Tuesday 28 June 2011

ADIOS-FREDERICK JACOB TITUS CHILUBA

FINAL JOURNEY




Pallbearers take the body of Dr Chiluba to his final resting place in a military procession that was followed by a 19-gun salute.

ENTER THE TOMB




Pallbearers lower the casket for Dr Chiluba into the tomb.

HAKAINDE HICHILEMA




United Party for National Development leader Hakainde Hichilema walks to lay a wreath on Dr Chiluba's tomb. He was one of the notable opposition political party leaders at Dr Chiluba's funeral. In the Chiluba era, Hichilema served on the body that executed the privatisation programme in Zambia.

EDIT NAWAKWI




Forum for Democracy and Development president Edit Nawakwi lays a wreath on Dr Chiluba's tomb. Nawakwi was a hard critic of Dr Chiluba but she served under the former president as minister of energy and Finance,

FRESH AIR...



A soldier from the Zambia Army aids a colleague to get some fresh air over the head during a parade mounted at the burial of Dr Chiluba.

DR CHILUBA'S CHILDREN MOURN, BID FAREWELL TO DAD




Dr Chiluba's children, grand children, nephews and other relatives and friends pay their last tributes to the former president

DR CHILUBA'S CHILDREN MOURN

Monday 27 June 2011

END OF THE ROAD...FJT is buried.



Chaplains from the defence forces pray for Dr Chiluba's tomb before committal of the body during burial of the former Zambian president.

DR FREDERICK CHILUBA IS BURIED

DR FREDERICK CHILUBA IS BURIED



Undertakers about to close the tomb for former Zambian president Frederick Chiluba in Lusaka.

PORTRAIT


TODAY, Zambia puts to rest one of its greatest men.

Zambia Army pallbearers are led by a candid portrait of Dr Chiluba for body viewing in Lusaka.Dr Frederick Jacob Titus Chiluba has died a happy man because of the changes he brought on the face of our land.
Some people say he has died in controversy, but I do not want to agree with them because some situations are man made. In any case, I would rather ignore the man's weak points and look for opportunities in what he did best and with all his heart and energy.
Some people who are at the helm of criticising Dr Chiluba ate with him from the same plate. They claimed to be his friends. and they are actually benefitting from the very things that he fought to introduce to Zambia.
If your are in Zambia, just turn, look around and tell me whether what you are seeing cannot be attributed to the late man.
Therefore, my thought is that we should accept Dr Chiluba as a great man who was fearless. He did the unimaginable in his own right.

MOURNERS


Some Lusaka residents cry openly upon seeing Dr Chiluba's casket along the great east road.

FJT'S CASKET ON THE FINAL JOURNEY


Zambia Army soldiers ferry Dr Chiluba's casket on a gun carrier

FJT'S TOMB IS BUILT


Construction workers preparing the tomb where Dr Chiluba will be laid to rest.