Kenneth Kaunda - The African Mirror

Jul

08

2021

Zambia’s Kaunda buried at offical site despite son’s challenge

CHRIS MFULA ZAMBIA’S founding president, Kenneth Kaunda, was laid to rest at the country's presidential burial site yesterday after the High Court dismissed a challenge by one of his sons that this would be against his wishes. Kaunda ruled Zambia from 1964, when the southern African nation won its independence from Britain, until his defeat in an election in 1991. He died on June 17 in a military hospital in Lusaka. Kaunda's son Kaweche on Tuesday challenged in court the government's plan to bury his father's remains at Embassy Park, where other former heads of state are buried and which…

Leaders bid farewell to “KK”

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER WITH white handkerchiefs, a 21 gun salute, a military flypast, song and praise, Zambia today bid farewell to its famous son, Kenneth Kaunda, its founding president who passed away at 96. Southern African heads of states and government today paid glowing tributes to Kaunda under whose leadership Zambia played a key role in the liberation of their countries. Kaunda led Zambia to independence from British colonial rule in 1964 and backed freedom movements that overcame colonial settlers and brought majority rule to Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Former President of Tanzania Jakaya Kikwete, speaking on…

Africa prays for hospitalised Kaunda (97)

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ZAMBIAN president Edgar Lungu has led Zambians and Africa in prayers for Dr Kenneth Kaunda, the country’s 97-year-old founding president who has been admitted into hospital for suspected COVID-19 related illness. “I call on the nation to pray for our beloved KK who is hospitalised that God may touch him with his healing hand. He stood up for this great nation as its most critical moment and so we can all stand up for him in his moment of weakness,” said Lungu. The Zambian president assured the nation that the government was doing all it can to ensure that Kaunda…