Zambia’s former First Lady Maureen Kakubo Mwanawasa has died at the age of 61.
Mwanawasa died at the Maina Soko Medical Centre in the capital Lusaka on Tuesday.
The former first lady succumbed after a short illness.
She was the spouse of Zambia’s third President Levy Mwanawasa, who served from 2002 until his death in 2008.
President Hakainde Hichilema said in a statement on Tuesday that Maureen Mwanawasa’s demise left him in “deep shock and sorrow.”
President Hichilema added in his statement: “We call on the country to unite as we join her family and the nation in prayer.”
To many Zambians, the former first lady was a beacon of kindness, compassion, and dedication to the Zambian nation.
Maureen Mwanawasa was a founding member and former president of the Organization of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS, currently known as the Organization of African First Ladies for Development.
Mwanawasa was born on April 28, 1963 in Kabwe, a town in Zambia’s Central Province.
Source: TRTAfrica.com
