President afraid of haunted house
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Malawi leader afraid of ghostsMalawians have prayed for their president after officials said he had left his 300-room mansion in the capital because of fears it was haunted.
On Monday, an official in Mutharika's office charged with overseeing religious affairs said exorcisms were being said on the mansion's grounds while prayer sessions were taking place in churches in Llilongwe and Blantyre, the commercial capital. ...
"The president does not have to let us make imaginary evils, when he knows pretty well that we have so many real ones to encounter, like how is he going to deliver on his (election) promises," the Daily Times said in an editorial.
Malawi's State House has had a chequered past since it was constructed in 1975 by former President-for-Life Hastings Banda.
Although he lavished a fortune on the Persian-style brick palace, Banda ultimately decided not to live there -- a move some of his former associates said was spurred by the discovery that it was constructed on an ancient burial site.