He was born 4 October 1959. Between 2000 and 2003 he was ambassador to Portugal, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. He served in that capacity until April 2015. From April 2015 to 2017 he was the Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining. He was appointed as
Minister of Justice from June 2019 to June 2020. However he became the Minister of Education and he announced the introduction of universal free secondary education. In the following year he commended
Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) and its vice chancellor
Nancy Chitera for their ambitious plans. The plans included assembling and making agricultural equipment, making lime, cement and gold mining. ==References==