The body of late Sister Clotilda Makweya was on Tuesday laid to rest at Nantipwiri Montfort family Cemetery in Thyolo.

Reverend Sister Makweya died on Sunday at Mwaiwathu Private Hospital where she was admitted after a short illness.

Until her death Sister Makweya was serving one of the top officials at Mlambe Mission Hospital in Lunzu.

The burial ceremony started with a mass which was presided over by Archbishop Thomas Luku Msusa of Blantyre archdiocese together with Bishop Afred Mateyu Chaima of Zomba diocese.

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Secretary General Eisenhower Mkaka and the then Minister of Finance under former President Peter Mutharika, Joseph Mwanamvekha were also in attendance.