Malawi's Deputy minister for Local Government Godfrey Kamanya
killed himself in the wee hours of Thursday over suspected political
disagreements with his colleagues in the People's Party.
Outgoing Deputy Local Government Minister shot himself in his home.
Outgoing Deputy Local Government Minister shot himself in his home.
Mr Kamanya failed to retain his parliamentary seat in the just ended elections.
His close friend and former deputy minister for Agriculture Ulemu Chilapondwa confirmed the death of his colleague.
Mr
Chilapondwa said while the exact reasons behind Mr Kamanya's death were
not immediately clear, a suicide note left behind indicated that they
were political.
Mr Chilapondwa said the fallen
colleague left a suicide note that indicated his life was being
threatened by two other politicians whose names were not mentioned.
Mr
Chilapondwa said Mr Kamanya attended a People's Party meeting on
Wednesday and at around 3am (local time) he received a telephone call
from the latter's wife that he had shot himself dead.
Talking
to the local media Thursday morning, Mr Chilapondwa indicated that Mr
Kamanya gave reasons for his committing suicide in his note, and also
asked President Banda to take care of his child.
In a suicide note now held by police, Kamanya
reportedly said he took his life because of misunderstandings related to
politics.
He also outlined how his wealth would be distributed and
asked incumbent President Joyce Banda, under whom he served, to help pay
school fees for his child.
“We had to break the door to his kitchen where
he had locked himself up,” Kamanya's friend Jemoth Chilapondwa - also a
member of Banda's People's Party - told Zodiak.
“We found him lying dead in a pool of blood.
Police will do their investigations and are the ones who can disclose
more on this,” Chilapondwa said.
"The
death is in relation with politics. I cannot say more as police are the
ones to disclose the contents of the letter after investigations," he
said.
The
former PP official and deputy minister is reported to have shot himself
at his house in Area 10 Lilongwe after losing Lilongwe Msodzi North
Parliamentary elections. The incident is reported to have happened at
around 3:30 this morning. Kamanya is on record for having told
Parliament last year that, “Mr Speaker Sir, the DPP government lied to
Malawians that things were normal when in actual sense the country was
in a mess. DPP was a disease that would have killed Malawians if it had
continued running this country.” - See more at:
http://www.faceofmalawi.com/2014/05/breaking-news-honourable-godfrey-kamanya-shoots-himself-dead-barely-a-day-after-unofficially-losing-may-20-malawi-election/#sthash.rXYsuMvR.mXjpCIah.dpuf
The
former PP official and deputy minister is reported to have shot himself
at his house in Area 10 Lilongwe after losing Lilongwe Msodzi North
Parliamentary elections. The incident is reported to have happened at
around 3:30 this morning. Kamanya is on record for having told
Parliament last year that, “Mr Speaker Sir, the DPP government lied to
Malawians that things were normal when in actual sense the country was
in a mess. DPP was a disease that would have killed Malawians if it had
continued running this country.” - See more at:
http://www.faceofmalawi.com/2014/05/breaking-news-honourable-godfrey-kamanya-shoots-himself-dead-barely-a-day-after-unofficially-losing-may-20-malawi-election/#sthash.rXYsuMvR.mXjpCIah.dpuf
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