Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Whip and Dedza Mfulirani legislator Moses Kunkuyu has asked Speaker of Parliament Sameer Suleman to allow MPs with relevant information to testify before the parliamentary committee investigating the June 10, 2024 plane crash.
In a letter dated September 22, 2026, Kunkuyu said the inquiry should give an opportunity to everyone with relevant information to present their evidence, including Members of Parliament.
The crash killed former Vice-President Saulos Chilima and eight others. Parliament’s Ad-hoc Committee is currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the accident.
Kalongashawa specifically referred to Mwanza Central MP Felix Njawala and Mulanje West MP, Patricia Kaliati saying both should be allowed to appear as witnesses.
He said the Mwanza Central Felix Njawala legislator had previously appeared before the Commission of Inquiry but had indicated through the media that he was unable to give his full testimony.
“I believe every person who has relevant information and expressed his or her wish to provide testimony should be afforded an opportunity to do so,” Kunkuyu wrote.
He said when the parliamentary committee was being established, there had been an understanding that people who had appeared before the previous Commission of Inquiry would also be given an opportunity to appear before the new committee where their evidence was relevant.
Kunkuyu also recalled that he had raised concerns when Njawala was included among members of the committee because the MP had previously testified before the Commission of Inquiry.
According to Kunkuyu, Speaker Suleman had assured him that the MP could temporarily relinquish his position as a committee member and appear as a witness when the time came.
He said Suleman had cited his own experience as chairperson of the Agriculture Committee, when he temporarily relinquished the position to testify before an investigating committee.
Kunkuyu has now asked the Speaker to reconsider a reported position that the two MPs should not testify.
He warned that excluding them could leave important questions unanswered.
“If these Members possess information that they believe is relevant to the inquiry, it is in the public interest and particularly the bereaved families that they be given an opportunity to put that information on record,” he wrote.
Kunkuyu further asked that, if the MPs are not allowed to testify, the committee should clearly explain whether the information they intended to provide has already been presented by other witnesses.
“The nation deserves an inquiry in which all relevant voices are heard and all material information is properly placed on record,” he said.
He said allowing the two MPs to testify would strengthen the completeness and transparency of the inquiry.
