Malawi gay man comes out: ‘Either kill gays or give us rights’

January 2, 2016 Nyasa Times Reporter 124 Comments

A Malawian man has come out in the hopes of triggering a response from the government on the issue of gay rights.

Eric Sambisa: Exasperated gay man demands rights for fellow LGBTI Malawians
Eric Sambisa: Exasperated gay man demands rights for fellow LGBTI Malawians

Eric Samisa, 26, told Times TV the situation for Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in the country had become untenable.

Malawi News also carried the story and quoted Samisa as saying: “The homophobic government should either kill and eliminate gays, or give them their rights.”

Sambisa was detained briefly by the police after his interview was published online and broadcast on TV. He has now gone into hiding.

Homosexuality is illegal in Malawi and attracts a prison sentence of 14 years. But government has suspended the law pending review on whether to decriminalise or not.

Sambisa told the weekly newspaper that the advent of social media has simplified the networking of gays in Malawi as they are able to find partners in private groups on Facebook and WhatsApp. He says he knows about 200 gays in Blantyre and about 20 lesbians.

They find mates among themselves, and Sambisa said they even have a secret church where a pastor comes to minister to them without the judgement of the traditional Christian church.

Sambisa and another gay man identified as Fortune, 35 also hailed a Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP) approach reaching out to one LGBTI member who in turn brings his friends, which allows for the organisation to target them with HIV and other interventions.

“We get training on the dangers of unprotected sex, we also get condoms and lubricants to use during sex from Cedep,” said Fortune as quoted by the paper..

Malawi requested for around K180 million from The Global Fund for Tuberculosis, Malaria and HIV and Aids to support activities such as testing, counselling and treatment, condoms and prevention of risky behaviour programs.

But Sambisa expressed fury at this request, saying Malawi government gets so much money in the name of the LGBTI community that actually never reaches them in any way.

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124 replies on “Malawi gay man comes out: ‘Either kill gays or give us rights’”

  1. Amfumu koma nde mwakamba mfundo zokhazokha. Let the fools go back to the monkeys they were before white man brought civilisation to Africa. The ungrateful bastards !!!

  2. If we have to kill gays coz it is against our culture,let us go back to our culture and stop women rights,close hospitals and use zitsamba,wear animal skins and get rid of suits,burn all cars and walk,criminalise white weddings,no watches,no guitars,fuck the pope,no toilet paper,no western food,no western education,no computers and get back to be the monkeys we were

  3. fuck dem all diz demonz mmene amakomera akazimu wina mkumachinda kuchimbudzi ndithu. don’t blame Msonda, he z a gunuine Malawian mkuluyu heavy

  4. Ndikubwera mu april, ndipo ndagula kale kakang’ono kwa gangsta winawake konkuno ku cape town: ndipo ndidzayendela shot 2 kill,take it seriously not a joke! Be Specificaly in Lilongwe, but unknown area.

  6. Come out you 200 men n 20 women n see what we are capable of and see how much we hate you and your foolish practice. By now you should know Malawians r not ready for you. Ma westerner anuwonso azayamika.

  8. Munthu wabwino bwino kumachindidwa ku mnyero.Mnene atsikana akukongolera masiku ano.Olo atati every man to have eight sitingawakwanitse.ndiye wina kumakowa manyi.mmmmhnyasi.

  9. Kukuphani ndi kukupatsani ufulu ife tasankha kuti ndibwino tikupheni. Bwerani poyera chifukwa mwakonzeka kale kuphedwa. Mubisaliranjinso ngati simuchita mantha ndi kuphedwa? Believe me we are serious we will kill you, wipe you all out of the face of mother Malawi. This is an exceptional case where a country will be blessed for killing not cursed.

  11. Of late we had a gay MP in Nyadani. But in most cases you note that something is always wrong with gays. It’s either they are into prostitution, or alcoholism or drugs. Something is really wrong.

  12. @ Tt I know you respect and worship satan….. all in all reverse the statement that christ was gay. That you are a misguided person is more evident here such that you cant even wait to display how empty minded you are on the social media. Which bible are you using? do you have a dictionary? use them if you do have.

    Just like your master satan I know you can not repent but note this if you miss heaven you cant miss hell…. Yahweh is watching and listerning.

  13. Government and donors will support you because of the anti christ and the new world order but we Malawians except dogs will not. Revelation 14 v 1-10. gay marriage is a teaching of the beast unfortunately even nations are drinking from this cup……. bible prophecy.

    signs of the times……… Revelation 2 v 7. he that hath an ear let him hear what the spirit saith unto the churches.. To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

  14. usually im a man who talks less, and I always avoid indulging myself in some foolish arguments like this concerning gays in Malawi. Im setting up my own radical grouping which aims at wiping out all gays in Malawi.We would rather fill this country with their blood rather than bearing the pain of discussing about them. America is already paying the price of this foolishness and I love my country.Stop talking kill them and God will bless u with long life.Malawi lets do it and cleanse the land

  15. May the good Lord help us. I strongly condemn the devil who has found his comment into this discussion.

  17. Tt, pliz don’t hide, show urself up n let’s see if u will see ur day. Anzako achina Thindwa samayenda, amangopanga phokoso thru the media. Funsa, amaopa chani? Yerekeza, kupanda nzeru, kumakuposa ndi nkhuku yomwe! Mbuzi!

  18. Jst kill them, we r tired of hearing these nonsense. We shld nt let the Holly spilit 2 run away 4rm us.

  19. koma munkhalula, Gays are here to stay! if very influential enlightened rational thinking people and governments have realized that its a human rights issue, then what more with you? Living in a backward country , where the illiteracy rate is equivalent to that of bamboos! guys justifying your homophobia by employing ancient superstitious nonsense from the bible (a very stupid book, by the way! Written, obviously by ignorant fools, who could not even come to conclusion that eating your shit can make you sick, and NOT any god). These are the kicks of a dying horse, pray until you bleed Christians! You fairytale circumcised jewish idiot wont come or say anything , coz he was never real and will always be in your stupid imagination. Gays are real coz sexual orientation is diverse just like race, hair colour etc! YOU WILL NEVER WIN, NEVER! All your arguments are immature and nonsense, so if you hate gays swallow the bitter pill my friend or commit suicide and join your idiotic god, after all that’s where you would rather be not so? this world is just a stage!

    1. But are you normal? Are you sure you mean what you are saying? May God forgive you, you realy dont know what you are talking about

  21. The best way we Malawians can do is to kill who so ever come in the open supporting same sex marriages. To hell with donor support if this is a condition – its dirty money.

    Lets take the law in our hands guys. The media should stopped covering such nuisance or lets deal with them now and not later. Lets torch such media houses. Do not take us for a ride or …………

  24. This person is rude and overstepping. How can he say government should just kill them. Is it because he is coming from beer drinking or because of Bank Moon.

    Next year these people ask will government to start marrying animals like dogs, pigs and chickens.

    The name Eric and face on the picture you would think he is a man but it be he is a wife at home.

    Do these guys conceive and survive nine months of pregnancy.
    Please, can someone tell me how they give birth to their children.

  28. Just go hang yourself, don’t give people the job of killing you! That’s what you deserve! There is no place for people like you in the Malawi society, with or without human rights. Malawi as a country is struggling to live up to the God-fearing nation mantra because of the many ills that people are engaging in, most of which beggars belief even, BUT to say a whole nation has to bend over backwards to accommodate gays and lesbians, that’s a definite ‘NO!’ I say to hell with human rights for gays! Go find somewhere else to live.

  30. Mathanyula ndi ufiti/Ugalu komanso kukanatheka kuti amanu ndi atate anu ankatero::hop inuyo kunalibe…..

  33. You have been used so that they can achieve their needs bt Almighty has a whip for what your doing ,how can you take a role of a woman my brother ?

  34. we already know that there are gays worldwide. give them their rights and let’s see if they are going to reproduce gays in their union.

  35. That is a sin at the highest level.Moses was instructed to kill them so is God killed them Himself in sodom and Gomorrah.

  36. This man is a fuckin’ dog, theres nothing to smile about, he must thank his mum and father to be what he is, a brainless idiot.

  38. We hate gays because the thought of it is disgusting. We are living with a lot of sin in our midst that the bible clearly forbids. You tell me Malawi is a God fearing nation I will say no. You tell me we are a christian country I say no. I have traveled to several countries, there is so much evil in Malawi happening much because of poverty. Prostitutes are everywhere, thieves everywhere, homosexuals ndiye ndi awa tikuwawonawa

  39. Chibwana Mulungu Azwhakulangani Kupanda Bambo Ako Kukwatila Mai Ako Ukanabadwa Bwanji Samagonana Ndi Mamuna Mzawo Komanso Adamu Atapempha God Ocheza Nawo Bwanji Sanapange Mamuna Zitengeni Bwino Ndalamazo

  46. All humans right whose foundation is not the Word of God are from the enemy, the Devil and are detastable in the eyes of your Father in heaven. Exercise them and God will not let you go unpunished.

  51. Akaphedwa,the God fearing nation will go on its knees praying and praising their god killing the gays and all shall enter heaven for they are rid of the one sin that was spoiling their chance of going to heaven.

  52. Read Prof Moto article on mathanyula” It is not Malawian, Inu mbuzi zo panda kuwerenga don’t comment on social media, ede I

  54. Why is everyone concluding that atumidwa or apatsidwa ndalama each time a gay/lesbian declares their orientation in Malawi? Are your brains so thick? This gay thing has existed in Malawi since time immemorial that is why we even have vocabulary for it. Let us respect people’s choices and learn to mind our own business! If someone chooses or is born gay or whatever it is, why is that my business? Government should give these people their space as long as the f**k each other in private. I’m appalled that some people are bent on harming these gays? What for? Are we that barbaric and primitive? Use your energies for meaningful causes. Malawi has just too many problems and we don’t need to waste time with gays. Ignore them and let them be!

  55. The hatred and comments are not only shocking but also unChristian. Those of you who are quoting the Bible are forgetting that the same Bible says “Love thy neighbour as thou lovest thyself”. There is no greater law than this!! What did Jesus say in John 7:53 to 8-11? when a prostitute was brought before him? He said “Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a first stone at her”. Was she stoned as per law of Moses? No!! The old testament is a reference and the new covenant is based on what Jesus taught; “Love”. Let God be the judge as all will be judged.The people who sleep with underage girls are the ones to be locked up for life and nobody has been murdered for doing such despicable things to our future mothers? Hypocrisy at its worst.

    This subject will test Malawians’ hypocrisy on what constitutes a sin in biblical terms and what is a human right as provided by the constitution and other rights conventions to which Malawi is a signatory. It also shows lack of understanding of what the bible teaches and more so exposes the real Malawian state of mind; poisoned by hatred and lack of objectivity. No wonder we are a backward country in every aspect of life.

    Some of the intolerant language being paroded on this forum are bordering on hate crime and I am sure those of you who advocate “kill, kill” know that you will end up in jail for the rest of your lives if indeed you have the balls to carry out such a crime.

    Leave people who want to love each other in a different way do so as long as they do not interfere with my rights too. Diversity is what makes this world an interesting place. You will not stop this!! Let our leaders open our eyes and stand up for minorities! It’s a right thing to do!!

  56. Malawians lets start uzimba on gays and lesbians hunt them down with utas and any lethal wepons or put tarmec on their food
    anthu anyasi amenewa.The media if you have
    Pictures of them please show us.We are going
    to finish them with MAU MAU style

  57. Kwatsalaku tidzanena kuti akuba alindi ufulu wawo okuba chifukwa ku wakaniza ndikuwapheransso ufulu wawo. Ma hule alindiufulu opanga uhule sitchimo. even kutsogoloku tidzamva kuti kukwatirana pa chibale vuto palibe aliyense alindi ufulu wake. When man/woman loses the sense of sin, everything is seen as good.

  58. Why should we officially legalise homo? Did we officially legalise sex between man and woman as government? Osamangochindana silently bwanji? What’s so special about gay and their sisters lesbians? Go fuck quietly eyaaa…

  59. Muphedwadi muona ngati mukuyesa masewera. Sitikusiyani agalu inu. Just come out of your hiding and face the reality of what Malawians are thinking of to do with you Mbuzi za a anthu inu. To hell with CEDEP, to hell with Ban Ki Moon and to hell with Timothy Mtambo’s organisation.

  60. The Western world never cease to amaze me! As late as 1950s it was illegal to be gay in Europe and now 50 years later they want everyone to follow them in legalizing homosexuality! More especially Africa, tge whipping boy has to follow the Imperilaiist commands! For interest sake, why not tell China to legalize homosexuality? Why is the West always targetting us as experimental models for testing its values? Has it ever occurred to Western capitals that just as they took time(decades or centuries) to stop seeing homosexuality.as evil Africa may need time too to stop reading the Bible and see evil as good? For all we know Western Politicians dont go to Church, and they dont care about God. African politicians may be corrupt but they are serving an electorate that still believes in the Bible and Roman 1verses 24 to 32 states it clearly on how God views homosexuality!

  61. The fact we have a word in Chichewa for Gay…Mathanyula. It means this practice exists so stop being stupid and legalise this once and for all. Kwanva amangwetu?

  62. Kodi iyeyu ali mkati mwa mpanda kapena kunja kwa mpanda? Watumidwa tu uyu. Azungu ndi ozunza

  63. Tachiwoneni papikichalapo mutu ngati chiphwala
    chambuzi.These people don’t deserve to be on
    planet earth.kill them with axes or knifes if you catch and bath them in sewage.

  68. All people who practice this are member of Satanist, as the word say in book of Romans 1: 27. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relation with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. Samalira m’bale chimene ukuchitai.

  70. To all the Christians, why are you so homophobic? I really want to hit back! Kodi, how come you hate gays yet you love jesus? Let’s be honest, has it ever crossed your mind how gay jesus was? Let look at his life: an unmarried Jewish rabbi, who never had a heterosexual encounter, he was surrounded by men (12 of them), men whom he loved very much. Furthermore, the son of Man, on his last night before the arrest HE spent it with a naked youth (naked young man) what was jesus doing all night with a naked young man! You guys (Christians) you need to come clean, your saviour was definitely a homosexual, so don’t be hypocrites!!

  71. Demoncrancy. Chifukwa chake mzungu wakoyo sapeleka ndalama ku dpt of agriculture koma ku cedep. Short hair short brain. Udid not vote to born in Malawi and God did not campain for u to born in Malawi. Therefore choose one thing to remain in Malawi and comply with constitn of Malawi. Or else sukudziwa dzinalako lomwe. And ukufuna kunena dza ufulu ndi chanitso? Kodi ndekuti mumakodwa lumachita promote white person’s ideas? Chifukwa chake muli mbuuu. Pof

  73. I thnks the best at this time is to kill one Dog so that the least must learn a lesson we dnt wnt this nonsense in our country let’s kill them for sure if we see them let’s take them to a hide place n show them

  75. Iwe ngati CEDEP ikukupatsani ma rubbricants-yo yakutuma ikupweteketsa wanva
    Malawians repeatedly speaks that there won’t be any rights given to Gays in this country
    we would rather eliminate you ,and if you’re ready to be eliminated come out of hiding,sfebe se ndoda

  76. This man is outside his mind! Let him go to hell with his nonsense!
    How sweet to teach a woman characterised by her soft bodies. You feel as if you are in New York whilst you are in Malawi. Additionally, admiring her breast, hips, legs Eish! So this man is mad totally to call for Govt to kill him.

  79. Wazidya ndalama za azungu. I can offer to buy you a free air ticket to Saudi Arabia plus one month living expenses, for you to go and make similar statements on television or newspaper. Then I will believe what you and everybody else, including Ban Ki Moon say.

  80. Look at you self! Siungazinvere chisoni? omwe akutumawo akupweteketsa mphwanga nyengo yake siino zauchitsilu ife tikukana

  81. my fellow malawians, let us kill these dogs where ever we find them, let us show the Americans and the Europeans that we are serious when we say that we do not want gayism in Malawi

  82. Homosexuality is a sin.if you guys call youselves christians which bible do you use?you are even lucky they imprison but look at how God punished yourr ancestors in the bible?Think again!we are concieved through the vagina and born through the same.Not the other way around.its a sickness that needs devine intervation.

  83. What rights exactly do they want. Preferencial treatment. Ndiye bola ife tikubeleka anafe tidzilandira preference osati a gojo in opanda pake

  88. See now each day is becoming worse with this news of inhuman act.Rest we must know that it is sin before God that if insist then we are doomed and deserves stiff punishment.

  93. I cannot even imagine how the sex talked about by Sambisa above is done. I cannot even compare the enjoyment I get when I do it with my woman. But these people mean no harm to anyone; and it’s just their choice. We cannot all have one choice. Can govt please give these Malawians their liberties! I have my woman, but they have their fellow men – how does this wrong anyone?

  94. YOU THINKS MALAWIANS CAN TOLARATE YOUR ACTS, WAIT AND SEE THE REACTION !!!! ASK YOUR FRIENDS IN SOWETO WHERE THE COUNTRY HAS A LAW, THEY ARE KILLED EVERYTIME THEY COME OUT IN THE OPEN.

  96. Be glad you can not meet me. The moment you tell me you are a malawian and say to me that you are that shit, that may be the time you were destined to die.

  98. ‘God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for which is unnatural, and in same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving intheir own persons the due penalty of their error’ (Romans 1: 26, 27).
    Fulfilment of Biblical prophesies.

  100. ‘God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for which is unnatural, and in same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving intheir own persons the due penalty of their error’ (Romans 1: 26, 27).

  101. Leviticus 18:23!! By the way is it Sambisa or Samisa… That said no one in Malawi wants to kill gays. All we are say is no to legalization of gay practice in Malawi. This position is supported by Section 22 of our constitution which is also supported by Section 14 of the Marriage Divorce and Family Relations Act!!! Period.

  102. Ma Gay a Gift Trapence having good fun with a beer in hand which is which everybody knows they can not do the sinful acts without taking drugs and veer….The lublicants or condoms being mentioned are so expensive that Malawi will not be able to sustain when Gift Trapence and Timothy Mtambo runs out of steam as Undule is now…. Let’s take a leaf from Kenyan President Uhulu Kenyatta said to US President Obama that Africans are not ready they might in future but not now Wise Words let’s not do for money which cannot even help us…Let’s warn our cashgate officers in Ministry of health on HIV programs for always accepting anything for their own benefit we know that …..MoH Minister look at this with open eyes you be shocked with some of your officers so corrupt they want all to believe that HIV is on Gays and Lesbians a total lie…it starts from within the officials because they want GAY and lesbian hidden funds because they know it will take time for Malawi to legalise rthis norm so sad…no they are busy recruiting our sons and daughters in the company of gift Trapence, Timothy Mtambo and some corrupt ministry officials in the name of protecting gays from HIV…I rest my case let’s watch these things with keen interest…

  105. Government is now paying for mistakes of using the funds in the name of Gays. But you must not ignore the voice of the church which is the voice of God, TRADE CAREFULLY or you will surely continue to sink. Next time before yo attempt risky decisions listen to the voice of God.
    As CEDEP and gays it is now a full campaign well sponsored to dilute the word of God and lead this nation to moral decay. All Malawians must stand up and demand one voice either by referendum or otherwise. Trusting one man like a minister of Justice is living dangerously

  108. gay wa pint? mumamwanso mowa anthu inu? i thought you just like cooking, flowers decorations etc etc

  109. O………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….O…………………………………………………………………………………….O
    Give us rights or kill us? What kind of death do you need, young man?
    . . . You are holding a bottle of beer and look like a perpetual drunkard hence useless . . .
    . . . Your face tells us that in the gay encounters, you are the one who is usually browsed
    . . . Your mind sounds empty n uneducated as you reveal how CEDEP lubricates you . . .
    . . . You look young and yet to start living . . .
    Cant you see that you are killed already and are just waiting to die? And it is sooner than later?
    …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
    If you are tired of the useless gay life you are living, ife zisatikhudze coz we are not yet tired of the purposeful straight life we are living.
    Alternatively, why wont you just hang yourself, instead of asking someone to kill you?; and have your useless gay blood in their hands?
    Life is precious be it of a dog = gay, or whoever.
    Rediscover yourself coz you seem lost beyond redemption! Useless gay=dog!
    O………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….O…………………………………………………………………………………O

  114. if guys given death penalty you will not hear or see a gay in Malawi, these people are murderers they waste the generations by sleeping with same sex partners stopping generation. why should we allow them. we must kill them they are no better than murderers

  115. There are no homosexuals in Malawi. What we have here are staged cases of homosexuality. Of course the actors in these staged cases have different goals from that of their pay masters. This is the naked truth.

  117. It is unfortunate listen to what God has to say and not where you received your money. Sambisa please do not be fooled seek the truth Jesus and not comforted with the funding that comes with abomination. Am concerned you are deceived

  118. kkk, so you also have sex in such marriages? I thought you don’t!

    Hence my stand stands still: We better kill all of you for the act is horrible, inhuman, Ungodly and immoral, not befitting Malawian culture!

  121. MY FELLOW MALAWIANS, ANTHU A MATHANYULA AKUTIONJEZA. AKANAKHALA KUTI DAMA LAWOLO AKUMAPANGIRA KUSELI KWA OKHA IFE BWENZI TIKUTI TILIBE NAZO NTCHITO KOMA ZIKUONEKA NGATI AKUFUNA KUPANGA PROMOTE UMATHANYULA M’MALAWI MUNO POMAKISANA MASANA PAGULU LA WANTHU DZUWA LIKUSWA MTENGO.

    INE NDIKUTI, ACHONCHO ANGOSOWA BASI MOMWE MUJA TIMACHITIRA TIKAGWIRA ANTHU AKUBA. TIYENI TISASIYILE BOMA NKHANIYI CHIFUKWA A BOMA AKUPANGA ZINTHU ZOFUNA KUSANGALATSA AZUNGU.

    AMWALIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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