President Hakainde Hichilema says government will do everything possible to support the Mwanawasa children, some of whom are very young and have sadly lost both parents.
Speaking when he visited the funeral house of the late former First Lady Maureen Mwanawasa in Lusaka’s Roma Park, President Hichilema encouraged the family to remain united and seek comfort and strength in their faith during the difficult time.
President Hichilema said the passing of the former First Lady is a great loss to the family and country at large as she was a hard worker who contributed significantly to the country’s development and supported the vulnerable through her Maureen Mwanawasa Community Initiative.
“We offer our sincere condolences to the Kakubo and Mwanawasa families but also to the broader family. We are sincerely sorry for the loss of Dr Mwanawasa, especially that it was sudden. Her illness deteriorated so quickly and shocked a lot of us,” he said.
The Head of State said there is need to manage social media properly in the country to curb misinformation, referring to falsehoods surrounding the cause of death of the former First Lady.
Dr Maureen Mwanawasa died on Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at Maina Soko Hospital, after an illness and will be put to rest tomorrow at Leopards Hill Memorial Park.
Go thee well, mama.
No more PF cadre violence against you and no more financial stress.
If we remove LPM from her credentials, there’s nothing much to write about her. Women that find themselves with men that have children elsewhere must avoid the evil of dividing such children. Just like many others, Maureen was guilty. Let’s pray that God Almighty grants her reprieve from His bounty of tender mercies and that her soul rests in peace.
Dr. Christine Kaseba is not Dr. Sata. Similarly, Dr. Maureen Kakubo can never be Dr. Mwanawasa. It is rightfully correct to say she is Mrs. Mwanawasa.
Let’s not coin things that are neither here nor there in trying to sound cool and good to her. She deserves better than this fiction.
Didnt she recently get a doctorate?
You care so much about these things as Zambians. I can bet you that the only contribution PhDs have made to this country is writing articles or long-lost theses. They simply cannot produce.
Nowadays those practices are personal. Some wives refuse to adopt their husbands’ names for logical reasons. Beyonce wont want to be Mrs JZ because it disturbs her branding. If Mrs Mwanawasa adopted Levy’s surname there’s nothing wrong with calling her Dr Mwanawasa. Zambian institutions are legally well guided on these kinds of changes
Remember the Mrs is foreign culture to Africans so it may not be precisely implemented from the Western custom that was forced upon all of us. In most African cultures there are clan names to which a wife would be conjoined. These clan names are not the surnames we have now adopted. Surnames are passed from the husbands down to the children and wives
Well am sure sirr you can employ them in the system since they are still young … but hey what do we know many of us in the komboni lost both parents and you have advised us not to look for jobs in government since there is no high pay so we should instead go into business…maybe help them start business….
Exactly my thoughts. Special treatment to the well to do families but to us ….No. We are advised to work very hard at all times.
Ku Lusaka nikosagona chabe grrrr grrrr
Still young children! How?! Mwanawasa came into power in 2002. No children were born between him and Maureen thereafter, which means the youngest of any children the two had together was born in 2021, making such child 23 years old at least. Can we describe such as person as ‘still young’?!
@blabla..2001 you mean? Just saying!