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| Malawi's First Lady, Ethel Mutharika, Dies
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Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) -
Malawi's First Lady, Ethel Mutharika, died
Monday afternoon, the presidency confirmed here Tuesday.
"It is with deep regret that we announce the death of the First Lady, Her
Excellency Madame Ethel Mutharika who died peacefully earlier this
(Monday) afternoon," read the statement from the presidency.
In the Statement, the presidency said full details for state funeral will
be announced later. The Government has meanwhile announced a month-long
mourning period for the First lady.
Mutharika has been unwell for a while getting in and out of hospitals for
breast cancer treatment.
Presidency Press officer Chikumbutso Mtumodzi said Ethel died at the New
State house in the capital, Lilongwe.
Mutharika, who was born in Zimbabwe, met the young Mutharika- then a
civil servant- in the early 1960s.
The Mutharikas run a farm in Zimbabwe. They have four grown up children.
She was in her mid-60s.
Meanwhile, Parliament- currently meeting in Lilongwe for the 2006/07
budget session- adjourned indefinitely on Monday.
Speaker of Parliament Louis Chimango said the National Assembly was
joining the rest of the country in mourning the death of the First Lady.
"We are joining the State President in mourning the First Lady and as
such Parliament will not meet until further communication from my
office," he told the 193-member Parliament.
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| Blantyre - 29/05/2007 |
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