Zambia: Political Burial Row - - Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu Snubs Incumbent From the Grave

Zambia: Political Burial Row - - Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu Snubs Incumbent From the Grave

Edgar Lungu's wife, Esther, says in an affidavit that her husband had insisted that Hakainde Hichilema should be 'nowhere near his funeral or body'. Lungu's family says he was repeatedly denied permission to travel to South Africa for medical care and argues that his cancer could have been treated if identified sooner.

Lungu burial row: Ex-Zambian president snubs incumbent from grave

Edgar Lungu’s wife, Esther, says in an affidavit that her husband had insisted that Hakainde Hichilema should be ‘nowhere near his funeral or body’. Lungu’s family says he was repeatedly denied permission to travel to South Africa for medical care and argues that his cancer could have been trea...

Zambia : Stop Weeping Over Lungu’s Body, Mr. President

By Kapya Kaoma They say power reveals a man—and death unmasks him. Right now, President Hakainde Hichilema’s fixation on Edgar Chagwa Lungu’s corpse is unmasking him as petty, desperate, and dangerously small for the office he holds. Why, Mr. President, do you seem so frantic to lay claim to your late rival’s body? The more […]

ATTORNEY GENERAL REFUTES CLAIMS ABOUT LUNGU’S BURIAL WISHES - The Zambian Observer

By CIC. ATTORNEY GENERAL REFUTES CLAIMS ABOUT LUNGU’S BURIAL WISHES. Attorney General Mulilo Kabesha says there is no evidence that former President Edgar Lungu wished to be buried in South Africa upon his death. According to a submission made before South Africa’s Pretoria High Court on Friday, Mr. Kabesha stated that Mr. Lungu merely expressed […] The post ATTORNEY GENERAL REFUTES CLAIMS ABOUT LUNGU’S BURIAL WISHES first appeared on The Zambia…