As a track and field athlete, Banda represented Malawi in the high jump.
He was appointed the Director of Public Prosecution by the president of Malawi Kamuzu Banda and later served as acting Solicitor General and Secretary for Justice.
He worked in these two roles until 1974 when he became Minister of Justice and Attorney General and was responsible for the Portfolio of Local Government until his resignation in 1976.
[2] In 1980, he re-entered the Judicial Service to fill the newly created office of Chief Resident Magistrate.
[6] Banda was born in Kawambwa, Northern Rhodesia, near the border with Nyasaland (now Malawi).