Late Bingu Wa Mutharika memorial service on April 5

By Chisomo Phiri

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-The memorial service for the former Malawi leader and founder of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) late Bingu Wa Mutharika will be held on April 5, 2022 at Chingazi Catholic Church in Thyolo district.

In a statement signed by the DPP National Organizing Secretary Chimwemwe Chipungu says the service will commence at 10:00 am followed by laying of wrath at Mpumulo wa Bata Mausoleum at Ndata farm in the district.

Bingu died of heart attack on April 5, 2012.

He was a Malawian politician and economist who was President of Malawi from May 2004 until his death in the stated year.

He was also President of the Democratic Progressive Party, which he founded in February 2005.

The party obtained a majority in Malawi’s parliament in the 2009 general election which led him to become a third Malawi leader.

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