ARTHUR BANDA-Chosen Heritage Funeral Home proprietor

Mr Banda beside Dr Mwanawasa's coffin in Mansa.



THIS MAN IS CALLED MR ARTHUR BANDA WHO RUNS A FUNERAL FIRM IN LUSAKA CALLED CHOSEN HERITAGE FUNERAL HOME.
I THOUGHT I SHOULD SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS MAN, WHOSE TALENTS AND GREAT EFFORTS HAVE REMAINED EXTRA-ORDINARY AND REVERED NOT ONLY IN ZAMBIA BUT IN AFRICA AT LARGE BECAUSE HE IS AMONG THE FEW QUALIFIED IN HIS PROFESSION.
I HAVE OBSERVED WITH GLEE HOW ACCOLADES HAVE GONE TO DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS SUCH AS PALLBEARERS, SECURITY PERSONNEL DURING THE FUNERAL OF DR MWANAWASA. I AM YET TO COME ACROSS ANYTHING OF THAT MAGNITUDE DIRECTED TOWARDS MR BANDA, WHO DIRECTLY RESPONDED TO THE NEEDS OF THE LATE PRESIDENT’S BODY AT THAT TIME.
I TRAVELED WITH MR BANDA ON THE SAME PLANE WHEN DR MWANAWASA’S BODY WENT FOR BODY VIEWING IN THE PROVINCES. I INTERACTED WITH HIM AND HIS SON ALFRED AND THEY ARE JUST WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO ARE FULL OF HOMOUR.
MR BANDA WAS THE ONE HIRED TO TAKE CARE OF DR MWANAWASA'S BODY WHEN IT WAS TAKEN AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR BODY VIEWING.
MR BANDA IS A THANATOLOGIST, WHICH IS REALLY THE SCIENCE OF THE DEAD.
HE GRADUATED FROM THE LEAR SCHOOL OF EMBALMERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN 1993.
MR DESCRIBED HIS ATTENDANCE TO THE LATE DR MWANAWASA’S BODY A GREAT HONOUR.
I HAVE DECIDED TO FOCUS ON MR BANDA AND HIS WORK BECAUSE HE IS AMONG THE UNSUNG HEROES THAT HAVE CONTINUED TO PUT SMILES ON OUR FACES EVEN IN SUCH TIMES AS GRIEF.
HE IS AMONG THE HEROES THAT WE NEVER GET TO SEE ON TV. HE IS AMONG THOSE THAT HAVE NEVER WON A NOBEL PRIZE BUT THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE OUR LIVES BETTER. THIS IS WHY I WANT TO SAY BIG IT UP O MR BANDA. YOU HAVE REMAINED A HERO AND A GREAT SON OF ZAMBIA.