A Month Without You: Remembering the Legacy of President Edgar Chagwa Lungu
5th June 2025 to 5th July 2025
By Thandiwe Ketiš Ngoma
It has been exactly one month since the silence fell. Since the heartbeat of a statesman, a father, a husband, a servant of the people ceased. A month since Zambia lost not just a former President but a man whose quiet strength, humility, and resolve became the foundation upon which many hoped, healed, and believed.
President Edgar Chagwa Lungu may have departed this world, but his legacy lives on in the hearts of millions, in the soil he walked, and in the memories of the sacrifices he made for his nation.
He was not perfect. No leader is. But he was present. Present for the people in their darkest hours. Present for the poor, the forgotten, and the voiceless. He governed with a kind of calm courage, often choosing humility over hostility, peace over pride.
We remember his commitment to unity, how he sought to hold the nation together even when the currents of politics threatened to divide us.
We remember his compassion, his readiness to stretch out a hand to the suffering, to visit flood victims, to weep with the mourning, and to pray with the nation when crisis knocked at our door
We remember his faith, not just in God but in the Zambian people. He believed that this nation was stronger together, that leadership was not about showmanship but stewardship.
One month ago, he breathed his last breath in a foreign land, far from the country he loved so dearly. And in that moment, something in Zambia changed. The air grew heavier. The hearts of many shattered. The flags flew low, and a deep silence blanketed the land.
Yet through the grief, a deeper truth has emerged: President Lungu never truly left us.
He lives on
In the prayers of a widow he comforted
In the hope of a child who found education under his leadership
In the voices of citizens who saw peace triumph over chaos simply because he chose not to plunge the nation into political warfare
Today, as we mark one month without him, we do not just mourn. We remember. We celebrate. We hold on to the values he stood for: humility, integrity, peace, and service above self.
To his beloved wife, Mama Esther, and to his children, thank you for sharing him with the nation. His sacrifices were not in vain. His memory is not forgotten. His legacy is not erased.
President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, your chapter in the story of Zambia was one of compassion and conviction. You led us with grace. You left with honour.
And though your voice has been stilled, your spirit speaks through every grateful Zambian who whispers your name in prayer, with tears, love, and respect.
I hope this UPND administration, led by President Hakainde Hichilema, will allow your beloved family and those who loved you dearly to put you to rest in a dignified way.
Mr. President
You were loved.
You are missed.
You will be remembered.
Always.
Now we know where my sister Beloved Ngoma stands. The attacks on HH are not non-partisan but a venting of bile that has accumulated since Mr Lungu was ousted from power. ECL run his race. It is over. Soon HH will also run his race but please let him do so without let or hinderance just like ECL did. ECL was an absentee President who aloud cadres to let rip the fabric of social harmony. They were c raze d and r a b i d d o g s . Let HH make his own mistakes and allow history, not emotions judge the legacy of each man.
My brother, we knew all along where she stands, but hiding under the Trojan Horse Banner of “Checks and Balances” but behind the Façade, she silhouettes. My favourite sarcastic Bemba Saying: “Asking the Gender of a Dog….”!!
A good man unites people in his death. One who divides in death, I wonder what he is.
The coffers are now dry…lamentations have set in….
Find some productive means to make a living…living out of someone elses pocket where you have no idea where that money that he was paying you to spread hate soon you will reap your seeds of what you sowed….seek forgiveness for what you have been planting. Find a better means to make a living….the bible warns of the power of ones tongue…use yours wisely
Such revisionist lies about ECL: Present for the poor, the forgotten, and the voiceless.
speaking lies about the dead is no better than speaking ill of them.
Just move the hell on, fake Thandiwe/Mwamba. Find new resources.
Lungu Was was the most corrupt man in Africa, this chikala is rotting now.
He signed in at the SA hospital as a Zimbabwean. What a criminal this man is. Because of all the sins he committed, his sprits won’t settle and will be here there, everywhere. Watch this space