ministers and hundreds of mourners who paid their last respect to his late sister-in-law, Dorothy Nyirenda.
Mrs Nyirenda, who was born on February, 21, 1947 and died last week, was married to late Kabuka Nyirenda who was President Banda’s cousin.
Speaking during a church service held at Reformed Church in Zambia, Chelston congregation in Lusaka, President Banda described her as a kind woman.
President Banda said from the time he came to know Mrs Nyirenda, she had been a wonderful person who always stood ready to help needy people.
He said Mrs Nyirenda was a God fearing person who worked to see the development of the church to contribute to national development.
Mrs Nyirenda, who completed her secondary education in Eastern Province, pursued secretarial studies at Evelyn Hone College and worked in several institutions, including Nkana Copper Mines, the Government and the United Nations (UN) agencies.
Earlier, Reformed Church in Zambia resident minister, Reverend Madalitso Banda said losing a beloved person was such a painful thing, especially somebody who he said was a caring one.
Mrs Nyirenda died last week at Chilanga Hospice after complaining of spinal and general body pains and was put to rest at Mutumbi cemetery in Chamba valley.
In attendance were Chief Justice Ernest Sakala, Defence Minister, Kalombo Mwansa, Communications and Transport Minister, Geoffrey Lungwangwa.
Others were Home Affairs Minister, Lameck Mangani, Lusaka police chief, Greenwell Ng’uni, All People’s Congress Party (APC) leader, Ken Ngondo and several clergymen.
[Times of Zambia]
May her soul rest in eternal peace.
I can’t see the difference, but is RB is crying or smiling?
Its lawyas sad to lose someone you know. May the family and those remaining seek after rest in christ.
Moderator .
How are you? Iam in love of your comment on # 2.Wandepula zo-ona.
The day of DEATH is BETTER than the day of BIRTH
lusaka times you shoud leave some of these stories for times of zambia and daily mail cover them this is the dictator’s own ndaba us we don’t care about it .Let his media cover them.
LT is this worth publicising??Even wen we bloggers die,u shud publicise.MHSRIP anyway…Am off…
Its BETTER to go to the house of MOURNING than to go to a FEAST.
So if Heads of State break down when they a beloved on passeds on. I remember how Chiluba broke down during the National Funeral for National Team at Independence Stadium. KK it was like a habit. Smiiith, Smiith, Vooster, Vooster, Thye aaaaree killing my pipo. We shall shall fight on. May the Soul of Mrs Nyirenda rest in entenal Peace.
#2 LOL.Kwena bane mulekwata ko uluse.MHSRIP.
LT,wheres my zambian flag???
MHSRIP, God bless the entire family
May her soul rest in peace.
MHSRIP.. there is time for everything, be strong Mr President…..
Our condolences.
We are also mourning the bad leadership of MMD govt.
A still born is better than one who lives many years and has not enjoyed them
I honestly can’t tell the UNIP days apart from the Current ones. How many more family funerals will the president attend in his lifetime as president and will they all have to get mention in the media? Condolences to the family and even MORE CONDOLENCES to the family of the WOMAN WHO LOST A BABY whilst delivering in the streets because the president had not bothered to address the striking healthworkers in a timely manner!
# 2 meaning what? That be Prezdo taba kwata NRC te. Wansekesa boi.
LT you can do better than this.
Life and death play together…
The rich and the poor have one thing in common, yes the rulers and the ruled also have the same thing in come, They will both DIE
#6
and the rest of you with similar comments Have some respect if you are not bothered with the article why read it??? there peopel out there who are more than happy at least to have got the news through LT.
#16
You have no idea what you are talking about…
OFFICIAL REQUEST TO LUSAKA TIMES (LT)
Please LT I am requesting you to bring Barrack Obama’s text speech paragraph by paragraph so that we can discuss and debate it here. In as much as we would like also talk about current home politics, we should never forget the larger picture that Zambia is part of Africa. I believe it is really going to add value to our debates.
Right now we are on nation building and we definitely need to discuss extensively Obama’s speech.
May her soul rest in peace.
Trying to figure this out:
Dorothy Nyirenda was the president`s sister in law. She was married to Kabuka Nyirenda who was the president`s cousin.
Tabaupile kumokwine aba? Unless this Times reporter was writing this mucibemba. A cousin is a cousin. A sister in law is a sister in law. I may be wrong though.
Matworld nalakukubila lamya later.
#23
lol someone who marrys into your family becomes your in-law ie sister or brother in law. That is when the chi bululu starts
#2 you are right. That full afce of his, it’s difficult to tell whether he’s crying or smiling. MHSRIP
#23 and #24 i think the right word is cousin in law, to cut the story short. She cant be a sister in law when she was married to a cousin, so cousin in law is more apåropriate in the Queens language. However , the Chinese imported Hearses do the first assignment.
Uchipo. According to the article Ba Dorothy was sister in law to the president. She was married to ba Lubuka who was a cousin to the president.
According to our culture the president and ba Lubuka are not supposed to marry sisters.
3RqU .
umutende kuli imwe kanabesa.
I will be waiting,hope you will use my new number,not hat old one.Use this number +27822285241.
Yes Matworld. Got it from last time.
this is the only thing you good at,not national development! SHAME
At least we have new Cars for transporting the dead
Guys nalelo Post ili free…….read full infor
My sincere condolences Mr President
HEY FUNNY,HIS RELATIVE IS THE FIRST TO USE MANDA MANDA….HA
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#27 (3RqU says) The way i get the story here is that the late Dorothy Nyrenda had no blood relation to Tandiwe Banda but was married to Rupia`s cousin hence the Sister in law issue. It is just the limitation of vocabulary in the English language hence the writer had not direct English word to use. But ba Manda Manda should be used as a test for the more vigorous assignments in the rural areas. We have an opportunity to test them now.
Sad day for the Nyirenda family and POTROZ as a relative is allowed to grieve with them………Hope she had the chance of getting good medicare before she passed on.
At this point my heart also goes out to all those who did not have to die but died because the nurses were on strike.
You are the next one and you look sick on the picture.
We are missing the point here with the relationships. In olden days, my dad had no cousins , it was either sister or brothers. When there was my dad’s brother we said he was dad, and my mum’s sister we said mum. This faded and now we call them uncle and auntie.
Coming to my mumy’s brother’s children, them we called them cousins and my mum’s sister’s children those we cqlled them sisters or brothers. You see thats howcome our families are so big and we feel to belong to each other. So ba Banda and Lubuka could have been from their mother’s side or something. This western world we live in is making us get very distant to our relatives, hence the need for nursing homes. We are losing the sense of belonging. Go back and ask your elders they will say something about it.
Thank you atleast pipo have written sensible things about me.I wish I can be losing beloved ones everyday….
Sincere condolences bwana President. Malilo ni kulilana.
Nebo sorry I did not get your point. Zima Ndola it`s reason I said this journalist was thinking mucibemba when writing this article.
I can see the Hearses are starting to be used. My condolences!
Nshi balelwala Ba Mrs Nyirenda…..Chabipa when is the funeral?
I wish she died in the villege so that we could test the hearses properly.
I think Zambia has one of the worlds most ugliest Presidents, that is why here in South Africa people think zambians are ugly people.
pafwa bantu, pashala bantu. let the dead bury themselves.!!!
Bane. Harrington to appeal against Judge Musonda`s ruling. Go on Harry. This is why this man Shika shani uko is panicking.
Chapita pamunzako, maba chili paiwe.
we lost many during the strike
Some bloggers are witches no doubt. No human feeling whatsoever
#49 we say Chaona Mzako chapita maba chili palwe.
# 52. Kamwendomunjila. Thank you. I tried several times to figure it out but it kept on eluding my sensibilities.
Ba LT shani ilyashi lyakwa Harrington kaili?
Condolences to the family, the late husband a former diplomat was a distinguished civil servant not like ma crook ya manje. he was the former husband to ambassador Dr Inonge Lewanika
55, at “he was the former Husband”. then Dr Inonge Lewanika should be arrested for marrying a Man.
#56, your comment doesn’t make sense.
R.I.P. As for RB what about all those that died during the strike of the nurses, do you think they were not people’s relatives who were worth living? Sorry that your good hearted relative has died, but also I feel you should also take time to think about the people that died while you were in South Africa attending to your knee and not making a decision in time for people to go back for work….Just a thought!
my the Lord God comfort the family…..
Instead of buying abulances,they buy cars to ferry the dead. For me it’s a sign of failure or sumthing to say get ready to die,we closing all hospitals. To the body guards,let that Nyama get there by himself.
No 46 I have been in SA for more than 10 years and I have never heard anyone saying Zambians are ugly. How dare you talk bad about your own people.
Thanks # 57, indeed their is no sense in #56 comments
I am surprised that he has a heart and can feel the pain of losing a beloved one
. God give Bwezani the strength to face this tragic squarely and let him forget about Kabwela Chansa for now
61 Vaseline Petroleum Jelly *, if someone is ugly , usaully out of respect people don’t tell them, now maybe this is what has been your has happened to you.
61 Vaseline Petroleum Jelly *, if someone is ugly , usaully out of respect people don’t tell them, now maybe this is what has been happening to you.
Ba Banda, awe tata kanshi naimwe mulaloosha. I hope tamwalelila ama problems yenu pa chililo. Dont fool people with your crocodile tears. The good part: “Banda wept”. That is the shortest verse in your rulership.
41. You are in South Africa and RB is not in South Africa. If your looks were good, then South Afircans who look at you could have said Zambians are not ugly. Sorry 41… you must be U…G…L…Y. However, Banda is not ugly but old. Listen, Zuma amoneka kwata koni kafyalwa lelo… elyo ba Mbeki balemoneka kwata ka bushi akaume… Ba RB bamoneka kwati …. conclude yourself. Finito.
#17 well said, he should have also gone to the funeral house and done the necessity of even footing te bills etc… and ensuring that the mother was well taken care of. Ngati ni eve Teta, they will bribe the hubby to disown the pictures. Am still fueled on this issue …. let the dead bury themselves, said Jesus!
67 Yoriyorks, are you blind or pretending. The man is over weight , sweaty, who looks like a bull frog, if that not ugly, then I would hate to see your wife.
Did he carry dora siliya?
My codoloses, chaipa! ngabafwile during stri-ke! What do you think?