{"id":4640,"date":"2021-08-24T17:12:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T17:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-leaves-for-hakainde-hichilemas-inauguration"},"modified":"2021-08-24T17:22:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T17:22:15","slug":"chakwera-leaves-for-hakainde-hichilemas-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakwera-leaves-for-hakainde-hichilemas-inauguration","title":{"rendered":"Chakwera leaves for Hakainde Hichilema\u2019s inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Malawi President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has this morning departed for Lusaka, Zambia, where he is attending the inauguration of President-Elect Hakainde Hichilema as the seventh president of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Hichilema emerged winner in the General Elections held on August 12, 2021, having beaten the incumbent President Edgar Chagwa Lungu of the Patriotic Front (PF).<\/p>\n<p>Hichilema \u2013 who represented the United Party for National Development (UPND) in last week\u2019s general elections \u2013 beat the incumbent President Edgar Chagwa Lungu of the Patriotic Front.<\/p>\n<p>Chakwera left the country around 8am this morning through Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) and expected back around 4pm today. Hichilemba becomes the sixth President of Zambia after succeeding Lingu who served as Africa\u2019s leading copper producing nation for six years.<\/p>\n<p>Lungu took over from late President Michael Sata, who died in office in 2015. In 2016, Hakainde Hichilema \u2013 or HH as he is popularly and fondly called by his supporters in Zambia \u2013 was arrested and jailed for treason by the Lungu administration after he disputed the election of the latter to the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>This was the sixth attempt by Hichilema to seek voters\u2019 authorisation to occupy the State House. Lungu has grudgingly accepted defeat and has committed to ensuring smooth transition of power in Zambia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Malawi President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has this morning departed for Lusaka, Zambia, where he is attending the inauguration of President-Elect Hakainde Hichilema as the seventh president of the country. 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