ZAMBIA’S first president Dr Kenneth David Kaunda turned 96 yesterday with a low-key celebration because of the novel coronavirus pandemic that has rocked the world.It was not the kind of celebration that Zambians would have wanted for their illustrious son.Had it not been for Covid-19 and the health guidelines given by the Ministry of Health against social gathering, KK’s birthday would have been toasted in grandstyle.Still, even though it was a low-key affair with only a few family members at his home in Lusaka’s State Lodge area, Zambians have a lot to celebrate.KK not only spearheaded Zambia’s independence struggle, during which he, with other colleagues were locked up, but he emerged as the country’s first Prime Minister when self-rule came, and as republican President at independence on October 24, 1964.With the copper mining industry at its peak, Dr Kaunda’s UNIP government embarked on a robust development programme, building schools, trades training institutes and teachers’ training […]
Honouring KK
