of your stupid lies against the current government. Whatever you can say abroad will never change anything and you will never ever rule Malawi.
It takes a long time to build such an international reputation, please nsanje iyayi apa Mai JB is the real deal! Enawa after retirement it will be the end of the road!
Zabwino zonse mai. Koma osakatsekeleza ma donors poti inu zinakuvutani.
Our former president is so peripatetic it makes me wonder is she is not being “used” by some of these groups. She needs to rest, and grieve her election loss.
Is she ever coming back home to settle, or is she continuing to live in a political universe that is NOT real?
I must say, Josi Banda looks hip, sort of, in a cap rather than in a “Gadaffi”.
A globe trotter in and out of the presidency! I like it though. You show that political life is not limited to the state house or the legislature as most politicians in Malawi believe.
Joyce Banda returns to Uk: Koma tibwerelanso kwathu apa, Ndakayika
Cashgate yake imeneyi …I also doubt it. She knows that Mphwiyo, is netted. Sangabwerenso ai.