KK: A FATHER OF THE SOIL

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DR KENNETH KAUNDA 
WHERE do I begin when I was three years in a time when Fredrick Chiluba ended Kenneth Kaunda's 27-years rule. Now 28 years down the line KK has engulfed my mind.

What should I say? This month reminds me of Zambian were yearning for multiparty democracy and the one-party state was crumbling,

The cathedral of the holy Cross was venue to one of the most crucial meeting in the history of Zambia when the restless young men then who were demanding change came eye-ball to eye-ball with Dr Kaunda to thrash out the agreement that ushered in the new political dispensation we now enjoy.

KK is an advocate, our hero who struggled during difficult times together with his comrades for peace Zambian are enjoying today.

The KK, might be judged by its cover by us young stars who were not there during that time, nevertheless, historically in tandem he and his friends they didn't design to peruse for personal gains.

That's why today, I write to appreciate him not where no more is because dead people receive more flowers than the living because regret is stronger than gratitude.
Therefore, this is my flowers of words to our TATA. Perhaps, he was meant to the president indeed, many have forgotten away his service he rendered to the people.

Though public information is more important than the people who are in POWER. But Tata has probably unwittingly, has illustrated the purpose and commitment to the leadership.

He never lost his conviction to fight for the freedom we endure today, whose power tend to forget by many people. His not unsung hero, we still count him as our father of the nation.

The father of eight, who assumed power at the age 27, with Malawian descent and Tumbuka by tribe. Anyway that should not take away from the fact we had greatest of him in our midst and derived from serving the people of the mother land.

He saved in many capacities, often in public and in the background, even helping the country to be known worldwide which we see resources and refuge from power.

Like his, many from the humble beginnings have in them that greatest that is often brought to the fore by great adversity. But it always need to be like that.

Lastly, Thank you Tata KK, comrade, grandpa and all the names we can call him, for making us believe in our nation again via that freedom. True son of the soul. Long life and God bless you.

Youth-Activist,
walu-B.

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