Henry Dama Phoya

Henry Dama Phoya is a former Member of Parliament for Malawi's Blantyre Rural East, Minister of Lands and Housing[1] and Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Malawi.[2]

He was kicked out of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) after opposing the "Injunctions Bill", which he said was a bad piece of legislation that would remove human rights and not protect the people.[2] Phoya was also the chairperson for the National Assembly's Legal Affairs Committee (LAC); a post that went to Goodall Gondwe in August 2011.[2]

He lost his seat in January 2014.[1]

References
  1. "Malawi prolific cabinet minister Henry Phoya pulls out of ruling party primaries - BNL Times". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
  2. "Phoya out, Gondwe in as parley's legal affairs committee chair".


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