The two were arrested by Police on tuesday after they confessed to have done the act which is criminalised by the country's constitution.

The two are Cuthbert Kulemela, 19 who is a form two student and a 39 year old Kelvin Gonani.

Kanengo Police spokesperson Ester Nkwanda,confirmed that the development saying the two will be awaiting investigations which are still underway by the state.

Kulemela and Gonani  were caught  in Area 25 in the capital after leaving a drinking joint together.

Nkwanda said from the information gathered , both left the drinking joint fully aware of what they were going to do at Gonani’s house.

“They left the drinking joint and went to Gonani's house where they are alleged to have done their act.

When Kulemela was leaving the house he met community policing members who asked him several questions on what they were doing in the house. Thereafter, people started to stone Gonani’s house until we came to arrest the two,” said Nkwanda.

According to Nkwanda, both Gonani and Kulemeka hail from Blantyre but are resident in Lilongwe.

The maximum sentence for the offence if found guilty is 14 years.

This is the second open incident of gays after the famous Tionge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza who had the first ever open engagement in Blantyre during the late Bingu Wa Mutharika reign.

Chimbalanga and Monjeza were sentenced to 14 years imprisonment with hard labour by the Blantyre Magistrate Court until when UN Secretary General Banki-Moon came to negotiate for their pardon and release.

Gay sex is a crime in Malawi with custodial sentences of up to 14 years imprisonment and Nkwanda hinted that the two risk such sentence if found guilty.

The incident has come at a time when there is still a huge debate on the matter in the country between religious leaders and some civil society advocates.

While CSOs maintain that Malawi is a secular nation, the religious leaders say the country is a God-fearing nation.