REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT Michael Sata who died on October 28, two weeks ago will be buried today.

Below is the full Burial Program

REQUIEM MASS AT THE STATE FUNERAL OF THE LATE HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA AT THE NATIONAL HEROES STADIUM – TUESDAY, 11^TH NOVEMBER, 2014

07:05 hrs

Guard of Honour takes position at National Heroes Stadium

07:10 hrs

Arrival of:

Choirs

Members of the Public

07:15 hrs

Arrival of:

Former Senior Government Officials

Former Service Chiefs

Former National Leaders

Former Deputy Speakers and Speakers of the National Assembly

Former Deputy Chief Justices and Chiefs Justices

Members of the House of Chiefs

Religious and Civic Leaders

07:20 hrs

Arrival of Senior Government Officials

07:25 hrs

Arrival of

Members of the Diplomatic Corps

Members of Parliament

High Court and Supreme Court Judges

Leaders of Political Parties

Deputy Ministers

07:30 hrs

Arrival of His Worship the Mayor of the City of Lusaka

07:35 hrs

Arrival of Cabinet Ministers and Members of the Central Committee

07:40 hrs

Arrival of the Hon. Mr. Speaker of the National Assembly

07:45 hrs

Arrival of Her Ladyship the Acting Chief Justice

07:50 hrs

Arrival of Hon. Edgar Lungu, MP, Patriotic Front Secretary General, Minister of Defence and of Justice

07:55 hrs

Arrival of His Excellency Mr. Rupiah Bwezani Banda, Fourth President of the Republic of Zambia

08:00 hrs

Arrival of His Excellency Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda, First President of the Republic of Zambia

08:05 hrs

Arrival of Service Chiefs

08:10 hrs

Arrival of His Excellency Dr. Guy L Scott, MP, Acting President of the Republic of Zambia and Dr. Charlotte Scott

08:10 hrs

Arrival of Foreign Governments Representatives and Dignitaries

08:20 hrs

Arrival of Foreign Heads of State and Government

08:40 hrs

The Funeral Cortege of His Excellency Mr. Michael Chilufya Sata, President of the Republic of Zambia, departs State House for the National Heroes Stadium

08:55 hrs

Arrival of the Funeral Cortege at the National Heroes Stadium

• Presidential Salute and National Anthem

09:00 hrs

REQUIEM MASS

Director of Ceremony – Colonel (Rev) Vincent Mwenya

Zambia Army Chaplain

Order of Service

• Reception of the Body –

• Entrance Hymn –

• National Anthem – Combined Choir St. Ignatius

• Salutation – Director of Ceremony

• Life History –

• Penitential Rite –

• Gloria –

• Opening Prayer –

• 1^st Reading –

• Responsorial Psalm (Hymn) –

• 2^nd Reading –

• Alleluiah –

• Gospel –

• Homily –

• Prayers of the Faithful –

• Mourners assembled – Col. (Rev) Henry Matifeyo Zambia National Service Chaplain

• For the Family – Lt. Col. (Father) Eugene Nyambe Zambia Air Force Chaplain

• For National Unity – Snr. Supt. Chombwe Kayando

Zambia Police Service Chaplain

• For National Leaders – Asst. Supt. (Pst) John Zimba

Zambia Prison Service Chaplain

• Liturgy of Eucharist –

• Sanctus

• Proclamation of Faith

• Lord’s Prayer

• Lamb of God

• Communion

• Thanksgiving

• Tributes/Speeches

• Final Commendation/Final Blessing

Speeches

• Church Representative

• Family Representative

• Patriotic Front Representative

• SADC Chairperson/Representative

• AU Chairperson/Representative

• His Excellency Dr. Guy L Scott, MP, Acting President of the Republic of Zambia

11:00 hrs

End of Service

• The body is taken to the Dais

• Presidential Salute and National Anthem

11:30 hrs

The Funeral Cortege departs National Heroes Stadium for Embassy Park Presidential Burial Site

12:00 Hrs

The Funeral Cortege arrives at the Embassy Park Presidential Burial Site

BURIAL PROCEDURE AT EMBASSY PARK PRESIDENTIAL BURIAL GROUND

• Opening Prayer

• Blessing of the Grave

• Lowering of Casket

• National Anthem

• 21 Gun Salute Simultaneously

• Fly Past

• Reveille & Last Post

• Committal & Burial

• Laying of Wreaths

• Presentation of Flag

• Closing Prayer

END OF THE PROGRAMME

“YOU were a distinguished man, selfless and complete. You were action-oriented, a man of the people and loved by the people. Words fail us to express the loss we feel over your passing on,” said former Lusaka mayor Patricia Nawa in a moving tribute to President Sata yesterday.

Hers was among the many glowing tributes that have continued to be poured on late President Sata, who will be buried today at Lusaka’s Embassy Park.

Hundreds of councillors from across the country led by the Lusaka City Council (LCC) yesterday held a valedictory service for President Sata at Mulungushi International Conference Centre.

Ms Nawa, a seasoned councillor, read out a moving tribute to President Sata during the service that lasted 30 minutes.

“You were our alderman. You served the poor while you were a councillor for Bauleni in 1980. Later, you became Governor for Lusaka and your works are still here to bear witness of your service,” she said.

The service for councillors from across the country was presided over by the defence forces comprising the Zambia Army, Zambia Air Force and Zambia National Service.

Lusaka deputy mayor Potiphar Tembo later led all the councillors in paying their last respects to the man who transformed local government in a viable entity.

Outside was the gun carrier bearing a sparkling copper eagle on the number plate ready to move President Sata’s casket.

At Parliament, Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) executive director Pukuta Mwanza urged Zambians to remain united in prayer and give President Sata a befitting send-off.

In an opening prayer during a thanks-giving ceremony for the late President, Reverend Mwanza said Zambians should resist the temptation tribal or political conflict.

“We want to give thanks to God for all that President Sata did and achieved. Death is such a painful calling. It robs us of people we dearly love,” Rev Mwanza said.

Bwengwa UPND Member of Parliament Highive Hamududu said Zambians should heed the call to be peaceful and united.

And National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Zambia Director of Office of External Affairs Margaret Lengwe has said President Sata’s actions demonstrated an aspiration for justice and equity.

“As we pause to pay our respects and to honour his memory through this gathering, we also look forward to a future of unshakeable unity among all the people of Zambia, working hand in hand for the efflorescence of a just, equitable and prosperous nation,” Ms Lengwe said.

She was speaking during an Inter-faith devotional gathering at National Baha’i Centre in Lusaka on Sunday evening.
The gathering was also attended by Government officials, MPs, the diplomatic community and civil society.

And MPs have described late President Sata as an experienced parliamentarian who served Mpika Central and Kabwata constituencies diligently.

Chipili MP Davies Mwila (PF) said he was mentored into a seasoned politician by President Sata.

Lunte MP Felix Mutati (MMD) said taking President Sata’s body to Parliament was significant and a sign of bringing together political players who will be critical in the next three months.

He urged politicians and Zambians to unite and put personal ambitions below the national agenda.

Meanwhile, Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) general secretary Cleopas Lungu has urged politicians to honour the memory of President Sata by fulfilling his desires of developing the country.

“President Sata’s wishes and desires were to develop the economy, improve the road network and provide the nation with a Constitution that would stand the test of time. Politicians and leaders have now been charged with the responsibility of bringing his desires to fruition,” he said during an inter-denominational church service in honour of President Sata at Parliament yesterday.

PRESIDENT Sata was a perfectionist, acting President Guy Scott has said.

Dr Scott said a number of things have changed for the better since the Patriotic Front (PF) formed government in 2011 because President Sata did not want to sacrifice high standards of education or health for anything.

“He wanted everything done in the most perfect way,” he said.

Dr Scott said this on Sunday night in his tribute to President Sata on Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation Television (ZNBC) television.

He also said Mr Sata was a radical as he did not think whites were any different.

“I even doubted whether I would be Vice-President because I thought it would be a political risk and I feel like I owe him so much,” he said.

He said he first met with President Sata at the first MMD national convention in 1991 and their friendship grew stronger each day.

Dr Scott said he has been left with the responsibility of keeping the PF and country together in honour of Mr Sata, adding that it will be “very difficult to fit his boots”.

He said President Sata was a complex individual who had a way of interacting with people and extended it to young ones.

Dr Scott said President Sata was a simple man who also loved living a simple life.

He said he will miss Mr Sata for a number of reasons, including the fact that he was like a father and a teacher to him.

“He was a much more experienced politician than me and I learnt a lot from him. He was more like my father and teacher,” Dr Scott said.

He said late President Sata had an exciting life just as much as he was an exciting man.

And Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) executive director Pukuta Mwanza has warned politicians against making provocative decisions that could cause confusion.

Speaking on Muvi TV programme The Assignment on Sunday evening, Reverend Mwanza said, “It is disappointing, why should people rush into debating on who should succeed President Sata. It is like they were waiting for him to die.”

SEVERAL foreign dignitaries began arriving in Lusaka yesterday ahead of today’s burial of President Sata, with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe describing the late Zambian leader as a “man of the people”.

Mozambique President Amando Guebuza and Madagascar President Henry Rajaonarimampianina also arrived yesterday.

Others in are Malawi Vice-President Saulos Chilima, South Africa Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, Tanzania Vice-President Muhammed Bilal, Swaziland Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini and Africa Union (AU) Chairperson Nkosazana Dhlamini-Zuma.

Further arrivals were of Chinese Minister of Housing, Urban and Rural Development Chen Zhenggao, Angola Speaker of the National Assembly Fernado dos Santos, South Africa’s First Lady Bongekile Zuma, former Nigerian President Yakubu Gowon and Ethiopian Speaker of the National Assembly Abdullah Gemeda.

Mr Mugabe, accompanied by wife Grace, said on arrival that President Sata was a man of the people who will be greatly missed by both Zambians and Zimbabweans.

“No one can take it away from him,” Mr Mugabe said.

“The greatness of a man is seen and felt from his actions and how he relates with others at various levels.

President Sata always left a footprint wherever he went because he was action-oriented,” Mr Mugabe said.

“We are also mourning President Sata in my country because he was also our man. We loved President Sata because he did a lot for us and he was a real brother. We referred to each other as Sekuru,” Mr Mugabe said.

Mr Mugabe said it is important for leaders to leave a story on what they did for the people they met in life.

Later, after signing a book of condolences at State House, Mr Mugabe said unlike some leaders who sought high office for financial gains, Mr Sata worked to emancipate people from poverty by enhancing development.

Mr Rajaonarimampianina said he is hopeful that the transition will be smooth and that his country is mourning with Zambians. He said he has been robbed of a friend and brother.

Ms Dhlamini-Zuma said President Sata’s death is a great loss not only to Zambia but the entire African continent.

Dr Bilal upon arrival said that Tanzanians are extremely saddened by the death of the “great Zambian President”.

Late President Michael Sata’s body has been taken to State House where it will lie in state until burial tomorrow, November 11, 2014 at Embassy Park in Lusaka.

The late President’s body has been moved from Mulungushi International Conference Centre where it has been laying in state since it arrived in the country on November 1, 2014 from London where the former Head of State died at King Edward VII Hospital.

The late President’s body which arrived at State House at about 12:00 hours was escorted security personnel that included the Zambia Army, Zambia Air Force, Zambia National Service and the Police.

Foreign Heads of State, other Dignitaries and State House members of staff will later in the day be accorded a chance to pay their last respects to the late President.

Nine Heads of States and other dignitaries are expected in the country today ahead of the burial of the late former Head of State.

Late President Sata who died in London at King Edward VII Hospital will be put to rest tomorrow November 11, 2014 at Embassy Park in Lusaka after a Requiem mass at the National Heroes Stadium.

Opposition Political Party leaders have called on Zambians to remain united and peaceful during the period of mourning.

The opposition leaders told ZANIS in separate interviews that Zambians should embrace peace and unity as a sign of dignity for the late president.

The leaders include United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema, National Restoration Party (NAREP) leader Elias Chipimo and Former Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) president Rupiah Banda.

Mr Hichilema said Zambians should be calm and peaceful during the funeral period and after burial in order to ensure development in the country.

He said President Sata did his best for Zambia hence the need to mourn him in peace, unity and dignity.

He condemned some members of the ruling party for engaging in power struggle at the time the whole country was mourning President Sata.

Mr Hichilema said the recent political fights before President Sata is put to rest were a sign of lack of dignity for him by the PF.

He said his party members and Zambians are mourning the president hence the need for all Zambians to be united and not engage in politics until the burial.

He has since hinted that he will contest the Presidential by elections but refused to talk about the campaign details until after the burial tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Mr Hichilema said Presidential by-elections could be avoided if the new constitution which provides for running mate is enacted.

Mr Hichilema said the running mate clause will ensure that the Vice President takes over the presidency up to the end of the term in case of a vacancy in the office of the president instead of going for a by election.

He said it is regrettable that President Michael Sata has died before concluding his term as Head of State saying the late president still had work to do.

He noted that the late President worked hard to form his party, the Patriotic Front adding that it was not easy to form a political party in an African set up.

And Former president Rupiah Banda said Zambia is known by the United Nations and the international community as a peaceful country.

Mr. Banda who regretted the loss of his successor encouraged all citizens to remain peaceful and avoid requesting for his return to politics saying such could be discussed after the burial.

Meanwhile, NAREP leader Elias Chipimo said President Sata connected well with people at various levels and knew the country intimately which made him a good servant of the people.

Mr Chipimo said Mr Sata will always be remembered for his desire to develop the country adding that he embarked on infrastructure development in all parts of the country.

The opposition leaders spoke to journalists shortly after attending an Interdenominational thanksgiving requiem Church service held by National Assembly of Zambia today for late President Michael Sata who died on 28th October 2014 in London.

Government has mounted Big Screen TVs at strategic points across the country to enable the public follow the funeral proceedings of the late republican president Michael Sata.

In Lusaka the public has been invited to watch on big TVs mounted at Edwin Imboela stadium and Chawama primary school grounds, in Kitwe the public will watch the funeral procession from Arthur Davies Stadium.

In Chipata the Screens have been mounted at Blessed Hope and Trinity churches as well as David Kaunda Stadium.

ZANIS has been going round towns to announce other strategic places where the screens have been mounted in towns across the country.

Government through Secretary to the Cabinet announced that big TVs will be mounted in strategic places for the public to follow the late president’s funeral procession.

President Sata will be buried tomorrow at embassy park after a church service which will held at Heros Stadium.

The Zambian Road Safety Trust (ZRST) on Sunday 09th November 2014, joined the rest of the nation in paying their last respect to the late President, His Excellency Mr. Michael Chilufya Sata whom ZRST Chairman, Mr. Daniel Mwamba, described as a Champion of Road Safety.

Mr. Mwamba led ZRST Board members, staff and volunteers in paying their last respect to President Sata who played a major role in launching the TRUST by directing the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply & Communication, Honourable Yamfwa Mukanga, MP, to spearhead the launch on April 26, 2014.Mr. Mwamba said the late President, upon knowing of the Trust played a major role behind the scenes. President Sata was personally involved in launching the Trust. He understood its vision and realised that the Zambian government alone cannot manage to reduce the current road trauma. President Sata knew that road safety is a shared responsibility and all concerned sectors need to work together to ensure safety and minimise accidents.

He said in the past 6 months after the Trust’s launch, the Trust has grown in numbers to over a 1000 volunteers in Lusaka , Copperbelt and recently Northern province. The trust has trained 500 volunteers in Road Traffic Management who are equipped with skills to help police traffic regulate traffic as traffic wardens at anytime and also educate road users.In partnership with the Zambia Red Cross Society have trained 50 volunteers in first-aid to support our post-crash initiative. Further, the Trust has also partnered with the largest hospital
in Zambia, University Teaching Hospital -Surgical department, to support victims to traffic accidents. A vital project currently managed by a team of highly dedicated volunteers.

Under the Trust’ research objective, in July 2014, the Trust carried out successfully a seatbelt survey of 200 vehicles and 300 vehicle occupants during a morning rush hour. The survey unveiled an alarming low seat-belt wearing rates of less than 54% in Lusaka. Following these gloomy findings, the Trust carried out a seatbelt education campaign to 900 vehicle passengers and drivers at Lusaka Intercity Bus Station. And in August, 2014 the Trust undertook a pedestrian survey on Mumbwa Road which was recently expanded into a dual-carriage way.

The Trust’s finding was of poor road safety awareness among pedestrians which has resulted in an increase in fatalities on this road.Mr. Mwamba said The Trust actions have not stopped there. In October 2014, the Trust partnered with the PUMA Energy Foundation and the international road safety NGO – Amend, to launch a Child Road Safety programme which PUMA Energy Zambia actively supports. The Trust has also undertaken primary school education campaign to 9000 school children in the past 3 months.

The global rate of deaths and injuries resulting from road traffic crashes is increasing at an alarming rate. The WHO estimates that, each year, almost 1.24 million people die in road crashes worldwide and as many as 50 million are injured or disabled. Every month a silent tsunami wave of road traffic accidents sweeps away 100,000 lives. In Zambia, road traffic deaths and injuries represent a serious and rapidly worsening public health crisis. Last year, 1,853 people were killed on the country’s roads. Among these were vulnerable children who face grave risks as they walk to and from school every day.
Mr. Mwamba said His Excellency, the Late President Mr. Michael Chilufya Sata did not want anyone to die from preventable road crashes. The Zambian Road Safety Trust will miss the leadership,inspiration, passion and energy that the president possessed on issues of Road Safety