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Former Zambia National Service Commandant Major General Tom Fara has died

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Former Zambia National Service Commandant Major General Tom Fara has died.

Major General Fara died at the Maina Soko Military Hospital today after an illness.

Major General Fara was seconded from the Zambia Army and appointed Commandant of the Zambia National Service in 1980 by First Republican President Dr Kenneth Kaunda.

He remained at the helm of the Zambia National Service up to 1988 when he handed over to the late Major General Dickson Zulu.

Funeral gathering is at his hot in Ibex Hill.

This is contained in a statement issued by Zambia National Service Director Public Relations Colonel John Ndhlovu.

15 COMMENTS

  1. Thank you comrade for your service to the nation. We in pf will ensure that your legacy is taken care of including your family. Kz

    • @ Kaizar Zulu: I DONT KNOW WHETHER YOU ARE THE TRUE KAIZAR ZULU OR NOT. BUT I WANT TO STATE THAT YOU ARE A VERY IRRITATING PERSON. YOU HAVE BROUGHT SHAME ON THE NAME OF HE PRESIDENT LUNGU BECAUSE OF YOUR MISDEEDS. PF IS BECOMING LESS POPULAR BECAUSE OF PERSONS LIKE YOU. WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BREATH WITH A SIGH OF RELIEF WHEN YOU WERE “FIRED”. YOUR COMMENTS IN WHATEVER FORM ARE NOT WANTED BECAUSE YOU HAVE IRRITATED MANY ZAMBIAN VOTERS. PLEASE KEEP QUIET AND ALLOW THE PF TO CLEAN ITSELF BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTIONS. PRESIDENT LUNGU MAY JUST BE OK, BUT YOU PEOPLE WHO SURROUND HIM ARE NOT ADDING ANY VALUE TO HIS CV.

    • @ Kaizar Zulu: I DONT KNOW WHETHER YOU ARE THE TRUE KAIZAR ZULU OR NOT. BUT I WANT TO STATE THAT YOU ARE A VERY IRRITATING PERSON. YOU HAVE BROUGHT SHAME ON THE NAME OF HE PRESIDENT LUNGU BECAUSE OF YOUR MISDEEDS. PF IS BECOMING LESS POPULAR BECAUSE OF PERSONS LIKE YOU. WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BREATH WITH A SIGH OF RELIEF WHEN YOU WERE “FIRED”. YOUR COMMENTS IN WHATEVER FORM ARE NOT WANTED BECAUSE YOU HAVE IRRITATED MANY ZAMBIAN VOTERS. PLEASE KEEP QUIET AND ALLOW THE PF TO CLEAN ITSELF BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTIONS. PRESIDENT LUNGU MAY JUST BE OK, BUT YOU PEOPLE WHO SURROUND HIM ARE NOT ADDING ANY VALUE TO HIS CV.

  2. Comment: Mr President is right in the sense that we African we are independent and sovereign state we can’t be dictated to we have all the capacity to govern ourselves period,, Mr lungu sir stand your ground,

  3. He served the country without or favour. Not these funny creatures who are stealing from our nation. Rest in Peace

  4. MHSRIP this man bought his large plot or should I say his farm back then in Ibex Hill when that whole area was a bush and the gravel roads were impassable in the rainy the General was always ready to offer the community with ZNS graders on condition they just provided diesel for the job, these were men of integrity who sweated for everything he owned.

  5. He was a patriotic Gen., not Chiluba’s stinking thieving generals of faeces most of whom ended up in jail!

  6. @ Kaizar Zulu: I DONT KNOW WHETHER YOU ARE THE TRUE KAIZAR ZULU OR NOT. BUT I WANT TO STATE THAT YOU ARE A VERY IRRITATING PERSON. YOU HAVE BROUGHT SHAME ON THE NAME OF HE PRESIDENT LUNGU BECAUSE OF YOUR MISDEEDS. PF IS BECOMING LESS POPULAR BECAUSE OF PERSONS LIKE YOU. WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BREATH WITH A SIGH OF RELIEF WHEN YOU WERE “FIRED”. YOUR COMMENTS IN WHATEVER FORM ARE NOT WANTED BECAUSE YOU HAVE IRRITATED MANY ZAMBIAN VOTERS. PLEASE KEEP QUIET AND ALLOW THE PF TO CLEAN ITSELF BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTIONS. PRESIDENT LUNGU MAY JUST BE OK, BUT YOU PEOPLE WHO SURROUND HIM ARE NOT ADDING ANY VALUE TO HIS CV.

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