Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera, who is also leader of opposition, has backed Livingstonia Synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP), whose members were the major victims of the Easter Sunday Rumphi boat tragedy, for declaring the Mlowe incident the 'Church National Disaster'. Synod general secretary the Reverend Levi Nyondo said the declaration of the 'Church National Disaster 'was made because many people have died and others are missing, saying such an incident is automatically a national disaster. But Chakwera said after send-off service of three people who died in the capsized boat that the church was right declaring it a 'national disaster'. Meanwhile, MDF has beefed up its search team with two more divers to assist in searching for victims of Easter Sunday boat tragedy in Lake Malawi. Chakwera said in the boat on Wednesday in the Lake Malawi, he met the MDF soldiers on rescue operations and observed that the challenge is beyond the local people.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 20, 2017 05:48 UTC