The quest to have Zambia’s founder President recognized with a Nobel Peace Prize for his pursuit of liberty, freedom and self determination received a boost when the Norwegian Nobel Institute accepted a proposed nomination for Dr. Kenneth Kaunda to be considered for the award of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.
The nomination has been filed by Dr. Mwelwa Mulenga and Dr. Earnestine Robertson based in the United States with the supported of Zambia’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the African Union His Excellency Emmanuel Mwamba.
Others supporting the nomination included Minister of Local Government, Dr. Charles Banda, Professor Bernard Mwansa Nchindila at North-West University in South Africa, and Dr. Chisanga Chanda, an academic based at Claremont Graduate University in the United States.
In a letter dated 29th January 2020 to the nominators, the Norwegian Nobel Committee confirmed and thanked the nominators for the proposal.
The application was filed through the Nobel Institute whose principal duty is to assist the Norwegian Nobel Committee in the task of selecting the recipient(s) of the annual Nobel Peace Prize and to organize the Nobel award event in Oslo.
Mr. Mwamba said Dr. Kaunda’s work towards attaining Peace and Freedom in Africa was so fundamental that its success brought Freedom to millions of people.
He said that with the passing of time, the work, sacrifice and commitment to achieving Peace made by Dr. Kaunda might not be appreciated unless the country helped document the matter and raised his International recognition profile.
He said he was confident that the proposed nomination will receive favourable response among other worthy candidates being considered for the 2020 Nobel Peace as the work done by Dr. Kaunda speaks for itself and is known by all lovers of Peace in the World.
Man of principle, KK is. He was important in the liberation of African States. Had a vision and compassion for Africa and the country.
But at the domestic front, how many people mysteriously disappeared or where jailed under his rule. There was no democracy and limited civil rights. The economy has not recovered from bad policies instituted by the Matero and Mulungushi Reforms.
Will the committee honor a former dictator? We shall see.
I don’t endorse the nomination, he failed because he only did things based in his personal interest. I got great memory
I fully endorse the nomination. The founding father of our nation deserves it. He laid the foundation of the peace and stability that still endures not only in Zambia but in the entire region of southern Africa. You cannot talk about Pan-Africanism, The OAU (now AU) or the Frontline States without talking about KK’s role.
@ Number 1, Democracy for a young Zambia was better shelved, consider the lack of peace in countries that attempted that, Malawi and Zambia had dictators who, for all their faults, mainted peace. People were locked up yes, but there were no delibarate assasinations.
Only when the whole of Southern Africa was liberated, and Mandela out of prison did KK give up.
You are so right!!
I am opposed to this nomination, who can forget about the Red Brick torture building, all those people who were eliminated under KK and his brutal regime…please let this man be okay dont insult the freedom fighters that disappeared under his brutal UNIP regime.
KK was a freedom fighter and did not steal from the state unlike Lungu who is a born criminal
Go KK with are with you
Torino get a damn life you PF corrupt sympathizer a$$
Another commendable move by Ambassador Emmanuel Mwamba, salute your commitment to the motherland. President Kaunda is a great leader who did so much for Southern Africa despite SADC’s ungrateful conduct. Zambia lost a lot in order to liberate our neighbours.
KK is a Malawan.
Malawi will cerebrate.
His group of vigilantes were state sponsored thugs that terrorized innocent citizens.
He locked up Emmanuel’s Mwamba’s former boss on flimsy grounds.
Give KK credit for international relations NOT for domestic affairs.
Zambians have such a short memory. I wonder what would be the opinions of those that were tortured during his era?
“Republican first President Dr Kenneth Kaunda has praised President Edgar Lungu’s leadership style which he says has culminated into tangible development.”
Tell the old man that Nobel peace prize is serious business, not for kaponyas. We shall not support his nomination if he continues to be partisan like above. Doesn’t he know that what he has said is Hamble’s campaign slogan?
And who says that development can only take place under PF? All governments except a very few minority build roads and schools all the time because it is their function. In post independence Zambia KK built roads to connect Lusaka to all provincial capitals, and schools and universities and hospitals, this has continued through various leaders from KK then to Hamble now. The only difference has been…
….. The only difference has been priorities depending on the state of the economy.
When the government changes in 2021 (of course not to Trible HH and Trible UPND) it would be nice if we established an independent commission to investigate how all the money was spent, whether there was proper procurement, whether there were kickbacks etc etc so that we understand exactly how and why in Zambia infrastructure development can run down or ruin our economy. Were amounts spent exaggerated?
My grandfather Chamachakomboka was tortured by the “Munyama” a secret state police. No one in Zambia had courage to challenge KK but the Luapula boy Frederick Titus Jacob Chiluba.
Under KK democracy was a choice between KK and non-human creatures such as frog. How honestly a normal person can stand and campaign against the frog? Zambians never had freedom to elect political leadership. Ba Mwamba just sit down!
Is it possible to have his excellency email address? I really appreciate your hard work and would like to communicate this direct to you. Your work in RSA was commendable and you served us well when I was also there.
Mine is [email protected]
( just relocated recently)
John – I will excuse you ..you were born in 1985 -91 you were busy sucking your thumb then..sit down!!
Abena Ng’umbo-Luapula boy – These chaps dont know that people were voting with NRC and Voter’s Card that were recorded, you had to choose between Ken and a frog or digging hoe. In your own home you had to whisper when you were criticizing KK as for the bar noone spoke ill about Ken.
@Tarino Orange. I believe you. KK behaved like Hitler at home unleashing Gestapo on Zambians.
@Joe Mwansa – what works did he do in SA which other African leaders didn’t do. Infact RSA (ANC) appreciate Soviet Union now Russia, Cuba,.. for providing weapons/military training more than lip service leadership of Africa. Xenophobic SA can find time to appreciate anything…?
Long awaited.. KK deceive this honour
Lusaka times you are useless
It is sad that Zambians have such short memories. As for this Mwamba kaya chabe let him just sit down ngati alibbe vochita – KK’s record at home lets him down terribly. I doubt the Nobel committee can honour a former dictator. Our freedoms were infringed upon so badly- so what freedom?
It won’t be long before mwamba proposes Nobel prize for ECL
Who was the worse dictator between KK and the South African apartheid president Willam De Klerk?
@Tarino orange I also agree with you. Zambians why do we forget so easily? Isn’t this the same KK we used to call names in the late 80s when we used to line up just to buy a loaf of bread? The respect that is being accorded to KK here at home I think is enough. It is not necessary to go beyond that. This is the man who used to ‘eliminate’ anyone opposed to him. And from what we read in a story that circulated on social media a few weeks ago KK was not able to settle in the shambalakale mansion in Chinsali because his own people there told him never to go back there without his friend and compatriot Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe
Zambians ! You need to appreciate KK. He may have made mistakes but he meant well for all especially the Southern Region.
Under UNIP, political violence was tolerated by KK himself. Who can forget those who used to be carried “by air” by UNIP vigilantes? Is this the behaviour of a peacemaker? Late Kapwepwe was beaten by UNIP vigilantes and KK did nothing.
Kaunda did not honor an I terrible national treaty signed in London and President Lungu is having difficulties dealing with a problem he did not create.
After promising to honor the agreement, similar to that which Nyerere honoured for Zanzibar, he turned around and started stripping the very cornerstone that let to the for.stion of one Zambia.
When The people of Barotseland complain to this institute, trust me, this Nobel Price will pass him like a man on the ground looking at a plane in the sky.
U may wonder why he has.never gotten a single nobel price. Not even the Ibrahim Nobel Price which Tutu has won twice.
This man, awe sure.
On the front of liberating other Africans, KK deserves this award. The one party state and tight security was necessary as the rhodesians and the aparthied regimes were hell bent on distabilising our country. KKs economic model failed but it was well intentioned as he built infrastructure like ZESCOs and at the time he left power (which he contributed to democracy by willingly ACCEPTING defeat), he left behind several valuable assets for us. On the whole he deserves this award for the foundation he put up for this country.
@Zambian citizen, norwegians dont like comedies.
Didnt u know that even Hitler developed some of the best technologies which have changed the world.
Kaujda a conduct is self contradictory, its not like Nyerere z.
All these academics and politicians proposing this should have researched a bit more on the NOBEL PEACE Prize before alarming the nation. NOBEL is only given to someone who have done something tangible in the year before being Nominated. That is why it is never even given posthumously. Muleishibo tuntu bane, you are late. KK should have been norminated in the 80`s when he presided over regional conflicts in the region, and not now, its too late bane!!
So many people were killed by this monster’s knock at dawn shushushu and now they want it honored for it’s blood-thirst savagery? No one in Norway does not know Kaunda’s dictatorial behavior, even hyenas and frogs know how he cheated them! Akaise namalyanga wamina you.
It’s probably Emmanuel Mwamba behind all this. He authored an article on Zambian women’s married to West African men not too long ago in the Daily Nation. No diplomat still serving should ever write such things. The Senegalese Consul in Zambia replied. I could sense it that Mwamba did nothing to advance Zambia’s relations with Senegal. This won’t make Mwamba’s work easy in Addis Ababa. He’s no diplomat, Mwamba because he doesn’t know how diplomats express themselves and whn they need to express themselves. I doubt it he cleared the article with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as he should hv. He’s a serving diplomat expressing himself publicly on an issue that concerns other nations.
Most winners of the nobel peace price are chosen by a committee, here we are stupid Zambians trying to rewrite history, i hope he is not awarded,he deserves the embarrassment, after abusing citizens wantonly they now want to push for an award he does not deserve?
Please ignore @Zambian Citizen the chap is as thick as quick drying cement mix…such people should take lessons in using the internet.
I love you ‘Super Ken’.
Long overdue!
KENNETH KAUNDA DESERVES THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR CALLING FOR ELECTIONS BEFORE THE END OF THE TERM OF OFFICE BECAUSE HE HAD PROFOUND RESPECT FOR THE WILL OF ZAMBIANS. HE RE-ELECTED IN 1988 FOR FIVE-YEAR TERM BUT ALLOWED GENERAL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD IN 1991. BY DOING SO HE UPHELD A VERY IMPORTANT TENET OF DEMOCRACY – THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. IT MY WISH THAT HE BE GRANTED THE NOBEL PRIZE TO SHAME OUR CURRENT LEADERS!
@BETTER MUST COME. Please utilize your time to digest the criteria for prize then return here and shame yourself. The prize does not go to dictatorship otherwise genius Adolf Hitler would have been honoured. The president has powers to dissolve parliamentary structures and call for early election. You call that an achievement.
BETTER MUST COME – KK called election because he was living in a bubble in an illusion , he thought he would win even after 27 years in power. Mu7 has learned from his colleagues and he is not taking chances with Bobby Wine boy.