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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zambia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Memorial Service and Burial Programme for the late First Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and Zambia\u2019s Founding President, His Excellency Dr. Kenneth David Buchizya Kaunda is underway here at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Lusaka.<\/p>\n

In attendance are; His Excellency President Edgar Chagwa Lungu accompanied by the First Lady, Mama Esther Lungu, former President, His Excellency Rupiah Bwezani Banda, former Vice President, Dr. Guy Scott and the Kaunda family.<\/p>\n

Opposition leaders led by Hakainde Hichilema and Felix Mutati are also in attendance.<\/p>\n

Late Dr Kenneth Kaunda\u2019s first Son Panji Kaunda at his Father\u2019s Funeral Service<\/p>\n

Zambia \u2018s Ambassador to Ethiopia Emmanuel Mwamba attending the Funeral Service<\/p>\n

UPND President Hakainde Hichilema together with Felix Mutati attending the Funeral Service of Dr Kaunda<\/p>\n

President Lungu meeting Former Rebublican President Rupiah Banda at the Funeral Service of Dr Kenneth Kaunda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. The Memorial Service and Burial Programme for the late First Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and Zambia\u2019s Founding President, His Excellency Dr. Kenneth David Buchizya Kaunda is underway here at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Lusaka. In attendance are; His Excellency President Edgar Chagwa Lungu accompanied by the First Lady, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":2062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12,16],"tags":[234,235,311,731,233],"class_list":["post-2063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-kaunda","tag-memorial-service","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nMemorial Service and Burial Programme for Dr Kaunda gets underway - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Memorial Service and Burial Programme for the late First Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and Zambia\u2019s Foundi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/memorial-service-and-burial-programme-for-dr-kaunda-gets-underway\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Memorial Service and Burial Programme for Dr Kaunda gets underway\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Memorial Service and Burial Programme for the late First Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and Zambia\u2019s Foundi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/memorial-service-and-burial-programme-for-dr-kaunda-gets-underway\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-07T17:39:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/07\/img-60e5e6478971b.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/memorial-service-and-burial-programme-for-dr-kaunda-gets-underway#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/memorial-service-and-burial-programme-for-dr-kaunda-gets-underway\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Memorial Service and Burial Programme for Dr Kaunda gets underway\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-07T17:39:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/memorial-service-and-burial-programme-for-dr-kaunda-gets-underway\"},\"wordCount\":156,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/memorial-service-and-burial-programme-for-dr-kaunda-gets-underway#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/07\/img-60e5e6478971b.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Kaunda\",\"Memorial Service\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/memorial-service-and-burial-programme-for-dr-kaunda-gets-underway#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/memorial-service-and-burial-programme-for-dr-kaunda-gets-underway\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/memorial-service-and-burial-programme-for-dr-kaunda-gets-underway\",\"name\":\"Memorial Service and Burial Programme for Dr Kaunda gets underway - 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