Malawi Police arrest traditional doctor over murder: Gave man deadly concoction to quit alcohol

A 47-year-old man has died in Chikwawa district after taking medicinal concoction to quit alcohol, police have confirmed.

Manjolo: Traditional doctor  slapped with murder charge
Manjolo: Traditional doctor slapped with murder charge

Police, meanwhile, have arrested traditional doctor, Flora Diston for alleged murder after giving Kenasoni Salabeni a lethal concoction that eventually killed him.

National police Public Relations Officer, Rhoda Manjolo told Nyasa Times that Diston will be charged with murder contrary to Section 209 of the Penal Code.

According to Manjolo, on Wednesday Salabeni, a habitual drunkard, approached Diston to help him quit alcohol and was given a lethal herbal mixture.

”The deceased fell sick after taking the concoction and he later on died. The body has been sent to College of Medicine for postmoterm,” explained Manjolo.

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32 replies on “Malawi Police arrest traditional doctor over murder: Gave man deadly concoction to quit alcohol”

  1. why should one get a concotion for alcohol addiction?its not own,he probably wentthere for drugs to kill himself. Serious;y, a person can stop alcohl in just minutes nt mpaka mankhwala.

  2. Murder.? Thats too much. Wait for postmoterm results before you make such decisions. I hooe police will do the same with hospital personnel when ever there is a similar case

  3. Nothing like murder here. To prove it was not murder, let the suspect take the same concoction at a high dose. if she dies, then she gets what she wanted.

  4. much needs to be done .Legislations ,very clear ones, to protect these scenariors from taking place

  5. What happens when a petient goes to the hospital, he is given medicine and it does not work the petient then dies. Do you charge the hospital officers with Muder case? Did the deseased followed the right dosege because even asprin if you take an overdose it kills.

  6. Govt should make plans(my opinion)to standardise alcohol volumes of the locally distilled kachaso through MBS so as to contain such cases,believe you me coz I’m a prospect victim of the story in question.Mitundu ina ya mowa cannot call for one to hunt for mankhwala just like the deceased bro{may his soul rest in peace}

  7. Kodi wolakwa ndan? He wanted kusiya mowa, now is done. Ndiye u r arresting someone 4 assisting him to stop alcohol, shame on u! Mkulu adapeza kadona ka chisilam ,so amafuna kuleka bibida. Rip.

  8. How sure are u dat he died of local herb ingestion??? what if he had an empty stomach n collapsed due to hypoglycaemia??? lets await postmortem results

  9. Mr Aninoni Masi why can’t you resort to Satchets?You will still get plastered like nobody’s business until the economy gets to normality.

  10. The departed may have not been specific to the witch doctor how he wanted to quit drinking. Coz 6ft under is just another way to quit drinking

  11. Is the picture that of manjolo or not. Rhoda is beautiful please use her nice pictures not this obe

  12. Did he die coz of the medicine or coz of too much beer? Not very clear the witchj doctor may be acquitted we need much scientific evedence to the cause of death

  13. The knowledge of our traditional medicines is scanty at best; and this is dangerous when you have herbalists peddling their goods like we can actually rely on them. There are, out there, real pharmaceuticals that work (not 100%), but they are very expensive.
    We have no real knowledge of therapeutic indices of our herbs. And worse, we do not even knowledge the basic pharmacology. Herbalists should be aware of the limits of their; to avoid dire consequences like this one. Leave some of the practices to people in the know,; those with real scientific knowledge of pharmacy.

  14. Yes, the Traditional Doctor has been arrested but his medicine has still worked? His client will no long drink alcohol for ever! he has indeed quit drinking for ever………coz he is dead.

  15. I used to drink like fu@k until when Mutharika came to power and money started to be a problem and now am always sober. Thank you Pro. Mutharika for saving my life, money is so tight at the moment.

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