The nation united yesterday in solemn remembrance as a memorial service was held in honour of Zambia’s Third Republican President, Dr. Levy Patrick Mwanawasa, and his wife, Dr. Maureen Kakubo Mwanawasa.
President Hakainde Hichilema led the tribute, describing the couple as “distinguished and extraordinary citizens whose legacy continues to inspire a grateful nation and its people.”
Dr. Mwanawasa, who served as Head of State from 2001 until his passing in 2008, was remembered for his unwavering integrity, discipline, and profound sense of duty. His leadership was marked by sweeping economic reforms that steered Zambia out of crippling debt and revitalized critical sectors such as agriculture and mining. He also stood out as a staunch defender of the rule of law and earned respect as a relentless anti-corruption crusader.
The late First Lady, Dr. Maureen Mwanawasa, was praised for her tireless service to the nation. She devoted her life to uplifting vulnerable communities and advocating for the disadvantaged, both in Zambia and across the African continent.
“From their lives, we learn the strength of humility guided by conviction, and the impact of kindness driven by justice,” President Hichilema said, paying tribute to their enduring influence.
The memorial service underscored the couple’s lasting contribution to national development and social justice. Their memory, leaders and citizens alike noted, remains a beacon of inspiration for generations to come.
Why are such articles sensationalised with sentences like the nation united yesterday. Family members and invited guests went to pay tribute to a great President,but the people who went to pay tributes yesterday do not constitute the nation. I am in support of the occasion but I like accuracy in reporting
True, I am in Chadiza myself, I don’t even know that there was such an occasion just like many others in other areas I suspect. Let’s capture titles correctly please
I thought the same it appears this GRZ feels they and their closest are the Nation
typical of the state of affairs
Ka Realist.Are you sure Zambians don’t have at least a radio or tv set.The statement is accurate enough if not trivial to be concerned about
The news is dominated by Politicians…even dead Politicians still making headlines…why can’t we concentrate on helping citizens…building better Hospitals …roads…working on ending loadsheding…etc….not Mwanawasa this….Lungu this….Sata this ..i seriously thought HH had a vision for Zambia it turns he’s just a useless Bandit also
And how much tax payers money is wasted on these memorial services….so HH is obsessed with hosting costly funerals and costly memorial services whilst poor Zambians in Kalingalinga and chibolya have no access to clean water and electricity……HH is such a disappointment
Please stop wasting tax payers money with these costly memorial services…the money spent on this single event is enough to buy 30 brand new Garbage collection trucks so can start cleaning our cities before chorela season rolls around. ….in a few months people will start dying of chorela and we spending millions of dollars on memorial services
I am sure the family paid for this occasion. But to say the nation united for this occasion yesterday is not true reporting
Zambians are interested in ECL burial conclusion.That is their concern at the moment.
@Moto
Who told you that Zambians are interested in Lungu’s funeral…Zambians are only interested in fighting poverty brought upon them by the same greedy Politicians…..Any sane Zambian wakes up thinks about how he/she will deal with Loadsheding…NOT LUNGU’S FUNERAL….ONLY MAKEBI ZULU IS INTERESTED IN LUNGU’S FUNERAL BECAUSE HE IS GETTING PAID
KK, Levy, RB were the best we will ever have as Presidents. With RB you could see that he was a real economist with the way he handled the economy. The Kwacha was available in circulation. No self praises from these 3 real statesman
KK a man who took over a thriving economy and brought it to it’s knees by destroying it’s mining sectot and manufacturing base being called the best president ???
@ Tikki
It was Chiluba NOT KK
Trying to drive forward while focused on the rear view mirror is a national fault. A better future is what is needed, not nostalgia for a bearable/ average/ just OK past
Politicians…wasting tax payers money when they’re alive and they continue wasting tax payers money in their graves
The late president Mwanawasa was the epitome of integrity in leadership .Nuff said.
People want to hear about how load shedding will be ended and not about Chipo Mwanawasa. Is it orientation or reorientatuon required here?
Loadshedding
People who vote for them struggle to find a place to but Politicians graves costs millions every month to maintain….a man just committed suicide in Kalingalinga after he was evicted from his rented house and they’re begging to spend millions of dollars on a dead Politician…HH should be ashamed of himself…meanwhile electricity only 5 hours a day
I hope one day I can become President of Zambia so that i can correct all the mistakes these Presidents have been making and the current President continues making the same mistakes…HH seems to be more caring for the dead…why can’t he open a funeral parlor if he’s so obsessed with dead bodies
@Anyonamus ,to err is human and the world will conspire against you if you get there with that attitude of “i’m perfect and i’m better’ bcuz God hates pride.
When a Rich man dies the poor people cry the loudest…but when a poor man dies…rich doesn’t even shed a single tear and doesn’t even care and moves on with life like nothing happened
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