FIRST Republican President Dr Kenneth Kaunda’s eldest son Colonel Panji Kaunda says his father hated tribalism and corruption. Speaking during Dr Kaunda’s funeral procession in Kasama, Wednesday, Colonel Kaunda said he was alarmed by the continued use of discriminatory language by some politicians, against the Tonga people. “The father of the nation as we call him today hated tribalism, he hated corruption. How did he fight these evils with his colleagues? When they fought for Independence, they didn’t say ‘this one is Tonga, this one is Lozi, this one is Bemba’, no! They all came together. When there were elections in Zambia, none of them stood in their provinces. The cabinet comprised of all provinces because they knew if we...

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