By Chisomo Phiri
Paramount Chief Kyungu of Karonga and Chitipa who is also Commissioner for the Malawi Peace and Unity Commission has called on Malawians to peacefully mourn the deaths of the late Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and eight others who died in a plane crash on June 10,2024 in Chikangawa Forest in Mzimba.
Kyungu was speaking Monday June 24,2024 in Karonga, during the opening of a two day training on conflict prevention and peace building organised by the Ministry of Local Government Unity and Culture.
“Late Chilima was a leader who loved peace and the best way to honour him and the others who died in that plane crash is to preach peace.
“I would like to advise Malawians especially youths to desist from violent acts which may lead to unnecessary loss of lives,”said Kyungu.
Malawians are still in a 21- day period of mourning the late Chilima and eight others,declared by President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera.
The mourning period ends on Monday July 1,2024.
