By Chisomo Kambandanga

Nkhata Bay, May, 13, Mana: Councillor for Sanga Ward in Nkhata Bay South East Constituency, Agness Chembezi, has died.

District Commissioner for Nkhata Bay, Rodgers Newa, confirmed the death.

"I confirm the death of one of our female councillors, Agness Chembezi, who died in the evening of Monday April 12, 2025 at Nkhata Bay District Hospital after a short illness.

"This is a great loss to the council as the late Chembezi was always active during full council meetings and other development activities in the district and had the needs of her people at heart," Newa said.

According to Newa, burial details will be communicated after consultation with the family.

Fellow councillors, including Patricia Longwe from Kavuzi Ward have expressed shock and described Chembezi as peaceful, calm, and hardworking.

"I'm really shocked by the loss. We were only two female councillors in the district, and we were encouraging and advising each other in our course of work. Her death is regrettable," Longwe said.

Chembezi was voted on a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ticket and later joined the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

Until her death, she was the party's Director of Women in the Northern Region.