Posted Thursday, May 22, 2014 | by- Rex Chikoko, Nation Correspondent in Lilongwe, Malawi
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.
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.
Over
70 per cent of members of President Joyce Banda Cabinet have lost seats
in parliament in a closely contested election, whose results were yet
to be officially released by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC).
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.
"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.
Police were yet confirm the cause of the death.
Malawians on May 20 voted for the new set of leaders in the tripartite elections.
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