Jumani insists on DNA test to prove he is Kamuzu Banda’s son
A 45-year-old Swedish Malawian, claiming to be the biological son of Malawi’s founding president Hastings Kamuzu Banda, has returned; and, says he will involve chiefs to ascertain his claim.
Jim Jumani Johansson made some intriguing allegations about how his identity was concealed and how he had been prevented from returning to Malawi to ascertain his descent.
He said he believed some people were paid to conceal information about his father.
Johannson was in the country last weekend where he met group village headman Malangano in Kasungu—Kamuzu’s home—and is now seeking audience with the family to substantiate his claim.
Reverend James Mwanyongo, of African Methodist Church and Johannson’s spokesman, said Johannson has enough evidence to prove that the former president fathered him.
“He wants to prove his case before the chiefs and the family members. If they will not believe him, he will be compelled to go for a DNA test,” said Mwanyongo.
But Kamuzu Banda’s family member, Ken Kandodo Banda, said Johannson’s claims are baseless.
“If he continues to tarnish the image of the royal family, we will take drastic measures to stop the nonsense,” said Kandodo Banda.
According to Kandodo Banda, Johannson should do a DNA test with a Muhammad Jogee in Sweden who the family already established is Johannson’s father.
Banda, known fondly by his middle name Kamuzu, died in November 1997 aged 101 after ruling Malawi with an iron fist for 30 years.
He was officially unmarried and childless and rumours that his long time confidante and Official Hostess Cecilia Tamanda Kadzamira was more than a civil servant and that the two had children have been refuted ferociously over the years.
Nonetheless Dr. Banda bequeathed most of his estate to Kadzamira, fondly referred to as Mama.
One school of thought is backing Banda’s family claims that Johansson is just an impostor gunning for a stake on the former president’s disputed estate while the other is giving him the benefit of the doubt, saying he cannot be so stupid to insist on DNA tests if he is not sure of the results.
If Johansson’s claims prove to be true it will be the beginning of the unraveling of the Banda jinx.
But if they prove false Banda’s secrets will remain interred with him in his 80m Malawi Kwacha (US$ 400,000) mausoleum in the capital, Lilongwe, for a long time to come.
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U need the DNA of Kamuzu and his very close relative to do a DNA test to make a comparison with Jumqn DNA and also his mothersi- there is no real evidence that anyone in Kasungu was x close relative since he never had any children. The only way is to exhume his body and take some hair- but he was bald so u will have to use his bones and see if there is any cartilage left in the bone marrow. Who will allow this desecration just for this crazy colored boy whose mother slept with Indians. Please understand the methodology of the science involving DNA testing before you speak.
I thought so too even though I’ve been laughed at for being ignorant
Get clothes Kamuzu used to put on, give them to experts. Not the crazy stuff you’re talking about
kkkkk rejected son ingopita ukanyengelele omako ndiye akakuuze zoona ife ozimayi ndi omwe timadziwa apo pachoka mimba kupaka wina basituuuu
In fact there are lots of Bandas in Kumasi. Kamuzu Banda never told a story in Chichewa. He was really a foreginer.
Nanga popeza Kamuzu Banda was a Ghanaian from Kumasi (Ashanti Kungdom) and not related to the purpoted family in Kasungu? How will the DNA go on family mambers that were not related to Banda? However, Jumani is Kamuzu Banda’s son because the two really resemble.
I doubt Kamuzu was from Ghana. Kamuzu had a very good pronunciation of both chewa and tumbuka words. He could sing a tumbuka hymn “Tizamwemwetera pakuvironga” like a native tumbuka. It is impossible for someone who never spoke a language during his first 5years of life to have such a mastery. A good example is we have many Nigerians or other nationals who have been in Malawi for more than 20yrs, but when they speak/ sing one can easily tell they are not natives.
So stop parading your unsubstantiated claims, stemmed out of hatred/ cadetism.
DNA would settle Jumani’s claim beyond reasonable doubt, Kandodo what is he afraid of?
Chotsani chigobacho kuti tikutumizireni marecordings a Mchichewawo wawa. Thats not a clever argument. Mwina ndinu avula za makono chabe.
Your claims of being “wakale” are doubtful. Malawi first cabinet comprising of Kanyama, Chipemphere, Rose, Orton, etc, was probably the most critical ever to a seating president in Malawi. They differed with Kamuzu on policy matters not that he was NOT Malawian. I have listened to multiple live broadcasts and attended meetings in the late 70s, 80s, early 90s, your claims are fake.
Mama kadzamira is keeping alot of secretes that we need to know before she gives up her ghost. she needs to tell us something.
Kandodo and friends fear that it might turn out it’s them who are not related to Kamuzu…Just have the DNA test if you are sure Jumani is not that monster’s child.
aliponso ana ena ku Ghana uko abwera ndi gulutu
This case can only be settled with this scientific proof called DNA. Inu a Kandodo musakane. Ngati mwanayu ndi wa Ngwazi, let’s accept it, let’s accept him, ndimwana wathu basi. A Kadondo musakane, danabwere kudzakulandani chuma ayi. He is just following his biological father and his roots basi.
jumani kamuzu ndi bambo ako usadandule zitheka I have all the evidence.mkulu amene uju amabisala mu mbatata aliponso ena abwera
I support DNA test. We need to find a closure
Palibe nkhani apa eve if mr Kandondo refuse Jumani will obtain court order to enforce his demand after that Medics will provide a positive DNA result which will result in all the chuma chakamuzu to be transferred to Jumani
Let’s suppose that a DNA test on Jumani and Kamuzu is approved to be conducted, am I made to understand that Kamuzu’s remains will, therefore, have to be exhumed for a sample? GOD FORBID!
For once, Ken Kandodo is talking sense: Conduct the DNA test on Jumani and this Muhammed Joogee.
Tisaziyaluse aMalawi by exhuming Kamuzu’s remains just to satisfy this son of a bitch Jumani! Chamba eti?
You only need to test against the relatives of Kamuzu. No body exhumation required.
You need a very close relative like a son or daughter not a distant cousin or uncle. He had no children so it will be impossible to make a comparison. Learn the science of DNA before talking out of ignorance
Ankolo chimidzi bwanji? Who said when doing a DNA test remains will be exhumed? All he wants is a legally Binding document that allows his DNA to be tested against Kamuzu’s. Jumani is a clever man, he claims he only wants to know if his father was Kamuzu, but if the test is positive, The Kandodo’s and the rest of Kamuzu’s fake family will be in trouble because the rightful heir has come…. Bravo Jumani Kamuzu Banda
Amwene, nkhani ndi yakuti mayi ake omubala adamuuza kale kuti bambo ake ndi a Muhamned Jogee. Ngati akufuna DNA testiyo ayambe wachita ndi iwowo osati Kamuzu family chifukwa palibe chibale chirichonse koma iye amakana zimene mayi ndi azibale ake ena onse (including the father) amamuuza.
Mwina nkhaniyi mudaipezera panjira. All he needs to do is provide evidence that both his father and mother are not his “parents” as per his argument that even his mother (Nyakaunda) did not bear him but just raised him for KAMUZU. There is no issue here. Iyeyo ndi amene sakufuna DNA test. He should first price that Joggee and Miriam are not his parents. This guy refuses!
There is politics in all this. Why is government allowing him in the country and get he was deported last time he came by the same government? Do we have Immigration in this country?
Ayi iwe Kent nawenso ndiwe wa bodza, nkhani iyi ndiyosavuta. We can’t trust you, him and the Kandodo family. What we can trust is a scientific way to prove whether or not he is a so, and that is DNA. Mukuopa chain? Ngati akunama zioneka, ngati mukunama ndinu zionekanso. This issue is very simple. It will take just few minutes to end this story. Musanamepo apa. Aliyense atha kunama pamene DNA is 99.9% accurate.
Mr. Heavy Duty, so where is my lie then? Simunapereke fundotu yapa.
By the way, why are you hiding your true identity if you really believe in what you are saying and you want to argue with me? Remove your chigoba so that we argue face to face with our identities intact.
Nkhaniyi mudaipezera panjira. Why do you think he is not using the courts that he used last time he raised his paternity claims? Do you find it sensible that he should use CHIEFS and PASTORS for him to convince family members on the DNA demands. Are pastors and chiefs scientists? LET HIM GO BACK TO COURT. IT IS COURTS THAT WILL CONVINCE THE BANDA FAMILY TO DO THE DNA TEST. But he knows that COURTS will a) ask why a deportee is in Malawi b) require him to bring his known two parents (Miriam Kaunda and Muhammed Jogee) who he claims just raised him c) do the DNA test with them. If that initial DNA test fails then he can d) move the courts to subpoena a THIRD PARTY – Kamuzu family for a DNA test. He cannot do a DNA test with a third party and yet both of his parents agree that they are his biological parents.
Are you having problems understanding this simple logic?
The real issue here is that some individuals want to use this story to de-campaign Ken Kandodo and his sister Khumbize in the upcoming election. Period. Come to think of it: How can government allow a non-citizen (who was deported by the same government in 2012), to molest its own known citizens? Where in the civilized world can that happen? Why is a deportee in Malawi in the first place? Has government explained this to its citizens? These are questions you must ask yourself. Palibe nkhani apa. Munthuyu has an India-born father that some us already know. He is just wasting your time here.
So, Mr. Heavy Duty, chotsani chigobacho kuti tisinthane fundo poyera apa ngati mukufuna debate ya nkhodzo za pusi.
Why this fear? Black cock i assume you are the one whose mother is a bitch. Mwana wotaidwa iwe u dont know even your mother. Mukuopa chani kodi inu a Kandodo? Your fears are only concluding kuti Jumani is indeed Kamuzu’s son. Let him do DNA test to prove him otherwise. Mtima umenewu muyamba kukahonga ndi ochita DNA test yemwe so it comes out negative.
If my memory serves me right, this Jumani character was unceremoniously deported out of the country the last time he was in Malawi. Now how come a deportee has come back without the govt throwing him out again? No fuss? No noise from Immigration? Nothing?
The answer is simple: He has been encouraged, nay, INVITED to come back by the govt. WHY? To cause havoc in the MCP camp. This is campaign time , remember? The fight is on! No holds barred! It’s deadly combat. Use any weapon at your disposal since it’s “winner takes all”!
Anything that will cause a headache in the MCP family is sweet music to the DPP govt. You manufacture scandal on the Kamuzu name, you have manufactured scandal on MCP. Simple as that.
DPP is angry that the Kamuzu family ( Ken Kandodo et al ) has gone back to the MCP fold as prodigal children after a stint in the wilderness ( in DPP and PP).
I can smell the stink of a political rat in this whole Jumani soap opera. Conspiracy theories being my stock-in-trade, I posit that Jumani is just a puppet and the master puppeteer is somewhere at DPP hqrs.
The drama has just started. Let’s watch it together and see what the finale will be like. Enjoy!
He was deported at the request of one Kandodo Banda!! Now Kandodo is a nobody
AZIMAYI NAWONSO PENAPAKE Aaaaaa Kubowoletsa kuswa bumbu mpaka naa
Osaziwa bambo wa mwana eeeish
There is so much resemblance between Kamuzu and Jumani. And how handsome Jumani looks!
This guy looks like he is mixed race. How can he claim HKB as his father when both HKB and the mother have no mixed genes. Mohammed is the person he should first have a DNA test with
His mother is White(Swedish woman) and not Kadzamira
Why is Kamuzu family rejecting the DNA test? It means Jumani is indeed Kamuzu’s child. The Mtunthama people would not be objecting the DNA test. They are fearing losing inheritance. SHAME on YOU.
Men can be cruel. Kamuzu anamuumira mtima mwana wokhala wake. Nawo a Kandondo. Ndalama za Kamuzu munka nazo kumanda posachedwa. Anthu oipa inu.
Just do the DNA test and keep this story to bed once the truth is estalished.
Ask your mother which of the 40 Indians she was sleeping with is your mother. Was it Bhimji or Moomjo or Bhana? Your mothers vaginal was public property in those days. She slept with the whole executive of MCP. You are the son of a whore.
So now Kamuzu is a whore?
Why is Kandodo scared of the DNA test? Jumani just wants to prove who he really is and claim what belongs to him. However, Mama Kadzamira should know the whole truth. Pretty much all Kamuzu estate’s beneficiaries do not want the truth to come out because once it does, there will be a new sheriff in town by the name Jumani!
May I plead with the concerned parties to allow him have the DNA just to prove him wrong and close the matter. Other wise refusing him DNA tests gives people doubting on the Kamuzu family members. …
Swedish Malawian??? Really? He’s a Swedish Full stop, he doesn’t have Malawian Passport. Nyasatimes mnmm
Kodi a Kandondo mukuopa chani? Let DNA prove him wrong? Ndipo ananena kuti ndinu a royal family mmdani?
Tarnishing the name of the royal family? Which royalty is this? Kkkkkkkk
JUMANI,if you want to live in Malawi,just apply for Citizenship status and not attempt to involve yourself in Malawi’s political activities.Why did you wait for Hastings Banda to die so that you claim for the Malawi’s citizenship? Malawians are tired of being ruled by bogus citizens already now we are ruled by Peter Muthalika who is a citizen of the USA.His brother Bingu stole money in Zimbabwe that belonged to COMESA and when the Zimbabwean Govt. was trying to arrest him and put him to justice,he absconded and went to Malawi after multi-party system was introduced in the country.After Muluzi became the President,Bingu easily turned him into his punching-bag and and few years later,he campaigned for the rogue as ECONOMIC ENGINEER and himself(MULUZI) as POLITICAL ENGINEER,what a FUCK-UP? it is Muluzi too.who opened the gates for his fellow MUSLIMS to enter into our CHRISTIAN LAND WHO HAVE BUILT THOUSANDS OF EVIL MOSQUES IN OUR COUNTRY.jumani,yes,Malawians have been cheated for several occasions by cone-people and it is ENOUGH.The simple thing is apply for citizenship as other people, you can go to hell with your DNA!!!!!!!!!!
Ken Kandodo, which “royal family ” are you talking about? Kamuzu’ s ( your ) family ? That was just a nickname concocted by Malawians to LAMPOON the family. You took it seriously? You regard yourselves as “royal family “?
Royal family, my ass!
Look at the nose. That’s not Kamuzu’s nose. Jumani ndi mkaladi wa chiMwenye.
EVERY MATCHONAS WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF POOR MALAWIANS —WHY AND HOW
ALL THIS PRESSURE ON POOR
MALAWIANS ???
Why can’t they just let him do the DNA test and settle this matter once and for all
A Kandodo achewa amati kutsutsa galu nkukumba bvomerani DNA test ithe nkhaniyi osamangopanga ndale chili chonse.
Tarnish the image of a tinpot murderous dictator? God forbid.
Why is Ken Kandodo emotional? DNA is the solution and any court of law will prefer DNA to mere refutation without scientific evidence. Shame on Kandodo. Be mature Ken and cooperate otherwise you will loose more a nd be ashamed in court if DNA is done
Iwe kandondo, zoonadi siukuona kuti muntuyu ndimikodzo ya malemu kamuzu ?
Chipumi kuti ndendende !
Y deny his claims. Just use the proper procedures to establish the truth and DNA is one of them. The family should not harass him instead prove him wrong
As a country we need to set the record straight for our Ex president, we should defend kamuzu if he is not responsible or if he indeed fathered Juman then let it also be acknowledged and put closure to the matter and the only credible way is DNA test, we need to set our mysterious history straight for the sake of kamuzu, his family and the malawi nation. If the family truly believes Jumani isn’t the son they shouldn’t be scared for a test. May the government subpoena kamuzu family to this DNA test. We can’t have our own history b a mystery.
JumanHuman is the real son of Hestings kamuzu Banda,born from mama,his birth was so secrete,when mama got pregnant from kamuzu,the late Aleke Banda was the one who went to Dedza as uncle to make formal arrangements and advice every one on the plans which were set aside,those who deny him is only bcoz they dont want the society to know the hidden secrets,if Chakwela is indeed a man of God awuuzeni akanondo never to keep it a secret anymore,Qhen Jumani first come into this country he errered every body knows, Jumani was supposed to go to Chiwengo and introduce himself b4 the chiefs then the chief’s wld have a determination to take him to party officials, not the he chose kungofikila pamwamba,now anthu muchita manyazi bcoz if u refuse to accept him BBC and Arjazeeal will
I thought he first needed to do a DNA test with his purported father, Muhammed Joggee, who is his Indian look-alike, and is, according to his mother, NyaKaunda, still alive in London, before he does it with Kamuzu, who wore a pure African face, and is, currently, in the grave!
I personally know the history of his Kaunda (maternal) family. Alas! The noise is back.
It’s really unfair for Malawians to denie all evidence this man provided some time back. If I can remember former interigent chief ( Gwede ) supported this young man. The so called kamuzu family in kasungu they know it’s true this young man is kamuzu biological son but they are greedy. What if the DNA proves that he is indeed son of former president? Mr Kandodo stop being selfish
Let’s go for DNA…… Simple
A far fetched what if……would DNA for any of the members of the so called royal family provide some ancestral links with Kamuzu…….just saying…..give Jumani a chance……else…….bring the popcorn and let the fun begin..🤣🤣
Muhammed Jogee lives in Blackburn England, UK
Muhammed Jogee lives in Blackburn, Lancashire. His address is 12 Beardwood Drive, Blackburn BB2 7AH. Please Nysatimes contact Mr Muhammed Jogee for an interview.
Kandodo is damn right. Let him check through DNA if Jogee is indeed his dad. If Jogee isn’t interested in this, Jumani can easily find out through his own DNA test if his paternal parent was Asian. If he was, then end of story – he should forever keep quiet; if he wasn’t Asian, then Jumani would earn the right to make all this noise and demand a Kamuzu’s DNA test.
Akufananadi Nkhope ndi Kamuzu. Musamutseke pakamwa Jumani