KENNETH KAUNDA IS DEAD: ADIEU MR ZAMBIA SHALL BE FREE.

ICHEOKU says he was the last man standing among all the African liberation strugglers who battled colonial Britain for African independence. He went on to become the first president of independent Zambia which was formerly known as Northern Rhodesia. Mzee Kenneth Kaunda is no more, gone, dead at 97 years. Africa mourns one of its foremost son, an icon, a titan and an acclaimed warrior in the fight for freedom for Africa. He was instrumental to achieving freedom for the rest of the Southern Africa subregion and provided his newly freed Zambia as a base for freedom fighters fighting for freedom in the entire South Africa subcontinent resulting in a complete liberation from colonialism. 

He was a man amongst men and belonged in the same pantheon as Nelson Mandela, Julius Nyerere, Jomo Kenyetta, Patrice Lumumba, Robert Mugabe, Kwanme Nkuruma and Nnamdi Azikwe. He was an exceptionally great man who did so much for both his country Zambia and the greater African continent, particularly the South African subregion. But unfortunately the African continent do not produce their likes anymore, the reason for the decrepitude state in which Africa has fallen. Majority of present crop of African leaders are corruption personified knuckleheads who do not love their country men and women any more, nor proud of their African continent heritage, the reason they stash billions of African wealth in private secret bank accounts overseas, instead of using same for African developmental projects and general needs.  

Mzee Kenneth Kaunda gave it his all, both to his country Zambia and Africa; and the history of emancipation of Africa cannot be written without a very conspicuous mention of his name. He authored a book "Zambia Shall Be Free" and it seems now that instead of Zambia indeed becoming truly freed in the real sense of the word, that he has become the one who was freed of Zambia, courtesy of his death. He reportedly died from pneumonia, although there is a strong basis to suggest that it was from COVID-19 since both diseases manifest similar indications. Also, there is a new resurgence of the dreadful Chinese gory gift to the world in Zambia presently and KK, as he was fondly called, died in a military hospital currently dedicated for treating coronavirus patients. 

ICHEOKU says the African continent has lost a great man; he was a great leader and he loved his people. He shall be sorely missed. He lived a good meaningful life and up to a good old ripe age of 97 years, just a few three years short of becoming a centenarian. So, he might as well have died from natural infirmities causes of old age, but something must officially be the cause of someone's death and his was decided to be a pneumonia; admitted that some people strongly suggest that it was COVID-19 that killed him. But it does not matter anyway whatever cause his death; death is death and Kenneth Kaunda has now gone the way of all mortals since nobody gets out of this world alive. May his soul now rest. Adieu KK and hopefully, your Zambia Shall Be really Free someday.