MAKEBI INSISTS THAT PF, LUNGU FAMILY AND ZAMBIANS DESIRE THAT ECL IS GIVEN A DIGNIFIED BURIAL
By: Thomas Afroman Mwale
Late former President Edgar Chagwa Lungu’s family spokesperson, Makebi Zulu, has described the passing of Zambia’s sixth Republican President as a great national loss.
Speaking shortly after filing his nomination to contest the Patriotic Front (PF) presidency, Mr. Zulu said the former ruling party, the Lungu family, and the people of Zambia all desire that the late Head of State be given a dignified burial.
Mr. Zulu added that Mr. Lungu will be honored accordingly.
He recently stated that the former President’s remains would only be repatriated to Zambia once President Hakainde Hichilema publicly commits to staying away from the funeral and delegates Vice President Mutale Nalumango to represent the government at the ceremony.
Former President Edgar Lungu, who died on June 5, 2025, has not yet been buried due to a legal dispute between the government and the Lungu family regarding his final resting place.
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Dull lawyer follow the laws of Zambia on how dead presidents are buried no one is above the law, even the dead and Pretoria court told you not to use emotions but follow laws,
I hope he has the key to the loot to run a Presidential campaign. Choose your fights well.
Looks like he has
@Yowe, . He GRABBED ALL the wealth from bene Dalitso and Tasila and that’s the money which is giving him ‘intunda’. Makebi Malukula Zulu doesn’t know we that
He really confused the whole BIG LUNGU family as if they didn’t go to school.
Tasila has ALREADY regretted the move she made to FULLY TRUST Malukula
Chikala makebi what do you mean?? this lawyer is very dull.
WHAT THE HECK?! POLITICS OF USING THE DEAD TO WIN SYMPATHY ARE A SLIDE INTO MAD POLITICS.
ATI NGA NAWINA ELINTU TUKESA SHIKA ICHITUMBI? AWE BANE, UBOBULOSHI.
BESIDES BURYING THAT CORPSE IF EVER IT IS THERE WILL NOT FIX THE ECONOMY THAT THE PF LEFT SLIDING INTO A DANGEROUS NEGATIVE 2 SPIRAL. [COMPARE TO THE POSITIVE OUTLOOK TODAY].
THE TWIST IS A FIGHT TO FORCE GOVERNMENT TO FORGIVE THE TROUBLED FAMILY OF THE CRIMES OF CORRUPTLY OBTAINED PROPERTIES.
IF THAT WERE THE WAY CRIMINALS WERE TO BE RELEASED FROM JAIL, ALL PRISONERS WOULD SEEK FREEDOM FROM JAIL AFTER LOSING A LOVED ONE.
IT IS TABOO TO PARADE A CORPSE TO BARGAIN FOR FREEDOM OR A CAMPAIGN PROGRAM. THEY SAY PF IS FULL OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN VODOO, YET THE SAME WERE PRETENDING THE MAN WHO DIED ( MHSRIEP) WAS A SAINT, A HUMBLE MAN, A CHRISTIAN AND A FORGIVING MAN – THAT WAS ACCORDING TO CHRISTIANS FOR LUNGU WHEN THEY COINED THE BEGGING BOW INTO AN ‘APPEALING’ PHENOMENON.
THE QUESTION IS WHOSE WISH WOULD IT HAVE BEEN THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO FORGIVENESS IF EVER THERE WAS ENEMITY BETWEEN THE TWO? DOES THE BIBLE NOT ENCOURAGE ONE TO SEEK PEACE WITH THEIR ENEMIES BEFORE ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS FROM GOD? WHO WOULD VOLUNTEER TO GO TO HELL BECAUSE OF THE HATE FOR THE ENEMY?
THE SAME CHRISTIANS FOR LUNGU WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH THE PEPETRATORS OF VIOLENCE AND THE MURDERS THAT TOOK PLACE IN THOSE DARK DAYS.
THE SAME PEOPLE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE DOWNFALL OF KCM, THE SAME THAT BROUGHT VIOLENCE, TRIBALISM, DEBT DEFAULTS, REGIONALISM ARE STILL PUSHING FOR ONE OF THEIRS TO BE AT THE FUNERAL SO THAT IT SYMBOLYZES A FALL FROM THE PRESIDENCY AND A HANDOVER OF POWER TO AN INNOCENT WOMAN BEING DRAGGED INTO THE MUD.
SUPPOSING THERE WAS A LOZI, LALA, TONGA, KAONDE OR LAMBA IN THE SAME SEAT, WOULD THE CALL BE THE SAME?
ANYWAY, ONLY THOSE THAT BENEFITED FROM THE CHAOS OF PF WOULD BUY THE IDEA OF ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH PF TO TAKE UP THE LEASERSHIP OF THIS COUNTRY.
LOOKING AT THE PICTURES, YOU CAN SEE THE FAMILIAR FIGURES WAITING TO TAKEUP THEIR POSITIONS. THEY REMIND ZAMBIANS OF THE MOST AROGANT AND VINDICTIVE INDIVIDULAS WHO, GIVEN CHANCE, AND GOD FORBID, WOULD REVERSE THE GAINS MADE IN UNIFYING THIS COUNTRY, THE ECONOMIC PROGRESS, THE POSITIVES POSTED ON THE INTERNATIONAL PLATFORM, THE RESPECT REGAIBED AND INTITUTIONAL DIGNITY.
THE SIGN OF VIOLENCE IN CHINGOLA IS A SERIOUS WARNING, AND IF THE INVESTIGATIVE WINGS FAIL TO GET TO THE ARCHITECTS OF THE ACTION, THIS COUNTRY IS BOUND TO GO INTO AN UNRECOVERABLE SPIN.
BY THE WAY, EACH ASPIRING CANDIDATE HAD SUPPORTERS THERE AT THE SECRETARIATE.
ALSO REMEMBER, THERE ARE THOSE SEEKING THE PRESIDENCY TO REVENGE BECAUSE ASSETS WERE RECOVERED FROM THEM, NOT THAT THEY HAVE ANY AGENDA TO GIVE ZAMBIANS WHAT THEY WANT OR DO BETTER THAN HH AND HIS UPND TEAM.
SUNDAY CHANDA SHOULD AT THIS POINT IN TIME JOIN HANDS WITH UPND AND MOVE THE NATION FORWARD. HE HAS BOUGHT INTO THE UPND AGENDA AND HE IS DOING WELL.
GOD IS IN CONTROL.
The same people blocking said funeral / burial are standing up and contradicting their own actions.
Trying to squeeze sympathy from a situation that no longer has any sympathy
If Mr. Makebi’s definition of a dignified burial is that the incumbent President must stay away, then I hope HH won’t succumb to such an outrageous condition.
The reason why Mr. Makebi and company are adamant about this condition is they know that it defies reason and therefore cannot be met. On the surface it looks harmless but the implications are far reaching. They are asking the President to empty himself of State authority because delegating to the vice is inappropriate in this case. Delegation makes sense only when the President is busy with more important matters. But a state funeral of a former president is an important matter in itself which would require the President to drop whatever he is doing and attend to it.
The President must not agree to this condition.