Zambia’s founding president, Kenneth Kaunda has died at a military hospital in Lusaka where he was being treated for pneumonia.
His death was announced publicly by his son, Kambarage on Thursday, June 17, 2021.
He died aged 97.
“I am sad to inform (members) we have lost Mzee. Let’s pray for him,” Kambarage said on the late president’s Facebook page.
Kaunda ruled Zambia from 1964, when the southern African nation won its independence from Britain, until 1991, and afterwards become one of Africa’s most committed activists against HIV/AIDS.
