Malawi human rights activist Timothy Mtambo has expressed concern over the Mzuzu high court’s decision to ban witchdoctors as a solution to the killings of people with albinism in the country.
High court judge Dingiswayo Madise on Wednesday granted an order banning the traditional doctors who are widely believed to be one of the reasons for the increase of albino attacks.
The ruling followed an application made by three residents from Mzuzu through their lawyer George Kadzipatike to ban the native doctors.
Speaking to Malawi24 on Thursday, the human rights activist Mtambo argued that it was too early for the country to ban witchdoctors.
“As a country we need to be very careful with this issue, because we haven’t made research that have proved that witchdoctors are behind the killings.
“When you have a new jacket you don’t throw away the old one,you keep both, what am trying to mean now is that Malawians have been relying on these doctors before hospitals were known to people,” said Mtambo.
Mtambo added that the immediate solution can be provision of security to people with albinism and knowing the total number of albinos in the country.
He also urged community policing to take control by providing security in communities.
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Nanga akamaphedwabe albnowo ndiye muchita ban ndani?
Achita bwino akapezeka amangidwe panopa nditha kuvomereza kuti ufiti kulebe
Inu okonda nyanga,juju,chitaka,matsenga simungamve bwino kukuthetserani Witchcraft! That’s y mukufunakutsekereza nkhaniyi. Kodi ku Tanzania kulibe ma Activists? Txwiii mfwitu izi
Inu okonda nyanga,juju,chitaka,matsenga simungamve bwino kukuthetserani Witchcraft! That’s y mukufunakutsekereza nkhaniyi. Kodi ku Tanzania kulibe ma Activists? Txwiii mfwitu izi
Kodi awa mumati otimenyelela ufuluwa amenewa ndiye kuti tizit mavito omwe amabwela chifukwa cha zaufulu wawoz zoti dziko lino likuwonongeka sakuziwa tizit
Kodi awa mumati otimenyelela ufuluwa amenewa ndiye kuti tizit mavito omwe amabwela chifukwa cha zaufulu wawoz zoti dziko lino likuwonongeka sakuziwa tizit
Ngat akulimbikitsadi ndimatraditional healer thats the best way guyz ban them bas!!!
mache*de ake.
Kod asing’anga dzko muno abwela lero mwalemera ndi asing’anga womweyo kumat lero asiye ntchito yawo how come
Kupha ma albino kwayamba pompano kale kunalibe, asing’anga analiko kuyambira kalekale olo mumalemba, boma lingopeza njira kapena ngati akunena Winiko
You Know sometimes activist act like dogs why why should they start campaign of man hunting albino killings?
Madilu akulu akulu awa I don’t think a sin’ganga a ku Malawi can handle ndalama zikutchulidwa apazi, ma parts a ma albino I believe they are taken outside Malawi to countries like Tanzania n Mozambique and in Malawi kuli chain. 1st step ndi ma dobadoba okapha ma albino and 2nd step ma dobadoba amatenga ma parts kupeleka kwa ma big amene akudziwa kumene kuli misika kunja and the so called big kahunas ndi amene akudziwa mmene katundu amayendera from Malawi to the final destinations which are countries outside Malawi kumene kumakhala ma payments. Asing’anga akumalawi can’t handle these it’s just a thing of diverting attention from ma main dealers who are some powerful people in this country. The best way I believe was death sentence leave the Asing’angas alone and deal with anthu enieni who are behind this
MALAWIAN HUMAN ACTIVISTS SUCKS ME!
MALAWIAN HUMAN ACTIVISTS SUCKS ME!
de activists r doing great on my own opinion..coz (1) if we take a closer luk on de albino markets,we wl see dat its all from abroad i.e mozambique n tanzania not here in malawi (2) had it been its our local witchdocters who r triggering de act of killin de innocent albinos ,definately dey could be living in mansions and possibly driving expensive cars jst bcoz UN states dat a set of albino parts reaches far as over 30 million malawian kwacha ,so jst imagine (3) banning witchdocters who jst kno how 2 giv a person gondolosi ,its breaking his/her right n a way of living,tsono adzikadyera kutko?? ndikuwuuzeni guyz diz albino killing acts are associated wth big men from boma,,,blv mi
machende ako.
Mr thindwa is being vindicated
Koma iwe Mtambo umamva ?
Y is it that most of our human rights activists always fight for the negative side.I wonder on whose side bwana Mtambo akadakhala kuti ali ndi mwana wachi alubino akanatenga.
Ife tawotcha kale khulambalale kuno