President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika has directed that the funeral of late Joseph Kubwalo who once served as Minister of Defence under the reign of former President Dr. Bakili Muluzi be accorded a military honor.

This has been disclosed in a Press statement released on Thursday from the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) signed by Chief Secretary to the President Lloyd Muhara made available to faceofmalawi reporter.

Kubwalo died on Wednesday at Adventist Hospital in the commercial capital Blantyre.

According to Muhara, late Kubwalo will be laid to rest on Saturday at Chirimba, Chirimba Industrial Site.

“The Office of the President and Cabinet wishes to announce that Honourable Joseph Kubwalo, a former Cabinet Minister, died on Wednesday November 21, 2018 in Blantyre. Vigil is at his residence in Chirimba, Blantyre,” reads in part the statement.

Minister of Information and Communications Technology Honourable Henry Mussa will represent President Mutharika at the funeral.

In 2014 elections, Kubwalo was a runningmate to Friday Jumbe of of New Labour Party (NLP).