Agnes Penemulungu is a Member of Parliament for

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South in

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. She was elected on President Mutharika's

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ticket.

Family

She is married to Malawian businessman Lucky Penemulungu.

Mutharika's death

Penemulungu was in a meeting with

Bingu wa Mutharika Bingu wa Mutharika (; born Brightson Webster Ryson Thom; 24 February 1934 – 5 April 2012) was a Malawian politician and economist who was President of Malawi from May 2004 until his death in April 2012. He was also President of the Democ ...

when he collapsed and died. 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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References

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