David Bwogi

Ex-Malawi MP shoots himself dead in parliament

A high-ranking former Malawian MP, Clement Chiwaya, has shot himself dead in an office in parliament.
Mr Chiwaya, who was a wheelchair user after he contracted polio at the age of two, served as deputy speaker between 2014 and 2019.

In a note he left shortly before the shooting, he wrote about the dispute he had with parliamentary officials over the owne

100 years from today, for example in 2121 all of us will be underground with our relatives and friends. Strangers will live in our homes. Our property will be owned by strangers. They will not even remember us. How many of us think of our grandfather's father? We will become part of history in the memory of our generations, while people will forget our names and shapes. At that time we will realize how ignorant and deficient the dream of getting everything was. We would ask for one more life to spend it only in doing good deeds, but it would be too late. Keep in mind, today we have the opportunity to do good for ourselves and others, the only thing that will remain forever is our good deeds