GOVERNMENT has described the late Paramount chief Mpezeni’s wife, Rosinyanga, as a lady who was actively involved in community service.
Eastern Province Minister, Isaac Banda, said her Royal Highness Inkosikazi, would be remembered for her contributions towards the building of the Ngoni traditional values.
Mr Banda said the community service which the late paramount chief Mpezeni’s wife was involved in was aimed at improving the welfare of the people in society regardless of tribe, race or religion.
He was speaking at the burial of paramount chief Mpezeni’s wife, her Royal Highness Rosinyanga Jere, held at Feni village in chief Mpezeni’s area in Chipata today.
‘’ Our late mother will be remembered for her contributions towards the building of the Ngoni traditional values and her community service as a Dorcas Mother in the Seventh Day Adventist ( SDA ) church which was aimed at improving the welfare of people,’’ Mr. Banda said.
The minister also described the late Inkosikazi as a loving and welcoming mother, not only to people in Chief Mpezeni’s area but all over the province.
Mr Banda noted that her contributions to society would be greatly missed by the people of Eastern Province because of her selfless dedication to community service.
‘’ As a companion to the paramount chief, her Royal Highness played an important role in upholding cultural and traditional values of the Ngoni people in all sectors of their lives,’’ he said.
Mr Banda said government was saddened with the untimely death of paramount chief Mpezeni’s wife, adding that, he found it very difficult to make a lengthy speech on a sorrowful occasion like the burial of the Inkosikazi.
And family representative of the deceased, Madanda Mazyopa, said the late paramount chief Mpezeni’s wife was a humble and caring lady who was brought up in a well behaved family.
Mr Mazyopa, who is elder brother of the deceased, urged paramount chief Mpezeni to be strong during this trying moment.
Meanwhile, SDA president for East Zambia Field, Pastor Robert Phiri, said his church did not have words that would describe what the late paramount chief Mpezeni’s wife did in the denomination.
Pastor Phiri noted that her Royal Highness was such a loving mother who hated no one in the church.
The late Inkosikazi was born on April 4, 1966 and went to school at Mnukwa Primary school in Chipata until the year 1982 when she got married to paramount chief Mpezeni, the same year he ascended to the throne.
He died on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at the age of 43. She is survived by the husband, paramount chief Mpezeni and a daughter, Justina.
Thousands of people who included paramount chiefs Mbelwa of the Ngoni in Malawi and Kalonga Gawa Undi of the Chewa in Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique, including other chiefs from Eastern province, attended the burial of the late Inkosikazi.
Government representatives included Eastern Province Minister, Isaac Banda, Lusaka Province Minister, Lameck Mangani, Sports Deputy Minister, Angela Cifire, Tourism and Environment Deputy Minister, Vera Tembo and several other heads of government.
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May her royal soul rest in peace!
We are there and mourning with you in spirit fellow Zambians and People of Feni village. MHSRIEP
Yes may her soul rest in peace.
Unless I have missed a few lines, the article does not mention the cause of death – does anyone know?
rest in peace
It could have been great to make mention of wives of other paramount chiefs in attendance …..anyway this is tradition with its own rules….Rest in place Inkosikazi
Bayeteee wena Inkhosikazi. Wena wee nzovhukazi. Hamba gashee. Bayeetee mzimbamubi!!!!! Bayete ngwenyama Inkhosi ya mankhosi paramount chief Mpezeni. Baba Jere Engwenyama sikhuleke. Mayibabe ngwenyama Njengembasu Mpezeni Jere. Wena wee zulu. Bayeeetee
It is a solemn occassion but it is widely known that the Mpezeni has some serious health issues. It does not make sense for a young woman of 43 years to die of a stroke unless the illness is related to a seriously compromised immune system.
ati “he died”, mwa gumula chizungu ba LT!
M.H.S.R.I.P. Was she the only wife for the paramount chief and only one child?
My her soul rest in peace.The article already mentioned that the inkosikazi suffered from headache,taken to the UTH when she had a stroke before being flown to S.A.I think nichifukwa cha stroke that lead to her death.I can imagin where exactly the funeral took place,her village is just a kilometre from the palace,this is where feni day school is located (my school) and not far away from the famous Mwami Hospital run by the SDA.The article says she went to school at Mnukwa primary school.You know Mnukwa village about 6-7km from Feni has no primary school,instead there is a Nthombimbi primary school,near a village where prof Mvunga’s village with connections to the Mphanza’s the Mpezeni’s induna’s (Mshamunye village headman) who happens to be my uncle a first cousin to my mother.
So i think,it’s either she went to Feni primary school,where she could even go home at breaktime for a meal ya mbatata na vingow’e,or she was brought up down there to where nkhwala takes place cause near there,there is another Mnukwa,nthombimbi and the like Nevertheless,the lady was a real mother.Njobvukazi,May her soul rest in peace.Since i have Ngoni blood and i was kept and brought up in the inkosi’s kingdom.i am so suddened by this GREAT LOSS.I have one pecae of song to strengthen inkosi ya ma kosi;(Ivuke i vuke)2 (ivuke nkosi)2 ivuke,,,,,ivukile njani inkosi yamakosi bayetye nkhosi.
“Ba ye tye nkhosi”
My tears goes “like mai baba beee””the impi’s answer in the same like,with their ndodo lifted partially in the air,hands on the head the heroes mourn…….Ba…
#8 Your comments are quite demeaning and unbecoming of a person that is weary of African traditions and customs. She died period. MHRSRIP
Olympia Extension Chick!
Don’t display your shallow exposure and knowledge at a hurtful time like this for us Ngonis.
You need to read a bit, and you will know that even a very young child can have a stroke. So what are you talking about when you say 43 is a young age for someone to suffer a stroke.
We are saddened by the death of the Inkosikazi. May the Inkosi Mpezeni and their daughter Justina have the Lord’s comfort.
There is only one king of kings