Malawi’s Former President Dr Joyce Hilda Banda on Wednesday, 12 of April 2017 celebrated her 67th birth day in exile.
April 12, 2017 at 2:50 pm,
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Malawi’s Former President Dr Joyce Hilda Banda on Wednesday, 12 of April 2017 celebrated her 67th birth day in exile.
Dr Banda left the country just after the may 20, 2014 tripartite election which saw the then opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) under Peter Mutharika emerging victorious.
She was born on 12 April 1950 in Malemia, a village in the Zomba District. Her father was a police brass band musician. She began her career as a secretary and became a well-known figure during the rule of dictator Hastings Banda.
She married Roy Kachale with whom she had three children. At the age 25, she was living in Nairobi, Kenya. In 1975, a growing women’s movement in Kenya motivated Banda to take her three children and leave what she has described as an abusive marriage. [
Her marriage to Roy Kachele ended in 1981. She is now married to Richard Banda, retired Chief Justice of the Republic of Malawi with whom she has two children.
Between 1985 and 1997 Banda managed and established various businesses and organizations including Ndekani Garments (1985), Akajuwe Enterprises (1992), and Kalingidza Bakery (1995). Her success inspired her to help other women achieve financial independence and break the cycles of abuse and poverty.