MEMORIALS FOR LATE PRESIDENTS NOT STATE FUNCTIONS EVERY YEAR

By Etambuyu Katota

Government has refuted reports in some sections of the media alleging that senior government officials did not attend the 7th Memorial of late President MICHAEL CHILUFYA SATA on October 28.

Chief Government Spokesperson CHUSHI KASANDA says there are laid down operational guidelines pertaining to the hosting of memorials for country’s late Presidents.

Ms. KASANDA who is also Information and Media Minister says the memorial service of late former Presidents shall be observed at Government cost only during the first, fifth and tenth anniversaries, following the demise of the Head of State or former Heads of state.

She says under the current operational guidelines on State and Official Functions, both a serving and former Presidents of the Republic of Zambia are accorded a State funeral as a mark of honour for serving the country diligently.

Ms KASANDA says thereafter, in between and subsequent memorial services shall be the responsibility of the family of the late Head of State, including extending invitations to Government.

The Minister says this year’s memorial for the late fifth President MICHAEL CHILUFYA SATA was in the hands of the family.

This is according to a Statement issued to ZNBC News in Lusaka today.

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