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PRESIDENT EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU VISITS KENNETH KAUNDA IN HOSPITAL 

President Edgar Chagwa Lungu (right) prays with Former President Dr. Kenneth Kaunda when he visited him at Lusaka Trust Hospital in Lusaka on Tuesday,February 3,2015. PICTURE BY SALIM HENRY/SHENPA

Former Zambian president Kaunda in hospital

BY AGENCY STAFF, FEBRUARY 04 2015, 13:28

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Former president of Zambia Kenneth Kaunda speaks during the funeral ceremony for former South African president Nelson Mandela in Qunu on December 15 2013. Picture: REUTERS

LUSAKA — Zambia's founding president, Kenneth Kaunda, has been hospitalised for an undisclosed ailment, his family said on Wednesday.

Mr Kaunda, 90, was admitted to Lusaka Trust Hospital on Tuesday.

His daughter Cheswa Silwizya confirmed that "the old man is in hospital" declining to reveal the nature of his hospitalisation.

"He is doing well and on the road to recovery," she said.

"I can't speak about what the problem is. That can only be said by the doctors," she said.

Mr Kaunda was Zambia's president for 27 years, after the country gained independence from British colonial rule in 1964.

Initially a popular leader, he became increasingly autocratic and banned all opposition parties, but eventually ceded power in the first multi-party elections in 1991.

While in power he hosted many of the movements fighting for independence or black equality in other countries around the region, including SA's African National Congress.

Later in life he regained stature as one of Africa's political giants, helping mediate crises in Zimbabwe and Kenya.

Newly elected President Edgar Lungu — who took office last month after winning a vote to succeed Michael Sata who died in October — visited Mr Kaunda in hospital on Tuesday.

Known as "KK", Mr Kaunda was also hospitalised in February last year.

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