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Lilongwe – Malawian President Peter Mutharika has actually proclaimed war against albino “terrorists”, claiming that his administration will certainly win the war against them.
While making his address on International Albinism Awareness Day, Mutharika said that perpetrators of crimes against albino nationals would face the full might of the law.
Mutharika said this as Justice Minister Samuel Tembenu was set to table a bill in parliament, aimed at increasing protection for those living with the condition.
Mutharika said that at least 130 arrests had been made in connection with albino abductions and murders in Malawi.
‘This is embarrassing’
“People elsewhere are taking us as fools, they think we are ignorant, this is embarrassing… it is sinful,” he said.
Mutharika has previously expressed concern over the scourge of albino attacks in the southern African country, saying he felt “terrible” and “ashamed” at the plight of those living with albinism in the country.
Fueled by a belief that albino body parts brought wealth, attacks on albinos have increased in recent times, leading to the deaths of at least 17 albino nationals in the last two years.
Mutharika has since slammed the belief among some Malawian residents, describing the superstition as foolish and ignorant.
“The people who are telling people that it makes people rich are not even rich. They are wearing rags. How can a person like this make your rich if he himself cannot make himself rich?” he said.
