Maximiano Mcwilliam Lunguzi was an Inspector General of Police in Malawi. He was removed from his post by President Bakili Muluzi and reassigned as a diplomat without an explanation in a move that was challenged by the court[clarification needed] and ruled unconstitutional.[1]
He was charged with conspiracy to commit murder together with John Tembo, Cecilia Kadzamira but was acquitted.[2]
He was alleged to have been involved in the Mwanza murders, in which three cabinet ministers and an MP were murdered in Mwanza.[2] Lunguzi, John Tembo, Cecilia Kadzamira and police officers McDonald Kalemba and Leston Likawombe were charged with conspiracy to commit murder. They were all acquitted by Judge Mackson Mkandawire.[3]
In 1995, after his retirement, he entered politics and showed signs of wanting to run for Malawi Congress Party president.[4] He died before running for president, in a car crash on July 2nd, 1996.[5][6] President Bakkili Muluzi launched an investigation into his death due to the suspicious nature of the car accident.[7]
He is mentioned in the book, And Crocodiles are Hungry at Night by Jack Mapanje, as the Prison Inspector who negotiated between Mapanje and President Banda while Mapanje was in jail.[8]
He is mentioned in the book Discourses of Empire and Commonwealth, by Jack Mapanje.