Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s founding president and liberation hero is dead at the age of 97. His son, Kambarage said he died at a military hospital in Lusaka where he was being treated for pneumonia.
Kaunda ruled
Zambia for 27 years, starting from 1964 after the country gained independence
from Britain. He left his position in 1991 and became one of Africa's most
committed activists against HIV/AIDS.
Although
Zambia's copper-based economy fared badly under his long stewardship, Kaunda
will be remembered more for his role as an anti-colonial fighter who stood up
to white minority-ruled South Africa.
Zambian
President Edgar Lungu had subsequently asked citizens to offer prayers for him.
Lungu said;
“He stood up
for this great nation at its most critical moment, and so we can all stand up
for him in his moment of weakness."
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