Mcwilliam Lunguzi
Malawian civil servant
Maximiano Mcwilliam Lunguzi (c. 1946 - July 2, 1996) was an Inspector General of Police in Malawi. He was removed from his post by President Bakili Muluzi and reassigned as a diplomat without an explanation in a move that was challenged by the court and ruled unconstitutional.
He was charged with conspiracy to commit murder together with John Tembo, Cecilia Kadzamira but was acquitted.
He was alleged to have been involved in the Mwanza murders, in which three cabinet ministers and an MP were murdered in Mwanza. Lunguzi, John Tembo, Cecilia Kadzamira and police officers McDonald Kalemba and Leston Likawombe were charged with conspiracy to commit murder. They were all acquitted by Judge Mackson Mkandawire.
In 1995, after his retirement, he entered politics and showed signs of wanting to run for Malawi Congress Party president. He died before running for president, when his car ran into a stationary tractor, on July 2, 1996. President Bakkili Muluzi launched an investigation into his death due to the suspicious nature of the car accident.
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