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government for compensation. The government compensated the group in 2014 Organising
Demonstrations As an activist, he is renowned for organising demonstrations. In 2014, he led a protest against Xenophobic attacks on Malawians in South Africa. A petition was delivered to the South African High Commissioner in Lilongwe. In the same year he organised another protest against the sale of the Malawi Savings Bank. In 2016 together with the Member of Parliament Bon Kalindo he organised "Naked" protests against the ritual murders of People with Albinism.
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summit. He was subsequently arrested and charged with sedition together with lawyer Habiba Osman, Ben Chiza
Mkandawire, Brian Nyasulu and Comfort Chitseko. They spent six days in custody. The case was eventually discharged in 2011. Through their lawyers, Wapona Kita and Ralph Kasambara the group sued
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with backing from Taiwan. Church officials were displeased with the press release and publicly disassociated themselves from it. Mayaya and
Chitengo were summoned to a disciplinary hearing with threats that their jobs were on the line. Mayaya publicly apologised for the blunder, whereas Chitengo
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in Malawi. Of particular significance has been the development of a draft Right to Food Bill, with advocacy focused on targeting the Malawi
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Billy Mayaya was born to Abner Lemon Mayaya (August 15, 1932) a former career diplomat and
Mirriam Chiwambo (died November 2007 aged 74 years). His father worked for more than 32 years for the government of Dr
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