In Memory

In August, the president of Zambia died. He was buried in the capital city on Sept 3rd, which would have been his birthday. The burial site is in a park close to the government buildings. We were able to watch some of the funeral proceedings on TV. They were very lengthy, so we didn't watch the whole thing. We thought the park was no longer open to the public, but we drove past it last week and caught a glimpse of the tombstone and saw people walking around. We were trying to find some other place, so we didn't take time to find a place to park and get a closer look. The banner above was put up at a roundabout in our city. We are grateful that the country has remained calm and at peace. We are now in the midst of campaigns for presidential elections which are to be held the end of October. There were many signs up in Lusaka, but not much is going on here except for articles in the papers. I'm sure there is stuff on TV and the local radio station, but we don't tune in to these regularly.