Stakeholders have remembered and praised Zambia\u2019s fourth late President, Rupiah Banda,\u00a0for his contribution to the country\u2019s political and economic history.<\/p>\n
As tomorrow, March 11th<\/sup>, marks his fourth\u00a0memorial, the late former President, fondly known as RB, has been described as a leader who promoted diplomacy, peace and stability in Zambia\u2019s politics.<\/p>\n Political Analyst, Oment Siachekutu has labeled late President Banda\u2019s leadership as a period defined by diplomacy, stability, and continuity, especially during a critical transition in the country\u2019s political history, following the death of his predecessor, Levy Mwanawasa.<\/p>\n Mr Siachekutu said in an interview that Mr Banda\u2019s leadership style was largely shaped by his diplomatic background, which influenced his approach to governance and national development<\/p>\n \u201cHe was a seasoned diplomat and brought a unique approach to governance because he focused on economic development, stability, and national unity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n University of Zambia Historian, Bizeck Phiri, said in a separate interview that the late President Banda belonged to a generation of leaders who helped shape Zambia\u2019s diplomatic presence in the early years after independence.<\/p>\n \u201cIn his humbleness, he accepted that responsibility. He stepped in, not out of personal ambition, but because the country needed guidance,\u201d Prof Phiri said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Stakeholders have remembered and praised Zambia\u2019s fourth late President, Rupiah Banda,\u00a0for his contribution to the country\u2019s political and economic history. As tomorrow, March 11th, marks his fourth\u00a0memorial, the late former President, fondly known as RB, has been described as a leader who promoted diplomacy, peace and stability in Zambia\u2019s politics. Political Analyst, Oment Siachekutu has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,13],"tags":[26,25],"class_list":["post-2958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latestnewsleft","category-local","tag-ineverycornerofzambia","tag-zanis","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2960,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2958\/revisions\/2960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}