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Former Vice president George Kunda

Patriotic Front Secertary General Wynter Kabimba has said that Former vice-president George Kunda will be greatly missed.

“As a colleague, the State Counsel will be greatly missed. He was excellent as a professional without any doubt and his contribution to the development of the law cannot be understated because he really did contribute to the development of law in Zambia hence the reason he will be missed within the law society and I believe beyond.”

Mr Kabimba said the party and the government would stand by Mr Kunda’s widow and family during this trying period and help them in any way they can as burial arrangements are awaited albeit a State funeral is likely to be declared.

Mr Kunda, 56, who had been admitted to the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka from March 27 this year died yesterday around 16:00 hours.

UTH public relations manager Pauline Mbangwata confirmed the death of Mr Kunda in an interview last evening.

“Yes I can confirm that Mr Kunda has died, but details should be obtained from the party (MMD). He passed on this afternoon at 16:00 hours,” Ms Mbangweta said.

The details leading to his death remain unknown as family members have not disclosed that but the accomplished lawyer had been unwell for sometime even though his illness never at any time appeared to slow him down as he continued to work with the same zeal.

And Prominent Lusaka lawyer Patrick Mvunga has paid tribute to Mr Kunda’s contribution to the nation as a politician and a lawyer. Professor Mvunga said Mr Kunda performed exceedingly well as LAZ president.

“He was hard working and inspired a lot of upcoming lawyers in the legal fraternity. I convey my sincere condolences to the Kunda family, the wife and children for the loss of such a distinguished man,” Prof Mvunga said.

And Sakwiba Sikota,also paid tribute saying that Goerge Kunda made his work as LAZ president easy. “Mr Kunda made my work as LAZ president easy when he was my vice-president until 1996 when he took over as president because of the extra hours he was always willing to put in. He was very very hard-working.”

Another Lusaka lawyer Hobday Kabwe said he received the news of the death of Mr Kunda with a sense of sadness and shock considering that the former Republican vice-president was an inspirational figure in the legal circles.

“Mr Kunda had a lot of encouraging jurisprudence during his tenure as LAZ president and will be remembered for his outstanding performance in the legal profession. This is a sad moment for the legal fraternity.

“I ask the nation and the Kunda family to draw strength from God in this trying moment,” Mr Kabwe said.

Michael Mundashi, SC, who saved as LAZ secretary under Mr Kunda remarked: “The State Counsel was such a hard-working man and a very worthy adversary for many because he took his law very seriously. Therefore, he was not a man you would face with little research. You had to put in extra work if you were to argue a legal point with him.”

And Minister of Information, Broadcasting and Labour Fackson Shamenda said the death of Mr Kunda is a great loss to the entire nation and Zambia’s flourishing democracy.

Mr Shamenda expressed Government’s deepest condolences to Mrs Irene Kunda, the family and the MMD. Mr Shamenda said the ruling party needs political parties to offer checks and balances and said Mr Kunda was such a leader, who attempted to strengthen democracy in the country.

He said his death has come at a time when the MMD needs his contribution more than ever before. “In the absence of Mr Kunda, MMD’s effectiveness in offering checks and balances is greatly affected,” he said.

LAZ President James Banda has described the death of Mr Kunda as a tragedy not only to his family and the nation but the region as a whole. Mr Banda, who extended his sympathy to Mrs Kunda, said the former Vice-President contributed immensely to the development of good laws at the association and in Government.

He said Mr Kunda will be remembered at LAZ for his thorough research and constructive debates.

MMD presidential aspirant Nevers Mumba said the party will miss Mr Kunda’s hard-working spirit. He said Mr Kunda exhibited rare leadership qualities and the MMD still needed his guidance.

Dr Mumba, who is also a former Vice-President in MMD administration, urged party members to emulate Mr Kunda’s leadership skills. “Our hearts are broken and we are in mourning. We will definitely miss him a lot as MMD,” he said.

Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema described the death of Mr Kunda as a loss to the family, the MMD and the country.

“We send our sincere condolences to the family. Mr Kunda had proved to be a resilient opposition leader after the MMD lost power,” Mr Hichilema said.

He said the Mr Kunda was providing the necessary checks and balances to the PF Government on issues of governance.

[Zambia Daily Mail/Times of Zambia]

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108 COMMENTS

  2. RIP ba GK, although you missed an opportunity to deliver a people driven constitooootion, as you used to call it. Go well George, we will find you on the other side.

    • let him go, zambia has not lost anything. He was vice president and chief justice at one time. What influencial thing did he do for mother zambia.

  5. Greatly missed?

    Interesting you are seemingly ‘concerned’ after the poor man has died? How about evacuating him? Didn’t your president get evacuated during the time when he was in opposition? 

    I am beggining to deslike PF, because there is no genuine alternative perharos sticking with them is the right thing

    I am sure there shall be a state funeral because in my eyes he has done more than than Wina

    What a joke I will never return to Zambia, pathetic 

    Thanks

  6. GK.great lawyer n il be greatly missed.n for u summer why praise someone wen his dead?stop being a hipocrite  huh!

  7. Pardon my rare typo errors I am doing my PHD and Nick kept massaging my neck, I can not do three things at the same time, and I am suing an Ipad 3 

    Thanks

  8. Pardon my rare typo errors I am doing my PHD and Nick kept massaging my neck, I can not do three things at the same time, and I am suing an Ipad 3 

    Thanks

    • If you truly doing a PhD then muli bapuba, keep that PhD wherever you are and dont bring it to Zambia, we dont need such dirty people with PhDs because they are just liabilities

  9. Wynter Kabimba’s message is extremely CYNICAL. He is better off keeping his mouth and “rectum” shut up. George Kunda has been tormented left and right by Sata and his tyranical regime. We can only see crocodile tears in Kabimba and Sata.

  10. So you mean he went to the UTH and expected to be injected with medicine but alas water was being administered, my foot, on instructions for the pf secretariat

  11. Head of State sed he was the dullest lawyer n winter says he was a great lawyer!!who realy was GK???RIP my man if things were rite btwn u n ur God.may He gv streghth to the berevd family.

  12. Improve the state of hospitals in the country to acceptable global standards ! Maybe then you won’t have to rush to other countries every time politicians get sick. Its a shame for people to evacuate ‘important’ people to hospitals outside Zambia, when people on the grassroots have no choice but to put up with inexistent medical facilities and services. If ‘Ukwa’ can only focus on re-vamping medical facilities, rather than chasing ‘corrupt’ officials, it would be one step in the right direction ! Personally, I think he has his priorities wrong, people are dying needlessly due to absent medical facilities/services in the country.

  14. Although he was somehow trapped between being a politician and a good jurist as VP, it is nonetheless very sad indeed to lose our former VP Mr. G. Kunda.

    His sometimes controversial legal gymnastics really provided a worthy springboard for active legal minds, young and old equally, to examine the adequacy and inadequacies of our young democracy’s jurisprudence—-you really can not fault him for that.

    MHSRIP!

  15. I’m told he was too weak to be air lifted to Milpak Hospital. Others are aying he refused to be air lifted to SA but instaed opted for a visit and prayers from TB Joshua.

  16. # 8 Mphangwe. Spot on, people such as Kabimba ought to be ashamed. If and when individuals have access to media and propagate messages as that of Kabimba, they become a minority and take opportunity of some one passing away a chance to purify their vulgar, hatred and prejudicial language style to win sympathy. Zambians know what Kabimba’s words on GK’s passing away are false and is shedding crocodile’s tears.

    • What are you expecting him to say when the Journalists call on him. Be realistic. If you know he is pretending keep it to yourself, because you would do the same in the situation.

    • hey…they all exchanged bad words to each other…even GK insulted SATA & his party officials…so what do u want them to do apart from offer sympathy??? huh??? do u want them to insult GK even in his death?? ur such a devil!! what these people do is jes politics…they do not literally hate each other..NO!

  17. GK you where a Great lawyer.RIP.

    Pipo, differentiate between politics and and professionalism. And please lets PRAISE Sata for this,he is very forgiving,if it was RB or Mwanawasa,he cannot even get a state funeral.GK and Sata where good sparring partners and this is good for democracy,Nothing personal.

  19. Rest in Peace George. I remember your humility during our student days at UNZA Law School. My wife and I join all our fellow mourners in extending our deepest condolences to our classmate Mrs Irene Mwezi Kunda on the untimely passing of George.

  21. RIP GK, you were a human being and as such fallible but you also made significant contributions to the country, we will focus on the latter!!!

  23. WHEN PEPOLE PASS ON ALOT OF GOOD THINGS ARE SPOKEN OF THEM. LORD WYNTER TALKING OF MISSING KING GEORGE? WHY DIDNT LORD WYNTER INFLUNCE AUTHORITIES TO EVACUATE KING GEORGE TO RSA FOR TREATMENT. LETS STOP SINGING PRAISE AFTER ONE HAS PASSED COZ A LOT COULD HAVE BIN DONE TO HELP KING GEORGE LIVE A LONGER. YES HEAS HARD WORKING AND AN INSPIRATIONAL TO YOUNG AND UPCOMING LAWYERS BUT HOW MANY VISITED KING GEORGE AT UTH? SOME ARE SHADNG CRODILE TEARS. MHSRIP

    • If there was anything that could have been done george it could have been done and his ward was heavily guarded and he didnt want any visitors

  25. Someone said: “Politics is a dirty game, you can never have permanent enemies or permanent friends.” Maybe this was the case between GK and Wyter Kabimba. At a personal level, Wynter Kabimba might have genuinely admired and respected GK. I am not sure if this was true here, but there is alwasy a posibility!

    Sata and Chiluba politically crashed so many times with each other in public, but no one can doubt their personal respect, affinity, and love for each other. So who are we to judge other people’s sincerity?

  27. Yes how many visited GK at the hospital. atase, pathetic PF and its ukwa leader who is full of hate. stupid Sata!

  31. @Mushota, where are you doing your PHD? Is this a Doctor of Philosophy or Pull Him Down that you are doing? And all those errors? And you think the people in whichever place you are doing your PHD from are better than Zambians? Anyway enjoy your PHD with so many typographical errors. Hope your thesis wont have such errors because you wont graduate

  32. Zambia has lost one of its great sons in George Kunda’s passing and my heart reaches out to his family at this time of their great loss.I found it odd that i learnt this news thru wikipedia and instead of a link to a zambian newspaper on the announcement it linked to a kenyan newspaper with the story.Anyway,may God comfort his family.

  33. Wynter Summer is a sympol of poor timing and leadership. He never meant well for GK what has changed now. Anyways PF is full of people who lie for a living. GK RIP.

  34. Mulamu rest in Peace. Your mistakes over Barotseland masacar are just human, a lot have fallen into. We are consoled you learnt something out of that before your depature!!!

  37. May He rest in eternal peace. Our culture teaches us that if you never reconciled in life, at least do so in death. From our cultural centiments, there is nothing wrong Kabimba has done, considering that our politics in Zambia are as good as making enemies with those that oppose you. Kunda refused to be taken to South Africa, the state instead treated him in a presidetial ward in the UTH. Lets be united in giving the last respect, there is no politics in the after life, am coke sure Kunda and the Family needs politics the least at this time. Well meaning people will not bring in any politics what so ever. God bless mother Zambia

  38. Mushota and others, George and family turned down the evacuation offer , saying UTH was giving the needed services. Besides GK had money to go to any hospital in the world if he wanted. He was not a vulnerable chap who could only depend on government assistance to do so. Reason before you condemn.

  39. Some people we know should just celebrate; they never liked Kunda,he was never taken to south africa,why are treating each other like this

  42. Of course, you can say bad things about a dead man. But remember how he changed on Chiluba issue from Mwanawasa’s days to RB’s days. The man had no credibility to some of us. Was a good human being and we will miss him. But he was never a good and sincere lawyer.

  44. WHY CANT THIS MEEMBE GUY DIE ASWELL HE IS CONFUSING ZAMBIA THE MAN SAID BAD THINGS ABOUT KUNDA UNTIL HIS DEATH.YOU ARE EVIL MEEMBE AND YOUR DEATH WILL BE MORE PAINFUL

  45. @yambayamba (25)

    I admire your reasoning, your contribution is really valuable at this juncture, but Mushota is a waste of space on the blog.

    Let us not judge other people harshly. I would like to believe too that Wynter emulated George is so many ways professionally. Thanks.

  47. well, people let us not start pointing at each other this is just the time that god prepared for George to leave this earth no one to blame but DEATH and no one is shedding crocodile tears after all every human being will oneday DIE

  48. Chisoni aKunda! The man was a brilliant lawyer though politically inept but a loyal vice, we will greatly miss him. Sad that he left at the ime when the MMD needed him most, and sad that his biggest filures happened monhs before his demise and that he cut a lonely, bitter, man which he might have carried or might have carried him to the grave.

  51. RIP Mr GK. Zambians, if you don’t have anything good to talk about a person who is late, better keep quiet. I have done just that.

    Thanx

  52. can someone tell me please what as leady GK to is death.cause alot of people here are just making noise.listen to this 
    The details leading to his death remain unknown as family members have not disclosed that but the accomplished lawyer had been unwell for sometime even though his illness never at any time appeared to slow him down as he continued to work with the same zeal.the hospital knows and the government also knows but they can’t tell the nation.remember what happened to tetamashimba he was taken to S. Africa and brought alive to come and die at UTH so blame not the government,the PF and SATA cause there’s untold story   

  53. oh this is touching, GK was a real man i will greatly miss your voice in parley. RIP your mission is concluded bt we shall live to remember wat u did for this country.

  56. There was a high degree of negligence on part of ( PF) Poor Fellows government for failing to evacuate him to better facilities. On a number of days we saw the late VP being wheeled to the CDH, which is a distance of nearly half a kilometre from where he was admitted. The understaffed UTH has done everything possible. MHSRIP.

  57. People please GK was in his last just like Tenta Mashimba who was rejected did u want this to happen when flown to sa ???

  59. Evacuate him. Evacuate to where? The MMD destroyed the health and education system for Zambia. So it is time all of you mothers start working in your country. We need better health care system for every body! Alaaaaaaaaaa. Unomwaha yomungw’i ukabona malaho a noha.

  62. Winter? Are you serious? Do you plan to donate the same bags of mealie meal you took from GK’s house at his funeral?

  63. May the family be comforted by the Lord God Almight even as the former Veep goes down the annuls of history for his contributions to the REMOVAL OF THE ABUSE OF OFFICE CLAUSE, “change gear” on FTJ CASES, ADVOCACY FOR MEDIA REGULATION, SUPPORT OF CC THE 3rd ILLEGAL TV PROGRAMMES, JUSTFICATION OF THE “MONGU SHOOTING” in summary his legal advise to former ruling party and RB just led to the demise of the MHSRIEP. GOD BLESS ZAMBIA.

  66. Myself the George Kunda I remember is one who misfired in Barotseland with his boss RBB, the Veep who failed to deliver a people driven constitution, the Veep who was second-in-command in a brutal regime which un-leashed William Banda and his brutal hoodlums on voters, journalists and marketeers in a reign of terror. Whatever else you guys want to say is up to you. We don’t beef with the dead, so we wish him a peaceful transition. However, we will not sugar-coat how we truly feel. We wished he had lived so that he could shed more light on issues of governance in the previous regime.

  67. Either he was taken to South Africa or to UTH he was going to die because that was his time to pass on as its written in the bible that there is time for everything, time to be born and time to die. Eg princess Nakatindi Wina was taken to South Africa and she died there last week and that was her time so is GK. RIP

  69. How many of u who praise G.K when his constitution failed to go through in parliament? A lot of u said something bad about george.now is not with us u praised him.

  70. I have never seen so many KOLOKODAILO tears on one web page. Just say “what took you so long George? We all knew you had it coming”. Death is so over-rated. If you lead a good life, no one should worry. It is now between GK and his Creator

  73. It’s unfortunately good men die early,wat a man GK was.am also against the idea of showering praises wen 1 is no more.this culture must come to an end,MHSRIP

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  75. @mushota,@you’re doing you phd while nick is pulling your labias ! and you say you will never come to zambia ,you’re ful of yourself . your presence and absence does not affect not even a rat. ukuyumfwa efyo tamwaba kutumpa.phd ukaletela banani? for your information,i work in the mine and a bare grade 7 is my boss when i’ve a degree in mining,and he’s getting K4.8m weekend allowance! What is his monthly salary? ******we…

  76. WHAT IS THIS I HEAR THAT SATA HAS ‘SIGNED SOME PROTOCAL MAKING KABIMBA NO.3 IN GOVERNMENT HIERARCHY AS A PARTY FUNCTIONARY? GOD FORBID THAT WE SHOULD GO BACK TO THE PIG!

  78. Ba Mushota mulichinangwa sana, chililo ichi, do not just yap any how, people are morning ,
    have respect for the deceased. Better to shut up than bark. No one wants you to come back to Zambia. Who are you any way.

  80. Fellow bloggers, Let us differentiate between Politics and Professionalism. Sata is a Politician who can say anything to gain popularity, George kunda failed to give the Zambian the Constitoootion because he wanted to please his political appointee, But Professionally, George Kunda was the brain behind Zambian Law. Ali chibumba. I remember facing him in one of the cases. His arguments were so accurate and substantiated. He will be greatly missed though politics messed him up. Look at HH, Dr Mumba they are all now speaking the political language but they are morally upright people….

  81. People lets differentiated between personal relationships and Politics. Politics are like debates people will say anything against their opponents even though they do not mean it and they even enjoy weekends together while the public think as if the people  involved do not like each other. A simple example is have a look at the post there a number of pictures of a few months ago when Kabimba was with the late Kunda and Sata was also with the late Kunda  andf enjoying themselves, with laughter. It showed that apart from what they say agaist each other they visit each other. Look at the Post picture between Kabimba and Mrs.Kunda one can only be close like that if the husband is your good friend.

  84. This is how we go. Rest in peace GK, we shall really mis u in the Political arena. This is how we go.

  88. foolish PF leaders, you are charlatans…

    you lose your memory ?!
    —
    “The Chiluba years of plunder is just a joke when you compare with Banda’s three-year plunder. The period of three years and the period of 10 years, the difference is just massive and big,” Sakeni said. “Mr Banda presided over a massive plunder of resources; it was actually a free for all – you know some of the deals they were entering into like the sale of Zamtel, the award of tenders; everything is stinking about our former colleagues.”
    —

    GOOD RIDDANCE to George Red Lip !!!

  89. #58 – No, we did not expect Wynter to be celebrating but, this once, we expected him to keep his mouth shut and let the real friends of George Kunda say something. You cannot talk all the time especially when you keep contradicting yourself.
    #37 – Culture or not, you should have the decency to keep quiet when you have opposed someone and called them names when they are alive. Making fancy speeches when they die does not change anything! And all those who say that that’s just how politics are do not understand what it means to be a principled politician. You do not condemn people just for the sake of winning votes or making them look bad. Yaba! Our nation has a long way to go!

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