President Chakwera declares 2 days of national mourning for 21 who died in the road accident:

By Kondanani Chilimunthaka

President Lazarus Chakwera has declared that the country mourns the departed souls of 21 Malawians who have died in a fatal accident in Ntcheu following a head on collusion of a coaster minibus they were traveling in and a truck in the early hours of Sunday, August 1, 2021.

President Chakwera

President Chakwera made the declaration upon his arrival from a one week official trip to United Kingdom where he was invited to attend a Global Partnership Education Summit.

The minibus is reported to have 27 lady passengers on board traveling to Chikwawa. Meanwhile the government of Malawi is making the arrangements of repatriating the dead bodies to their respective homes for burial.

Wreakage after the accident