Republican president Michael Sata today led hundreds of mourners at the Church service for the late former Defence Minister Ben Mwila who died on Saturday in South Africa.
President Sata arrived at the Cathedral of the Child Jesus in Lusaka where the church service for the late Mr Mwila was held at about 10:50 hours accompanied by First Lady Christine Kaseba.
The body of the late Ben Mwila the country’s longest serving Defence Minister arrived at the Church at 11:05 hours.
He will this afternoon be put to rest at Leopard Hill Memorial Park.
Ministers and opposition political party leaders are among people who have turned up to bid farewell to the National Democratic Focus leader.
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Rest in peace B.Y! I thought presido Sata offered B.Y a grave at embassy park next to FTJ and mwanawasa??
He will offer you a grave if you will not die in exile, you economic refugee.
Don’t believe wd my brother. Too much kachepa bamambala.
Yes, RIP BY. We knew you as a kind but shrewd politician–that’s politics. Your name shall ever be etched in the annuals of our history. By the way I am the real Nostradamus. The guy with an American flag is an impostor. He misrepresents the name Nostradamus with his shallow comments. Take a hike.
BA ZWD WER SAYING HE IS BEDRIDDEN HOW COME HE IS ABLE TO WALK ON HIS OWN. ZWD SHUD BE CLOSED EVEN ON FACEBOOK WER THEY ARE ABLE TO APPEAR
Why do you read it?
iwe mbuli don’t play with Facebook, you need advanced gadget to access ZWD site. What software are you using which fails to bypass the firewall(blockade) placed by dull chinese? Get yourself an IT guru to show you how to surf the internet and how to break into blocked sites.Usachite uchisilu apa,sha.
Why do you also befriend them on Facebook. I can never watch Fox News even if its on my tv. Do the same and have a happy life.
#2.1, we read ZWD just for the amusement of seeing how small desperate minds function.
# 2.3 after reading Post your small demagogue mind shrink?
READING ZWD IS JUST TO SEE HOW MORE BITTER HATERS HAVE BECOME
They appear on more than just facebook u dim-wit. Why are u still following them on face book?
@ 2 & 2.4, Kajimang – are you sure about that? In fact, you sound more than a little “bitter” yourself!
The beauty about the stupid zwd using the Faceebook is they cant bloke anyone now like they used to on their silly web site. So tulebatuka bafitole without hindrance! So from here im going for them. Easy meat. Twakulabatuka paka bakanye utufi twaba nyinabo.
REST IN PEACE B.Y. MWILA. I WIL REMMEMBER FOR YOUR HARDWORK AND DISCIPLINE
Fare thee well bwana Mwila.Everbody has such an appointed time to meet their maker.
Longest serving Defence Minister?? How many Defence contracts to his name, pa Zed you are only respected by hypocrites when you are no more a threat.
The only way rich party funders get their money back in Zambia is by being rewarded with a Defence ministry position.
R.I.P BY its a trying moment for the family ,losing two children within a month and some few months a Dad, i remember in Prayers. may God comfort you
shame to those wishing the president bad.There is just too much hate speech on TambaMbwa
everytime moderating?!!!!!!! Foolish moderators.
Tell them mwana balitumpa bafitole aba. By the way if u want to insult here dont use “bafikala” they rub it off, u must use “bafitole” they dont know it yet fitole fyabo
I remember him in 1990s the meridian bio, bank etc. Chibote farms and abattoir.
RIP B.Y. You were a disciplined racer.
I was looking forward to seeing the presidents foto, unfortunately i have been denied that right! RIP BY.
LT, Sometimes your reports are very confusing and unreliable, your headline reads, ‘Sata leads scores of mourners’ and the main report reads ‘the president leads hundreds of mourners’. Which is which? In case you didn’t know ‘scores’ are 20’s and of course hundreds are 100’s. There is a huge difference in terms of estimates. LT please jack up your standards.
Its amazing how people like you complain about trivial things.20 can go into 100 five times .so if there were hundreds of people it can be deduced that there were scores of people also.You can measure time in seconds or hours,distane in cm or metres- it the same thing man!
@The London eye, we are not in an English essay class.What is wrong with you zambians kansi? Stick to the issue. Whether the president lead two or a million people at the funeral, it does not matter. His presence is the only issue here. You are disappointed that the president was there.
You are right! We expect decent and trained journalists to convey an accurate summary of the full text in the head line. Scores invariably means less than 100, so if in fact there were hundreds then it is fair to conclude that the heading is misleading! Trivial as this may seem to some, it is actually about the integrity of the message rather than the language (this is not about English).
@hacker & kapala,
It is not a coincidence that both of you have highlighted the ‘it does not matter’ mentality which is responsible for mediocrity in the country.
Kapala, you have chosen to distort my view to satisfy your malicious agenda by falsely accusing me of not being happy about the president’s presence. Can’t you be truthful for once?
I remember my late former Minister as a man who had a big heart. Once upon a time, I engineered to write a letter to him soliciting for donations for Church building in Luanshya, as we struggled to raise funds for the same. Then the late former Minister came to our rescue. I personally handed him the letter, the next morning I received a call from him asking where he could deliver the bricks, Sand and Stones?. With God having inspired him, the next morning 4,500 bricks, 3 Truck load of Sand and Stones were delivered at Church site. The SDA Church, housing 300 Souls was built due to the good heart the late former Minister MR Mwila had. May his Soul rest in peace and may Our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen the family. Remember dear sons and daughters your father was a Champion for a good cause.
its good you shared that with us. wow. RIP BY
And in return you voted for him for the good gesture he had shown. Good man indeed.
Its time to meet the people you eliminated in your business and political dealings Mr. BY Mwila.
Children! please don’t fight for property but Unit in brotherly love.
RIP MR BY
SATA Cobra Chilufya M, come back to serious business now. The Lozis are becoming too big for their underpants. For the sake of peace, kill their leaders. Simple! it is important to emulate Machiavellian type of leadership. Because if you leave them, they would continue with nonsense. its time to move on
“The Lozis are becoming too big for their underpants”, is a very good description for these fools!
Killing them would not be the best solution.Remember the saying “Do’nt argue with a fool for they will not differentiate whose wise”.Let take development there and speed up decentralisation so that the Litunga will have the needed power and say so that we see wht those old men will have to say.
Nashala neka party buried. Road contract cancelled by sata and today sata leads mourners
So back into hiding at plot 1 until next swearing in ceremony or state funeral….iyo twalivota uku ekupesha ichalo. Nafwebene, we knew Sata inside out before we voted for him nomba ukushufwa fwebekalo chalo ati awe uyuwine who is human like us….
Go in Peace BY!!!
They didnt want us to know Winter would be imposed on Napsa and Charli sex imposed on zesco print services. Thats why they shut ZWD. To their horror ZWD is 24/7 . Stop complainin nobody is forcing you to search for zed watch puppy
Yama amutushe mu chibote ca kwa kristu m’kwai.
RIP BY and may the family be comforted. The Lord gives and the Lord takes away.
RIP. Pictures please
I fosee thes bittr govt critics suffrg frm BP & heart attak wen they los electns by very wide margn. thes politicl novices wt their politcl collabortr ZWD ar prayg 4our abl president 2drop ded or becom incompcitatd but 2their shock, disdain & hevy disapointmt, they c hm @ BY’s funrl as fit as fiddle. its nt 2lat 2chang frm toto bitterns 2ardent supportr of devt tht Pre Sata is bringing 2ths country. remember 2016, PF wl v no oppostn 2tok abt becos of massv devt ths country wl v undrgon
but you 1diot, what development are you seeing which i as an individual can not see? you go hungry with one meal a day of mbalala and tute and you say there is development. ma rubbish. whether you like it or not, believe it or not sata will not live to see 2016 elections. your wishes come from your father the devil
Being bedridden does not mean you can’t stand up to go to the toilet, sitting room or take a walk to inspect the watering of state house lawns! It just means you are not functioning like other presidents who visited all corners of the country while you just peep at the cameras while missing your comfortable bed. The man could have drank a concoction of redbull, lucozade, Nakambala syrup, kabompo honey and burn energiser. Does that answer your question you dunderhead! Don’t bring zambian watchdog issues on Lusaka Times
During his time and defence miniter.
(1) Plane detained with fire arms at KK International airport destined for Angola. Fire arms for what? Business?
(2) Kafuti his naphew who was in the company of late Boldwin Nkumbula revealed a glaring story how two black Benzy cars from state house were pursuing them. Revealed this because his uncle ignored him each time he visited him over what he was promised( to be sent for studies and medicatione)etc
(3) The death of national soccer team players in ZAF plane crush in Gabone. ???
(4) People of Chembe(Chibombo) have no good road to this day- money paid to his Wade Adams company by GRZ un accounted for. Will this money be recovered?
(5) Minestone, Meridian and Chibote abatoir saga.etc
End I may be misconstrued for hatred as usual
chapala kwati Lusaka Times ilembela ba economic refugee..Thankyou ba LT for the information. BY I really never knew you politically but I believe you were a good business minded person at some point and you invested well. Rest in peace with your children
Ba BY rest in eternal.Your death reminds me of the late Baldwin Nkumbula who died in August 1995 while in the company of your nephew and the late Castro.