Focus Martin Gwede was head of the special branch of the Malawi Police Force. He was from Ntcheu Malawi. He was one of the most feared policemen during the

Kamuzu Banda Hastings Kamuzu Banda (1898 – 25 November 1997) was the Prime Minister of Malawi, prime minister and later President of Malawi, president of Malawi from 1964 to 1994 (from 1964 to 1966, Malawi was an independent Dominion / Commonwealth realm) ...

era.http://www.afriquejet.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=188&Itemid=435
With Gwede as the head of Special Branch and

Albert Muwalo Albert Andrew Muwalo Gandale Nqumayo (1927 – 1977) was a prominent politician in Malawi from the 1960s until he was sacked in 1976 and was executed in 1977. He entered politics in the mid 1950s through involvement in a hospital worker's trade un ...

as a Minister of State they made the most feared duo in Malawi. He and Muwalo were accused of treason in 1976 for an alleged attempted coup. Muwalo was sentenced to death and Gwede spent 18 years in jail and was released in 1993 as a political prisoner. He died on March 3, 2011.

Jumani Johansson Case

Gwede came out in support of a man claiming to be Banda's son. He confirmed that

had three children, and that he believes that

Jumani Johansson Jim Jumani Johansson (legally ''Jim Jumani Immanuel Masauko Kamuzu Banda'') (2 May 1973 – 26 January 2019) was a Malawian-Swedish man and allegedly the illegitimate son of the late Malawian President Hastings Kamuzu Banda (1898–1997). He cha ...

is the son of Banda.AfricaNews - ``Kamuzu Banda had three children`` - The AfricaNews articles of Mtheto Lungu

Personal life

Gwede was married with 5 children.

References

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