How did Henry Chipembere become a focus of antigovernment opinion in Malawi?

Henry Chipembere became a focus of antigovernment opinion in Malawi following a serious political dispute between Prime Minister Hastings Kamuzu Banda and his cabinet ministers shortly after the country's independence.12

In September 1964, several ministers were dismissed or resigned in protest of Banda’s autocratic methods and his policies regarding South Africa and the Portuguese colonies. Chipembere, who was among those who resigned, was subsequently placed under house arrest. He successfully escaped and defied all attempts by the government to recapture him. Because he remained at large and in opposition to the regime, he became a rallying point for antigovernment sentiment until his death in 1975.312