Kenneth Kaunda a former President of Zambia was on Saturday hospitalised for an undisclosed ailment, forcing a requiem mass for his late wife to be cancelled, an official said.
“Family members have decided that the church service be postponed due to Kenneth Kaunda’s sudden illness. Dr Kaunda has… been hospitalised at the University Teaching Hospital,” said secretary to the cabinet Roland Msiska in a statement.
Kaunda’s wife, Betty, died on Wednesday aged 83 in Zimbabwe where she was visiting her daughter.
Officials said she died in her sleep at the home of daughter Musata Kaunda-Banda in Harare’s Borrowdale Brooke area.
The Zambian government declared three days of national mourning and with a state funeral due to have been held on Sunday.
Kaunda attended a funeral service held in Harare before the body was flown to Zambia, accompanied by several Zanu PF officials including national chairman Simon Khaya Moyo, party spokesman Rugare Gumbo, and politburo members Nicholas Goche, Kumbirai Kangai, Oppah Muchinguri and Victoria Chitepo.
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