Malawi music giant and lawmaker, Lucius Banda has been dropped by UK based promoter Grajog for a contract he had signed to perform in England during Eater holidays. Grajoh Talent Management had hired Lucius Banda alongside Zambia’s Mampi Mukape for a series of shows in UK during Eaaster holidays but the Malawian has been dropped from […]
Soul Winners Church has advised Malawi government against accepting laws allowing homosexuality, saying the practise is a sign of evil. At a media briefing in Lilongwe on Thursday, founder of Soul Winners Church pastor Maurice Katema said as a God fearing country, Malawi should not bow down to external forces and that the decision to […]
Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP), Nkhoma Synod, has issued a pastoral letter in which among other issues, warns its members not to accept gay and abortion laws but speak out against them wherever they find themselves. The letter read to its congregants on Sunday, January 24, was short but to the point. Among the […]
International civil service, the United Nations says it is concerned with Malawi government decision to withdrawal a case against People’s Party (PP) publicist Ken Msonda who was charged with an offence of inciting people to kill gays. In a statement which has been released and signed by the Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for […]
The case against People’s Party (PP) publicity and administrative secretary Ken Msonda where he was accused of inciting violence against homosexuals has been discontinued. Msonda was dragged to court by Centre for the Development of People (Cedep) and Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) for remarking that gays should be killed. Director of Public […]
United States of America (USA) envoy for the human rights of gays and lesbians has dismissed the claim that western aid to Malawi will be attached with a condition that the southern African nation approves of same-sex marriage. Randy Berry, the first Special Envoy for the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex […]
A religious Aids organisation has slammed spiritual leaders for hate speech against gays in Malawi, saying this is against Biblical teachings. Manarela executive director Bruce Tushave said for two to three weeks running, religious leaders have been making homophobic speeches against gays. “This is wrong. There is no where in the world where gays are […]
Influential religious and traditional leaders in the country have asked the visiting US envoy on homosexuality issues to spare time and have an audience with them before he leaves the country. This call has come upon noticing that the envoy has only booked appointments with government and civil society organizations (CSOs). A statement from the […]
Human rights campaigner Timothy Mtambo has said Malawi was founded on secular pillars of democracy and is not a Christian nation therefore calls by religious leaders for government to outlaw homosexuality is irrelevant and misplaced. Mtambo, who heads the vocal Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR), said people should distinguish sin from crime. A […]
The issue of gay rights has reared its ugly head in Malawi again – threatening the already fragile economy. But why does the western diplomatic community get so excited with this issue: quickly making statements en masse and strong ones at that? Tying aid to minority rights. Various attempts by local structures (churches, governments and […]
Veteran musician-cum-legislature Lucius Banda has said homosexuality is rampant in Malawi prisons, saying during his seven month stay at Zomba maximum prison some years back, he intervened by asking authorities to remove all teenage boys whom older prisoners took for ‘wives.’ Banda told Radio Maria recently that as leader of Catholics in prison, he was […]
Malawi has deemed to have lost its consensus on sex morality and godly ideals, the clergy observed during an inter denominational prayers for the rains which were organised at Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC) yesterday. The men of the collar called for the nation to know the appropriate and inappropriate behaviour in the eyes of […]
Catholic Bishops in Malawi who met President Peter Mutharika at State House last Friday rejected cash handouts of K50,000 and asked the President to channel the money to hospitals where patients are now only getting one meal a day. The Catholic bishops went to Kamuzu Palace to formally formally introduce to President the newly-appointed Bishop-elect […]
State funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) says the executive arm of government has no powers to suspend any law in Malawi therefore the morotorim on gays is illegal and should be disregarded. MHRC chairperson Justin Dzonzi, citing relevant laws, said it is only parliament that has such powers. He said the executive arm of government […]
People’s Party (PP) spokesperson Ken Msonda has challenged human rights groups seeking to drag him to court over his remarks that gays should be killed, stressing he is ready to face and shame them in court. Centre for the Development of the People (Cedep) were seeking to press criminal charges against Msonda for his remarks. […]
A Malawian gay asylum seeker in the UK says he fears he will be killed if deported to his home country following a politician public appeal to kill the LGBTI people. The Malawian who spoke to Nyasa Times from his detention centre in Oxford, said he is facing deportation to Malawi – because he doesn’t […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika wants Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) people to be protected against homophobia and that the decision on whether homosexuality be legalised or not should be decided by Malawians, State House has said. Speaking on Capital Radio’s Daybreak Malawi program on Wednesday, Presidential Press Secretary Gerald Viola said President Mutharika […]
As debate continues on same-sex marriages in the country, Lewis Banda, lecturer in law at Chancellor College, weighs in by questioning the relevance and justification of the law used to regulate sexual activities in the country. By now, most Malawians have an idea that the law in the country criminally prohibits homosexual activities. So, men […]