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The government of Malawi is to introduce a new law to try and stop people breaking wind in . The proposed legislation would punish offenders who choose to release their foul-smelling gases in public places. The Local Courts Bill will soon be presented to parliament for . It intends to prosecute those “who the air” in an to “mould responsible and disciplined citizens”. The states: “Any person who voluntarily [impairs] the atmosphere in any place so as to make it noxious to the of persons in general, dwelling or carrying on business in the neighbourhood or passing along a public way, shall be of a misdemeanor.”

The bill has created a lot of among Malawians, who feel the country has more serious than trying to criminalize a natural bodily . They also say it is causing embarrassment to the country internationally, with foreign reporting on “Malawi’s farting law”. People are also worried about how the law will be administered on the . Taxi driver Chikosi Nyondo said: “How on will the police know who passed gas? I’m sure there’ll be people arrested for farting.” The Afrik-News website another angry Malawian who said: “Everyone does that, even if it’s in public or it has an accompanying sound, making it criminal is a of democracy.”