Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s founding president, will be buried on July 7.
Zambia’s Vice-President, Inonge Wina disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
Kaunda died Thursday last week at the age of 97.
“The hero of the struggle against White rule in southern Africa shall be put to rest… at a very private ceremony for family and selected invited mourners,” she said on state television.
She said Kaunda will be buried in a closed casket at the country’s presidential burial site, opposite the cabinet office in Lusaka, following a state memorial to be held at the city’s 60,000-seat National Heroes Stadium on July 2.
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, foreign leaders may be accompanied by just one official, she said.
Wina said Kaunda’s remains will be transported to the country’s 10 provinces, starting Wednesday for people to pay their last respects to Zambia’s founding president, who ruled from 1964 until 1991.
