{"id":160588,"date":"2022-03-11T22:35:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T21:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=160588"},"modified":"2022-03-11T22:35:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T21:35:35","slug":"zambias-ex-president-rupiah-banda-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/11\/zambias-ex-president-rupiah-banda-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambia&#8217;s ex-president Rupiah Banda is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Zambian President Rupiah Bwezani Banda, who served from 2008 to 2011, died on Friday after a battle with colon cancer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He died around 1900 hours today,&#8221; confirmed Andrew, Banda&#8217;s second eldest child.<\/p>\n<p>He died a day after President Hakainde Hichilema paid him a courtesy visit at his Makeni home and reported finding the former President in good spirits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe conveyed warm greetings to our former Head of State, from you the people of Zambia and encouraged the elder Statesman, his beloved wife Madam Tandiwe Banda, and the rest of the family to be strong and rely on the Lord in all they do\u201d, Hichilema said in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p>Banda, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/13\/zambian-government-offer-to-help-nigeria-fight-insecurity\/\">Zambia\u2019s<\/a> fourth president was diagnosed with cancer two years ago and had been receiving medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>He held senior diplomatic posts under first president Kenneth Kaunda before being eventually appointed as a vice president in 2006 by then President Levy Mwanawasa.<\/p>\n<p>Banda took over the presidential reins in mid-2008 in an acting capacity when Mwanawasa suffered a stroke.<\/p>\n<p>Banda then narrowly won October elections the same year on a ruling party ticket.<\/p>\n<p>But his tenure was marred by allegations of graft and in 2013, Zambia\u2019s parliament stripped Banda of immunity from prosecution, clearing the way for investigators to arrest him for corruption-related offences.<\/p>\n<p>Banda stood accused of abuse of office, corrupt acquisition of public property and misappropriation of public funds involving more than $11 million during his tenure as president.<\/p>\n<p>But he was never convicted in a court of law and didn\u2019t serve any jail term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Zambian President Rupiah Bwezani Banda, who served from 2008 to 2011, died on Friday after a battle with colon cancer. &#8220;He died around 1900 hours today,&#8221; confirmed Andrew, Banda&#8217;s second eldest child. 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