By OLIVER SAMBOKO
President Edgar Lungu has been hailed for mourning first republican president, Dr Kenneth Kaunda with dignity and resuming his campaign bid to retain the presidency after the national mourining period elapsed.
Former Justice Minister Given Lubinda said President Lungu has shown true national leadership.
Mr Lubinda was speaking after President Lungu toured Bauleni, Kalingalinga and Mtendere under the rules stipulated by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) due to covid that has claimed hundreds of Zambian lives.
“A true leader like President Lungu leads by example by giving out hand sanitizers and masks during his visits,” Mr Lubinda said, “a real leader strives to protect his subjects not kill them in order to assume the top most public office. The end doesn’t always justify the means,” Mr Lubinda said.
Mr Lubinda said opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema should read from the Lungu hymn book “if he really wants to have impact in any future election” because he lacks everything President Lungu has.
President Lungu, after declaring a national day for first president Kaunda, giving the founding father an unprecedented 21-day mourning also suspended all political activities in the country including shutting down schools and business.
