Thread by @General_wongie

So about Kamuzu Banda and his crocodile Act,Let me tell you a story of a man who saw his colleagues being fed to crocodiles.His name was George Banda a teacher at Mary Mount in Mzuzu. He was a graduate from Chancellor College. In 1988 he was picked by the authorities who took

Him from mzuzu to Blantyre.He did not know where they were taking him to.The authorities finally took him to Stella Maris MYP Base where he found thousands of people.He saw some familiar faces he had known since his college days at Chancellor College. One of them was Kumwenda.

They were taken to a place which had something like a concrete dam which had lots of crocodiles in it. They were forced to form a single file and one by one, they were lifted and thrown to the crocodiles in the dam. George started shaking with fear. He started thinking about

What he could do to escape.When he was shaking, there were now only three gentlemen in front of him to be thrown to the crocodiles.Just as they were about to throw the last person in front of him, George looked aside and saw a land-rover whose engine was left running.

With adrenaline running high in his body, he jumped off from the queue got into the land rover and sped off.Chaos broke off with the MYPs chasing George who drove off towards the main gate. In his mind, he was thinking I shouldn't let them throw me to the

the crocodiles. At least they shoul beat or shoot me to death. George's impulse was, "I should die trying to escape not like a sheep in a slaughter house". Luckily the main gate was not fully closed and was manned by MYPs with baton sticks only.

In a James Bond style, George Banda drove the land rover though the gate hitting and opening it.In that melee, behind were now the MYP guards helplessly chasing him with their baton sticks, behind them was the other group who were throwing people to the

Crocodiles ,George drove the land rover successfully avoided the road blocks. He drove through Blantyre and took the Lunzu road. He was lucky there were no cellphones at that time. Those who manned the wireless gadgets had no clue where he was heading to.

George Banda knew it was going to be difficult to drive through the Zalewa bridge which was manned by the police. Instinctively he branched off into a dusty road towards Matope bridge.Somewhere near Matope bridge, he abandoned the vehicle in the bush and started walking.

He crossed the old Matope bridge passed through the forested Kam'mwamba area until reached Phalula. George depended on food he was given from one village to another. But he never revealed who he was or what he had seen at MYP base, Stella Maris in Blantyre. He just lied that he

was going to a nearby place. George Banda used these tactics successfully until he reached Lilongwe. He walked for four days from Blantyre to Lilongwe.
Commercial break "it's hot give a guy a green".

Meanwhile the government was trying hard to locate and capture him by monitoring his relatives homes. George Banda did not spend a long time in Lilongwe for fear of being captured. He escaped to Zambia through Chipata where he was given a refugee status. The Red Cross helped him

and assisted to bring his family to Zambia for fear of persecutions in Malawi.Thereafter the Africa Watch Human Rights Organisation assisted George Banda to move to Europe, America and Canada.There he recounted his ordeal at Dr Banda's Crocodile Farm. George Banda's story

appeared in The Sunday Times in London in 1988.The British Overseas Development Minister, Lynda Chalker also enterviewed George Banda on the national television in Britain.But the question is what did George Banda do to Dr Banda?

In May 1988, at dawn while sleeping, the MYP and Police picked George Banda at his house. They took him to Mzuzu Airport and flew him to Blantyre. They charged him at MYP base in Blantyre of corresponding with members of Mafremo outside the country whose leader Orton Chirwa

was at Zomba Maximum Prison.During the December 1993 "Operation Bwenzani", the Malawi Army descended on Stella Maris MYP base and attacked it in a full military operation. Helicopters shot air to surface rockets at the MYP Base.

Thereafter people descended on the base to vandalise and steal what was left.Reports revealed hungry crocodiles were wandering around the dilapidated base long after the MYP fled. Some escaped to the nearby Naperi river while the rest died of hunger.

I don't hate Kamuzu jus sharing my motherland history I know there are still people walking the land today who should be held accountable for their action 😔,anthu amadzagona ku area 18 aja. My people suffered a lot. Many were killed for political reasons

failed to set a Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1993 and 94 mpaka lero we chose to sweep all these horrible acts under the carpet.We pretend to be a religious country .

The late Aleke Banda once said as nation we have sinned and we need repentance cause we have sent many innocent souls into early graves. One man was arrested at Kamba Market for wrapping dried fish using a newspaper which had Dr Banda's face..not kidding

He was detained and forgotten in prison till 1993 multiparty era when they were reviewing cases of people who never went to the court.The warm heart of Africa .