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Zambia’s High Commisioner To Malaysia Dies
Zambia’s High Commissioner to Malaysia, Miles Kaweche Banda has died.
Mr. Banda died on Monday, the 27th of January, 2014 after an illness in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Mr. Banda was born in Chipata on 4th July, 1934 and obtained his Bachelor of Education Degree from Manchester University in 1967 and he also once served in government as Deputy Secretary to Cabinet.
He was appointed into Foreign Service as High Commissioner to Malaysia in October, 2012.
He leaves behind a wife and eight (8) children and several grandchildren.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary George Zulu, who has announced the death Mr. Banda in statement to Qfm, says that government is making arrangements to fly his body home.
He says the funeral programme will be communicated to the nation in due course.
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on January 29, 2014. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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Roga Roga
January 29, 2014 at 8:37 am
Old men who just couldn’t retire… Rest in peace bakamba.
Pa Zed
January 29, 2014 at 8:40 am
MHSRIP. But surly at 79 years he was still in employment????
pompwe
January 29, 2014 at 9:26 am
kekekekekee..so what!!
Trixy
January 29, 2014 at 9:45 am
79 years and still in employment?….I think this is a bit too much.
Mukombe Wamano
January 29, 2014 at 10:44 am
He still needed a job at that age does he have any children. How did the allow an old man to go all the way.Anyway RIP.
Lusala Buntele
January 29, 2014 at 11:00 am
I presonally knew the old man, unfortunately he was
innocent and just picked from the farm by the appointing Authority into foreign mission.when i learnt about his appointment and how he was looking, i asked myself how he was going to perform and for how long.The question is; when are the youth going to be given chance to work? Its sad
MHSRIP
Kazeze
January 29, 2014 at 4:17 pm
Why are these Bandas always picked from farms? Mwanawasa picked Rupiah and Sata picked this Kaweche. The unfortunate thing is that, despite their advanced ages, they were not principled enough to turn down the appointments. Is it because of the love of money?
mmc
January 29, 2014 at 6:03 pm
so u ar sayng dat the flag wl continue flyng at half mas. otherwise MHSRP
Oyaya
January 29, 2014 at 7:27 pm
Whether you like it or not there is an aristocracy that controls the levers of structures of government. These are people even when there is a regime change they including their kids continue to get appointed by the powers that be. To me this Kaweche Banda sounds to be Betty Kaunda’s brother. I mean the Betty who had a child with Kapwepwe. What a shame that someone has to succumb to old age while in a diplomatic posting when we have plenty of young men and women who are able bodied and willing to take up these positions but this wako ni wako syndrome is killing our nation. What do you expect from an 80 year old man who should be in the capable hands of his grandchildren?
Katampa
January 29, 2014 at 8:44 pm
Bashikulu batuushe muchibote chamfumu Yesu Christu.
Lusala Buntele
January 30, 2014 at 8:51 am
Indeed Betty`s brother.
Uwauma na fyala
January 31, 2014 at 9:38 am
So ati National Mourning, atini? Ndelolesha fye….
Mary Mwape
January 31, 2014 at 10:47 am
MHSRIP, youths are crying for employment whilst at 79, our great greatgrandfather was still working? only to retire to the grave!