adminBLANTYRE — Gertrude Handrina Maseko, a former member of parliament from Balaka North is set to be Malawi’s First Lady following the election of her companion, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leader Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika as Malawi’s President.It is expected that — if all goes well — Maseko and President Mutharika will tie the knot and there would be a state wedding to regularise the partnership.
Maseko has been reluctant to comment on her affair with President Mutharika, saying it is a “private matter.”
However, she accompanied him to the swearing-in ceremony as president on Saturday at the High Court.
The 74-year-old President Mutharika has been a widower for 30 years following the death of his wife Christophine, who hailed from the Caribbean islands.
He is a proud father of three children — two girls and a boy — Monique, Moyenda and Mahopela: all of them prominent lawyers in the United States of America. — Nyasa Times/HR
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