President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera will tomorrow leave the country for Zambia to attend the funeral of former president Kenneth Kaunda.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed of the development in a statement made available to faceofmalawi.

According to the statement, Chakwera will leave at 7:00am and return at 15:00 pm through Kamuzu International Airport.

Kaunda died on June 17, 2021 at the age of 97.

Kaunda was admitted to a military hospital in the capital, Lusaka.

He will be laid to rest on July 7, 2021.