Secretary to Cabinet has disclosed that Government officially granted passage for former President Edgar Lungu to go to South Africa for treatment.
But Lungu’s family and party PF says Lungu on two occasions was blocked from travelling to South Africa for specialized treatment.
They say when he wrote to Cabinet he was told there was no money. When he informed Cabinet that he would use his money his request was still turned down.
The Lungu family says he had to sneakout by buying ticket last minute timing the trip when the United Nations Human Rights Rapporteur was arriving in Zambia.
They say the Manager at the Airport was fired for allowing him to travel out.
But supringly at a media briefing held jointly with the family Kangwa said he has evidence to proof that Lungu was allowed to travel.
Kangwa also said government had also offered help during Lungu’s treatment in South Africa but but it was turned down due to rivalry that existed between Lungu and his successor Hakainde Hichilema.
The reports of government blocking Lungu from travelling to seek medication was described as contributing to his demise.
The PF says Lungu’s Doctors were flown in to check him from Zambia. They found his condition bad and recommended he travels to South Africa as soon as possible.
According to the family and PF by the time Lungu managed to go to South Africa there was little which could be done to save him.
Lungu is said to have had a health condition which caused the narrowing of food tube discovered 40 years ago and resurfaced in 2015. He was treated in South Africa and was put on scheduled regular reviews which got disturbed after he lost power in 2021.
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#ZambianEye 15th June 2025