LILONGWE(Maravipost)-Human rights activist and Malawi Watch leader Billy Banda has strongly spoken out against what he describes as selective justice in the handling of allegations involving Justice Kenyatta Nyirenda, insisting that the rule of law must apply equally to all citizens regardless of their public status.
In an interview with Maravipost on Wednesday, Banda emphasized that justice must not only be done, but must be seen to be done, warning that public confidence in the country’s legal system is at risk if allegations involving high-ranking officials are treated differently from those involving ordinary citizens.
“Justice must be justified. Everyone must face the law irrespective of public status,”
“No individual, no matter how powerful or politically connected, should be shielded from accountability.”said Banda.
Banda further cited the widely held principle that no one is above the law, pointedly referencing to the former Local Government Minister Richard Chimwendo Banda, arguing that political influence should never interfere with legal processes.
“Chimwendo is not above the law. Malawi is governed by laws, not personalities,” he said.
The Malawi Watch leader called on relevant oversight institutions, including the Judicial Service Commission and law enforcement agencies, to act independently and transparently in addressing the allegations surrounding Justice Nyirenda.
He warned that failure to do so could deepen public mistrust in democratic institutions.
Banda’s remarks come amid growing public debate and scrutiny on how allegations involving senior officials are being handled, with civil society organizations increasingly demanding consistency, transparency, and fairness in the administration of justice.
Legal analysts say that perceived double standards in the justice system risk undermining constitutional democracy and could set a dangerous precedent if left unaddressed.
As calls for accountability grow louder, Banda urged Malawians to remain vigilant and continue demanding justice through lawful and democratic means.
“This is not about personalities or politics,” Banda concluded. “It is about protecting the integrity of our justice system and the future of our democracy.”
Attorney General Chikosa Silungwe has advised the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 to reverse its decision to implement public health coronavirus containment, prevention and management rules as the matter is still in court.
Chikosa Silungwe while in opposition supported the injunction and now, he finds himself in the uncomfortable position of having to fight it in court.
Minister of Information, Civic Education and Communications Technology Mark Botomani then said government is ‘dismayed’ by High Court Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda’s decision to issue a court order blocking coronavirus nationwide lockdown.
Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda granted seven-day injunction stopping the government from implementing a 21-day national lockdown due to coronavirus.
High Court Judge Kenyata Nyirenda
However, that injunction has remained in place as AG Kaphale a man of honor refused to fight the corrupt Malawi judiciary that was willing to sacrifice Malawian lives for political expediency.
Kenyatta, therefore, extended the validity of the injunction he granted the HRDC to stop government from effecting a national lockdown.
“I cannot agree more with the Claimants. I am satisfied that the balance of justice lies in favour of maintaining the status quo. In this regard, the validity of the Court Orders granted herein on 17th March 2020 and 24th April 2020 respectively shall continue until the determination of the substantive judicial review proceedings or until a further order of this Court,” he said.
The court also expressed concerns over the conduct of the Attorney General Chambers in handling the proceedings, an issue which was also raised by Counsel Mwafulirwa during inter-partes hearing on 23rd April where the Attorney General was not in attendance.
Now here we are. cases continue to increase and deaths mount and now Silungwe stressed that enforcement of the rules was suspended by the High Court in case number 22 of 2020.
He said: “This means that the suspension imposed by the court is still in force. Government cannot, therefore, enforce or implement the rules until the suspension is lifted.
” In view of the foregoing, you are adviced to reverse your decision to implement the rules by way of Press Release since the matter is still in court.”
The Attorney General has since given an assurance that his office is handling the matter with utmost urgency it deserves considering the increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in the country.
On July 10, 2020, the Taskforce through Co-Chairperson John Phuka issued new restrictions to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic following continued rise of cases in the country.
Among others, the taskforce announced the suspension of entertainment gatherings, weddings and other social gatherings and imposed restrictions on religious and funeral gatherings.
These are the same restrictions the DPP Government was asking when things could have easily been controlled.
However, this is just a formality, the corrupt judge Kenyatta Nyirenda will now find a way to lift the politically motivated injunction and allow Lazarus Chakwera’s government play the hero.
Malawi Presidency bound Chakwera with Prophet Austin Liabunya prio to 2019 ‘botched’ elections
Written By Innocencia Chikuse
When the name of Austin Liabunya pops up in any headline in the media, Malawians are accustomed to hear about ‘prophecy’. Liabunya’s ‘prophecies’ are mostly concerning the Malawi nation. Over the past 8 years, no one, in my view, who conducts themselves as a ‘prophet’, have been consistent in making ‘prophetic’ utterances about Malawi than Liabunya.
For starters, Liabunya came in the limelight in 2012 when he ‘prophesied’ the ascendancy to the Presidency of the republic of Malawi by the now besieged President Peter Mutharika. The Prophecy was such an accurate one to the extent that he predicted how the then Vice President Khumbo Kachali would dramatically endorse the candidature of President Mutharika. When Malawians saw the seemingly unimaginable thing happening when Kachali went wild, publicly endorsing Peter Mutharika during a rally in Mzimba, they began to take Liabunya ‘prophetic’ utterances seriously.
As if that was not enough, Liabunya also hazarded that Mutharika would not ascend to the Presidency easily as there would be court battles. This was probably the climax of the 2012 Prophecy when Malawians had to wait for nearly a midnight court judgment delivered by Justice Kenyatta Nyirenda ordering MEC to announce the winner where Mutharika was declared the victor of that election amidst tear-shedding by the late MEC Chairperson Maxon Mbendera.
What is of importance to highlight is that Mutharika and his coterie during the period leading to the 2014 election had to secure an audience with the Prophet to hear more about the then sweet sounding Prophecy. This is on record and no one can rebut the fact that President Mutharika met Prophet Liabunya on issues surrounding the prophecy he made.
Liabunya, had also forewarned that the Peter Mutharika presidency would be associated with acts of darkness (satanic adventures) if Mutharika was not to do what the Prophet had advised him to do to avoid such satanic occurrences from defining his legacy. Later, we learnt that Mutharika had paid a blind eye to the Counsel of the man of God and true to the word of the servant of the Most High God, disturbing events associated with evilness took center stage in our country under the watch of President Mutharika. People with Albinism in our country were hunted, clobbered, butchered and skinned alive on scales like it has never been seen in our country. All this under the watch of President Mutharika. Ironically, suspects of the case in courts have been giving evidence to the effect that they were being sent by top Presidential aides to commit the abomination. Further surprising is that the Police behaved as if they were protecting someone when they killed, in Police cell, a person implicated in the killings of Albinos, Buleya Lule. It is believed that what the Police did was an operation to erase evidence and prevent the suspect from further spilling the beans as the arrest of Buleya was the closet Malawi ever got to solve the Albino Killings conundrum. If the mass killings of people with Albinism under the watch of President Mutharika was not satanic in nature, then nothing will ever be.
Back to the Prophet, in September 2014, he also released another well detailed prophecy, which formed the basis of writing this article, owing to the re-surfacing and its resultant wider re-circulation on the social media as Malawians reflect with awe the fulfilment of what the Prophet said five years ago in 2014. This was a prophecy a reporter engaged in an exclusive interview with the Prophet.
Liabunya then told the reporter that Mutharika would be a one term President as a Pastor referring to Lazarus Chakwera was to take over the Presidency no matter the situation in the next general elections slated for 2019. In giving details, the Prophet said that the Vice President Saulos Chilima would be picked by another party but they will lose the election of which he will later join MCP, a party which will win the election.
This was the exchange with the reporter five years ago:
“Reporter: What can you say about the Political Future of the Vice President Saulos Chilima?
Prophet Liabunya: He is there for a short period of time but some will pick him up of the Party He is going to join but that party will not win. After it will lose, he will leave it again and join MCP.”
This is the only part of the prophecy Malawians who care about such utterances are pausing and revisiting what Liabunya said five years ago. This is because Malawians saw for themselves how Vice President Chilima was requested or coerced by the leaders of Chilima movement to contest in the 2019 election. The party existed for a short period of time leading to the 2019 elections. The party, if the results of the botched 2019 elections are anything to go by, ‘lost’ the election.
Vice President Saulos Chilima has now joined forces with MCP President Lazarus Chakwera to oust Mutharika. Some would say they are in Tonse alliance and that Chilima has not joined MCP but legally speaking, Chilima has joined MCP. He is legally MCP Presidential running-mate. The symbol on the ballot in the coming fresh election will be that of MCP—the Black-Cock. The symbol won’t be that of the Alliance on the ballot nor will it be of his UTM party. When Chakwera is declared President, legally, the MEC Chairperson will say; “I hereby declare candidate Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera and Saulos Klaus Chilima of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) as President elect and Vice President elect of the Republic of Malawi…” The ‘joining’ of Chilima into MCP is therefore a true fulfilment of part of this Liabunya Prophecy.
With this signal before us, Malawians are confident that Chakwera will indeed dislodge Mutharika as President, in fulfillment of the Prophecy of the vessel of the Almighty God, Prophet Austin Liabunya.
Few days ago, Liabunya was also at it on his facebook page giving a hint of a Chakwera Presidency and the future of the alliance of DPP and UDF. For the DPP/UDF alliance, the Prophet said trouble is fermenting in the alliance which will have Atupele Muluzi at the center stage. There will be fights for control of leadership with an invisible hand controlling the warfare in the background in an attempt to wrestle back what they think was stolen from them.
As for Chakwera-Chilima relationship, the Prophet said time will come when Chilima will tell Malawians something like “we have agreed to part ways for the sake of the country.” The Prophet said this was just a snippet of the Prophecy he will release after Chakwera’s ascendancy to the Presidency in the coming fresh election.
Ironically, prior to the 2019 elections, MCP President Lazarus Chakwera also met with Prophet Liabunya in the former’s office in Lilongwe perhaps to hear more about the sweet sounding prophecy Liabunya made about him in 2014.
This now brings us to the question posed in the title of this article; in light of the above, should we call Austin Libaunya the seer of Malawi nation? Everyone, in my view, is entitled to his/her opinion.
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