President Lazarus Chakwera has cut short his trip to Tanzania due to other undisclosed engagements statehouse has confirmed.

Chakwera left Malawi for Tanzania on Wednesday for a three-day state visit and was expected back home on Friday.

Presidential Press Secretary Brian Banda said Chakwera will arrive at Kamuzu International Airport this afternoon.

“Yes, the President is coming back today at 4:30 pm. Initially, it was supposed to be a three-day visit but the President has other engagements back home” said Banda.

The President chartered Malawian Airlines – ET – 20 on his trip to Tanzania which is scheduled to leave for Johannesburg tomorrow at 09:20 am.

The President chartered the same plane on his state visits to Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

His Mozambican trip delayed, for hours, some passengers who were travelling to South Africa on Tuesday using the same plane.