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Robert Mugabe to bury wa Mutharika
20 Apr 2012 at 04:43hrs | Views
President Robert Mugabe will be among several other heads of states and government attending the burial of the late Malawian President Bingu waMutharika on Monday.
WaMutharika died of heart attack in a South African hospital two weeks ago. He was 78.
Presidential spokesperson George Charamba yesterday confirmed the scheduled trip to Malawi next week, newsday reported.
"This is the burial of a head of state and we are going there," Charamba said.
Other heads of state and government leaders billed to witness the burial are South Africa's Jacob Zuma, Tanzania's Jakaya Kikwete, Mozambique's Armando Guebuza, Benin's Thomas Yayi Boni, Kenya's Mwai Kibaki and Namibia's Hipikepunye Pohamba.
Angola will be represented by its Speaker of the National Assembly Antonio Paulo Kasoma while China will be represented by a yet-to-be-named cabinet minister.
Mutharika will be buried at his sprawling Ndata Farm in the southern tea-growing district of Thyolo.
WaMutharika died of heart attack in a South African hospital two weeks ago. He was 78.
Presidential spokesperson George Charamba yesterday confirmed the scheduled trip to Malawi next week, newsday reported.
"This is the burial of a head of state and we are going there," Charamba said.
Angola will be represented by its Speaker of the National Assembly Antonio Paulo Kasoma while China will be represented by a yet-to-be-named cabinet minister.
Mutharika will be buried at his sprawling Ndata Farm in the southern tea-growing district of Thyolo.
Source - newsday
