Kenneth David Kaunda (born 28 April 1924), also known as KK, is a Zambian former politician who served as the first President of Zambia from 1964 to 1991.
Kaunda is the youngest of eight children born to an ordained Church of Scotland missionary and teacher, an immigrant from Malawi. He was at the forefront of the struggle for independence from British rule. Dissatisfied with Harry Nkumbula's leadership of the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress, he broke away and founded the Zambian African National Congress, later becoming the head of the United National Independence Party (UNIP). He was the first President of the independent Zambia. In 1973 following tribal and inter-party violence, all political parties except UNIP were banned through an amendment of the constitution after the signing of the Choma Declaration. At the same time, Kaunda oversaw the acquisition of majority stakes in key foreign-owned companies. The oil crisis of 1973 and a slump in export revenues put Zambia in a state of economic crisis. International pressure forced Kaunda to change the rules that had kept him in power. Multi-party elections took place in 1991, in which Frederick Chiluba, the leader of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy, ousted Kaunda.
Kaunda was briefly stripped of Zambian citizenship in 1999, but the decision was overturned the following year. At 97, he is the oldest living former Zambian president.
Raisi wa kwanza wa Zambia alikuwa raia wa Malawi asilimia Mia.
Baba alikuwa raia wa Malawi na mama pia alikuwa hivyo.
Baba alikuwa mchungaji aliehamia Zambia. Kaunda alikuwatu mzaliwa wa Zambia lakini kwao Malawi
Cha ajabu akaja kuitawala Zambia kwa miaka mingi tu baada ya Uhuru. Sijui katiba...
Zambia’s former president and founding father Kenneth Kaunda. PHOTO | AFP
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I first met Dr Kenneth Kaunda in Westminster Hall in London, a year or so after he had lost elections to Fredrick Chiluba. In a meeting chaired by Zainab Baddawi (then of Channel 4), he came across to most of us as...
Ni siku chache tu zimepita tangu Rais wa kwanza wa Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda afariki dunia akiwa na umri wa miaka 97.
Ameondoka duniani na kuacha vitu vingi vya kukumbukwa, lakini leo acha nikupe hili la mavazi, amefariki akiacha jina maarufu la kaunda suti, ambazo kwa sasa vijana, watoto na wazee...
Kenneth Kaunda death: Botswana President Masisi declares 7-day mourning
FRIDAY JUNE 18 2021
Zambia's former President Kenneth Kaunda. PHOTO | AFP
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Inasikitisha kuona timu kubwa kama Yanga ambayo imeupachika uwanja wake jina la Kenneth Kaunda Stadium inashindwa kutoa hata taarifa ya kusikitishwa na msiba wa mwanamajumui huyu wa Afrika.
Ndio kusema Viongozi hawana taarifa ya msiba huu au hawajui vinasaba vya Kenneth Kaunda na Yanga?
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Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Mh. Samia Suluhu Hassan, ametuma salamu za pole kwa wanafamilia na Rais wa Zambia Edgar Lungu, kufuatia kifo cha Rais wa Kwanza na Muasisi wa Taifa hilo Kenneth Kaunda, kilichotokea jana Juni 17, 2021.
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MFAHAMU HAYATI KENNETH KAUNDA(KK).
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Taarifa iliyoripitiwa hivi leo na vyombo vya ndani vya Zambia ni kuwa Rais wa Rais wa Kwanza wa Zambia Mzee Kenneth KAUNDA ambaye kule wanapenda kumwita Baba wa Taifa ameaga Dunia.Mzee Kaunda ni pekee yake kati ya Wazee wa Mwanzo...
Zambia’s first president Kenneth Kaunda dies aged 97
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Zambia’s former President Kenneth Kaunda.
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Mzee Kennedy Kaunda amefariki mchana wa leo wakati akipatiwa matibabu kwenye hospital ya Maina
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KENNETH DAVID KAUNDA NA ALLY KLEIST 1953
Leo Kenneth Kaunda katimiza miaka 97.
Nimeangalia picha ya Kenneth David Kaunda na picha hii ikanikumbusha uhusiano wa Kaunda na Ally Kleist Sykes wakati Afrika ilipokuwa katika harakati ya kupigania uhuru wake.
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