Umukuru w’urwego rw’ubucamanza rwa Zambia Irene Chirwa Mambilima yapfuye ari i Cairo mu Misiri aho yari ari mu ruzinduko rw’akazi, nk’uko byatangajwe n’umukuru w’igihugu.
Perezida Edgard Lungu yatangaje ko Madamu Mambilima yashizemo umwuka ahagana saa kumi n’imwe z’umugoroba ku cyumweru mu bitaro byigenga i Cairo.
Irene Mambilima wari ufite imyaka 69, yari mu Misiri kuva tariki 10 z’uku kwezi “mu butumwa bw’igihugu kandi yarwaye ari mu mirimo muri icyo gihugu”, nk’uko biri mu itangazo rya Perezida Lungu.
Leta ya Zambia ntabwo yatangajwe uburwayi bwahitanye Madamu Mambilima.
Uyu mukuru w’ubucamanza apfuye mu gihe Zambia ikiri mu cyunamo cyo gupfusha Kenneth Kaunda, perezida wa mbere w’iki gihugu waharaniye ubwigenge bwacyo.
Mbere yo kugirwa umukuru w’ubucamanza mu 2015, Mambilima yari umukuru wa Komisiyo y’amatora ya Zambia.
Muri uwo mwanya, yakuriye amatora ya perezida wa Zambia mu 2006, 2011 n’amatora ya 2015.
