Thursday, May 22, 2014

Waziri ajiua kwa risasi nyumbani

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.

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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