Lemekhani Nyirenda, a Zambian student who died last year while fighting for Russian forces in Ukraine, will be buried on Wednesday.
Nyirenda was serving a drug-related prison sentence in Russia when he was released on the condition that he signs up and be deployed to the front lines in Ukraine. He passed away in September.
Six weeks after his body arrived in Zambia, he will be buried in the Rufunsa district of eastern Zambia.
Florence, Nyirenda’s mother, told a farewell church gathering in the capital, Lusaka, that she will miss her son, the fourth child in the family of four.
“I will miss my son’s misbehavior, which I so enjoyed,” she said.
Family spokesperson Ian Banda thanked the government for its assistance during this difficult time.
