Malawi Police are keeping in custody a 30 year old man on allegations that he indecently assaulted a person of the same sex who happens to be a standard three boy aged nine in the central region district of Nkhotakota. Nkhotakota Police spokesman, Sergeant Kaitano Lubrino, the report says t the incident occurred on July […]
There is an air of high euphoria and mixed expectation in Britain as President Joyce Banda is to speak on same sex marriages and the Malawi situation. The British government, however, said last week it will not attach same sex marriages to the aid that it will fast-track to the impoverished nation of about 16 […]
British Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell has said UK budgetary support and its development aid to Malawi is not attached to conditions of allowing homosexuality in the country. Mitchell said at a news conference at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre on Thursday after having an audience with Malawi President Joyce Banda. He pointed […]
The purpose of this article is to acknowledge and appreciate the discrepancies between the church and state on homosexuality in Malawi. I feel it is by such, that we can positively comprehend the controversy behind the ongoing debate on decriminalization of homosexuality in the country. Background While the Malawian government through the parliament advances their intention to revoke the law that criminalizes homosexuality, the Church /Christians who constitute the majority of […]
A story on an alleged engagement ceremony involving two women that appeared in The Sunday Times of 20 May was a desperate attempt by former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to stir a hornets’ nest for President Joyce Banda and throw her on a collision course with either donors or traditional and religious leaders, Nyasa Times can […]
A reporter for The Sunday Times newspaper, Clement Chinoko, was no Monday detained by Malawi Police Service for questioning because of a story that falsely reported that two women had held an engagement becoming the country’s first ‘lesbian couple’ to do so in public. Police said they were questioning Chinoko for “publishing false news with intent […]
“Iyayi sindifuna. Chifukwa dziko lathuli limadziwika kuti ndidziko lowopa Mulungu, sichokhachi ayi, miyambo yathunso simagwirizana ndi m’chitidwewu. Pankhani yaufulu, ndizosamveka chifukwa pali ambiri omwe akuphwanyilidwa ufulu koma palibe lamulo lowateteza, monga Asilamu achizimayi kuletsedwa kumavala Hijab m’malo awo antchito. Mathanyula ndionyansa basi end of story, ndipo Boma lisayesere kuvomeleza mchitidwewu”Anonymous respondent “If two people love […]
President Joyce Banda has emphatically said Members of Parliament (MPs) in Malawi should deliberate in the House with independent consciences, saying the recent “contentious” laws she proposed that Parliament reviews are not an exception. The President said during a media briefing at Mudi State Residence in the commercial capital, Blantyre on Friday, that she is […]
Question: “What does the Bible say about gay marriage / same sex marriage?” Answer: While the Bible does address homosexuality, it does not explicitly mention gay marriage/same-sex marriage. It is clear, however, that the Bible condemns homosexuality as an immoral and unnatural sin. Leviticus 18:22 identifies homosexual sex as an abomination, a detestable sin. Romans […]
Traditional Authority Kuntaja of Blantyre has appealed to government to let traditional and faith community leaders to handle the issue of same sex marriage other than parliamentarians. “This is a cultural issue and not one which parliamentarians should waste time discussing. The country has a lot of problems which need their attention other than this […]
The controversy surrounding two Blantyre based women who were reported to have held a traditional engagement has taken a new twist as the alleged couple has instructed their lawyer to drag Malawi’s giant media house Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL) to court demanding a whooping K50 million in damages for publishing what they call a ‘defamatory’ […]
Two Malawian women became the first same-sex couple to hold a traditional engagement, The Sunday Times newspaper reported, risking arrest as Police say homosexuality remains illegal in the country. Redgner Mmangausi and Ruth Banda from Blantyre married in a traditional ceremony last Saturday in Chigumula Township. The ceremony is said to have been held privately […]
In the first place, let me highlight that the arguments in this article do not attempt to establish the rationale behind legality or illegality of gay rights or advocacy thereof in Malawi, rather the intention is to facilitate an analytical broader understanding of the same. First fallacy: Malawi is a Christian nation Most Malawians refute […]
Speaker of the National Assembly, Henry Chimunthu-Banda has assured the church that the forth-coming Budget meeting at the new Parliament Building will not also tackle bills leading to legalising homosexuality, witchcraft and prostitution, among other moral issues. Sources at the parliament building in the capital city, revealed that the Speaker had a closed door meeting with […]
Despite derogatory language towards donors on homosexual rights and unfounded allegations that NGOsare getting funded on the backs of homosexuals, President Bingu wa Mutharika’s administration is the one receiving funds from donors and implementing gay activities, The Nation has revealed. The exact amount government has received for gay activities is unclear, but the US Embassy […]
The Human Rights Defenders (Malawi Chapter) has asked the Malawi Human Rights Commission to independently investigate the role of Information Minister Patricia Kaliati played in relation to both the attack and eventual arrest of prominent lawyer and activist Ralph Kasambala. The garrulous Minister is on record to have stated that the arrest of Kasambala centers […]
At the recent AU Summit in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon brought up the issue of homophobia in the African leadership again. This was a clear sign that the international community is not leaving our gay community in the lurch. Something needs to happen. It appears really strange that African […]
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon — in an unusually outspoken declaration Sunday — told leaders at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, who included Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika, that they must respect gay rights. Homosexuality is controversial in many African states including Malawi where is is criminalised. The UN Secretary General accused many […]