We are ready to resolve Lungu standoff, engage Lubinda, Nyirenda urges government
PATRIOTIC Front acting deputy secretary general Brenda Nyirenda has called on government to open dialogue with party president Given Lubinda, to break the deadlock over the delayed burial of former president Edgar Lungu.
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Nyirenda said the PF is willing to cooperate if it means bringing closure to what she described as a national embarrassment that has dragged on for too long.
She was speaking when she addressed journalists in Lusaka yesterday.
Nyirenda lamented that the continued delay to bury president Lungu had caused emotional distress among party members and the nation at large.
“ [If] Government can engage Lubinda…we are ready to help them handle the Lungu issue. Losing a father figure like President Lungu has been hard for us, and not laying him to rest until now makes it even more painful,” stated Nyirenda.
She however, insisted that the PF under the Lubinda-led faction will not use the ongoing standoff as an excuse to abandon its internal programmes, including the election of a new party leader at the upcoming national convention.
“The unresolved burial has caused us pain, but it won’t stop us from moving forward. We will not use this tragedy as a scapegoat for failing to organise or elect our new president,” she said.
She urged national leaders to handle the Lungu burial issue with compassion and maturity.
“This matter needs empathy, not politics. It’s time to do what’s right and allow the former president to be laid to rest with the dignity he deserves,” she said.
Meanwhile, Nyirenda also shared that the party’s central committee during its sitting on Sunday, November 2, 2025, agreed to kickstart the nomination process for presidential hopefuls, a seven day window that began yesterday.
By Sharon Zulu
Kalemba November 4, 2025
Only the Court will hand down a JUDGMENT again. We have moved on. So, this Brenda Nyirenda is only seeking recognition and relevance.
Why don’t you yourself engage Zulu?
Forget negotiations. Let the courts decide so that everybody can continue with their lives whether burial will.be in SA or Zed. Nobody cares now anyway.
Where have you been for the last five months?
A little too late.. With all the mistrusts ,twists and turns in this issue. It is best to allow the courts to handle this matter. At least the truth keeps coming up.
Are you the family of Edgar Lungu for the government to engage you?
PF you have your leadership wrangles. Have you seen government suggesting that they engage you?
This is the same irrational mentality where you spend time on issues that have nothing to do with you, while paroting that you are working.
What business does PF have to do with this matter? This is between the state and the Lungu family. The state is acting in the interest of the People of Zambia; based on the law and practice. Manje imwe ba PF what role are playing in this matter? Did the family ever call you to the table to discuss the matter?
Chipwena…..
Madame Nyirenda are you okay or something is wrong with you? Who is Lubinda in this matter of Lungu’s burial? I thought the rightful stakeholders are Lungu family and the government. You and Lubinda are PF officials, are you telling us that the matter has now turned into a PF show? You are now exposing yourselves to be the people who are delaying the burial just for gaining political mileage, it won’t work out.
PF likes the middle Man idea in all their transactions. They don’t like straightforward things.
Just keep your chitumbi we are no longer interested
That is a campaign gimmick, after all this time. When did Lubinda become member of Lungu family? If you suggested maybe a clergy in good standing that would make sense. People have moved on and besides it is a farming season. Let the the courts lead now, the government has played it’s part. The damage has already been done and HH has just come back from Tanzania, it is business as usual.
Don’t start involving government in your political games.The government is far above your cheap political gymics.Your actions may now show you where you went wrong and you will feel it soon.
Only Makebi Zulu speaks for the Lungu family. What’s this lady talking about? A media fraternity up to the task would have sought comment from Makebi Zulu.