GOVERNANCE ACTIVIST URGES LUNGU FAMILY TO ALLOW VERIFICATION OF ECL’S REMAINS
By Michael Kaluba
Governance activist Wesley Miyanda says the government’s request to verify the remains of former president Edgar Lungu is long overdue and has urged the Lungu family to allow the process to go ahead to dispel any doubts.
Reports indicate that the Zambian government has asked a South African court for access to the morgue where the late president’s body is kept for purposes of identification, while the family has reportedly asked the state to cover costs related to the delayed funeral.
Mr. Miyanda has criticized the family and the former ruling Patriotic Front, for what he describes as premeditated actions, citing the announcement of parallel funeral arrangements and a mourning period without coordinating with the government, as examples of how their demands and actions have stalled the burial of Mr. Lungu.
He says it is unfair for the family to demand compensation from the government when their own conditions have contributed to the delay in burying the late former head of state, and is disappointed that the protracted process has failed to yield consensus between the state and the family.
In an interview with Phoenix News, Mr. Miyanda has also expressed concern that most stakeholders, aside from the family, including opposition leaders, have not viewed the body while the government has already spent money on burial preparations and other logistics which remain on hold.
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What a load of malarkey!!!!. To certify death or to conduct another autopsy ???
The nation and international communities should know the truth truth. These cases tend to become case studies and mostly important, serve as incidents of great references and future use
This is why Nyati, was exhumed in Lundazi. What government works on social media stories?. Dead Nyati was reported to be in alive in Malawi and later rumour went round that he was stuffed with money. Government exhumed his body. A government can do better than this. Now they are following social media to verify Lungu’s body. The assumption is that the Government of RSA is lying together with the Lungu family. They want another delayed burial as the new court process sets in. But why?
Someone spoke about the dignity of Lungu being stripped. Why? Is it not because his family thought they would do as they wished? Sorry to say; stature carries docor and ettiquette. If a chief died. Who his family have all the say? The Chief is subject to the norms and discretions accorded to his stature. Why do people and his family think that all these verifications would not have happened in the descrete privacy and dignity that is accorded to a former Head of state. The social media stories you speak of are as a result of the conduct of the family. They have no respect for the man. They have sought to destroy any dignity Edgar Lungu had. Etiquette, decor and discretion and protocol are processes that we have for a reason. They are not just western norms but we have them in our customs and traditions. As such Edgar Lungu was no ordinary person, he may have chosen to be but lets face facts, If he was we would not be speaking of him.
You are comparing apples and oranges, avocados and masuku. We can not force you to think.
The family’s actions are attracting further probe into their motives.
It is becoming a nuisance that is looking like a way of escaping justice.
Was Lungu involved in some catastrophic disaster like plane crash or house fire for someone to identify the body? Is government intending to perform DNA verification as well? Is this necessary? If government believes that Lungu has faked his death and he is hiding, they should just produce the evidence and throw the law books at the family. People do not want pictures of dead Lungu in a casket, but would be interested in seeing live Lungu in hiding. Government have the resources and intelligence agencies to show the public that Lungu is alive. It is a disrespectful to strip open a casket based on rumours that Lungu is alive.
@The Kimbanguist: You are the most foolish and daft person this earth, idyot! Why use the intelligence services when Esther is holding on to the body! Why waste time of the security services for something that doesn’t need their services. You PF cadres are as foolish as your thieving and corrupt ECL family tree led by Esther. Please use your head not your arse!
What is a rumor, so far, is the assertion that Lungu died? The family is best known for scams, and so is Lungu. Bwana, they do not necessarily have to do an autopsy to establish the cause of death, because that is the family’s business. The government will pursue a DNA test to establish the identity of the purported body, and this is what the family and fellow conmen are trying to prevent.
Confirmation of death by presentation of the Corpse as verification is Paramount, especially in this case of former head of State ECL.
Too much hanky-panky is going and surrounding this death by the family of ECL and PF party.
Major questions are this,
1, What if ECL is alive and well but just a gimmick of running away from the long arm of the Law.
2, What if its a strategy to tarnish the current Government for the up coming elections in 2026, their plan B as they said it.
3, What if ECL is really dead but was murdered to hid the huge stash of Monies in foreign Countries.
There are just too many “ifs” that the Government of Zambia and the People of Zambia need to know the truth and have answers.
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In fact it is not just the verification of the body. This behaviour by the Lungu family is attracting more and more interest, more and more curiosity. See, curiosity isn’t easy to brush aside. Until you see, it doesn’t go away. It’s natural. But what else does this curiosity come with? It comes with suspicion of any form. In this case, we can suspect maybe in that casket, it’s not just the corpse. There cud be other things. The Lungu family is not straight. Lungu himself talked of Plan B. The coffin cud be just a part of Plan B. Yes we can suspect so. Also the PF are busy accusing the HH that he wants the coffin and the body for purpose of Bwanga, witchcraft. But this cud be just a distraction. The truth cud be that there cud be Bwanga in the casket, targeted at someone here in Zambia, and they want it to cross to Zambia disguised as a casket contains Lungu’s body. Or even someone else’s body. You see, these are all possibilities when you are dealing with high level crooks. With all these suspicions, the only way for the Lungu family to clear themselves is to open the basket for us to see what is inside there. Simple.the more they say no, the bigger our curiosity, and the more they can’t handle it any other way but to open the casket.
You morons, you forgetting that HH caused all this by denying ECL access to medical treatment not on government expenses but on his own expenses. ECL was in RSA for close to 6 months up to his demise , which government Minister or even HH himself found interest in knowing how ECL was doing in hospital? By denying ECL access to medical attention, did HH think ECL was getting better or the condition would deteriorate ? Stop this nonsense of blind loyalty and have some respect for the dead, the widow and the orphans. You never cared for ECL and by denying him access to medical treatment you emotionally, mentally and psychologically tortured the man to his grave and here you are wanting to show that you care ? You hypocrites, time will soon catch up with you. ECL was not an ordinary member of the Zambian citizenry, he was the former Head of State. Even if you had stopped his state benefits, at least you should have been kind enough to allow him seek medical attention using his own resources. But alas to the evil doers, the paranoid, every time ECL stepped out to have some fresh air, a cold chill was sent down the government spine. HH AND YOUR MINIONS, STOP HARRASSING ECL’S FAMILY THROUGH THE COURTS BECAUSE , THE PEOPLE WHO PUT YOU IN THAT OFFICE ARE NOT HAPPY AND GOD IS NOT HAPPY WITH YOU.
You are the moron, and please stop the unwarranted projection.
Yes they must allow a government official to see lungus body to verify. We can’t trust their word alone they are all crooks.
Konto, are you a praise singer ? Give us facts and details otherwise shut your mouth because you sound like a blind being led by a blind. Wait for 2026 when both of you fall into the ditch being dug by Zambians then you will appreciate the power of people and most importantly the power of numbers in politics vis-as-vis Women voters in Zambia