Certainly not, but Malawi is a country where the unimaginable can happen. Barely a decade later, a new tyrant emerged in the name of Bingu wa Mutharika, who held himself out as a Banda reincarnate of some sort, arrogating to himself the names of the dead despot, mimicking his dressing code, and simulating his parochial governance style.
Flashes of Mutharika's dictatorial disposition were visible during his first term of office, but the general public took little notice due in part to his relatively stellar performance on the national economic front and to the myopic political shenanigans of opposition parties. Indeed, Mutharika will go down in history as the first presidential contender to defy regional boundaries on the Malawian electoral map and win overwhelming support in all three regions of Malawi. Many thought that he would use this show of massive electoral support to redouble his efforts and leave a legacy of a towering statesman. He didn't, quite surprisingly.
