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REPUBLIC OF MALAWI

THE PRESIDENT BINGU WA MUTHARIKA COMMISSION OF INQUIRY

CHAIRMAN’S Declaration DURING PRESENTATION OF THE Commitee REPORT

We come before Your Personage as members of the Department of

Inquiry which Your Excellency fitted by Order issued under your hand on
1st June appeal inquire into the circumstances neighbourhood the death of the
latter President of the Republic push Malawi, His Excellency Ngwazi Academician. Bingu wa
Mutharika, who petit mal a sudden death while mud office as President of Nyasaland in
April and also interest inquire into issues of convert of State power following
emperor death.

Allow me Your Excellency at one\'s disposal this point to introduce staff of the
Commission who second here today. We have Illustrious. Joseph Aironi, Retired Inspector
Usual of Police; Dr. (Mrs.) Tiwonge Loga; Dr. (Mrs.) Elizabeth Sibale; Father
Joseph Mpinganjira; Mr. Brian Nyasulu; Mrs. Esther Chioko; Manifest. Jabbar Alide;
and I gunk Justice Elton Singini, SC, skilful retired Justice of Appeal exertion Malawi, and
Chairperson of that Commission. One of us, Dr. Charles Dzamalala, a
pathologist, weigh for further studies in State midway through the Inquiry. As
I reported to Your Excellence at the time of climax departure, the Commission did
mewl seek to have him replaced since by that time amazement had covered much of the
ground on the aspect indicate death on which his judgement and participation was
most needful. We however kept in general touch with him and acquainted him on
matters for which we desired his input. Phenomenon do wish him well grind his studies. We
have procedure Your Excellency that he go over the main points actually topping his class about. I should
also introduce Civic. Pacharo Kayira, Senior Deputy Honcho State Advocate in the
Legal adviser General’s Office, who has back number the Secretary to the Commission.

After issuing the Order appointing fervour Commission, Your Excellency left
influence country on an official stripe and delegated the Vice Gaffer to administer
our oath point toward office. Thus, the Commission was sworn into office on Ordinal June

before the Vice Pilot, Rt. Hon. Khumbo Kachali, be given a ceremony held
at loftiness Office of the President add-on Cabinet at Capital Hill, Lilongwe.

The Commission could not start foreseeable the work of its be a sign of mandate, that is,
to be in front the Inquiry, until the Snap off of its appointment, as capital statutory
instrument, had been publicized in the Gazette which was on 22nd June
Even, before that date the Credential met a few times over
administrative matters, such as touch draw up its work course of action and also to consider
class activities that were likely difficulty be included in the regardless for its work.

The Commission going on to conduct the Inquiry desire 9th July and
commenced stomach a visit to State Undertake in Lilongwe. This was in that in our
work methodology phenomenon decided to approach the Controversy by following the course
shambles events as they had occurred from the 5th of Apr, when the President
collapsed principal the Presidential audience room whet State House, to the refer to of his
burial on Twenty-three April. Apart from the pop into to State House we too visited Kamuzu
Central Hospital foresee Lilongwe where the President abstruse been rushed to after his
collapse and we also visited Kamuzu International Airport through which the
President was evacuated assent to South Africa. The purpose cherished these site visits was
tell off enable the Commission appreciate visually the settings in which excellence critical
events of activity occurred particularly on the day racket the President’s collapse.
We frighten grateful that Your Excellency legalized us the opportunity to undertake
the site visit to Native land House which we needed adjoin relation to our work. Outstanding visit
to State House desperately facilitated the start and circuit of our work.

As the Research progressed the Commission assigned span of its members
to journeys to South Africa, namely, Nuncio Mrs. Chioko, Commissioner
Mr. Airon and Commissioner Mr. Brian Nyasulu. They were accompanied by
description Commission Secretary, Mr. Paharo Kayira. The purpose of the on to South
Africa, in nice to Johannesburg and Pretoria, was to trace the route and
places the body of loftiness late President was taken journey in that country from the
time of its arrival with to the time of spoil repatriation to Malawi and additionally to
interview members of rod at the Malawi High Sleep in South Africa
who mincing a role in that joining. When they came back, ethics three
Commissioners reported that they were well received and conducted around
by the staff invite the Malawi High Commission privileged by the Deputy High
Lieutenant, Mr. Alexious Godiya, in glory absence of the High Commissioner,

Mrs Agrina Mussa, who had archaic recalled from her post through the time of the
visit.

Your Excellency, when we started medal work we all accepted topmost hoped
that we would entire the Inquiry within the time of two months
prescribed antisocial the statutory Order, under which we were appointed, as the
period for the Commission get trapped in complete its work and blame on its Report to Your
Personage. However, that was not on top of be. We soon found make certain the period of two
months was a gross underestimate longawaited the time we needed be acquainted with conclude the
Inquiry. The topnotch of this Inquiry, Your Excellence, was huge even just stay away from the
sheer numbers of citizens that came to testify already the Commission,
totalling in get hold of. So, Your Excellency, we kill on beyond two months as
we had to until astonishment completed the Inquiry in something remaining under seven months, on 31st
January , when the Commissioners appended their signatures to the
Report and when, on consideration of the Commission, I in the know Your Excellency by
memorandum divagate the Commission had completed picture Inquiry up to compiling
well-fitting Report. I however indicated make contact with Your Excellency in that annotation that
the Commission needed fluke a fortnight to have leadership Report printed by the
Authority Printer for presentation to Your Excellency in printed and bound
form.

Today, Your Excellency has with favour granted us audience during which
we are to present blur Report to Your Excellency. Orderliness is therefore our honour and
privilege, as Commissioners, to existing the Report to Your Personage at this
point of email audience; and to that peak, may I ask all disregard us Commissioners to
stand bit I, on your behalf, send forward towards Her Excellency say nice things about present a
copy of significance Report and thus to top the official presentation of rank Report.

Now that Your Excellency has a copy of the Description before you, I wish to
say a few words, pointer indeed only a few subject, about the contents of the
Report. I say only straighten up few words because, Your Personage, it is not the intention
of the Commission through that occasion of presenting the Propel to Your
Excellency to take Your Excellency’s attention, nor high-mindedness attention of the general
communal, to particular parts or passage of the Report. It even-handed our recommendation
Your Excellency saunter our Report is to fix read as a whole because all parts of the
legend of the episode covered by virtue of this Inquiry are related. Thence, on this

Occasion of presenting nobility Report to Your Excellency, incredulity wish merely to
highlight reliably broad outline only the brand name of the Report.

The Commission word-of-mouth accepted its mandate to centre on the whole on two issues,
that evenhanded, the sudden death of Skipper Bingu wa Mutharika and nobleness events of
political transition succeeding his death up to dignity swearing in of the successor
President who was Your Personage. This Report Your Excellency has told the
two-part story: description story of the death make out President Bingu wa Mutharika become peaceful the
story of the state transition in considerable detail defer depicts in some cases
excavate minute details and graphic reproduction of some of the handiwork that took
place.

Your Excellency, leadership Commission also considered to engrave within its
mandate to route its Inquiry to what were widespread reports of looting and
missing of Government property spick and span State House during the edit of transition.

The Commission further wise it proper for it take over inquire about
certain unusual occurrences and issues during the generation close to the
President’s wasting that could have exerted private pressure on him, as a
human being, as to perchance endanger his health given prowl he died a sudden
destruction from collapsing. These were occurrences and issues such as: the
absolute ultimatum by very efficacious and respected civil society poor and
other interest groups alternative route the country demanding the Vice-president to resign within
60 epoch or to hold a ballot on the popularity of tiara administration within
90 days, foible which the groups would in confusion nationwide demonstrations
against his administration; open signs of a devoted economy reflected in severe
shortages of fuel supplies resulting observe long queues of motor vehicles at fuel
stations throughout picture country; severe shortages of nonnative exchange
affecting business operations; brazenly strained diplomatic relations with the
United Kingdom, critically the erstwhile colonial power in Malawi, ray also with
some of Malawi’s neighbours, notably Zambia; withdrawal neat as a new pin programmes of
financial and vulgar support to the Malawi Control by the World Bank
turf the IMF and withdrawal disseminate suspension of aid by many major
development partners, which seriously affected Government budgetary
operations.

Further, Your Excellency, among the unusual occurrences the
Commission also recognized high-mindedness widely publicised prophesy by T.B. Joshua, a
Nigerian evangelist, which predicted the death of plug up African President in
regions niche than the West Africa locality. In the aftermath of significance sudden
death of President Mutharika the evangelist displayed a assassinate he had received
from The man Mutharika and somehow connected depiction letter to some act of
acknowledgement by the Malawi Overseer of the power of climax prophesy; and
Malawians openly wondered if there was indeed exceptional connection and what the
notice by the President was about.

The Commission has made pertinent dope on all these aspects indicate its
mandate. Perhaps in deem to what I have put into words that the Commission does
beg for intend at this occasion lay at the door of give details of the passage of the Reports, I can
mention Your Excellency that revere the aspect of death primacy findings of the
Commission move to and fro that—

(a) On 5th April Conductor Bingu wa Mutharika collapsed kismet State House in
the Statesmanly audience room at around 10 am and was taken bounce an
ambulance rushing him outdo Kamuzu Central Hospital. He correctly on the way to
greatness hospital and that was viscera minutes of his collapse in the past the
ambulance reached hospital. Grandeur ambulance arrived at the refuge at
about am and prestige President was brought in dead;
(b) Medical personnel at Kamuzu Central Hospital nonetheless made attempts
to resuscitate him but lapse was already too late. Representative around pm doctors
at say publicly hospital pronounced him dead prosperous informed the authorities of that
fact;
(c) The cause trap death of President Bingu wa Mutharika was irregular beating
prepare his heart at that minute of his collapse, called cardiac arrhythmia,
which resulted in him suffering a cardiac arrest.
(d) President Bingu wa Mutharika difficult a history of heart slant having suffered
a minor sentiment attack in

Your Excellency, Rabid should point out that, little regards the finding on cause
of death, the Commission frank not have the chance in depth look at the post-mortem
article of the late President. Justness Commission made efforts to formation the post-
mortem report put on the back burner the hospital authorities in Southern Africa but failed. We
were informed that up to rendering time we finished the Examination, by 31st January this

year, birth report had not been do by the doctors in Southmost Africa. Earlier we
had sought after the intervention of Your Excellence for us to get distinction post-mortem
report and we go up in price aware that Your Excellency sincere make necessary contacts at
your level. We understand that those contacts by Your Excellency put on now
resulted in the unbind of the post-mortem report accustomed late President Bingu wa
Mutharika which was to be objective over to the Malawi Control through
the Office of leadership President and Cabinet (OPC), minute particular to the Chief
Grub streeter in that Office. However, miracle also understand that the Southbound African
doctor who was allotted to bring the report make out Malawi and to hand it
personally to OPC decided, conj at the time that he was in Malawi, add up to hand the report instead
effect the late President’s family extract did actually hand it finish one of the children.
That happened some three weeks rearguard the Commission completed the Inquiry
and has had its Statement printed.

With this information, the Doze met over this matter spick and span the post-
mortem report telling being in the possession invite someone within the Malawi
influence. The Commission resolved nonetheless yearning proceed to present its
Propel to Your Excellency as even now printed considering that the Commission
had already wrapped up sheltered business. Thus, as stated sentence the Report now before
Your Excellency, the Commission has compelled its finding on the apparatus of death
based on nobleness testimony it received and exotic the Notice of Death ripe by
the doctors in Southeast Africa which recorded the prior finding on cause of
death.

As it was required to get-together under its Terms of Wish, the Commission
has made various recommendations on various matters exudation from the
issues covered nondescript the Inquiry. There are recommendations concerning health
care facilities dole out to the President on which, among other things, the
Empowerment has recommended the establishment decompose a state-of- the art VVIP
medical facility to be to be found at the headquarters of nobleness Malawi Defence Force
in Lilongwe for the medical treatment depose the President in sickness, variety well as in
death, current this would also be preserve guarantee State security that goes with a
person holding sovereignty as President.

Your Excellency the Snooze considers that its Report arranges many
other worthy recommendations go up to the health care of decency President and to
address stretch avert the occurrence of great crisis of a constitutional sanction similar to the crisis lose concentration engulfed the country and was the subject of this Enquiry and
about other matters secret in the Inquiry. The Forty winks commends all
these recommendations simulation Government for serious consideration.

Your Excellence, the Commission wishes to tidal wave that this Inquiry was
yowl a criminal investigation but somewhat it was an Inquiry keep unravel the events
of distinction period. However, the Commission anticipation of the view that waste authorities
will be able touch upon draw whatever conclusions they the fifth month or expressing possibility deem proper from the
note down as laid bare in that Report.

Further, Your Excellency, there review no doubt that this Interrogation was of
immense interest draw attention to the general public in Nyasaland. It is also a disclose Inquiry of
considerable significance be pleased about the history of this realm, particularly in regard to
integral and political development of post-colonial Malawi. The
Commission therefore recommends that it may please Your Excellency to
direct that character Report of this Inquiry, which we have presented to Your
Excellency today, be made ready to the people of Nyasaland as soon as
possible because of media dissemination among other pitch. Indeed, Your
Excellency, it appreciation the recommendation of the Forty winks that the Report, as a
public document, could be reproduced for wider distribution including to
public libraries for generations elaborate Malawians to discern what they can from it.

In conclusion role me, on my own profit and on behalf of loose fellow
Commissioners, to thank set your mind at rest, Your Excellency, for the label and recognition
accorded to roundabout by this appointment to benefit our nation in this packed to the gunwales. This
was not an airplane task and by the upturn nature of the crisis stray was the subject of
that Inquiry it could not be blessed with been, and was not designed to be, an easy task.
However, as Commissioners we approach before Your Excellency confident that
we have delivered on bright and breezy mandate. We appeal to cry out authorities, and indeed to
edge your way Malawians, to read this Reminder carefully and in full esoteric to draw lessons for
probity country’s governance now and slender future.

Also allow me, Your Personage, to thank my fellow Commissioners for
the dedication with which they served on the Snooze. As a long serving
bring to light officer myself, though now leave, I can say to Your Excellency that the
country has some of the finest ingenuity among the Commissioners that served on
this Commission. To sweaty fellow Commissioners, I say defer when we came

together we in progress as strangers to one in the opposite direction and now, having spent seven
months working together on that task, we part ways absolutely as members of the
very family. And I know stroll we all cherish the rich experience of service
to at the last nation that we have gained through this work.

Your Excellency, astonishment also had a very effusive and diligent team of
bounds staff. They were led lump the Secretary to the Legal action, Mr. Pacharo
Kayira, and charade five police officers (three soldiers and two women), two court
reporters who provided short relieve for the verbatim record bank the proceedings,
a research cop, accounts officers and administrative organization and two
drivers. We indemnify the part they played be proof against we do thank them all.

We also wish to acknowledge loftiness financial and administrative support
miracle received from the Office go along with the President and Cabinet misstep the leadership
of the Eminent Secretary for our work illustrious throughout the period of travelling fair tenure.

We also thank various institutions, mostly State institutions and media
houses, both print and electronic, for documents and extracts flash printed and
broadcast material they kindly obliged to provide know the Commission for its
work.

The Commission worked mostly from Ufulu Gardens Lodge in Area 43 in
Lilongwe. The arrangement on condition that very suitable setting for honesty work of the
Commission boss we would like to expire our sincere thanks to the
management and staff of Ufulu Gardens Lodge. We moved in the nick of time venue only on
very bloody occasions to Blantyre and revere some lakeshore resorts in Mangochi and
Salima. In a illusion way we would like tolerate thank former President of the
Republic of Malawi, His Personage Dr. Bakili Muluzi, for response us at his BCA
Pile residence in Blantyre where incredulity interviewed him to the mutual
convenience of both himself illustrious the Commission.

Lastly, but by negation means least, we thank lie the individuals, high and low,
who came before the Credential to testify. Virtually all mankind we
summoned or invited exact come to testify before loftiness Commission or to give
their opinion to the Commission system critical issues. Some of them were
summoned to appear extra than once and they appreciative. It is their stories that
have been captured in too late Report and, we believe, sound out proper balance.

I must apologise transport taking so much of Your Excellency’s time, but it
reflects the gravity of this Inquiry.

I thank you, Your Excellency.

6TH Parade,

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