Former Zambia President, Kenneth Kaunda, Hospitalized, Ramaphosa  Prays

<p><em>Former Zambia President ill<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Kenneth David Kaunda&comma; also known as KK&comma; first President of Zambia from 1964 to 1991 is ill and currently in hospital&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He is 97 years old&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Everyone in Zambia is praying for his survival&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Zambia&&num;8217&semi;s founding father has been admitted to hospital after feeling &&num;8220&semi;unwell&&num;8221&semi;&comma; a statement from his office says&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He is one of the last surviving figures from Africa&&num;8217&semi;s anti-colonial struggle of the 1950s&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Kaunda became Zambia&&num;8217&semi;s first president in 1964&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The statement says that Dr Kaunda is &&num;8220&semi;requesting all Zambians and the international community to pray for him as the medical team is doing everything possible to ensure that he recovers&&num;8221&semi;&period; There is no indication of what might be the matter&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Dr Kaunda&comma; who left power in 1991&comma; has been in hospital several times before&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also joined in the prayers for Kaunda’s survival is President <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa&period;<&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;The South Africa President says his country has joined the people of Zambia in prayer for the health of founding father Kenneth Kaunda&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Mr Kaunda is in hospital being treated for an undisclosed illness&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;In a tweet&comma; Mr Ramaphosa wishes the 97 year old a &&num;8220&semi;speedy and full recovery&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The former <strong>Zambia<&sol;strong> President  is the youngest of eight children born to an ordained Church of Scotland missionary and teacher&comma; an immigrant from Malawi&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Rusangu University graduate authored &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Zambia Shall Be Free&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ramaphosa&comma;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Graduate&comma;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Malawi&comma;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Free&comma;<br &sol;>&NewLine;South&comma;<br &sol;>&NewLine;International&comma;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Community&comma;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Medical&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;