Two Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) officials, Leader of Opposition in Parliament George Chaponda and Joseph Mwanamvekha, former Minister of Finance, have arrived at Nsipe Ground where the funeral ceremony of Vice President Saulos Chilima will be held.

Currently, protocol officers are laying the red carpet in anticipation of the arrival of President Lazarus Chakwera and the funeral procession.

DPP leader Arthur Peter Mutharika is yet to arrive at the scene.

Vice President Saulos Chilima died in a plane crash in Mzimba last Monday.

More details to come…