Silence on Bingu’s memorial service

Today marks exactly 101years since Malawi’s third president Bingu wa Mutharika died in office on April 2012 leaving the remaining two years of his second term to be completed by his then-vice president Joyce Banda.

Every year Bingu’s family organizes a memorial church service at Chingazi parish but this year it is not known as to whether the service will be held or not.

During his reign, he became famous for overseeing several construction works such as the New Parliament Building, the Bingu National Stadium, the Malawi University of Science and Technology, Chipembere Highway and the Chitipa—Karonga Road.

However, prior to his succumbing to a cardiac arrest, Bingu became ill-reputed for his administration’s crackdown on anti-government demonstrators.