His Excellency Mr Rupiah Bwezani Banda, fourth President of the Republic of Zambia, would like to express, with a deep sense of shock, his sympathy and condolences to the family, government, and people of Malawi, at the passing of his brother and friend Ngwazi Dr Bingu Wa Mutharika. May His Soul Rest in Eternal Peace.
This was contained in a statement made available to Lusakatimes by the African Presidential Center Boston University.
Meanwhile, On Thursday, April 5, President Banda paid his respects and visited the Crypt of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mrs. Coretta Scott King in Atlanta, Georgia.
As he laid a wreath, His Excellency said, “On behalf of His Excellency Michael Sata, former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, in memory of President Levy Mwanawasa, on behalf of all Zambians, and as an honored guest of Boston University, I lay this wreath in memory of Martin Luther King, Jr., as an example of a human rights activist who inspired Africans in their quest for freedom.”
President Banda was accompanied by Ambassador Charles Stith, director of the Boston University African Presidential Center, and Reverend Bernice King, daughter of the slain civil rights leader.
President Banda is visiting Atlanta primarily to conduct lectures at Morehouse College, a member of BU’s African Presidential Center’s Universities Collaborative. President Banda will also visit the Carter Center, having been the head of a recent Carter Center election monitoring delegation to the Democratic Republic Congo.
President Rupiah Banda is the Eighth President-in-Residence at Boston University’s African Presidential Center, and will fill this role through the fall. As President-in-Residence, President Banda follows such notables as former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, President Q. Ketumile Masire, former president of Botswana, President Antonio Monteiro, former president of Cape Verde, and Mo Ibrahim prize-winner President Festus Gontebanye Mogae, former president of Botswana.
President Banda will also conduct lectures at other schools that are part of the Center’s Universities Collaborative, including Elizabeth City State University, the University of Dar es Salaam, and the University of Ghana, Legon.
He will be traveling within the United States and Africa to discuss his experiences as President, trends of democratization, and the current state of African politics.
He will also join other former heads of state at the African Presidential Center’s upcoming African Presidential Roundtable, to be hosted at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, May 23-25, 2012.
The African President-in-Residence program is an initiative of the African Presidential Center at Boston University and is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The African Presidential Center has taken an unprecedented approach to studying democratization and free-market reform in Africa. Through this residency program for former democratically elected African leaders, the African Presidential Center provides a forum for sharing the insights and expertise of past and present heads of state and government.
The African Presidential Center’s other initiatives include its internationally renowned African Leaders State of Africa Report, as well as its annual policy forum, the African Presidential Roundtable.
Its really bad news RB.
thats the way RB
I didn’t know he was still Prez. Please always state that he is past president in your stories. It’s very misleading.
For some unknown reason it’s okay to refer to a former president as if he’s still in office. It’s some tradition borne from the American culture.
In fact, LT is correct – it is customary to refer to former presidents as President and not misleading at all.
BU has nothing better to do with their grants. This money is better off being used on scholarships for African students, especially female students.
Nubia Princes you stink, have manners. I have followed your comments on this blog. Your manners are just second to that Lady with 3 holes who also writes nonsense.
Hope this is enough dose to take you to bed. Have a life lol
he loves to fly and it shows.
RB is stupid,how is that pic related to the death of Malawi former Prez?
Did RB post the picture or it was the reporter’s choice?
# 5 Jojo, how can you write a love letter to Nubian Pricess like that? You should have washed your hands after masturbating, now we can all see stains on your keyboard. Know how to use women better.
another banda is presido exactly the same way u came in.LT bwezani is former presido period!
The man RB is UGLY!
BUFFOQN RB just enjoy your sightseeing in the States…we don’t need postcards from you for at least 2 months.
President Banda mourns Mutharika?????? its 2012 LT.. only one president Sata.. rest are former…
As he laid a wreath, His Excellency said, “On behalf of His Excellency Michael Sata, former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, in memory of President Levy Mwanawasa, on behalf of all Zambians, and as an honored guest of Boston University, I lay this wreath in memory of Martin Luther King, Jr., as an example of a human rights activist who inspired Africans in their quest for freedom.” What about my presdent chiluba RB this is segregation wasnt FTJ not president of Zambia.
Ba LT, it’s FORMER President Rupiah Bwezani Banda. And why did he not include FTJ in his ka dedication speech? Chipuba chimudala ichi
stupid reporter,Zambia has only one president and that is H.E. MC SATA.Rupia banda is no more a president.Has any nation on earth that has 2 currant presidents? come on wake up you silly reporter.Dont mislead people with your poor reporting.dozzy guy
Mbo lo Zanu bonse, in the US, all former presidents are refered to as PRESIDENT. So as long as he served in that position, it never changes its title. Its like being a doctor, wether retired or serving , you are still a doctor.
Mbo Lo @16 tell these Losers , please. Why don’t they come and tell the guys are CNN not to call Clinton, President Clinton. Vinabwela mochedwa!
#16 Mbo lo, The US is not Zambia, In the US former presidents are referred to as President so and so, In Zambia former presidents are referred to as FORMER PRESIDENT, just because you live in the US doesnt make you sharp, You seem so primitive you are one of those who go back home and think everyone is below you coz you came from working at McDonald’s in the States and you want to show off to someone working at Zanaco, chi nyo cha noko stanyo ko!
Who calls them that? Is it your father’s language? Iwe ngelee@18 kaponya. Noko alepa imishino nge ntambo shamuchikwepe, namo mu Findeco house.
Twalakufula mushino wa noko!
Bana chita kukushula iwe imbwa.
Destroyer – if you were not born from a respectable woman and don’t have sisters, daughters then pile on those insults otherwise you are a disgrace and don’t deserve to be called a man because real men don’t insult anyone’s mother.
GOD BLESS YOU RB, AT LEAST YOU ARE FIT AND NOT HAVING ANY CANCER LIKE OTHERS
Doing us proud RB…errr,correction,your excellency President Rupiah Bwezani Banda.An educated man of great repute and a master in the science of economic turnarounds.The uneducated fools in charge are destroying the great economy you left.Keep flying the zambian flag high RB.
In Zambian culture when the big witch (MFWITI) Sata was shedding crocodile tears at the Malawian Embassy, mourners usually silently gaze in the sky with disgust. However, Zambians feel their grief and sorrow for the death of President Mutharika has now been genuinely conveyed to the Govt and peoples of Malawi by our former President Rupiah Banda. The greater parts of Malawi and Zambia are ethnically of one single origin. Zikomo Tata RB mupitilize ndi moyo wanu wachikondi (Father of the Nation, Please maintain your humanitarian approach to life. MAY GOD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY.
There goes my president! This man is trully a ‘President for all Africans’. Not…..!
Please RB and ALL leaders, include FTJ in your speeches.Mwanawasa,RB and Sata could never be where they are, had it not been for FTJ, he is the Father of Democracy and no one beats him on that.Please lets acknowledge him ba RB dont be afraid of Mmembe…
most bloggers learn to mature
Even though Iam a street kid I can tell that most bloggers here need a life, going by the postings…full of insults and disrespect of each other, very hateful. Having grown from the streets and now with a masters degree and a master of philosophy in economics and devlopment studies respectively, I advise haters not to miss an opportunity to love. I went through it and you dont want to be part of it. Please people lets love one another and debate towards uplifting the lives of my friends, the kids on the streets. Dont waste your energies on hate and negative things. Together we can change our country for the better.
@Street kid… I echo your words it’s sad that love is slowly disappearing amongst Zedians God help us all… This is me to you all “I will criticize but not insult, disagree with you but not hate you, point your mistakes but not discriminate you, disappoint you but not beat or kill you…”One Zed One Nation” I am a Christian so i will still love you, I have no choice
RB is a great man.
I hope that the trend can continue for African heads of state and zambian presidents in particular. But I doubt if the current president will make it to have the honour RB has recieved from Boston University, especially looking at the manner of governance we are seeing where even himself is not sure what to do and keeps reversing what he does due lack of any clear plan in what he does.
Hence change is
RB great man indeed.
jelitta you are an i. d. i. o .t, RB has nothing to do with that picture….