Former President F. Chiluba is no more

[CHUAKACHARA]

Aliyekuwa rais wa Zambia baada ya K.Kaunda amefariki dunia

Alimtesa mzee wa watu Kaunda kwa uroho wa madaraka, sasa aende akawe rais wa mashetani, si urais ni mzuri!!! Wanadamu hatujifunzi

 

[Edson]

Dr. Chiluba died on June 18th, 2011.[SUP]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Chiluba#cite_note-32[/SUP]. He died just after 5 minutes past mid night. His spokesman, [Mr. Emmanuel Mwamba] announced his death. Mr. Mwamba stated that the (former) president had a normal day on 17th June, even had time to meet some of his lawyers. The former president later complained of stomach ache which he said was fine

 

[Gsana]

pema wapi, aende ajibu mashitaka. Amekwenda kwenye mahakama ya haki, akahukumiwe . Wangapi wamekufa kwa ajili yake wacha afe apate hukumu ya kweli kwa muumba wake. Asifunguliwe mlango mpaka aliowaua/watesa duniani wamkute mlangoni

nadhani iyo ni kazi ya Mola kuhukumu. Ndg.usihukumu usije kuhukumiwa. Lets pay a last respect bcoz the secret of Heaven is still unveiled. R .I .P mr Chiluba.

 

[kashwagala]

Mshkaji alinibore sana the way alivyomtreat mzee Ken,lakini yote yana mwisho.

 

[ngoshwe]

Zambia's former president Chiluba dies

Final years spent in political obscurity after a chequered career that ended with a lengthy corruption trial. Last Modified: 18 Jun 2011 06:42 Email Print Share Send Feedback

Chiluba fell from grace after having attracted the adulation of his countrymen in the early 1990s Frederick Chiluba, who was president of Zambia from 1991 to 2001, has died at his home. He had been suffering from heart and kidney problems and Emmanuel Mwamba, Chiluba's spokesperson, said he had earlier complained of stomach pains. "He died five minutes after midnight at his home," Mwamba told the AFP news agency on Saturday. When Chiluba took over the country as president in 1991, ending the 27-year rule of Zambia's founding president, Kenneth Kaunda, he was hailed for saving the country from one-party rule. Chiluba became president of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy, a coalition of unions, civic and church groups as well as former Kaunda loyalists who had grown disillusioned with his autocratic style. Initially welcomed by the West who had struggled to get on with the leftist Kaunda, Chiluba won praise for his emphasis on democracy, human rights and governmental transparency. But his image was tainted by a lengthy corruption trial, stemming from abuse of authority and theft of public funds amounting to $500,000 while in office. Acquitted of charges After unsuccessfully trying to stay in power beyond his scheduled 10-year term, and as evidence of his personal excesses mounted, Chiluba was convicted by a court in London of pocketing $46 million of state funds. He was later acquitted of the charges in 2008. Chiluba was a virtual prisoner in his final years, confined to his residence after authorities confiscated his passport to prevent him from evading justice. His final reputation marked a dramatic fall from grace for a man who attracted the adulation of tens of thousands of supporters when he took on Kaunda who had ruled largely unopposed since independence in 1964. This diminutive leader - he was just 1.5 metres tall - oversaw the sale of more than 250 state companies to private firms. But while the sell-offs were originally seen as part of a programme of reforms, much of the sale price went unaccounted for while hundreds of thousands were left out of work. Chiluba soon also garnered a reputation for the kind of authoritarian tendencies which had been derided in Kaunda: sacking colleagues, jailing outspoken journalists, bullyng off opponents and rounding up rivals. "I am a political engineer," he would declare after ousting opponents. In 1997, he survived a military coup and then used the incident to detain several of his opponents, including Kaunda. Vigorous resistance After serving the constitutionally allowed two terms in office, Chiluba attempted to amend the constitution to run for a third term but he met vigorous resistance, with tens of thousands protesting in the streets. Sensing a humiliating defeat, he drew up a hasty exit strategy which saw him hurriedly pluck a successor, Levy Mwanawasa, from political obscurity. Mwanawasa, a former mild-mannered vice-president who had returned to a career as an attorney, turned against his mentor and persuaded parliament to strip him of his immunity so he could be prosecuted for grand graft. Despite the conviction in London, Zambian prosecutors failed to convict him of corruption in Zambian courts, or even to convince the judiciary to apply the British judgement locally so his assets could be seized. In many ways, Chiluba was an enigma and much of his background remained in dispute.

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Zambia's first elected President Frederick Chiluba dies[/h]

Frederick Chiluba developed an authoritarian approach to his critics during his presidency




Frederick Chiluba, Zambia's first democratically elected president, has died at home at the age of 68.
Mr Chiluba was hailed as Zambia's "liberator" by his supporters when he came to office in 1991 after 27 years of single party Socialist rule.
He won praise for his economic and political reforms but was later accused of embezzlement and turning a blind eye to corruption.
The cause of his death is not known but he was known to have heart problems.
Under Mr Chiluba, Zambia was considered to be a model of African democracy and his presidency was welcomed in the West.
The former trade union leader and son of a copper miner introduced many reforms which dismantled the restrictive policies of former President Kenneth Kaunda.
But he was dogged by corruption allegations and was accused of taking an authoritarian approach to his political opponents, firing critical colleagues and jailing outspoken journalists.
He attempted to alter the constitution to allow him to run for a third term in office in 2001, but stood down after huge public protests.
Mr Chiluba was prosecuted for alleged embezzlement in 2002 but acquitted after a six-year trial.
In 2007, he was convicted of fraud by a London court and ordered to repay $58m in embezzled funds, but the ruling was never carried out by Zambia.
He spent his final years at his resident in Lusaka, confined by ill health and the confiscation of his passport by the authorities.

 

[CHUAKACHARA]

nadhani iyo ni kazi ya Mola kuhukumu. Ndg.usihukumu usije kuhukumiwa. Lets pay a last respect bcoz the secret of Heaven is still unveiled. R .I .P mr Chiluba.

Dictator is not to be respected at all na wapenda haki!!! Katili wa roho za watu!!!! Alimtesa Mzee Kaunda, bila kosa la maana.

 

[the preacher]

Regardless his mistakes and what his predecessor did to him but he remains one of the very wise and smart Presidents Africa has ever have!

 

[MAMMAMIA]

Tumeumbiwa kuishi na kufa na kila kilichohai kitakufa, iwapo ni binadamu, awe mwema awe mbaya. Sisi ni nani wa kuhumu matendo ya watu hasa wakishafariki? Pumzika kwa Amani Chiluba!

 

[Keykey]

R.I.P. Chiluba!

 

[Njowepo]

RIP Chiluba!

 

[Kinyungu]

:rip: Chiluba

 

[Miranda]

2011 - 1943 = 68yrs, RIP kamanda

 

[Paw]

Ametangulia.
Tunaumia kumkosa.
Mungu awafariji familia na wazambia kwa ujumla.

 

[Butola]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-rTL-ElN7E

RIP Chiluba..

 

[Pdidy]

naona malipo ya KAUNDA ..ALIMTESA SANA YULE BABU sikuamini kamani chiluba alijua akuna kufa kuna kufiwa tu ye azike

 

[AshaDii]

Chiluba is dead. A Zambian friend of mine whose father is a Zambian official has told me. He died of a heart attack early Saturday.

He is lucky he has lived to date... The guy was sick since early 2000,
Just atfter kutoka madarakani he was admitted abroad..

Namsifu kimoja tu!! Aliweza kumtoa Kenneth Kaunda (Magamba ya Zambia wakati huo)..
Aliniboa kimoja tu! Kaunda did a lot for his country... Alimshushia heshima vibaya mno..
How ever what goes around comes back around.. he faced the same alipotoka madarakani...

Africa politics.... Full of propaganda...

 

[GeniusBrain]

Rais mstaafu wa Zambia Frederick Chiluba (pichani) amefariki dunia nyumbani kwake baada ya kusumbuliwa na maradhi ya Moyo na Ini, msemaji wa rais huyo bwana Emmanuel Mwamba alieleza.
Rais huyo alifariki dunia kutokana na maumivu makali ya tumbo aliyoyapata na kukimbizwa hospitali na kufariki ndani ya dakika tano usiku wa manane nyumbani kwake alipokuwa akiishi.

RIP

 

[VIKWAZO]

Chiluba, a former bus conductor and trade union leader, succumbed after years of suffering from acute heart problems.

According to first official reports from his spokesperson, Emmanual Mwamba, the late Chiluba had a normal Friday, conducting political meetings.

Frederick Chilbua ©Reuters


However, his personal physician was called in later that evening after he complained that he was not feeling well. And after mid-night he died, Mwamba said.

Chiluba, who led Zambia for a decade, was hailed as a democrat when he dismantled liberation hero Kenneth Kaunda's communist single party.

After ousting Kaunda- who had spent 27 years in power, in Zambia's multiparty elections in 1991, Chiluba was re-elected in 1996. He was however forced to leave office after an attempt to modify the country's constitution to enable him run for a third five-year term failed.

The former Zambian leader was the subject of a long investigation and trial regarding alleged corruption after leaving office; he was eventually acquitted in 2009 after a six-year trial.

Chiluba, who had been accused of diverting nearly US$500,000 of state money for his own use, was acquitted when the judge ruled that the funds could not be traced to government coffers.

But whilst the late Chiluba had claimed to be the victim of a political witch-hunt backed by Britain, Zambia's former colonial ruler, several people close to him - including his wife - were convicted on related charges.

At the time of his death, Chiluba had been heavily involved in presidential campaigns after endorsing current leader Ruphia Banda for a second term in office.

 

[SEAL Team 6]

Bull shit, you are next.

 

[GeniusBrain]

Bull shit, you are next.

Nimtume ISRAEL sasa hivi aje kwako ? na lazima ujinyee wewe !