James Mbowe Nyondo (14 May 1968 – 17 July 2015) was a Malawian lawyer, development worker, and presidential candidate. He was born in
Chitipa
Chitipa is the capital of Chitipa District, Malawi and the birthplace of Malawian lawyer, politician, and philanthropist James Mbowe Nyondo, James Nyondo. It is also known as Fort Hill. It is very near Malawi's tri-point border with Zambia and ...
,
Malawi
Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast ...
.
Education
Nyondo attended
Chancellor College
The University of Malawi (UNIMA) is a public university established in 1965 and until 4 May 2021, when the university underwent a delinking, was composed of four constituent colleges located in Zomba, Blantyre, and Lilongwe. Of the four colleges, ...
,
Zomba, where he reversed his outspoken opposition to Christianity. He subsequently moved to
South Africa
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where he completed a degree in law. While in South Africa, he was mentored by Apostles Theo and
Beverly Wolmarans Beverly or Beverley may refer to:
Places Australia
*Beverley, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide
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*Shire of Beverley, Western Australia
Canada
*Beverly, Alberta, a town that amalgamated with the City of Ed ...
. Dr Theo Wolmarans subsequently sponsored him to earn a business degree from the
University of Texas at San Antonio
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and have continued to support him in his
leadership development
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.
In 2006, Nyondo completed his studies in the
US and moved back to Malawi to launch an effort he called Servants of the Nation with the goal of mentoring local leaders to address the problems of their own people.
Presidential campaign
Nyondo submitted his nomination papers on 4 February 2009 to run as an
independent candidate
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Some politicians have political views th ...
in
Malawi's 19 May 2009 presidential and parliamentary elections. He says that he has sponsored over 120 independent parliamentary candidates by paying their MK 100,000 ($700 USD) nomination fee. He is the only independent candidate in the 2009 presidential election and has campaigned on the need for a new generation of leadership, a smaller cabinet, an end to the personal extravagance of current and previous governments, and an end to regional and tribal discrimination in the national government. He died of lung cancer in
Johannesburg, South Africa
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo ...
on 17 July 2015.
References
External links
Campaign SiteServants of the Nation Site
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1968 births
2015 deaths
People from Chitipa District
University of Texas at San Antonio alumni