President Rupiah Banda has conveyed his condolences to the family and people of Milanzi Constituency of Eastern Province following the death of their area Member of Parliament (MP) Rueben Banda.
The MP, Mr Banda died today in the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) from injuries he sustained following a road traffic accident on the Great East Road when he was returning from Chipata.
In a statement made available to ZANIS this evening by Special Assistant to the President Press and Public Relations, Dickson Jere President Banda said he learnt with sorrow the death of the MP.
“Our prayers go to you and the entire family during this difficult time. We pray that the almighty God gives you the strength to endure the pain of loss,” The statement said in part.
President Banda said he will travel to Eastern Province to attend the funeral service and burial of the late, which has tentatively been set for Monday, February 8 and return to Lusaka thereafter.
ZANIS
This great East Road scares me so much… so many lives lost. MHSRIEP.**==**==[-o<[-o<[-o<^:)^
Chabipa nokumfwa mwa wemfwawe ulabifya ! MHSRIP:o
Amamanenekela……….
R C Banda gone too soon. MHSRIP
chabipa [-(. mulila chibonga.. isambo lymfwa..mmm dont know just got a craving for chief (filya fima ofalz) mmm
Zambian roads are not safe. But this has been said ad nauseum. Inspite of this well known hazard, there is only ONE nearly true Accident and Emergency department in the whole of Zambia and it is in the Ambulance that trails the President’s motorcade! Then next is UTH, basi, kwasila! If you are involved in a tragic accident and sustain injuries that give you 1 hour before irreparable damage is done and you are more than 3 hours away from UTH, you are done for. There is no ambulance technology and equipment. We know that no government can do everything at once, but surely ambulances would have been more priority than hearses. Nothing worse can happen to a dead man because of delays in burial, but a living man will die if treatment is delayed.
May MHSRIP” Raod are not to blame, even us drivers, do not bother to take care when driving, when we know raods are not good.
And then, us zambians we are very good talking and we do not come up together to help. Even zambians abroad, are not together- why, can anyone tell meplease?
*7 Who told you that Zambians abroad are not together may be you are out of touch yourself so only talk about you.
In london, maybe you are, and it is not in all areas my brother. Have seen it at least have lived out here for so long, maybe am just in wrong areas, wrong zambians, so are you in touch where you are brother? have tried to bring few people together all i get is what you are driving, where you live, what you do such things. Maybe am wrong, help’
#9 I support you. Zambians only get together when there is a party. But then having gone to Zambia recently on holiday after a decade of absence, I realised that I am out of touch with the general character of modern Zambians. It was difficult to find any person who tooks anything seriously. The country has been overrun by phoney churches, and Zambians seem to have resigned themselves to a salvation that will only come from heaven. After going to my old school and meeting the kids there, I was at a loss to see how these kids could become future scientists. They had no books and lacked basic knowledge. However, they had very good knowledge of the bible. I have nothing against the bible, but in Zambia it only seems to encourage superstition and backwardness.
Chimusebo Great east road nkachimbaula, shani? Chansendela Ba Banda chabikapo nabantu bambi nalila lila ine shuwa shuwa amaloza nalila lila ine shuwa. If you grew up in kitwe you would know the song about chingola Road. MYSRIP Sir.
This road has always been dangerous. Great North road was at one time known as ‘Hell Run’. I think this should have referred to Great East road.
#10 I couldn’t agree with you more. We are a nation of bible clutching morons – I’m sorry to say. We face the highest HIV infection rates; extreme poverty; disregard for those less well off than ourselves; demand respect; xenophobic – yes I mean that – you are only zambian if black and even then your ancestry can be questioned. We certainly aren’t together and we constantly miss the boat. The best thing for zambia I guess would be to become a federation of south africa and maybe an influx of skills and peoples could help us turn around. my two cents.
LT why censor the word m o r o n s? this is the attitude i’m talking about.
#13 i beg to differ with you,firstly we are not xenophobic(A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples),look at all the foreigners we have in zed having it easy,just go to comesa market,you dont have such things in SouthAfrica or Botswana, southafricans are xenophobic,not zambians,we are a peace loving people,we rise above cultural,tribal and race barriers,secondly,zambia is not the highest country with HIV infections,check your facts right before spouting your nonsense and we are certainly not the most impoverished nation…ndiye kupusa uko,,,you dont even have any facts of xenophobic behaviour about zambia,yet you come out here and condemn your own people,you people in the STATES are really out of touch,i concur with #8
#15, I STRONGLY AGREE WITH YOU, i did not like the language #13 used. and do not concur with # 8 not everyone is like #13 my brother. let us educate each other and use right words. I agree with you but not every one in States think like #13. so,if you are zambian, let us forgive number13 and what you have written are facts my brother- you have my support ok.
That is the spirit#15 God bless.
Masikini @16, I see no reason why you are critisizing Torontonian @ #10 when you,yourself keep addressing every poster here as “brother”?:o So I would figure out that you are a s.e.x.i.s.t. Mind you even women use PCs and do blog on LT, There not just meant for the kitchen. :-w
Sorry I meant Torontanian @ 13…
Mind over matter
All you need to do #17 is to just collect me not to call me s.e.x.i.s.t, sorry and thanks for collecting me.Next time i wont wont use.
Thanks.
MHSRP and condolence to the faimly.(Another by election because of the poor state of the roads?)
Ha ha! The pact should prepare for this by election and whip Kansundila in his own backyard. For his, going to attend the funeral is nothing but just a campaign strategy. It would have been ideal to have an MMD MP from either Western, Southern or North-western province dying so that Kanitundila would have been assured of a good whipping at the polls. However, since its Kumawa where Milanzi is located and knowing the tribal bigotry that dwells in the hearts of the offshoots of that coward Zwengendaba, they will vote for his candidate and we do not give a damn.
Mwafwa ba MMD twaisa uko as the PACT, we are taking over Milanzi
the roads in zambia are very bad. No wonder our president RB doesn’t even want to use them especially after he was pick from his farm some three years ago. We should all start flying like him otherwise so many lives will be lost unnecessarily.
Rubben rest in peace my friend. You have contributed to the country for the short period you were the MP for Milanzi.The memories of you are so fresh. Foundly missed.I cant believe but i must accept.
#15 SmoothCriminal. You protest too much, usually a sign that some truth has hit a raw nerve. Whether or not Zambia has the highest prevelence of HIV is immaterial. The fact is HIV/AIDS has dessimated most of our friends and family. To say otherwise is to be in denial. As for xenophobia, the fact that we have foreigners in this country does not mean we are not xenophobic. To be considered a true Zambian you have to be black. Even then, you have to be from one of the local tribes. Even the tribe of parents can count against you. We recently heard what Chitimukulu said about Guy Scott. Some people will also remember what was said about Dipak Patel during the last elections. An MP of mixed race (coloured) was also at the receiving end of some unpleasant racism in parliament.
#26 Chitapankwa,for the record,i did not protest but merely tried to put the record str8,fact is zambia is not the most affected by HIV,statistics are there on WHO website,you say the infor is immaterial,so we should just let some blogger lie,thats nonsense,as for xenophobia,you are mistaking it for racism,these are two different situations,remember the xenophobic killings that happenend in south africa,that cannot be compared to whats going on in zed,why do you want to paint a bad picture as if you were not born there,just coz you are in UK doesnt mean that everything in zed is as bad as you would want to paint it,,,Xenophobia and Racism are two different things SIMPLES!!
Its clear from the postings that most of our Diasporians have an inferiority complex especially Chitapankwa. Busy trashing your own country as if you were born where you squat currently. We have all been where you are probably even for more years than you but we are back home in an attempt to make this place pleasant. You have only been away from home for a decade and yet you are talking like you left Zambia just after Kaunda became president [1964]. Its an attitude like that which retards development in our country. Though I hate talking about myself, let me tell you that I lived in Europe since I was three and currently I am 36. I returned to Zambia when I was 30. Anyway, let me not say much…with such an attitude as Chitapankwa I wonder how much you have even invested back home.
#28 most diasporans, including myself, are very proud of our roots, where we are and what we are becoming. firstly, i am zambian and then a citizen of the world. how long you have lived abroad is pretty irrelevant BUT i admire your resolve to return to zambia and make a home of it. by any means, you have a lot more adjusting than say me who actually grew up in zambia as a child.
point of fact is zambia has two major problems:
1. HIV – regardless of world infection ranking. moderator – take note
2. xenophobia DOES exist AND it is institutionalized. to the point where even “zambians” aren’t allowed to hold dual nationality
the thing is we are competing for talent globally and so we have the likes of mwiinga returning and so that’s a win for zambia BUT how much more non black zambians – and i assume mwiinga is black – are given the chance to migrate to zambia and obtain citizenship fairly. this xenophobia is causing us to remain a country where people just pass through to harvest investments.