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Secretary to the Cabinet Roland Msiska has announced that the paying of last respects to the late President Michael Sata this morning has been suspended. Msiska said the general public viewing of the late President’s body will be temporarily suspended from 08:00 hours to 14:00 hours today.
Msiska said this in a statement issued to ZANIS in Lusaka yesterday.
“Members of the general public are however advised that body viewing will resume on the same day in the afternoon at 14:00 hours and will go on until 19:00 hours,” Msiska explained.
Msiska however said the body viewing will continue normally on Sunday, November 9th, 2014 from 08:00 hours to 18:00 hours, which is the final day of paying last respects to the late President.
On Monday, November 10, a day before burial takes place, an interdenominational thanksgiving requiem church service in honour of the departed President will be held at parliament buildings before the body is taken to State House where it will lay in State.
Thereafter, on Tuesday, November 11, 2014, a requiem mass in honour of the late Sata will be held at the National Heroes’ Stadium before burial at Embassy Park presidential burial site on the same day.
And Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba announced that eight Heads of State have confirmed that they will attend the late President Sata’s burial on Tuesday next week which has also been declared a public holiday to enable Zambians to follow the burial proceedings.
President Sata died at King Edward the Seventh Hospital in London last week on October 28, 2014. – AP
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