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 and was seen dressed immaculately in blue befitting the companion of a head of state and government.
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.
Professor Mutharika was inaugurated as Malawi’s fifth president in Blantyre yesterday. – Nyasa Times/Herald Reporter.
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Peter Tanyanyiwa