DALISO Lungu, the grieving son of former president Edgar Lungu, has had enough of the lies being told in his name by PF members as Zambia mourns his father.
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On Tuesday, PF announced that Daliso and his sister Chiyeso had failed to attend their father’s memorial in South Africa because government had refused to release their passports.
However, the duo quickly refuted the claims through their lawyer, Issac Simbeye of Malisa & Partners clarifying that; at no point had they applied for their documents.
Barely 24 hours after dispelling the false claims, Daliso was again refuting another lie.
This time, from PF member of the central committee and a running mate of his father in the 2021 presidential election, Professor Nkandu Luo.
While featuring on Prime TV interview, a fuming Prof Luo claimed that Daliso’s mourning of his father had been interrupted by a heartless government that had through the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) summoned him for interrogations.
In the same interview, Prof Luo urged for compassion and sympathy for the grieving family.
But in less than two hours of the interview that had widely circulated online, Daliso came out again, saying at no time had he been summoned by DEC as claimed by Prof Luo.
Through his lawyer again, Daliso said from the time his father’s death was announced, at no point had been summoned by DEC or any law enforcement institution to appear before them.
Simbeye stressed that Daliso had insisted that no information concerning him should be published or circulated to the media without verification of facts.
Last Thursday, the country received the shock news involving the death sixth republican president who died in a South African hospital.
On Saturday June 8, Government declared seven days of mourning for the man who had led Zambia from 2015 to 2021.
Lungu’s remains were due to arrive yesterday but his family announced that there will be a delay and the new date of arrival will be communicated.
Government and the Lungu family are in discussions to repatriate the body and give the former president a dignified sendoff.
By Sharon Zulu
Kalemba June 12, 2025
