Kazako says Malawians need to actual death date of  Wa Mutharika: Born Ryson Thom, lived as Bingu and died as Daniel Phiri

As some Malawians continue to take to social media  to celebrate the life of Bingu wa Mutharika, government has said it is high time the nation knew the actual date the former president died.

Bingu wa Mutharika
The statue for late President Bingu Wa Mutharika at Parliament Building in Lilongwe

Bingu died a sudden death in his eighth year as President. He ruled the country from 2004 until his death in April 2012   after suffering from a cardiac arrest and there were three different signs of date of death [5th April; 6 April and 7 April].

Why there were three different signs of date of death remains one of unanswered questions to date.

However, some Malawians thought government would conduct a ceremony to celebrate his life particularly for his great role in developing the nation.

But the Minister of Information, Gospel Kazako said Bingu was a great leader worthy celebrating, but that can be if his actual date of death is known.

“One of the things that we have to agree as a nation when did Dr. Bingu wa Mutharika die? Did he die on 5th April or 6th April or 7th April?

“So, we are humbly requesting those that were there to literally come out so that this can go in the books of history, but also it is going be very ease for government to set a day to be celebrating his life,” said Kazako, who is also government spokesperson.

He further outlined that such information would be important for “planning purposes and history sake”.

Kazako explained:”You know, there things that we are able to see that initiated by the late Bingu. There also certain plans that this government has taken a position to continue implementing projects that were earmarked by him.”

The Information Minister described the Tonse Alliance administration as a civilized government that respects all former Heads of State which is why President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera took time to visit former Presidents [ Dr. Joyce Banda, Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika and Dr. Bakili Muluzi).

“We are a civilized government, but also we believe in unity, love, harmony and we believe in doing things very well and we don’t believe in sowing seeds of disunity or hatred.

“And we respect all the former Heads of State. So we need to put everything in the right perspective and everything must be very accurate,” he said.

Bingu was born as Brighton Webster Ryson Thom on February 24 1921 but changed his name to be Bingu wa Mutharika and when he died as government was trying to hide his death and took his body to South Africa under the name of ‘Daniel Phiri’.

Government erected Wa Mutharika’s statue at Parliament premises in Lilongwe.

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58 replies on “Kazako says Malawians need to actual death date of  Wa Mutharika: Born Ryson Thom, lived as Bingu and died as Daniel Phiri”

  1. Chkwawa boy tribalism is so detrimental to Malawi. Rwanda is standing as a good example. He is a Sena by tribe but do not attack him based on tribal lines rather on individual mistakes. I am also a Sena but I believe in One Malawi for all and equal opportunity for all.

  2. musasitaitse nthawi. agalu aja kubweretsa anthu ku malilo a bingu a falisi inu kulemba pa ntanda za bodza. inviting people of all corners countries to witness your lies. zoli zoli ngati zoona.

    fusani pitala anali m ‘bale wake if zisatikhudze nta.wats important to know now after ages. za njeee

  3. Please Hon Minister Kazako, you have a colleague who is a Minister in the Tonse government who was at the forefront of the concealing of the facts. You have the police, NIB and the doctors who can tell you when Bingu died. And no Bingo was an aspiring dictator and almost there but for God’s intervention.

  4. Rest in peace Bingu. May those who celebrated and keep on celebrating his death find forgiveness

  5. Kazako start with your grandfather I lower Shires. That’s total insult from you Nsena Kazako. I didn’t know that there are some stupid Sena’s like you.Uzaziona nawenso. Utha udyo nphwanga. Wacepanazo.

  6. This is the craziest government never exixt before, how come not know the date of your own president and able to remember about John Chilembwe who died 1900 years ago. What did they write on his death certificate and how did they notice that he was dead? Who notice it?

  7. Methinks the dude actually died on April 1 — the famous fool’s day. Since he was indeed an idiot, APM orchestrated the move of the death date to April 5 or 6, or whatever: any day other than the fool’s day. You see, once a fool always a fool, until death doth you part, so APM thought.

    This is my highly informed opinion. If you disagree with it, then come up with a better explanation. I dare you!! Mxii! After all, this thug doesn’t deserve to be remembered in any way or form.

  8. Just tell pple that , The date of remembering Bingu is confusing with Chakwera birthday date. Malawi Chewa Party Mukuwona ngati Muli Kudabwe eti aliyese wonyoza nyau akavinilidwe bansi mtima woyipa. Just go and remove Bingu Statue and put that of your Mbusa so that you can be happy

  9. Kazako mwano. Koma sizikumukhala ngakhale pang’ono. Senior joker Chakwera is misleading a lot of people indeed including his so called ministers. Blindly, these puppet ministers can not see that they are fast sinking low together with their cluelessness leader pastor Chakwera.

    • Kazako iwetu siutha bwino. Mathero ako akhala omvetsa chisoni. Wachulutsa utambwali ndi kuzimva waiwala kuti wadutsa motani. Lero wayamba kutumbwa. Mark my words “your end will be a sad story
  10. Kazako, a Malawi akufuna uwauze kuti mankhwala unayamba kumwa liti..Mwamuonongansotu Chikondi Chijuzi uja abambo inu. Mwayamba nokhatu yamanjayi ife tili phee.

    1. Kazako!start with Kamuzu biography.Tell the Nation whether he was a real Malawian from Kasungu and how he managed to go to South Africa on foot at tender age,was he married to mama etc.thereafter then talk about Bingu.

  11. I think this Minister only seeks public attention for nothing. Like seriously the whole Minister wasting our time on this gibberish.

    Kazako, Malawians are eagerly waiting to hear about the person that wrote your undergraduate…..Underline UNDERGRADUATE dissertation at Chancol. Paja mwazilowetsa trivial ndiye tiyeni nazo.

    A sick Minister advocating for a sick mind. A Malawi saadya ma date apa obituary.

  12. Pitani Ku manda mukawerenge nokha date imene anamwalira Prof Bingu. Mungatani simuzafikapo pa Bingu. Chipongwe basi

  13. This junior joker anayamba bwino but now he has completely lost it. I feel sorry for this country.

  14. Why didn’t you point out the grave grammatical mistake on the headline? Does it sound good? That aside, I am disappointed by the quality of our Ministers. This is a silly matter to bring into public domain. Have we ever celebrated Kamuzu’s death? Between Kamuzu and Bingu who died first and what makes Bingu’s death special to warrant a celebration? This is cheap politics meant to book a seat in the next Cabinet by non-performing Tonse Ministers.

    1. Very true. There are serious problems in this country and celebrating former president’s death is rather unnecessary.

    2. Bwana Kamchiputu, I should first differ with you on Kazako’s performance as a minister, I personally think he has performed. On the other hand however, you have raised a very important point which I was also thinking. “Have we ever celebrated Kamuzu’s death?” Jokes aside, come in the open bwana minister. We only celebrate Kamuzu’s birthday I believe because he was a father and founder of the Malawi nation. We do not celebrate birthdays of Bakili Muluzi, Joyce Banda, Peter Mthalika and we didn’t celebrate Chakwera’s birthday. Tell us that the government just wants it for record purposes I will agree with you. Honestly speaking, if we are to celebrate every president’s life, then we will celebrate for everyone, surely each of them atleast achieved something. Muluzi as the first democratic Malawi, Bingu as you have already indicated, Joyce as the first Malawian female president ngakhale not thruogh the ballots komanso she managed to put us back on track after bwana Bingu nkhani ya fuel itabvutitsitsa, Peter equally managed to do some good roads ngakhale a china. In summary we can’t celebrate ntchito za every president on his or her date of death. Otherwise, we can agree as a nation to celebrate one neural day for all, however, we already have 6th July for that I believe

    3. People, take note that the minister did not bring up this issue. He was answering a question which somebody had asked him in public. Don’t you know that? Or maybe you think he should have said to the journalist who asked “Look here my friend, that question is a silly one so I will answer you in private”. Is that what you think he should have done? Awawatu akumayankha mafunso in public unlike abale anu aja ankakanilatu. Anapanga program pa MBC and called it TALK TO THE PRESIDENT. Ndiyeno ankati anthu adzitumiza mafunso in advance, and his boys would choose which questions the old man should answer. He even refused to take part in the Presidential Candidates’ Debate, remember? Here we have a president and his Information Minister who speak to Malawians directly. This is the way to go.

  15. Izi ndiye mbwerera zachikhalire tikadziwa titani ndiwe wa mabodza kazako. Uminister wonse kumalandira ndalama kumayankhula zama death day eti kusonyezeratu kuti mulibe zochita. Kodi inu simuli ndi a Calister munthalika mu Tonse Alayisi ndipo anali akazi awo a Bingu bwanji osawafunsa akuuzeni zoona. Ndizochita kuti ikhale nkhani. Ndipo sitifuna kuti muzinena za Bingu kapena Kamuzu koma muzikamba za enawa. Ndikanakhala ine president ndikanayambira ku panga reshuffle iweyo kazako. Ndipo Department imeneyo ndi kanayi phatikiza kukhala imodzi ndi nduna yoona za mdziko osati dept pa yokha kungocholukitsa anthu poti anathandiza pa kampeni mwadya zomwezo ndithu.

  16. 🤣🤣🤣 Kazako zamadate sizinasiye kukupangani torment tu. Paja Kamuzu anabadwa chaka chanji? Ahaaa, you do not really know just like Kamuzu himself did not know (others are surprised of this fact too. The non-researchers). Now, did that stop you from passing your Civics after answering that Kamuzu was born in 1906? Now go say and do the right things, stop being a comedian,…remember how you answered that South African journalist on Bushiri escape from RSA, that response which your radio listeners found funny but it was actually undiplomatic and internationally unpopular? Your boss should probably consider a portfolio taylormade for you, Min of Stand-up Comedy. Who doesn’t need a laugh after completing serious tasks for the day

    1. Don’t involve prophet Bushiri in your nonsense. That’s not part of freedom of speech. Just respond to Hon Kazakos questions about Daniel Phiri, full stop. Stay quiet if you don’t have the answers.

      1. Wonders will never end. Who gave chance to any gleam thought that Magufuli in the after life will be a fan of Bushiri. Is it true that your idol produced a cheap video to demonstrate sky-walking (some sort of a fun-walk in the air. For FUN)?

      2. Kodi iwe magufuli ukukwiya bwanji kodi bushiri ndi bambo wako kapena anakwatira mlongo wako zautsiru kukhalira mbava kumbuyo bwanji

  17. Born Tyson Thom,lived Bingu and died Daniel Phiri.Please tell us the truth about his real name and when he died for record purposes otherwise if am asked during exams or interviews I can miserably fail it

    1. Kkkkkk what kind of an interview would ask you about the date Bingu died? Koma AMalawi tikhaleko serious. 🤣🤣😂😂😚

  18. What is important Mr kazako at this point is to learn from his death, the personal doctor of the president should be fit and ready for duty at all times and have full first aid kit located around the president and accessible. We need to have our hospitals ready and capable to handle any emergencies and not referring cases abroad. Politically we need a VP who is capable to step in as president if the President is incapacitated. As for the dates it’s an open secret, we all know they tried to cover up. He died on the same day he collapsed. His personal doctor failed to perfom CPR in the window of opportunity. In other countries he should have been locked up. Professional negligence.

      1. Being raised a chinyau should not discourage you? You can still make it in life. Now stop picking mask names that resemble chinyau.

  19. Malawians don’t need such nonsense. We need development and a government that delivers. Leave the trivia alone, we have war brewing in Mozambique and have similar idle clowns that can easily be used by the Al Shabab types that we have been breeding like locusts all over the lakeshore.

  20. A Kazako, mukusankha kudzivula komanso kuvula boma la Tonse ndi a malawi onse pagulu bwanji? Are you sure you have no files that documented the death of Malawi’s former president? Why policosize even your own bedroom? Why didn’t you just keep quiet than let other nations know about our stupidity? I’m disappointed. Tikapusa this government is going back to DPP after flustrating malawians and misery will go on and on.
    The more I look at people like Kazako who seemingly were promising is the more I think about Malawi with deep grief and tears run down my cheeks for Malawi

  21. So this is what Malawians voted you into power for. As if his death rate will create a million jobs.

  22. Let me get the minister straight. Just because we do not know the date, then we should not celebrate Bingu’s life? Ngati musakufuna mukanangonena.

  23. Another time waster and a joker says he doesn’t know the actual date when Bingu died. I feel sorry for our country. This country is full of time wasters and jokers who cant even follow what’s in their own government set up.
    As a matter of fact the Joyce Banda administration set up a commission of enquiry to ascertain the date and all other info and here comes a time waster and joker saying he doesn’t know the date.
    Why cant he go and check the records from the commission of enquiry?

  24. It’s ok. Tidzaona enawonso akadzamwalira kuti zidzakhala bwanji. Akakhala a Kazako ndiye kuti ndi a muyaya sadzafa. Nchifukwa chake akulankhula motumbwa chonchi. But what I know is every one of us will die. I mean EVERYONE regardless of who they are. RIP Bingu. You will always be remembered. The works of your hands bear you witness not commemoration.

  25. THERE IS NO STORY HERE TO TELL. JUST TELL CHAKWERA THAT WE WILL KEEP TALKING ABOUT HIM WHETHER GOOD OR BAD. WE CAN’T BE INTIMIDATED BY ARREST AFTER EXPRESSING OUR CONCERNS

  26. The idiot dictator died of heart attack in Lilongwe and dead body shipped back and forth from South Africa by chinkhalamba ku Mangochi.

    1. Zinangovuta president anakayisitha malawi anali amene uja , had vision to change things lero anthu ngati mukudziwa bank ATM , ndizina zotero ndicifukwa cha mkulu uja i love if he ruled malawi for 20 years . ananabwera mocedwa

    1. For me I have even gotten tired with this way of writing. There is always a mistake and that continues to distort the history as expressed by Kazako.

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