Vice President of Malawi Dr. Saulos Chilima and his wife were killed when their military plane crashed on the way to a funeral, the government says.
Johannesburg — The Vice President of Malawi , Dr. Saulos Chilima, and 9 other people including his wife, were killed when the plane they were travelling in crashed in the Chikangawa mountain range, the government said Tuesday. President Lazarus Chakwera declared Tuesday a national day of mourning.
Chilima, 51, had been seen in Malawi as a possible contender for next year's presidential election.A somewhat controversial figure, he'd been arrested in 2022 on graft allegations, amid reports that he'd received kickbacks from a businessman for government contracts. Chilima consistently denied the charges, right up until last month, when they were dropped by the national prosecutor, who filed a notice for the discontinuation of the case.
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