By: Wonderful Mkhutche

Another innocent life brutally murdered in Dowa. Her only crime was that she was born with albinism. A twenty one year old woman, Enelesi Nkhata, who was living with her grandmother in Dedza, was taken from home by her uncle, Gerald Phiri, 38, to Dowa. It has been reported that the uncle lied to the grandmother that he would find a job and sunscreen lotion for her in Dowa.
But he had other sinister plans. The uncle, just like several others, had come to believe that the bones of a person born with albinism can be used for wealth charms. Phiri conspired with nine other people to have the girl in Dowa. They had found the market for the bones in Lilongwe, through one of the suspected killers. But the business did not materialize.
The dead girl was discovered by neighbors. They had seen him at his house with the girl for a week before she went missing. They suspected something wrong and they reported the matter to the police. They questioned the uncle until he revealed that the girl was killed for her bones. He led them to where the body was buried and gave the names of all his accomplices. They have all been arrested.
It sounds like fiction. But that brutality is real. The young innocent woman was probably happy and relieved that the uncle had indeed come with good news to her troubled life. She looked at him as God sent, coming all the way from Dowa just to get her for the job and sunscreen. The grandmother as well easily trusted the uncle because he was one of their own and probably never thought of him doing her any harm.
But they were all wrong. The same man they thought had come to help ended up being the one to end the life of one of their own. For the record, this is the second ritual abduction and killing in Dowa in a space of three weeks. After happening in Machinga for the past year, it seems the activity is moving into the central region. Within the month, a two year child born with albinism was abducted and killed as well in Kasungu. For the Dowa case, the businessman who was to buy the bones is from Lilongwe.
And that is where the danger is. When I wrote previously that xenophobic violence related to these abductions and killings are coming, just as it happened in Lusaka, Zambia, most people reacted that the message was inciting violence. Another person threatened me with a court summon if the article was not withdrawn. And one even said it cannot happen in Malawi because we are a “God fearing nation.” But the same person is failing to reason that in the same God fearing nation, people are abducting and killing each other for money. What can fail the xenophobic attacks?
That is the very aim of this piece, to raise awareness of the danger that is coming upon us. Lilongwe is a complicated place where matters can easily escalate. It is the center of everything in Malawi since it is the capital city. This is the first connection Lilongwe has to the abduction and killings of people with albinism, and we must all get worried.
People of every kind of life, emotions, intolerance, among others, are found in this city. There may have been mild reactions in Machinga and Kasungu from the general public on the abductions and the killings. But make no mistake; Lilongwe is a different place. Should something connected to this issue happen again, the emotions will easily boil up and the reaction from the general public will be something Malawi would never have imagined.
The media may not have revealed who the businessman is who contracted to buy these bones, but eventually someone will reveal his name. They will get to know everything. The real danger is that Lilongwe is the city that hosts a good number of foreigners. With most people already having the opinion that these people are taking our wealth, and with the first Dowa ritual killing which involved a foreigner from East Africa, the ones in Lilongwe will be the main suspects.
People will start looking at the wealth they have as coming from the ritual killings. And we must expect more cases from the city now. The fact that a Lilongwe businessman wanted the bones from Dowa, it tells that some businessmen in Lilongwe, who believe in the charms, will not take the risk of having the killing done somewhere far. They will start hunting right from the city.
This is a warning to all the concerned authorities. They are working hard to have this eradicated among us. But they should do more. The evil seems to be spreading. The police are the heroes of the situation. They are doing a commendable job. But they are being betrayed by the courts and the government as a whole. The Civil Society Organizations as well are not finding creative ways of dealing with the issue.
Let me give them an idea: They can use the trial of these arrested ten people, caught red-handed in the act, as the point of action. Gathering at every court appearance with placards showing how much tired they are with the situation, making all the kind of noise they can, asking the courts for stiff sentences, will take the addressing of the issue to a new positive direction. With it they can easily raise the conscious of the nation against this evil. People born with albinism need to see that we are being there for them.
And the appeal is for people to face the reality. Continue to look at Malawi as an innocent God fearing nation, and that this issue will not escalate matters, will not help. All along, it has not been given the attention it deserves. People think it will end by itself. But as days go by, new cases are surfacing, and the practice keeps growing before our very own eyes.
that’s so evil!!!
Lord On Ur Mercy
UN HR expert will record this as a red-handed information of the torture, brutality targeting the person with albinism. May God have mercy for all of us please. we are all equal, human beings and we all need to enjoy our inherent right to peaceful living regardless of our differences by birth.
God is watching us!
Abomination
For the love of money man has become a beast…. God shall soon appear for final judgement.. its time to repent and those who don’t want to remain filthy..why just why ritual killings so bad… innocent soul murded.
totally unacceptable under the earth. ..wat is the gvt doing to culprits
Mmmm !! thats so bad.May her soul rest in peace.
You will understand the pain the day you will have a child born with albinism.
God watching adzayankha kumwamba
Guys what is happenng there is da same as what is happenng here in Zambia pipo in Lukasa are being killd evryday.Oh God help us
Here in Zambia pipo are being killed by ritual killings awe God should come fast…
So sad and very bad,human being killed like chicken God is watching. i
Indeed we are living in de last days,lets repent , jesus is comin again.
This s too bad!!!! Kuno Ku phalombe in T/A chiwalos area mwana wachita kusiya kupita Ku xul chifukwa chokhala ndimantha!!!!! Kumuphera tsogolo mwana!!!!! God have mercy
man & money shading human blood for the sake of money this are Last-days for sure
vuto apa ndi boma. anthuwa akagwidwa constitution ikukhala chete. ine ndinkayembeza bill yokhuza abalewa ku parliament. action speaks louder. bwana President kwayankhula afitiwa sakumvai. bola mukanamangochita osayankhula. ife tikudabwa kuti boma ma court akutenga nkhanizi ngati milandu yokuba mafuwa pamoto. wake up MG plz…..
Bad issue
Nawonso adziphedwa pomawadula chiwalo chimodzichimodzi
Tit for tat
GOD SHOULD HELP US
Kill them aswell they have no mercy why have mercy on these brutes
U can’t be blessed by killing someone mind u God is watching
Beautiful girl. That a very bad uncle. He is a Python.
So help us God
if ppl employ mob justice on these murderurs it may appear wrong
Why ?
All evildoers should turn into albinos
what’s that?
This is not the real picture for the deceased, i suggest. However, this ritualistic crime has become viral and we’re crying day and night for brutal deaths of albinos. We expect protection from within the families of these people, sad to learn poachers trading within. My fellow Malawians assist police officers with information that will lead to arrest of these criminals, please!
Her uncle knows something about it
Nosense!!!
You mean this story is nosense?
No!! But the ritual beliefs associated with it.
God help us!!
Mwalemba mofoila kwambiri ife tili konkuno ku Madisi kunachitika nkhaniyo , tikuidziwa bwino kwambiri ikumakambidwa daily mmabar , mmisika ndi pena paliponse , ndinso munthu anagulitsa mwanayo takhala naye tamwanso naye mowa . Koma zomwe mwalemba apa zaonetsa kuti simkudziwapo kanthu pa nkhaniyi , mkanayamba mwafunsa aniwake tukhala pa Madisi pano komwe nkhaniyi inachitikira kaa !
I grew up kumati albino samafa amangosowa now ndaziwa kuti all these time ndekuti anthuwa amabedwa nkumakagulitsidwa, End of tymz indeed
yaaa zoonadi amangosowadi koma boma misika ikuidziwa ikathesa misika ikuopa kusauka
u r so wise & that’s wat i call talking sense, the wisdom of u
Zoonadi
Tanenatu Edgar zinakhala bwanji???
@Edger mpaka mukumwa limodzi ndi chigawengacho kuli kuno ku Limbe matayala akutha ndika 2 litres petro zikanagwira ntchito yake. Osamanyengelera anthu oipa ngati amenewo.
ati kumachita kumanyadila kuti ndikumamwa naye munthu anapanga zimenezi,munthu oipa ngati ameneyi chifukwa anthu mukudziwa osamupeleka lamulo ligwile ntchito naye bwanji.mboni ndiinu nomwe mudziwa bwino zankhaniyi osamangoyankhula kuti mumveke olo muoneke odziwa nkhanizi zatopetsa anthu akupanga ntchitidwe wa nkhazau afunika adzilangidwa mosayang’ana nkhope
Inu akumadisinu tafotokozani nanga tiziwa bwanji zoona mesa mukususa
zamasiku omaliza
Bring back the death sentence for these evil people!!!!!!
Very bad
these people must face the law
Mabungwe muziyankhulako tikamalanga tokha ndiye kutokota
Wat a beautiful girl mmh
This is bad, Ambuye muwakanthe anthuwa MHSRIP
So beautiful.. this is bad
If the habit go on like the way it is; 1 day we wil experience the Lusaka saga. We cannot let the foreigners kill our brothers and sisters for their benefit. We wont accept that until we take these culpurits to hell and set our country. It seems there is less effort from the gvt to end the malpractise bcoz we hear more stories but no stif punishment set
Those who murdered their fellow humance are they God
Some people are heartless
too bad
cold hearted motherf***rz, bloodclaat!!!
Lord have mercy… Coco En
Lord have mercy Coco En
LORD HAVE MERCY
Stop publising this albino stories the more you tell the world the more the understanding and knowledge of what albino can do to make them rich . Let us silently look after albinos and punish all this brutality act
Brother this is a social issue which ulgently needs to be addressed. This can’t stop by remaining silent. We need to save our fellow human frm this barbaric acts.
Read my message again and try to understand me. Its not being silent its about dealing with this issue silently.
Tell you what ever since i was young had never known albino is money what do you think is the knowledge I got from this be watchful
u really telling me that ppo shud b killed but their deaths shud not b talked about? are u kidding me?????? how on earth do u deal with an issue without talking about it? think again
It has to be published so we know that in Malawi this is happening. That girl looks so beautiful that u killed and u want to hide the story? No way
Publising to the whole world?
Will not bring any solution we have got government department community departments all over the country Malawi do survey how many albinos are in there asign people to look after them and in this way we are dealing with problem. Think about this what is that publising message doing to the audience?
The people who are doing this are weaked we can not change their minds just by publising our messages to the world but let us take action by dealing with this idiotic barbalic memebers of people
Victor hope you are clever than that read to understand not to respond.
It does not mean to say am on the opposite side of this story the news is already on public now everyone knows let us stop talking about it and deal with it for preaching it will yield falsely
How can we silently look after ppo with albinism when we are not aware of what is happening to them. If these cases were not published, will have the police and communities come up with measures to deal with these barbaric acts?
Yes they have their own ways how to report the issues not on facebook what is facebook to deal with that barbalic issue you people you don’t see what am saying here.
With our times and technology it’s very impossible #Chri
may be one of them is u
Lord hav mrcy
Ambuye Mulowelelepo ndithu
Bwanji apa pokha sharia mwasungiza ija izigwila Ntchito kwa iwo opha Akadili?
Last days,or what?This is too bad.
Gwilitsani ntchito lamulo la Mulungu loti opha munthu aphedwe,Ambuye YHWH ANATIPATSA MWAI OBWEZELA KUMBALI IMENEYI MUSAWALEKELELE CHONDE KUBALA NKUMODZI.
Too bad in this generation.a Malawi umunthu unatichoka.timafuna njira za chidule kuti tipeze zinthu.kupemphela kwathu kuli pati?upeza akupanga zimeneziwo ndi opemphera ku church komanso ku mzikiti.
ngat wapezeka munthuyo sharia law basi
Mulungu watiyikila azungu pakati pathu inumuphanso muti zizinba pusa basi
Why killing innocent pipo? Umphawi okhaokhau kapena ufiti a malawi mxiiiiiii. God protect our brothers en sistas
GOD 4give ths ppo
A police choonde musamumange munthuyo angoikidwa kumpani monga mbalame zakwachingeni kuti ena awonelere
What a cute and adorable feature that God has agreed to let its life be messed up by evil and unclean hands…i know it’s because of greed and ignorance..
mmmhu
mob justice ikufunika cuz those guys will be realised by the police though dnt knw if this story is tru, will wait for nation or zodiack
those guys will be realised by police?????????
yah they wont be convicted too much corruption
da witchdotors r supposed to b hunted also.those r the fast suspects. its too much
Inu aliyense opezeka atapha kapena alindi mafupa anthu anzuthuwa osayitana a police ayi. Kumangowapha basi chifukwa imeneyo nde mulango wabwino. Kwa ena tonse amene tayandikana ndi anzathuwa tiyeni tikhale mulonda wa iwowa chifukwa ndi anthu ngati ice tomwe.
nawonso nd anthu zomwe ali nazo nafe tili nazo
Malawi is no longer a warm heart of Africa and a God fearing country.
Why???
Jesus christ z watchin he’s nt aslip,samalani.mudzapanga regret.
Kodi amene agwidwapowo ,sanawulurebe kumene amagulitsa mafupako?Chofunika tsopano ndikugwira amene amagulawo.
R I P,
c how beautiful she is….kulakwa
May God punish the people involved in these hideous crimes.
Tiyenazoni,Yehovah akuona
Nthawi Ya Bingu ndi Bakili kunalibe izi Boma likudziwapo kanthu
why them plz father do something them its ma supplication destroy the source in Jesus name RIP amen
Ambuye achitireni chifundo ana anu
what….God do smething abutful inocent face w’ll miss you
Malawi thats why we r poorer we search short cuts for wealthy why? Getin rich its amatter of hard workin not hard hearted to the extent of kilin innocent souls?ma malawi ma tears,thats why we hear famine failing to choose right leaders every thing complicated we r been cursed right here on earth ma malawi ma tears. #koma olemerawo mudakawafunsa.rest in peace ma dear!
rip
Oyenera kuwateteza ma albino ndi amene akuwaperekanso, shame!!!!
koma abale kulemelera mu umoyo wanzao zoona mmm nao ndianthu ngat ife tomwe omvaso kuwawa mmene timamvera ndkufuna chisangalaro ngat ife tomwe ,mulungu akulangen ndthu mukuchta zmeneznu
r i p
Mmmm so sad God Help us to love each other
Dr hestings kamuzu banda was right about his low that who murder must be killed too coz this too much, if were president I should kill all who found guilty of killing albino.
Lets pray hard God is coming soon as bible foretell about the last days