Clement Chiwaya

Clement Terence Chiwaya{{Cite web|title=2009 Malawi Parliamentary election results|url=http://www.sdnp.org.mw/election/elections2009/index.php?district=Mangochi|access-date=2021-10-18|website=www.sdnp.org.mw}} was born on 16 May 1971.{{Cite web|last=Mfunya|first=Ernest|date=2021-10-03|title=Former Deputy Speaker of Parliament laid to rest|url=https://www.theatlasmw.com/former-deputy-speaker-of-parliament-laid-to-rest/|url-status=usurped|access-date=2021-11-13|website=The Atlas Malawi|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003112828/https://www.theatlasmw.com/former-deputy-speaker-of-parliament-laid-to-rest/ |archive-date=3 October 2021 }} His home village was Mpondasi,{{Cite journal|last=Bennett-Kimble|first=Laura|date=2003|title=Clement Chiwaya: An Aquinas Success Story|url=https://issuu.com/aquinascollege/docs/magazine_spring03/18|journal=Aquinas|volume=2|issue=1|pages=18–19|via=Issuu}} located in Mponda Traditional Authority (TA) area of Mangochi District. At the age of two, Chiwaya contracted polio and became paraplegic.{{Cite web|last=Ellison|first=Garret|date=2014-04-16|title=TEDxGR 2014 speaker lineup includes TED founder, Malawi Parliament member|url=https://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/2014/04/tedx_grand_rapids_2014_speaker.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-13|website=mlive|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516212200/https://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/2014/04/tedx_grand_rapids_2014_speaker.html |archive-date=16 May 2019 }} He was raised by the Diocese of Mangochi due to his disability.

In the late 1990s, Chiwaya found a Calvin College advertisement offering scholarships for students from Africa. In 1998, he flew to Grand Rapids to enter the college, carrying US$500. When he arrived, Calvin College admissions officers informed him that he would need to go back to Malawi and formally apply for the following year. Chiwaya then sought help from the Diocese of Grand Rapids; they arranged for his boarding{{Cite web|last=Kopenkoskey|first=Paul R.|date=10 June 2018|title='Little Miracles' Exemplify Rademakers' Malawi Connection|url=https://westmichiganchristian.com/local/863-little-miracles-exemplify-rademakers-malawi-connection.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=West Michigan Christian News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724210838/http://westmichiganchristian.com:80/local/863-little-miracles-exemplify-rademakers-malawi-connection.html |archive-date=24 July 2018 }} and enrollment in Aquinas College.{{Cite web|last=Cosgrove|first=Jim|date=14 December 2003|title=Campus Watch|url=https://www.ncregister.com/features/campus-watch-sbr6397y|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=National Catholic Register|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114012129/https://www.ncregister.com/features/campus-watch-sbr6397y |archive-date=14 November 2021 }} He completed his bachelor's degree at Aquinas College in 2002, with a double major in Community Leadership and Political Science.{{Cite web|date=2021-10-05|title=A Statement from Aquinas College President Kevin Quinn on the passing of The Honorable Clement Chiwaya '02|url=https://www.aquinas.edu/presidents-office/posts/statement-aquinas-college-president-kevin-quinn-passing-honorable-clement|access-date=2021-10-18|website=Aquinas College|language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2012-10-29 |title=Malawi Parliamentarian gives moving lecture at US College |url=https://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi-parliamentarian-gives-moving-lecture-at-us-college/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127230814/https://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi-parliamentarian-gives-moving-lecture-at-us-college/ |archive-date=27 November 2020 |access-date=2021-11-14 |website=Nyasa Times |language=en-GB}}

After returning to Malawi, Chiwaya entered politics as a member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) party. He was elected to the National Assembly from Mangochi Central in the 2004 general election, holding the seat for the UDF.{{Cite web|title=1999 Malawi Parliamentary election results|url=http://www.sdnp.org.mw/election/elect99/html/mangochi_candidates.html|access-date=2021-10-18|website=www.sdnp.org.mw}}{{Cite web|title=2004 Malawi Parliamentary election results|url=http://www.sdnp.org.mw/election/ele2004/par_results_mangochi.htm|access-date=2021-10-18|website=www.sdnp.org.mw}} He was appointed the first Minister of Social Development and Persons with Disabilities a week after the election,{{Cite web|date=22 June 2004|title=Malawi new cabinet announced by President Bingu wa Mutharika on 13 June 2004|url=https://www.sardc.net/en/southern-african-news-features/malawi-new-cabinet-announced-by-president-bingu-wa-mutharika-on-13-june-2004/|url-status=live|website=Southern African Research and Documentation Centre|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018232855/https://www.sardc.net/en/southern-african-news-features/malawi-new-cabinet-announced-by-president-bingu-wa-mutharika-on-13-june-2004/ |archive-date=18 October 2021 }}{{Cite journal|date=2005|title=Chiwaya: Student to Member of Parliament in Southern Africa|url=https://issuu.com/aquinascollege/docs/aq_magazine_spring_2005/32|journal=Aquinas|volume=4|issue=1|pages=32|via=Issuu}} and continued in this position through 2005.{{Cite web|title=Cabinet Appointments as of 1 August 2005|url=http://www.malawi.gov.mw/CabinetAppointments.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050912132525/http://www.malawi.gov.mw:80/CabinetAppointments.htm|archive-date=12 September 2005|website=Government of the Republic of Malawi}}

Chiwaya was reelected in 2009 and became the Chief Whip for the UDF. After winning a third term in 2014,{{Cite web|title=2014 Malawi Parliamentary election results|url=http://www.sdnp.org.mw/Elections_2014/results/Results-06-corrected-Parliamentatry-elections-results-2014.pdf|access-date=2021-10-18|website=www.sdnp.org.mw}} he became the Second Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly. In 2018, he decided not to run for another term.{{Cite web|last=Sangala|first=Tom|date=17 April 2018|title=Clement Chiwaya won't contest again|url=https://times.mw/clement-chiwaya-wont-contest-again/|url-status=live|website=The Times of Malawi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911140449/https://times.mw/clement-chiwaya-wont-contest-again/ |archive-date=11 September 2021 }}{{Cite web|last=Khamula|first=Owen|date=2019-06-04|title=Disabled persons failure to go win parliamentary seats disappoint Fedoma|url=https://www.nyasatimes.com/disabled-persons-failure-to-go-win-parliamentary-seats-disappoint-fedoma/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Nyasa Times|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607164129/https://www.nyasatimes.com/disabled-persons-failure-to-go-win-parliamentary-seats-disappoint-fedoma/ |archive-date=7 June 2019 }} At the following election in 2019, his former seat was won by Victoria Kingston of the Democratic Progressive Party.{{Cite web|last=Nthenda|first=Gladys|date=23 May 2019|title=Kingston first female MP in Mangochi Central in 30 years|url=https://www.kulinji.com/article/news/malawi-decides-2019/2019/kingston-first-female-mp-mangochi-central-30-years|url-status=usurped|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Kulinji|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114012135/https://www.kulinji.com/article/news/malawi-decides-2019/2019/kingston-first-female-mp-mangochi-central-30-years |archive-date=14 November 2021 }}{{Cite web|title=Mangochi Central Parliamentary Constituency Results|url=https://www.mec.org.mw/elections2019/#/constituency/113/parliamental|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Malawi Electoral Commission|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924235836/https://www.mec.org.mw/elections2019/ |archive-date=24 September 2020 }}

Chiwaya was appointed Minister of Persons with Disability and the Elderly in March 2020,{{Cite web|date=2020-03-21|title=Mutharika cautions ministers on corruption: New Malawi cabinet sworn in|url=https://www.nyasatimes.com/mutharika-cautions-ministers-on-corruption-new-malawi-cabinet-sworn-in/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Nyasa Times|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322132209/https://www.nyasatimes.com/mutharika-cautions-ministers-on-corruption-new-malawi-cabinet-sworn-in/ |archive-date=22 March 2020 }} serving until after the presidential election in June.{{Cite web|last=Mkandawire|first=Mwayi|date=2020-07-08|title=Chakwera names cabinet: Mtambo, Kazako and Usi appointed Ministers|url=https://malawi24.com/2020/07/08/chakwera-names-cabinet-mtambo-kazako-and-usi-appointed-ministers/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Malawi 24|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815015825/https://malawi24.com/2020/07/08/chakwera-names-cabinet-mtambo-kazako-and-usi-appointed-ministers/ |archive-date=15 August 2020 }}

On 30 September 2021, Chiwaya killed himself after not receiving insurance from parliament to pay for damages to his car.{{Cite web|title=Malawi's ex-deputy speaker shoots himself dead in parliament|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/30/malawi-ex-deputy-speaker-shoots-himself-dead-in-parliament|website=Al Jazeera|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220204071312/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/30/malawi-ex-deputy-speaker-shoots-himself-dead-in-parliament|date=30 September 2021|access-date=13 November 2021|archive-date=4 February 2022}}

His funeral was held in Mangochi Stadium on 2 October 2021, and he was buried in Mpondasi.

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|candidate = Frank Jafali Danger

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|candidate = Houstons Auf Sadick

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|candidate = Issa Bwanali Kasito

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|candidate = Clement Terence Chiwaya Dr.

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|candidate = Victor Issa Malunda

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|candidate = Kusweje Yusuf Makwinja

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|candidate = Hassein Anusa

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|candidate = Joyce Mainga Migogo

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|party = United Democratic Front (Malawi)

|candidate = Dr. Clement Terence Chiwaya

|votes = 13336

|percentage = 33.82

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|party = Independent

|candidate = Daddy Anussah Hassein

|votes = 8,954

|percentage = 22.70

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|candidate = Victoria Kingston

|votes = 8,836

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|party = People's Party (Malawi)

|candidate = Macdonald Sylvester Sembereka

|votes = 4,181

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|candidate = Mustafa A. Tchuwa

|votes = 2,337

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|candidate = Sadi Chiwalo

|votes = 925

|percentage = 2.35

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|candidate = George Rabson Chimfuti

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{{reflist}}

• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwZr9lsykQQ Fighting stigma and social inequality: Dr. Clement Chiwaya at TEDxGrandRapids] (2014)

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