Government has revealed that the body of the late Chief Justice Irene Mambilima is expected to arrive in the country today at 21:00 hours aboard a Zambia Air Force (ZAF) aircraft.
And President Edgar Lungu has declared 3 days of national mourning for the late Justice Irene Mambilima to be observed from tomorrow 24th of June to 26th of June 2021.
Mrs. Mambilima passed away on Saturday 20th June in Cairo, Egypt while on official duty.
The funeral gathering for the Chief Justice is being held at her residence at House Number 24, Tito Road, Rhodes Park in Lusaka.
Attendance to the funeral house is restricted to close family members and selected government officials in observance of the Covid-19 restrictions on public gatherings.
The Late Justice Mambilima will be put to rest on Saturday 26th June at Leopards Hill Memorial Park in Lusaka.
The burial will be preceded by a valedictory ceremony and funeral church service at the Anglican Cathedral of the Holy Cross at 10:00hours.
Meanwhile President Edgar Lungu has declared 3 days of national mourning for the late Justice Irene Mambilima to be observed from tomorrow 24th June to the 26th of June 2021.
This is in recognition of the vast contributions the late Justice selflessly made to the body of knowledge to the Judiciary and the country.
During the three day period of National mourning, all activities of entertainment nature will be suspended from 06:00 hours to 18 hours while flags will fly at half-mast.
Members of the public have been advised that government through Cabinet Office will release a detailed burial program in due course.
This is according to a press statement issued to ZANIS by Secretary to the Cabinet Simon Miti.
I am really depressed. Death has stolen many precious people this past month. I have been fasting and praying since the death of our father KK. I have extended it for a further 3 days to mourn our mother mambilima. You were such a wonderful soul. I learnt a lot from this woman. She was like a mother to me. I remember her always telling me “kaizar you will want day rule this country with your attitude of hardworking”.
These are unprecedented times in Zambia. We need divine intervention. We know that things we break candles for to so dearly pursue are just vanity – the chasing after the wind as the good old book puts it. We are simply passing through life. The curtains will close on each one of us someday. Remember this, to apply your heart to wisdom. Rest In Peace C.J.
What was she doing in Cairo with all this COVID going around? Anyway, before you bury “Musiyaleni 4 maLozi”, many of you will perish, mu nyelile!
So Lungu sent her to die in Cairo in his jet but he wouldn’t allow her dead in his plane? Lungu is evil. People are nice to him alive, when they are dead that’s when you see his true colors.
@Njangwamuloty, She went for Covid treatment. Since they couldn’t treat her Zambia since Lungu has not paid our doctors so nobody is attending to our sick people. Lungu has been busy giving money to the useless thugs in cadres yet he is failing to pay our doctors. These useless people are busy campaigning at we have built hospitals yet there is no meds in those same useless hospitals because Lungu’s right hand man, the honeybee crook swindled the people of Zambia and Lungu will do nothing because he is part of the criminal cartel that is why he protects them. Madam Mambilima died of Covid due to Lungu’s corruption. Had there been and adequate doctors, she would have been saved right there in Zambia. Anyways may her soul Rest In Peace even though she helped rig the elections, I hope she…
I hope she found God and asked for forgiveness before dying because putting Lungu through dubious means has lead to a lot of sinful acts and deaths of innocent people. Lungu and his cohorts are headed for Hell. May God have mercy on their souls.
The question is what was Gulfstream Jet doing in Cairo on the 16th and why is she coming back abroad ZAF aircraft and not a commercial airliner…was covid-19 the cause of death and no commercial airline would risk handling such cargo.
How can you declare national mourning on top of national mourning? Where is the inept leader Lazy Lungu? Chief Justice is effectively number three in command and number on Polling day to the day the winner is announced.
*…..she coming back aboard ZAF aircraft
@PFCriminalsDontownZambia, you are an *****. Everything for you is politicized. That’s why you and the UPND will never lead that country. You guys are too bitter, even when we are mourning a very respected nonpartisan member of the judiciary you inject hate. May God soften your hearts and remove that bitterness in you.
@Tarino Orange, technically the Presidential jet is a Zambia airforce aircraft. It is in actual fact Written “Zambia Air Force” on it. So it could be the same aircraft. It’s not necessary to trivialize every little thing down to political talking points.
That doesnt answer my question as in what it was doing there on the 16th…yes everyone knows its a ZAF aircraft but why does the author fail to highlight this and I have checked on Flightradar 24 this aircraft Gulfstream G650ER callsign AF001 flew out of Cairo yesterday at 12:15 and landed in Lusaka at 18:12 with a flight time of 5:57 hrs. This also means that the Presidential Jet has been away from Lusaka for up to 10 days …this is an absolute waste of resources…this people tried to conceal the truth and were exposed …it taxpayers paying for all this recklessness.
Crankshaft don’t waste your time on that f00Iish tribal t.o.nga boy tarino
THe death of Ireene Mambilima lacks details and I don’t know why we do things like that in Zambia. We need to know a few things. When she left Zambia. What sort of official duty, with what aircraft? Why the Gulf stream was in Eqgypt and cause of death including underlying heath conditions. Please don’t take advantage of KK’s death and funeral. It is critical that we get clarity especially that this is an election year and we will be voting in less than two moths time.
Then do what with that information? To this day, you don’t know what took Mwanawasa and Chiluba yet life goes on. We also never knew what took Sata until guy Scott revealed it in his book. Outside of old age, we really don’t know what took Kaunda. Releasing medical records is the discretion of that individual or their family. If the family so wishes, even government cannot release them. Medical records are not for your public consumption regardless of a person’s station in life. She was employed by Zambia and therefore enjoys benefits of her job. Stop politicking and celebrate their lives.