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Kenneth Kaunda
Posted by Temmy
Fri, June 18, 2021 2:41pm


Kenneth Kaunda: Zambia's first president dies aged 97

Kenneth Kaunda ruled Zambia for 27 years
Kenneth Kaunda ruled Zambia for 27 years

Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's first president and one of the last of the generation of African leaders who fought colonialism, has died aged 97.

Kaunda was admitted to a military hospital in the capital, Lusaka, on Monday suffering from pneumonia. His aides said he did not have Covid-19.

In the 1950s, Kaunda was a key figure in what was then Northern Rhodesia's independence movement from Britain.

He became president following independence in 1964.

As head of the left-leaning United National Independence Party (UNIP), Kaunda then led the country through decades of one-party rule.

He stepped down after losing multi-party elections in 1991.

"I am sad to inform we have lost Mzee," Kaunda's son, Kambarage, wrote on his late father's Facebook page, using a term of respect. "Let's pray for him."

Zambian President Edgar Lungu said the country was mourning "a true African icon".

"I learnt of your passing this afternoon with great sadness," he wrote on Facebook. "On behalf of the entire nation and on my own behalf I pray that the entire Kaunda family is comforted as we mourn our first president and true African icon."

The government declared three weeks of national mourning with all forms of entertainment suspended.

The Nelson Mandela Foundation said Kaunda's contribution to the struggle against colonialism and apartheid would not be forgotten.

Another tribute came from Kalusha Bwalya, former captain of the Zambian national football team, who said Kaunda had made "an immense impact".

Goodbye to you President Kenneth Kaunda. I am and will always be a proud member of the "KK11" . Dignity & honor. May your dear soul rest in Eternal Peace, knowing the immense impact you made on all of us Zambians, Africans and World at large. Sincerest condolences to family. pic.twitter.com/Xaia5aLqTq

— Kalusha Bwalya (@KalushaPBwalya) June 17, 2021

Kaunda - popularly known as KK - was a strong supporter of efforts to end apartheid in South Africa. He was also a leading supporter of liberation movements in Mozambique and what is now Zimbabwe.

In later life Kaunda turned his attention to the fight against HIV after one of his sons, Masuzyo, died from an Aids-related disease.

"We fought colonialism. We must now use the same zeal to fight Aids, which threatens to wipe out Africa," he told Reuters in 2002.





 

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