Agnes Penemulungu (died 2019) was a Member of Parliament for Lilongwe South Constituency in

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. She was elected on President Mutharika's

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ticket.

Family

She was married to Malawian businessman Lucky Penemulungu.

Presence at Mutharika's death

Penemulungu was in a meeting with

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when he collapsed and died in 2012. Mutharika's death led to the constitutional crisis in Malawi. She went on bed rest shortly after. She was questioned officially by the Commission of Inquiry ordered by Malawi President

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as part of an information gathering exercise to establish circumstances surrounding the President Mutharika's death but has commented that he "stopped talking and collapsed."Zodiak Malawi:"MP in Whose Presence Bingu Collapsed Not Feeling Well"
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Death

Agnes Penemulungu was standing for re-election as a candidate in the

2019 Malawian general election General elections were held in Malawi on 21 May 2019 to elect the President of Malawi, President, National Assembly (Malawi), National Assembly and local government councillors. Incumbent President Peter Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive P ...

. However, on April 29, 2019 she died suddenly. Parliamentary elections for her constituency, Lilongwe South, were postponed until after the general election.

References

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