Background
He was born on September 1926 in Malawi.
He was born on September 1926 in Malawi.
Joined the army in 1947, enlisting in the King’s African Rifles.
By 1962 he was a warrant officer class I whose voice rang across the Parade square as regimental sergeant-major. Selected for a commission before mdependence he was sent on training courses to Kenya and Britain.
At independence in 1964 he was promoted lieutenant and two years later Be became a major. In 1969 he was appointed deputy army commander with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, Prcsident Banda made him the first Malawian army commander on May 15, 1972, promoting him to major-general.