Joyce Banda set to return to Malawi – Confirmed

September 3, 2015 Zawadi Chilunga -Nyasa Times 122 Comments

Former president Joyce Banda is scheduled to return home next month from South Africa, where she had been operating from, and government is preparing her retirement home.

Joyce Banda: Home coming
Joyce Banda: Home coming

Office of President and Cabinet says government officials have been showing houses to former First Gentleman, retired chief justice Richard Banda, this week as they understand the former president is set to return in October.

The former president, who is also leader of the opposition People’s Party (PP), has been out of the country on private engagements since June 29, 2014 when she left for the United States of America (US).

PP publicity secretary and also acting director of administration, Ken Msonda has also confirmed about JB’s return but did not indicate the arrival date.

“ I will hold meetings with all provincial and district committees to brief them on latest developments in the party and prepare for our party founder and President HE Dr. Joyce Banda’s home-coming,” said Msonda.

While the actual date of return remains confidential, her spokesperson Andekuche Chanthunya, press aide Tusekele Mwanyongo and PP secretary general Ibrahim Matola confirmed the development in separate interviews.

Matola said he could not provide the former president’s arrival dates, citing security reasons, but said the party will announce the date soon, insisting it will be next month.

“JB is finally returning home,” confirmed Matola.

Chancellor College-based political analyst, associate professor Blessings Chinsinga, has said Banda’s return will be good for her party which is currently in civil war.

“Joyce Banda needs to return and put the house in order, otherwise, what we see is a result of power struggle because there is leadership vacuum. Let her return, or give up power and facilitate smooth transition so that someone else takes over,” urged Chinsinga in comments attributed to him in the press.

In May this year, retired chief justice Richard Banda wrote foreign missions and development partners in the country, asking them to intervene in “repeated political harassment and persecution” of his wife, JB, by the Peter Mutharika administration.

In a letter dated May 13 2015, the former chief justice said the family is convinced that “the many unsubstantiated accusations and allegations” could be a precursor to much more sinister motives.

Some of the former president’s major engagements include meeting former United States president Bill Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in Morocco on May 5 and receiving of her doctorate degree on May 15.

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122 replies on “Joyce Banda set to return to Malawi – Confirmed”

  1. bwerako joice, kuno mkwanu, muluzitu ali ko kuno, ninga iwe, koma mwalimba mtimaa? bomatu is prepari ng for u kt akuninkhe nyumba, mukamva muti chan?Ameeeeennn,

  4. Bwampini wanu ndi uyu akulephera big time. Malawi is a failed state under a prof & Dr.
    Zamanyazi eni eni winawe ukugona ndinjala koma ukunyoza amai…Uyambe kunyoza gogo wakoyo!! Viva JB!

  8. Now perfectly cornered. And her world has finally become small. And even the white man in America and in SA is ashamed to host a she-thief in joice. Bvumbulukani mai and Welcome to Lumbadzi Prison nanu mukalembemo kuti ‘Joice was here’.

  9. The moment she don at chileka or Kia must be taken into the cell, no excuse and her fucken husband must be questioned for deformation. He failed to advise his bulshit prositute Joyce when she was busy insulting mutharika and the late now fwifwifwi talking nonsense,fuck you. She will stay together at chichiri prision amphaka a anthu

  12. Mama mukangotera kuno mumangibwa basi. Miziwa Lumbazi prison. Koma wosazalira mukaona andu achilendo .Sazafuna kupha inu ayi. Mnzanu Mathanyula adakuwa komweko. Amakhala anyamata ampolice womwewo.

  13. She knows she will be extradited so she is just running away from it. Mwachita bwino kuzipasiratu ulemu.

  14. Ndizoona kuti amathawa chiyani???? Mmalo moti akanakhala komweko inali nthawi yoti alandile ulemu wawo monga Presdent opuma koma bize ndi Maiko ayeni akewa. Nawonso mpaka kukabisala Ku Joni nanga ife ndiye tilowela kuti? Pitani kumuzi mayi mukaziwonela konko.

  15. Welcome back my former president. I love you so much, i have prepared you a nice gift to be presented at KIA. Guess what it is??????? A handculf

  16. The feet that took her abroad will bring her back home. Time matters in cultural issues. Let her prove herslf innocent against all the allegations we are hearing from the courts today.

  17. Kwanumkwanu mthendo munalaka njoka mweranide muzatakate koma musanayambe kutakata kuno kumuz pakhan ya cachget aliyense akut mboni yawo ndi inu ndiye tikudikira inu popeza big fish yomwe athu akuidikira ndi inu

  21. She is a coward or there is something she herself knows that she messed in the time she was at the statehouse. By the way, why should the whole Head of State stay away from national politics for over a year when the Malawi citizenry want her much to contribute to national development? This shows that she lacks seriousness on her part as a leader.

  25. Ine ndimadabwa kuti kwaeni nthawi yoseyi?! Home is best, kabwerani mama, zinazo face them as they come.

  29. YOU WILL BE WELCOMED BY MANY PEOPLE FROM ALL CORNERS OF MALAWI WHO WISHES YOU ALL THE BEST. YOU INDEED LEAD MALAWIAN WITH GOOD DEMOCRACY. THINGS IN YOUR TIME WERE GOOD AND NOWADAYS THINGS ARE TOO BAD. A LOCAL VILLAGER IS STRANGLING TO GET HIS/HER DAY TO DAY NEEDS. MADAM COME AND TAKE CARE OF US. WE HAVE ALL THE HOPES THAT THE NEXT ELECTIONS, YOU WILL WIN.

  31. KOMA MUNENA ZOONA KUTI A MOWE ATOBWELAKO.KOMA INU MUTOZIWA KUTI ANAZOLOWELAKO.INE ZIMENEZI HANDIMVA AKHALEBE KOMWEKO BASI

  34. Zikomo panganizo lanu Mai Joyisi Banda loti mubwelenso kuno ku mudzi ku Nyasaland. Komatu pmbwela musayiwale NDALAMA zathu chonde muyesetse kupanda kutelo ayi sitidzakusiyani. Zikomo chifukwa chofuna kudzayakha

  36. YOU ARE WELCOME HOME TO SEE THEM DPP DOGS THAT USED TO LAUGH AT YOU SAYING YOU ARE FAILING TO RUN THE COUTRY FAILING MISERABLY THEMSELVES…ITS A SHAME!!!

  38. Welcome JB. This is your home, your country and your rightful place. We shall go to the airport to welcome you. Don’t be shaken by these political vultures and scaventures who wants to turnish your image because of their selfish motives by manupulating convicts. We will stand by you and with you always. God bless you

  39. Mama this is your country. You are a true daughter of malawi. You can come in or out any time you want. Do not be concerned with the propaganda the dpp thru mbc is making trying to link you to cashgate. You are very innocent only problem is that you are victim of vendetta being orchestrated by president mutharika. Maawi needs you mai Joyce Banda.

  40. For sure come back. Some few fools here stared calling you ambassoder at large, others were saying Cochrane Date’s sister, etc

  42. Mwachita bwino mayi kuganiza zobwerera.Pitala wants to show himself as saint while him too has alot of skeleton too.Malawians are also still waiting for 577 billion scandal during his brother tenure which he was part with.

  43. So her life has ceased to be in danger now?.So what assessment was done to come up to this concludion since the first gentlemen repeatedly kept on warning that his wife life is in danger in Malawi since she survived from the accident arranged by the murderer Dpp party?

  44. Johnston, you were once a very bright young man. JB was VP on paper only, became HE because the then HE passed away. Our constitution demanded that she takes over the mantle immediately, anyhow it happened. But unlike being voted in through the ballot, she had to work with the very same people who fired or were instrumental in so doing. (Remember as we approach elections all contesting parties have shadow mp’s and ministers). It wasn’t the case. So the Cash Gaters were already at it and merely continued their work under her nose. Proof isn’t difficult to find; check if the property and cash in foreign accounts were accumulated in JB’s era. Do a fiscal check on all the respected politicians and top govt officials. If justice were to be meted out, we’d empty all our jails in order to house them!

  46. Ndiye mwazidyatu ndalama za Cashgate kunjako ife tikudya Bonya
    No wonder ma politicians ambiri Mulungu amayamba kukulangani pansi pompano
    ACB ikakumangani musati mudzidzati Peter Munthalika’s administration persecuting me
    Bwerani mudzapeleke umboni paja munati anaombera Phwiyo mutomuziwa

  48. Mama JB I love you and for that reason I implore you to rescind your decision. Chonde don’t go back to Nyasaland. They will kill you, they will humiliate you.

    APM is now gone insane with the revelation of 577b gone missing. Imagine for him to get to the point of sending Dausi to steal cashgate documents from nyumba yamunthu wotetezedwa ngati kazembe – what does that tell us?

  52. True Malawian, ukunama akumva kutentha ndani? Whether u like or not ngati umamva english, makoyo akuti akumukonzera retirement, sakuzakhala pampando ngati mmene anagwirizira mutamkonza Bingu. Awa mayi kwao kunatha angodikira awalawitseko unyolo basi then nawonso azakalembe makoma kuti Jb was here kkkkk

  55. Unfortunately she is not coming back to rule. If she were coming to rule people would have had hopes that life would improve. She is coming back as an ordinary person. So the conditions of living will continue to deteriorate.

  57. Koma ukubweradi iwe? Akumangatu. Mai woipa kuba ndalama ngati mwamuna? wayaluka.

    The respected Justice Banda Retired being reduced to househunter. Kulibe ana kapena ma sistaz oti athamangethamange?. Siulemutu umene mukuchitawu.

  64. She said she was returning to Malawi months ago, but never came. Will she come this time? I will believe it when she actually does. She herself started the People’s Party, but where did she get the funds from to run her election campaign? She gave away bags of maize, bicycles, cows and even houses during her time in office. Where did the money come from to pay for these gifts? Many questions remain to be answered. I hope she does return to Malawi, but I am not holding my breath.

  65. this is good news for the nation, her return is very important. mwawakamba mayi anthu kwanthawi yaitali.

  66. KU MALAWI SITIZAVOTEREANSO PRESIDENT WA MKAZI ONANI ZIMENE AKUPANGA JOYCE BANDA KUTHAWA DZIKO LAKE KUMAKAKHALA KWA ENI KUOPA KUTCHULIDWA MU CASH GATE MUTHAWE OLO MUSATHAWA TIKUKUDIKIRANI KIKI!

  72. amayi dzikolino ndilanu fiti ndiizi zukonda leroz
    imaprof acashgat 92m nenani bwino ntiii!! idzakwana nthawi mudzaziwona ma big fish inu

  75. A bweradi koma Maiyu ndi kale lija tinakambilana kumva za nxt month. Bwelani ndindithu mukuopanji if your conscious is free. Akulapo ndi manyazi munaonjeza kulalatila maliro ngati kwanu anthu samafa. Anzanu amamva kuwawa lero ndi zimenezo how are you going to face Malawi as manyazi mai.

  76. Komatu mayi onse akuti mboni ndinu,nde mutiuza chani? Komanso kuombeledwa kwa mphwiyo munatiuza kuti mukuwadziwa amene anapanga zimenezi, tikukudikilani timve zambiri mayi.

    Zabwino zonse mutipeza.

  78. iiii koma Msonda amaoneka ngati kamfiti.Tamuonani.inu JB akhale komwekoo.Akbwera kuno titaya ndalama zambiri kumayesera kumuimba mlandu pomwe sizingatheke.Adzafika ngati pa Chair amwene.Mlandu ukamatentha iyenso matenda kukwera wa ku South.Zitsiru inu musationongere ndalama za msonkho wathu.Shupiti

  81. Please, Please, DPP make sure you deal with this chief cash-gate once and for all when she lands in Malawi. Yes handle her carefully so that she will never stand up to fight back in her life. Don’t give her an opportunity to settle in Malawi. Remember she is a very parallel structure organizer. A crook. Disturb and disorganize her plans in Malawi. If she does not come back, leave her. Dont get her home by interpol.her presence wil distabilize Malawi.

  84. How is it a “Security Issue” to mention the date when former President J Banda will be coming to her home country. I do not understand it. I bet you she is NOT coming home. She knows what she did !!

  85. apolisi konzani unyolo wa moto…mbava ina ikubwelaa….iwe nde straight ku maula…..palibenso zokambilana…poyika milandu musaiwale uja wa chimanga adaba chija nkumati chawonongeka chonsecho anangosintha matumba nkuyamba kugawa nthawi ya campaighn…..

  86. when ever she came back do not soliciting to arrest because u the goverment officials r full of coaxing characters that can led someone’s lyf to danger.

  88. Mama you are coming back home. Anyway do so, but with courage as what Jesus did returning to his people while knowing that his cross for crucification is ready for him. There are so many issues against you, there is no way you can survive in Malawi.You are finished. Time has come for the world to see both sides of the coin at once. You are janus.

  89. I am not a politician but on my side Mama Jb tryz her best , but this guy you called him Professor mmmmmmmmmmm. I haven’t seen any chitukuko from this man Pitala. Black out everyday $ no water.how can Malawi develop so far. I think tidakalibe president padakali pano,other wise let’s wait and see.

  90. Mayi jb akunama musabwere nsanga chonde anhuwa sakukondani maka a dpp akufuna adzakumangeni ati kuthetsa kunyoza agalu awa .likakhala dziko ndiye petulo lamukanika kuyendetsa dolla yafika pa 600 mai inu kumbali yanu munayesetsa .mmalo mopeza njira zoti ife amalawi tithandizike akulimbana ndi inu kkk .mai we malawian timakukondani musabwere mubwere nthawi ya kampeni.

  92. Welcome back mama. Tsono poti chiwongolero chidaloshoka mwanguthetsa kachipani kamapwevupwevu a cashgate ni kuwauza wanthu wanu oyambe kusapota odala OChakwera.

  94. Come mother
    Joyce banda,your are a caring mother,come to your home country ,let those who think ill about you be ashamed and let them all be disgraced and dismayed who rejoice at our who leader who had shown milestone in development of this country within ashort period of crisis. Cashgate matters are in the hands competent judicial officers, let her come to answer what she knows, and let the court decide who is right or wrong,rather making noise,some malawians are good at that, welcome banda HE, Viva Banda, Banda

  97. Abweretu amenewo azatiuze amene anawombera Mphwiyo paja nkhaniyi anaiyamba kale abwere onse atchulawa ndi amisala azafotokoze apa osamangoshaina kuti amai amai chani chimandiwawa ndichokupha Bingu mukayankha kumwamba amai inu

  98. I thought people were saying she is afraid to come home? KKK Peter mutharika spa Ali mmadzi,zikuchita kuonekelatu kuti dpp is sending those cashgaters to implicate JB,kusova kulipo.

  100. Woyipa athawa yekha! The gritty ones are always afraid. If she was clean she would not run away. If murderers like the Kasambaras are in the country, what offence did she commit to warrant an asylum? Sgupiti!

  101. Kwali, mwayiwonere ayitende. M’we kwetu nikupikana muchiwere mose. U r jst wasting ur tym, JB is maried in RSA. Find out!

  103. Welcome mama to save us from DPP.as I am writting kwacha is trading at 585 against dollar,there are no drugs in hospitals,blackouts are the order of the day

  106. Mark my words. These are mere political gimmicks. She is not coming to Malawi. She just wants to silence her critics.

  107. You are welcome amai ana anu akungomenyana ndikhulupirira ndi njala so glad you are back tidzamve tchutchu wa zoona zake no one will persecute you!!!! Kkkkk kaya!!

  108. Kwanu-nkwanu mthengo mudalaka njoka! Bweranikoni mudzacheze ndi zidzukulu kanthawi kochepa kenako mumangidwe. Akakumangani mudzatuluka pa bail because of ‘ill health’. Kenako you will spend the rest of your life between court, hospital and jail!

    Simudzaupezanso mpumulo amai oipa inu!

  109. Malawi is a pathetic place because we condone mediocrity. I have strong suspicions that Joyce Banda stole. How could billions disappear? At least she knew it and did nothing. Now this wasn’t Mutharika’s or DPP money. This was MY tax and your tax! If you are ready to forgive her and her comrades in crime, that’s you! But I want her to be tried in court. That is the only way we will know the truth. If she’s innocent, she will clear her name in court. She can afford the best lawyers

  111. Sad that the respected Richard Banda can write trash like this to donors etc. What was the intention?
    Let Amayi clear herself so that people stop mentioning her.

  115. Welcome back mama, we missed you

    But you need to keep a low profile becuase wolves are all over even into deplomatic houses.

  117. Why giving her a retirement home??? Did she save for own while in office. poor country on mine Malawi.

  119. Apa chipani chilibe ntchito. si chipaninso choti chingatenge boma. Her safety matters. Amayi Joyce Banda stay where you are kapenanso pitani kobisika. this people are up to no good. Aliyense angoti cashgate mboni ndinu. mudzafikira muunyolo and you’ll die a prisoner. chondi chondi mayi jani kwenuko. kunu te umampha.

  121. Abwere basi adzacheze ndi anyamata ake a Lutepo, Kalonga, Savala, Mphwiyo, Kasambara! Come and face the music! Mary Kachale revisit the evidence, review it and decide on the way forward!

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