By CHARLES MUSONDA and NOEL IYOMBWAIT is a taboo in the Zambian culture to bury someone and later exhume the body without any special reason, traditional chiefs have said.Meanwhile, a senior clergyman has said first president Dr. Kenneth Kaunda was State property and government made the right decision to bury him at Embassy Park where the public can access his grave.In an interview yesterday, Bible Gospel Church in Africa (BIGOCA) Archbishop Peter Ndhlovu said as such the government had an upper role in making the decision to bury Dr. Kaunda at Embassy Park in consultation with his family.And speaking in separate interviews, Chief Mpepo , Chief Kaputa and Chief Chikanta of Kalomo said that as much as there are different cultures, reburying someone is an abomination in any culture.The chiefs were reacting to suggestion of a possible exhuming and reburying of former president Dr Kenneth Kaunda from Embassu Park to State Lodge where his wife […]
IT’S TABOO
