By KETRA KALUNGAPresident Hakainde Hichilema has asked his predecessor Edgar Lungu to be part of the state funeral for late fourth republican president Rupiah Banda.President Hichilema has also requested Cabinet to be updating President Lungu on the preparations of the State funeral.Speaking when he visited Mr Banda’s bereaved family in Lilayi, Mr Hichilema said he believes there is need for him and his predecessor to mourn Mr Banda together.“Let’s mourn President Banda, all of us, no divisive issues. If there are issues we can handle and deal with them later. I want to confirm to the Banda family that.“I have spoken to president Edgar Lungu asking him that we must all mourn our former president together. I wanted to confirm this publicly here. And I asked my team to be briefing President Lungu what is going on. What the plans are. I told my team to brief him about the programs,” President Hichilema said.He said […]
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