WITH no news of him being admitted to any health facility or being involved in an accident, the death of comedian, actor, pastor and film writer Robam Mwape last evening has come as a shock.
But those around Mwape fondly known amongst his legion of followers as Mwine Mushi revealed that in his last hours yesterday, the comedian had clearly announced that he was tired and his time was up.
Confirming Mwine Mushi’s death to Kalemba, his elder brother and fellow actor Owas Ray Mwape said the comedian had been well until he began complaining of feeling tired on Sunday afternoon.
“He was just okay. Yesterday (on Sunday) he was just complaining of his body… feeling tired then today (Monday), he just felt tired and kept on saying “my time is up, my time is up.” And when he was taken to the hospital, he was already gone,” said Owas.
Owas disclosed that although Mwine Mushi had suffered from high blood pressure last month and collapsed in Solwezi’s ShopRite, he was discharged two days later and seemed to have fully recovered.
“He wasn’t really sick. [It was] only last month [that] his BP was high. So he fell down in ShopRite Solwezi… But then, two days later, he was even discharged, so we have even been speaking,” he revealed.
Describing his younger brother, Owas called him the most gifted person he had ever met in his entire life.
“Robam was the most talented person I have ever encountered in my life. Yes, I introduced him to showbiz, but he was so dynamic. He could write, act, direct, everything. All that social commentary in Mwine Mushi, he wrote it. I think he wrote over 4,000 scripts,” said Owas.
The veteran actor and filmmaker recalled introducing his immediate young brother to acting when Mwine Mushi was just in Grade 10 at Kasempa Secondary School in North Western Province.
From there, the deceased wrote for Kabanana before moving on to Muvi TV where he created the beloved Mwine Mushi character and later produced several films.
He said by virtue of Mwine Mushi having a family and his own church called Robam Mwape Ministries in Solwezi, his funeral will be held in North Western Province.
The deceased who died at the age of 50 in Solwezi Central Hospital, leaves behind a wife, four children, two grandchildren and five siblings, comprising three brothers and two sisters.
By Catherine Pule
Kalemba, September 23, 2025
