By: Lloyd M’bwana
The Malawi Police at Kanengo station in the capital Lilongwe on Monday, December 7, 2015 arrested two men on suspicion that they were engaging in homosexual acts in their house at Area 25 township.
Kanengo Police Station Spokesperson, Esther Mkwanda confirmed to The Maravi Post on Wednesday, December 9, the arrest of a 19-old Cuthbert Kulemera and 33-year-old Kelvin Gonani after the two allegedly had carnal knowledge of each other in the house of one of the suspect.
The Kanengo Police Publicist Mkwanda disclosed that Kulemera who is a student was suspected to have had sex with Gonani which did not please communities around the area fearing that their children might fall victims to Gonani.
“On this day, Kulemera left home for drinking spree at Nsungwi Market in Area 25 township where he met Gonani who to took the student to his house which puzzled neighbors on their acts leading commotion at the house.
“The police were alerted on the commotion. After interrogation, Kulermera confessed that he acted as a man while Gonani acted as a woman in their sexual activity. We took the two for a medical assessment at Kamuzu Central Hospital whose results are not yet available.
“Currently, the two suspects are in our custody waiting for medical results and investigating the matter further after that will charge them with appropriate offences under the laws of Malawi once all investigations are done”, elaborates Mkwanda.
Gonani hails from Kafupa village, Traditional Authority (T.A) Kapeni in Blantyre district.
Homosexuality is a criminal offence under the laws of Malawi and those found guilty of practicing it are reliable to stay in jail for 14 years with hard labour.
Some years ago, Malawi witnessed the first homosexual couple holding public engagement ceremony-that of Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steve Muwonjeza who received a lot of condemnations from the general public of their acts subsequently, the court slapped them with 14 years in jail.
However, their sentence was overturned by the late President Bingu wa Mutharika who forgave them after being pressurized by the visiting United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki Moon when the saga surfaced.
