Sat, Sep 22nd, 2012
By Teonas Aswile
President of United Republic of Tanzania, Dr Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete has said Zambia and Africa have lost a brave woman who helped a lot Zambia and the whole continent during independence struggle.
President Kikwete said that in the statement released by Directorate of Presidential Communications yesterday, as the President was sending condolences to the Former President of Zambia, Keneth Kaunda following death of his beloved wife, Betty Kaunda.
Dr Kikwete said the African continent and Zambia will always remember her as a woman who participated fully in fostering Zambian development and African development at large.
"I have been saddened and shocked by the information of Betty's death happened this week in Harare, Zimbabwe, where she was visiting her daughter, Mama Musata Kaunda Banda. Her death is not only a shock to you, your family or Zambian citizens but also to all Africans."
President Kikwete said he is together with all family members and Zambians in the difficult time they face following death of Betty Kaunda.
Betty Kaunda was born in 1928, got married to Keneth Kaunda in 1946 died on Tuesday with the age of 84 years old.