Vice President Saulos Chilima leaves the country today for an economic summit in the United States of America.

Chilima is leading a 41 member delegation from Malawi of which 15 are from his office and 26 officials from the Government of Malawi.

The past days, members of the public accused the vice president of not practicing what he preaches when the list of a 41 member delegation surfaced online.

Later his office clarified on the controversial number of people scheduled to travel with him in the US.