Kamanya found dead

Deputy Minister of local government and Peoples Party (PP) MP Godfrey Kamanya has allegedly shot himself dead at his home in Area 10 at around 3am over claims that he was trailing in his constituency.

Kamanya had been MP for Lilongwe Msozi North constituency since he joined PP and unofficial results indicated that he was losing his seat.

By yesterday morning, unofficial results from the Lilongwe rural tally centre indicated that Kamanya was coming fifth out of seven candidates with 1 738 votes against 4 625 for Malawi Congress Party candidate Highton Jiya and in some centres he had a as little votes as 35.

According to Kamanya’s friend and former Minister of Transport Ulemu Chilapondwa said his wife received a call from Kamanya’s wife that she heard a gunshot in a room which the former deputy minister had locked himself in.

When Chilapondwa arrived at Kamanya’s Area 10 home, he and two others managed to break down the door and found that his friend had died from a gunshot to his chest.

The contents of a note which Chilapondwa was privy to indicated that Kamanya listed how his property would be shared and made a special request to President Joyce Banda to look after his son.

But Chilapondwa said he would leave the disclosure of the full contents of the suicide note to the Police who are currently carrying out investigations .