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BRE mourns Queen Elizabeth II

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The Barotse Royal Establishment (BRE) has on behalf of the Litungu, various chiefs and the people of Barotseland expressed its deep condolences over the death of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

BRE Prime Minister, Manyando Mukela, conveyed the message of condolences through the Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) in Kalapa while on a six days special tour of the Litunga of Kalabo and Sikongo districts.

Ngambela Mukela said the BRE has cordial relationship with the great monarch of the British Empire, adding that this will continue.

Ngambela Mukela said the late Queen Elizabeth II will be remembered for having an encounter with the BRE when she accompanied King George VI the sixth in 1947 in Livingstone.

King George VI came to confer the medal of gallant to the Litunga I, the father of the present Litunga Lubosi Imwiko II.

The Ngambela added that Litunga Lewanika attended Queen Elizabeth II coronation ceremony in 1953 as Queen of the Commonwealth.

He says the late Queen will further be remembered for proclaiming Barotesland her British Protectorate in 1953 and in 1959 for conferring a Knighthood on Litunga Mwanawina Lewanika among others.

12 COMMENTS

  1. Is the BRE a Republic or just a province within a Republic. Where it stands I do not know and how it wants to be recognised I don’t know! I wish we can stop wasting our time on kingdoms which can’t even be recognised by its members such as Ireland..

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  2. A people without a history is a doomed civilization. Once upon a time Barotseland was an Empire in its own right and The British Empire Monarch viewed The Litunga as an Equal. It was a big deal in those days for a King or Queen of England to travel all the way to visit the Litunga loyalty and vice versa… you could just sit back and admire. The visit was broadcast live on TV and there’s a video about doing rounds on social media.
    KK and his cronies of thieves destroyed what was once a proud nation and empire of Barotseland through lies and cro0kedness because it posed a threat to his Wamuyaya ambitions.
    Tell your kids about the history of their homeland and their ancestors!

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    • BRE was an empire, please tell us what the boundaries of that, and the “Litunga” was an equal of the British Monarch? Is that why your Litunga on his most important ceremony, Kuomboka, come out wearing the uniform of a subject of the English King, ie, that of a 19th century Navy Admiral????? Please tell us the year and occasion when the King or Queen of England visited your Litunga. How can the visit have been broadcast live on TV a) there was barely any TV in Zambia, let alone Western Province? I am a Tonga, born in Western Province, who speaks fluent Lozi. However, I am not, have been, and will never be a subject of your Litunga. Neither is anyone in Southern Province, the Nkoya, Luvale, Lunda, Kaonde, Ila… in that province; asnd neither are the people of Cobberbelt nor of the…

    • BRE was an empire, please tell us what the boundaries of that “empire” were; and the “Litunga” was an equal of the British Monarch? Is that why your Litunga on his most important ceremony, Kuomboka, comes out wearing the uniform of a subject of the English King, ie, that of a 19th century English Navy Admiral????? Please tell us the year and occasion when the King or Queen of England visited your Litunga. How can the visit have been broadcast live on TV when there was barely any TV in Zambia, let alone Western Province? I am a Tonga, born in Western Province, who speaks fluent Lozi. However, I am not, have never been, and will never be a subject of your Litunga. Neither is anyone else in Southern, Central, Copperbelt or Northwestern Province., Yes, your Litunga signed away that part of…

  3. Tarino Orange, if you come from a little tribe without significace even in the so-called republic of Zambia, its wise to SHUT UP. Maybe you were even born in the 1990s and you don’t know the history of BAROTSELAND. BAROTSELAND is not just a Province like you are saying. It used to be SOVEREIGN NATION when most of your Provinces today were not even established in your so-called Zambia. Shut up Tarino Orange and read BAROTSELAND History!!!!

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  4. Ati a little tribe without significace. Thats supposed to mean what? LOL Show us the significance of your big tribe. Did it bring civilisation to us all? Did it bring clean water? Or electricity? Or ..just tell us dont hide in the crowd of tribe come out and archieve as an individual

  5. Africans! Yearning to be recognized by the British. Actually you aren’t alone. Mahatma Gandhi also hunkered for similar recognition from the whites. That’s what’s meant by mental slavery

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  6. His Highness the Litunga is wise beyond the understanding of most people. BRE has a long relationship with the Royal family of the UK.

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