By MUBANGA LUCHEMBEA Precursor of what would happen when the inevitable finally happened on July 7 afternoon, as Zambia’s first president, the late Kenneth Kaunda was put to rest at Embassy Park – albeit an event that’s now being seen as gone against his wishes as he had reportedly wanted to be buried at State Lodge next to his wife, Betty.Indeed, having inspired a better Zambia, Kaunda’s rest is well deserved. Now he has entered into conversation, not with himself, but his Creator. And the country cannot thank him enough for his magnificent leadership.With his role as a unifier, the irony is that the battle over his legacy and burial choice had embarrassingly developed into a multi- faceted campaign between factions, or, if you want the “Kaunda Family”, comprising the ruling and opposition political parties, the various foundations and charities he set up after his retirement in 1991, as well as political comrades and business […]
The KK Family’s Showdown Over Burial Choice
