Malawi tells UN no to homosexuality

September 25, 2015 Owen Khamula - Nyasa Times 129 Comments

Malawi government has vehemently rejected a push by the UN human rights council to legalise same sex relationships and abolish death penalty in Malawi.

Soliciter General Dr Janet Banda: Its a NO, NO to same sex in Malawi
Soliciter General Dr Janet Banda: Its a NO, NO to same sex in Malawi

Secretary for Justice and Solicitor General Jane Chikaya Banda confirmed the government’s stance on the matter.

Banda said legalising same sex would be against the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi and values of Malawians.

The US and its European allies are pushing Third World countries to legalise same sex marriages and respect rights of the minority groups who include gays and lesbians.

However, this is the first time the government has told the UN off on same sex marriages.

The UN secretary general Ban Ki Moon came to Malawi to secure the release of a gay couple after they were arrested during the Bingu wa Mutharuka regime.

On the death penalty, no one in Malawi has been executed since the dawn of multiparty in 1994 when Bakili Muluzi came to power as most death sentences have been committed to life sentence though the government has resisted to abolish the death penalty altogether.

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129 replies on “Malawi tells UN no to homosexuality”

  1. Latter days we words of God will b changed as a reason satan to conquire many!Be vigillant enough and pray harder God will assist us all!Loard healp as to escape from satan’s trap.Amen

  2. TT ur just another headless chicken.u say ur not gay so what are u supporting it.if u think its fashion and then devorce ur wife and searce for ur fellow guy
    .phala leni leni.mind you its the whites who brought us the Bible that says no to gay and this time around they are opposing the same thing they broght to us.so what exactly to follow.if chickens,goats,dogs,cows are not going gay,why a human being?satanic influence.

  3. No. 122, I case you and anything with you. I declare death on you for your deliberately misstalking of that name. That god your saying is satan, devil, no. looser. The God that Malawians and all born agains, Christians worship is Jehova, Yahwe, God!

  4. Our leaders u hav shown that u love ur nation and its culture that is above everything.keepit up, may God continue giving u wisdom to be different from the wants of this crazy world.

  6. Swedish, that is a very non-sensical position! You know all too well that there is more to the disparities between Malawi and Sweden than the idiotic argument that the former is God-fearing and the latter, not. When the European powers came to Africa, they brought their religion with the argument that Africa (and by inclusion, Malawi) was backward because it had not embraced Christianity. Europe, including your Sweden, were in the fervent of Christian revival back then. Today, of course, the tables have been turned around – Malawi is religious and the European nations are not. Our religiosity has nothing to do with our backwardness, we are just unfortunate. Becareful what you say after tasting the goodness of other people’s cultures. Don’t denigrate your own for the sake of stupidity.

  7. In Sweden less <4% are god fearing, same sex marriage was made legal in 1944, our social demographic data is by far much better than most countries, with an infant mortality rate of 2.6 deaths/1000 live births.
    Malawi is a god fearing country, with lots of religious people, praying everyday and pastors everywhere. Same sex unions are regarded as unholy according to religious Scripture. The country is god fearing. Yet it's social and demographic parameters are among the worst on earth, with an infant mortality rate of 54/1000 live births. Can someone explain to me why an all loving and wise god would treat such a population in this manner and allow non religious countries like Sweden to enjoy life? If prayers and good deeds need to be rewarded why does god mot clearly show this to his loyal followers? Malawians the answer is simple, the god you have in your head is the work of fiction! If he was real, things would have been very obvious! And please don't give me the nonsense that your rewards are in the next life…

  8. Kudos Malawians.Now you are talking.At times,we must stand for our values not through money,but through our beliefs and our cherished ideals.Sodomy is a curse and a shameful crime against our supreme being who had been our guide through thin and thick.Africans have never exported their traditions to the white people,why then ,must they impose their signful way of life on us.Once again,Kudos my brothers and sisters Malawians in diaspora are proud of you.ALUTA CONTINUA,VENCEREMOS ( THE STRUGGLE CONTNUES).

  11. If the reason for a NO on gay relationships is God fearing, then lets all (the rulling and the ruled) behave as indeed God fearing. Not the existing hypocrisy

  13. I am not gay but I don’t hate any gay person, that’s what we humans do, never hate or discriminate anyone for what they are. How about you? Would you hate jesus if he was gay? Lots of heterosexuals couples have anal sex, is a penis inside a man’s anus any different from penis inside a woman’s anus? Please don’t give us this nonsense that homosexuality is a western thigh, any human culture has it, from America to Zambia. It’s nature. Your imaginary friends aka jesus and his dad are so stupid and next time to bend your knees please tell your crazy father that!

  15. Well Done Malawi!!
    This is the reason why we voted for DPP and Peter!!
    Who cares if we don’t have power.
    Who cares if we don’t have water.
    Who cares if we have politcians robbing the country of every penny that it has.
    Who cares if our economy is getting worse and worse by the day….

    WE DON’T!!!

    All we really care about is that fact that we are afraid the WEST will turn us into gays.
    We are so scared about this that we are willing to stay as the poorest country on earth as long as we can say that we are god fearing (whilst all of us have affairs and spread HIV everyday)…

    I am so proud to be a Malawian living at the bottom of the barrell!!

  18. TT so you call this rational thinking. You have goofed. We cannot defend God but He is going toreveal hhimself to you b4 the end of this year. U r going to see what he’ll is if you don’t repent.He came to seek and save. We’re better off believing than not believing and think like a chicken.

  19. Why practice same sex if the creator made a pair of us? Surely these people must be stoned to death. anaona agulu or mbuzi zikuchita same sex? where have they copied these acts from?

  20. Mr or Mrs TT, we clearly know u are gay. Ur comment clearly shows u think from behind, ua fuked from behind u fuk behind of fellow poor down stairs man. Probably ur brain iz also behind. Ua forgiven coz its not ur choice to be lame. But dont try to convince Malawi thru ur lame perspective of the bible, that fuking z meant to be men for men. Total mental lameness! Kkkkk

  21. no no no that is not fair, gayz nd lesbianz its for tumbukaz so why cant u leave them kuti azikwatirana okhaokha mwina ma northernas ndikubelekako makaladi plz..

  22. TT tikupepeseni inuyo coz ndinu openga opanda nzeru komanso omvetsa chisoni, ngati munapitako ku xul zikanakhala bwino mukanapanda kudziwa ngakhale aeiou.
    May God forgive and have mercy on you!!!!!

  23. Even a dog knows who’s a beach…..(animals)
    We do not need homosexual or lesbians if you are one in Malawi ,do it at your own time and hidden from the public…imagine I having to explain to my 4 year old daughter why two men are kissing in public..

  24. The US must sign to and ratify the many climate change conventions and protocols, then we can begin to accept advice on issues as this. The Malawian community is strongly against this, and it is unconstitutional and undemocratic to force it down the peoples’ throats.

  25. What the West want is Malawi to amend our Constitution to legalise the ostensibly unnatural form of sex. The reason for saying NO to this demand from the West is that same sex is uncultural and legalizing it will improve nothing in the well being of Malawi healthwise, development wise, socially and economically. It will merely lead to an improvement in the human rights index rating and exposing gays to more stigma and discrimination and abuse. I cannot deny that gays exist but they will be in more danger if they come in the open. Yes we may be accused to be resisting change but really there is nothing modern about homosexuality.

  26. Do not try to follow the European people,we are Africa leave Africa to be Africa,Malawi Neva change the decision we are one and unity.

  27. Madam, ndakunyadirani. This is the most wonderful thing this Government has done. Sizomangoti azungu akuti. Azungu andituma. We are all equals before God ndie tikuenera nafe kutsata maganizo athu polemekeza Mulungu mu chilengedwe chake. Malawi has spoken. Inu amene mwadya ndalama za azungu pofuna kulimbikitsa nyasizi, ingodyani mwakachetechete musabowe mtundu wa a Malawi. God is watching. Mukasokeretsa ana ake mukanthidwa ndithu. Watsala ndi iwe ukulimbikitsa ufitiwe. Bel’ve me your time is over. Please lapa ndikukhulupilira Mulungu. Tembenuka mtima kuti ukhale ndi moyo. Moyo wake tsono, wokhalitsa. Viva Malawi!

  28. Bravo Malawi government it’s better to be poor than to be a cursed nation. Why the UN doesn’t force the Arab countries to do that???????? They know that they can’t bow down to their useless & senseless demands. Malawians don’t need same sex inorder to prosper. To hell with their satanic demands. Lord be merciful to us. I’m proud to be a Malawian now after this.

  29. Bravo Malawi government it’s better to be poor than to be a cursed nation. Why the UN doesn’t force the Arab countries to do that???????? They know that they can’t bow down to their useless & senseless demands. Malawians don’t need same sex inorder to prosper. To hell with their satanic demands. Lord be merciful to us.

  31. My thanx goes to Jane for teling this idiots reality.They should do those evil with there idiots frinds country NOT AS

  33. I don’t subscribe to the whole idea of gay rights in Malawi. It appears to me that gays are aliens just like what one party has put. To hell with gay rights. Remember, this is Malawi, a God-fearing nation, a country with morals. I declare such rights unGodly and should be stopped forthwith.

  34. That is fine.I have some gay video clips I can circulate for you to see how disgusting it is a man fucking another man!And you compare a man and woman fucking each other.Very big difference and you will easily tell which one is natural.Gays are sick and they require treatment not promotion of such sickening act.emails or website I can upload.Please enjoy this man-woman sex.Chapter closed.Whats next?577 bilion,Bakili Muluzi,cashgate cases ,APM impeachment now!WE

  35. Using religion to justify hatred is disgusting and reveals how hypocritical religious people, especially Christians are. Why cherry pick things in leviticus to fit your agenda. Look malawians (Africans) these so called books ( bibles etc) that were brought to your ignorant ancestors ( who thought a magnifying glass was a miracle and traded land for it) are really fantasy books, books written by ignorant men with a limited view of the real world. We, westerners, no longer believe in them! You are wasting your time believing in some fairytale, please start thinking rationally about issues, homosexuals are humans too. Just like black people are humans too. We humans have moved on, we use evidence Not Scripture. Your continent has many problems needing to be solved but one thing for sure is trying to please some nonexistent character living in the sky won’t solve anything. Please Africans minds you need to mature, only children believe in santa clause.

  36. If the Americans snd europeans will not give us aid our Chinese Japanese and indian plus Russians friends will give us more than we want

  39. We respect the west but on this acceptance of homosexual in their countries definitely you have goofed and shameful,
    What’s wrong with you people, Sometimes you really think like monkeys because this is not normal. Do you read Bible ? We can even see dogs thinking is beyond a human being when it comes to this debate. Animals chooses it’s partner and you ?????? Be ashamed.
    Please stop forcing African countries on this silly issue

  42. I live in Toronto but trust me… These westerners are animals. We can’t allow such inhumane acts into our land. My God..!

  43. What is this country you call America?Is it God or it created the earth and people who live in it?No it is God who created the world and people.Therefore let us not follow this nation.

  44. Homosexuality is a sign that promiscuity between men and women has reached stinking levels.Neither does God approve wanton sex between men and women.You homosexuality it is like you feel the smoke and smell of ndiwo zikuphyelra.Do not hate the smoke or smell but the burning fire.The big issue here is adultery and fornication.We all must stop it and cry for forgiveness.Mathanyula will also go.We cannot allow mathanyula to be done publicly/LET THOSE WHO DO IT HIDE.JESUS IS COMING AGAIN.

  45. Religion and culture has no chance against rational thinking and scientific evidence, humans made up gods in their own image and the laws of biology makes other gays, these are the facts people! Now coming back to the these religious fanatics: if jesus was real and the bible is real, then you have yo accept that the evidence we have in your holy books strongly suggests that your prince of peace aka jesus was a closeted homosexual based of these facts: an unmarried 30 something year old rabbi 2000 years ago is pretty rare given the life expectancy and culture in those years. The “holy Dude” was always surrounded by 12 men, whom he loved very much, before he was betrayed by judas in the garden on his last night as a free man jesus spend the night with a NAKED young man with just a loin cloth! What we’re they doing? These are all feature s that this guy was gay gay and gay. I think that’s why your bigoted Christian are so homophobic, your saviour was getting in from behind! Pepani

  49. She’s speaking as a religious zealot and traditionalists rather than an intellectual. Typical of Malawian civil servants. They throw professionalism to the dogs to please the homophobic majority. Is this what you went to New York for? Waste of tax payers forex!

  50. same sex marriages are good to some individuals 4 good reasons for instance{1} no marriage breaking for no child{2}population will not increase alarmly{3}after life on earth they will face GOD in heaven{4}they will answer that they were born infertile

  51. Anthu ena akulemba kuti ma Gays azafa imfa yowawa, akagwere uko…choncho chonco (etc). And that Malawi is a God fearing nation.
    This seems to be inconsistent with the behavior of most of us. Obvious exhibits: the high levels of sexual molestation; the high levels of sexual exploitation of underage girls; … of theft (not just petty theft); …of corruption in general; …of dishonesty even at work; … of misogyny.
    People think fearing God is synonymous with regular attendance of church, mosque or synagogue! Pretty shallow, I must say.
    There is nothing that LGBT practice that is unAfrican or “anti Black” as others suggest.
    It’s all about human rights. And that train can’t be stopped … it will eventually get here.

  53. No donations no problem we will go through these after sometime but the stand taken by my government is 100% commendable by 98% of Malawians.In Democracy they follow a certain system called MAJORITY RULE and this allows Malawians to throw aside those that practice an unGodly practice called homosexuality.

  54. In fact even here in the US homosexuality is still divisive. Just a couple of weeks ago a clerk refused to issue a marriage certificate to a gay couple. The clerk was arrest but in no time she was released from jail after massive protests. So no one has mandate whatsoever to shove it down the throat of Malawians. Homosexuality, eve without making reference to ones religious beliefs, is to say the least, UNNATURAL and is a threat to the very society basic unit, marriage. It stinks like a rotten rat if not egg. The proponents of it do it for personal monetary gain and not societal survival.

  55. Nganganga ndi yesu mzungu afune kaya asafune keep ur money mzungu but I will be happy if I see u change ur way plez jesus is coming! Malawi home heart of africa!

  57. Mind you even in USA a majority dont accept homo it had to take the supreme court to force it on Americans. The problem with homo is that 98% of western leaders are gay so they will eventually force us if we are not careful. Am told that in UK dogs are now practicing homo kikiki mabvuto kwambiri. Next on the line is paedophilia which am sure will soon become legal in the west. Lets just say……

  58. mukamva umve ndiye umene bible linalosera kale zaizi tiye tikhale okonzeka basi kuti tidzapeze chipukumutso titatha kudutsa njirayi

  63. comment still loading………………….. koma achewa inu! aaaaaakodi chini simukuziwona?or mbolozo anthu alibe azika chindana okha okha.fuck you all people from c en s of malawi.

  65. I COULD HAVE NOT BEEN BORN IF MY MOTHER WAS A LESIBIAN AND MY FATHER WAS A GAY. KEEP YOUR MONEY AND WE SHALL KEEP OUR CULTURE AND VALUES. DO NOT GIVE US AID WITH CONDITIONS. THAT IS NOT AID. THE BRITS BROUGHT THE LAW AND THE SAME BRITS CHANGED IT. WHAT A BLOODY HELLO!! CHINA DOES NOT DO THAT. KWACHAAAA!!!! KWACHAAAAA! NTENDELEEEEEEEEEE. WHERE EVER KAMUZU BANDA IS I AM SURE MULUNGU WAMUPHELA KHUKU.

  66. They say hardliners die hard but change still happens. You Jane Banda will die had but the change that you are resisting will take place whether you like it or not. Remember there were people who stood on the podium like you castigating advocates of multi party politics not too long ago. Is Malawi not having many parties now?

  67. This is rediculous Ndakondwa poti mwakanadi US is evil and imean it damn tell them we dont need their blood money evil money What a beast!! the Bible was right

  70. Ms Banda- yes it is against the constitution to practise homosexuality in Malawi but not to “legalise homosexuality”!!! what kind of daft lawyers are running Malawi Judiciary? Legalizing homosexuality would require you to change the constitution of Malawi by amendmen in Parliament thus making it legal- simple Understood madam?? Simple logic!! How would legalizing homosexuality be against the constitution??? really?? under what charter???i don’t cate about this homo issue but but this lack of rationality is embarrassing us Malawians internationally!! we are a big joke!!! Just say it is against our cultural practices and social reality-period. case closed.

  71. 80 % of Malawian married men accept that they have at least once in their marriage, fucked their wives the mathanyula way, which is exactly the same way that gay men fuck each other. And they also accept that they enjoyed mathanyula more becoz it felt tighter than the usual pussy.

    What I don’t personally understand is why should people be bothered with other people’s private life. If two men love each other and they fuck each other in their own bedroom, why should that be an issue to others?

  72. This is good. Don’t let the whites tell us what to do. Afrie people says nothing to them, even if we say anything they refuse to follow. Let African be for African people. Let’s enjoy it and control it. If all African Leaders can be like Robert Mugabe, then our Continent will be respected. Thank you for refusing nosence things.

  74. No homosexual legality no donations, but for I am with your decision 100% its a best one

  76. zimafunika choncho , kumalimba mtima osamangoti mzungu akati idyani dothe ife kumangodya osaletsa kuti dothi sadya.Big UP DR JANET BANDA.

  83. The Government of Malawi (deliberately) and journalists (ignorantly) confuse this issue: There is absolutely no one who is pushing 3rd world countries to adopt same sex MARRIAGE. Even in the first world there isn’t universal approval of same sex marriage.

    The real issue is that countries like Malawi are being urged to DE-CRIMINALIZE same sex relationships between consenting adults – this is a long, long way from “marriage”. As a country we have signed many international treaties committing ourselves to protect minorities; it does not make sense to continue to discriminate against sexual minorities. As long as the people involved are adults and they have consented to the sexual act, Government has no right to interfere in what happens behind closed doors.

    As of 29 June 2015, Mozambique decriminalized homosexuality – and the sky has not fallen in Mozambique. It makes me laugh when Malawian reverends act holier than though and proclaim homosexuality to be a sin. Stealing is also a sin but how many reverends are caught stealing church funds? In some cases ordinary Christians have to dig deep into their pockets to refund international donors funds that were “chewed” by reverends…

  85. Thus Great. Dpp you have my vote 2019! How can they push us to accept such nasty things. Never!!! Our prayers are answered! Donors have failed! God is our Donor.

  88. Can we indeed say that we are independent when some UN body is pushing us for same sex nonsense?these organisations are pushing satanic agenda in the world and the next item will be the day of worship forcing everyone to go to church on sunday.Sodom plius plus

  89. Let’s be practical guys,Malawi national anthem says God bless Malawi,but how can God bless Malawi if we are against him and his order? no gays &lesbians in malawi as God says.

  90. WE BLACKS WE GOT OUR TRADITIONAL WE FOLLOW THAT NOT FOLLOWING WHAT UN WANTS NO GAY AND LESBIAN MARRIAGES IN MALAWI THATS FINAL IF YOU WILL AGREE BECAUSE THEY WILL PROMISE US MONEY THE RESULTS OF THAT GAYS AND LESBIAN MARRIAGES WILL BE A DISASTER.

  91. No news is sweeter than this. Asakufuna achoke m,Malawi muno and live in USA and practice this stupidity freely. Even dogs don’t practice this insanity. Are we not better than dogs? Mudzafa imfa yowawa!!

  92. Thats great and I salute this decision. MWans do not accept every demands from evil doers. Even a dog knows its mate, why we humans do things that z contrary to our make? Check it out.

  96. She has put on a brave face, as you can see on the picture, and briefly told the mlungus right in their own backyard that we don’t want these nosenses in our land. These are the type of leaders Malawi need. To make our position crystal clear to those fucken white on these fucken issues. I salute this lady solicitor general, if only I werw there, I’d have clapped hands for her.

  97. Sounds good. Later they will be pushing for dead pig blow job coz David Cameroon enjoys it with marijuana and cocaine

  99. Malawians we are God fearing people.Fearing God means doing what He told us to do.
    God was right to create Eve for Adam.

    Rihgts for man were given by God. Take care you who call yourselves human rights. Make sure that your reference is God -The word of God.
    If you push for soemthing which is against the word of God, know that your are satanist and people know that you are satanists. Don’t pretend to give more at Church so that the Reverend should not speak to you.

  101. For the first time this regime has given sensible answer to the sodomites, to hell with their rights even dogs laughs at them. adzafa imfa yowawa.

  102. Bravo the God Fearing country!!!!!!!
    This is the first time when Malawi has done something very big. I can now see a great future coming forward. I salute you all!!

  106. Iwe Janet ukati ‘values of Malawians’ what do you mean? Ma values apakhomo pako ndiye unene kuti ndi ma values a aliyense? Iwe usanakwatiwe mpaka pano koma umakwatitsa amenewo ndi ma Malawian values kuchinditsa outside marriage? Za u hypocrite basi, mtundu wotembeleledwa kukhalira kufuna kuoneka ngati opemphera koma mphamvu yake munaikana kale

  107. Mwaitha pamenepo. Let Malawians live by their cherished values, not what the west advocates.

  111. Oh No what? CEDEP ,CHRR and other organizations, please let us get oranized to demonstrate right away. The President talked about referendum and now it has come out clear that No same sex marriage in Malawi. Let us fight until this changes.

  112. What values do Malawians hold? High rates of HIV contraction and older men having sexual relationships with underage girls and you call these Malawian values? Jealousy among Malawians is common place. I must say that Malawi is a place of contradictions. Do not lie to the world as if Malawians are a morally upright country. Let the gays do what they want as long as they respect my sensitivity about their way of life. Instead , enact laws to protect underage girls from zidyamakanda. You are busy denying rights to consenting adults while turning a blind eye to what is happening to young girls in our society. What the gays need is legal protection from people like you. Pathetic people!!

  113. Good Government, Trapence and Timothy Mtambo Mwamva nokha paja munali konko ku UN komweko. Musabwere kuno nkumati fwifwifwifwifwifwi minority rights chani apa osalimbikira ma albino akuchitidwa chipongwewa bwa? koma kumalimbikira zitsiru zopanda nzeru kufuna mwamuna mzake akazi onsewa?

  120. Well done solicitor general we need bold women with strong decision making minds like you osamangogona mumaofesimu kunalandira promotions just coz you are a woman apa mwaigwira job mai chikaya banda kumayamika kumugonjesa mzungu mathanyula mathanyula nde kuti vhani zausiru

  122. Thats not fair Malawi, i have just found myself a very nice man and has accepted to be my partiner, we are planning a public marriage ceremony, what do you say now?

  127. Let’s focus on the part where you’re feasting in New York while the poor are suffering in Malawi. This gay stuff is not important

  128. Kodi Dr Janet Banda babe uli pa Banja? are you on Face book? Or Twitter or watsaap? If you are not married,tikambirane,inenso am single.and I have always wanted a lawyer

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