Information reaching faceofmalawi indicates that Traditional Authority Mduwa of Mchinji District has passed away.

This has been disclosed in a press statement released by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development.

According to the Ministry, T/A Mduwa died in the early hours of today at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe.

He succumbed to kidney failure.

Late Mduwa, who was born in 1957 as Patson Magaleta, was installed as T/A Mduwa in 2010.

He is survived by a wife, 10 children and 27 grandchildren.

He will be laid to rest on Friday.