President Hakainde Hichilema has held closed-door talks with the Litunga Lubosi Imwiko the second of the Lozi people of Western Province at his Limulunga Palace.
The meeting by the two lasted about 30 minutes after which the President proceeded to the Seventh Day (SDA) Mongu Central church for a requiem mass of Mongu Mayor Nyambe Matakala who died in a road accident in Mkushi last week.
Earlier, upon arrival at Mongu Airport at about 09:40 hours, President Hichilema expressed sadness over the death of Mr. Matakala.
President Hichilema told residents who had gathered that he would have loved to come earlier but still made time for the burial.
He also sent a message of condolence to the family and the country at large.
Hundreds of Mongu residents have gathered at the Church to pay their last respects to Mr. Matakala.
The President is accompanied by various Ministers among them Information and Media Minister Chushi Kasanda, Finance Minister, Situmbeko Musokotwane, Infrastructure and Urban Development Minister, Charles Milupi, and UPND National Chairperson Steven Katuka among others.
Since they are blaming ukraine Crisis for fuel crisis in zambia, why doesn’t their hh fly to Ukraine? Since he says his trips are for business and to solve our problems..can hh fly to Ukraine
Very engaged President. Zambia is poised for bigger things. He clearly has the intellect, capacity, competence and foresight to deliver. Love him or hate him, he is the man
The great leader, this HH, Not the Bowman Great Leader proclamation of Edgar but the real great leader
This is exactly what we VOTED for in August last year,a PRESIDENT FOR ALL ZAMBIANS… who mourns and also celebrates with his people regardless of where they come from….. God’s Blessings Mr. President for demonstrating true servant leadership.
Kaizer Zulu the CEO of the 1.8. Your hate for HH just simply adds more and more blessings on him. Uour government had 10 years to do the right thing but did not. Just accept the situation and move on.
Yes Ukraine can borrow president HH from Zambia, not that president they have their in Kiev. Imagine Difikoti as president…..
It is good that the Litunga as Head of State for Barotseland has received HH and accorded him some respect on the president’s another private visit this time for a funeral. This is in sharp contrast to what Cyril Ramaphosa did in South Africa during HH most talked about private visit there not long ago. I just hope statements from State House and Barotseland are in tandem …
@Kaizar Zulu
Grow up.
But, should he have met the Litunga during a funeral visit – shouldn’t he have visited him after the New Moon?! Kwee, Malozi!!
We hear HH described late Matakala as a freedom fighter. UPND zealots from Western Province tell us that before Matakala left his home he told his wife that he wanted her gone because he wanted to marry an educated woman. Unfortunately, he was seeing a married woman he died with in Mkushi. One wonders whether trying to get away from your uneducated wife in preference for another man’s woman makes one a freedom fighter.
I don’t like this unproductive habit of ministers abandoning their posts just to accompany the president in large numbers. We never mature as a country, do we?
Not trying to sound like a black hearted man, but why is a whole president attending a Mayor’s funeral? Why can’t he send a provincial minister to go and represent him. Zambia!! MSRIP!