President Lazarus Chakwera has described the late Reverend Killion Gibson Jacob Mgawi, a retired cleric of Nkhoma CCAP Synod as a patriotic leader who served the nation selflessly.
Delivering a eulogy on behalf of Chakwera during a funeral service in Nkhoma, Lilongwe, presidential adviser on political affairs Wickford Kinglet Sulamoyo said the President has lost a great leader and spiritual father.
He said: “The Reverend Mgawi has been the President’s adviser physically and spirituality for so many years, that is why he thought of attending his spiritual father’s burial ceremony.”
Sulamoyo said the President was, however, inspired that the departed Mgawi is survived by educated children who are contributing to various spheres of national development. Malawi University of Science and Technology Vice-Chancellor Professor Address Malata is one of his children.
Speaking on behalf of the bereaved family, politician and medical doctor Hetherwick Ntaba said the late Mgawi, who died at 93, was a pillar of the family who loved peace and unity.
He said his life’s achievements calls for family and friends to celebrate him instead of expressing sorrow and grief.
Said Ntaba: “Apart from preaching the word of God, the late Mgawi was also a writer who wrote several educative books and initiated the formation of Student Christian Organisation of Malawi [Scom].”
Nkhoma Synod’s Namoni Katengeza Lay Training Centre director the Reverend Dr.Chatha Msangambe said the synod has lost its living library.
He said Mgawi joined the synod at a young age and knew it’s history more than many clerics.
Msangambe said Mgawi was the first cleric who at 21 was accepted by the synod to go to theological college in 1952.
He further said said Mgawi was the first reverend to lay hands on founding president Hastings Kamuzu Banda when he was sworn in as President in 1964.
Born on January 21 1931, Mgawi also worked as Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioner during the 2019 elections.
Mgawi, the first Malawian general secretary of CCAP Nkhoma Synod from 1963 to 1968, is survived by a wife, five children and 24 grandchildren.
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