Fresh Chilima's Plane Crash Inquiry: Police Chief Luhanga Faces Big Test, "Why the Search Was Stopped Abulaptly at Night?

Police shifted from search to recovery after Chilima wreckage found, ex-IG tells MPs

Malawi’s former Inspector General of Police has mounted a robust defence of the force’s handling of the June 2024 plane crash that killed former vice-president Saulos Chilima and eight others, telling MPs her actions were guided entirely by the information available to her at the time. Merlyne Yolamu appeared before the parliamentary ad-hoc committee investigating […] The post Police shifted from search to recovery after Chilima wreckage found, …

James questions MCP’s position as Chikangawa inquiry hears fresh accounts

By Vincent Gunde The ongoing Chikangawa plane crash inquiry is now raising questions within the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), with Nkhotakota Central legislator Counsel Silvester Ayuba James saying accounts being presented before the committee have forced him to reconsider his understanding of the party and its response to the investigation. James, writing on his Facebook […]

Former police chiefs to face Chikangawa crash inquiry

This article was originally published on Malawi24, Malawi's #1 independent news platform. Two former police chiefs and the current Inspector General of Police are expected to appear before Parliament’s inquiry into the Chikangawa plane crash today. Former Inspector General of Police Merlyne Yolamu, current Inspector General of Police Richard Luhanga and South East Region Commissioner of Police Glinton Mitaye are scheduled to testify at the Parli…

Fresh Chilima's plane crash inquiry: Police Chief Luhanga faces big test, "Why the search was stopped abulaptly at night?

By Kenneth Bwanali LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The spotlight turns firmly to the Malawi Police Service today as three senior police officers appear before Parliament’s Ad-Hoc Committee investigating the 10 June 2024 Chikangawa plane crash. Among them is Richard Luhanga, the current Inspector General of Police who was Northern Region Commissioner of Police when the aircraft disappeared. His appearance […]