Eight people in Chikwawa and Nsanje have been killed by mobs that are attacking men suspected of having power to cause other men’s private parts to mysteriously disappear. This is heartbreaking. A claim without proof or foundation has led to bloodshed.
This is not just violence. It is confusion coated as truth and it is destroying irreplaceable lives. Malawi must look at itself in the mirror of these events.
When suspicion overpowers reason, people stop trusting their neighbours and strangers become targets. Innocence becomes dangerous and being different or present suddenly a risk of death. Mob justice is not justice.
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It is loss of control. Anger without wisdom. A crowd that forgets that every person in its midst has a name, a family and a future.
It becomes weaker. This must stop. Immediately.
Every life taken is a national wound. I commend the police and everyone working under difficult conditions to restore order and protect life. Law must return to affected communities.
But we must also ask: Why is fear growing so easily? Often, fear grows where life is hard and opportunities are few. In places where poverty or desperation speaks louder than hope, rumours become explanations and even false ones begin to feel like truth.
But hardship does not justify harm. Struggle does not justify suspicion. Poverty does not explain murder.
There is no economic excuse for taking an innocent life. Traditional leaders must now stand at the front line of truth—not as observers, but as guardians of peace. Chiefs must speak in villages, under trees, in gatherings where people listen with respect.
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