Minister Mulimba attends ex-Angola leader’s state funeral

President Yoweri Museveni has sent the State Minister for Foreign Affairs, John Mulimba, to Angola to represent him at the state funeral of the former President of Angola, Jose Eduardo dos Santos.

“Hon John Mulimba, the Minister of State of Foreign Affairs, will represent President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at the official state funeral of the late Jose Eduardo dos Santos, the former President of the Republic of Angola scheduled to take place on 28/8/2022 in Luanda,” officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said.

Dos Santos’ funeral, which started at 9:00 am on Sunday is organised at the Dr Antonio Agostinho Neto Memorial site at the Republic Square in Luanda.

He died of cardiac-related illnesses on July 8 at a hospital in Barcelona, Spain. Eduardo dos Santos was President of Angola for 38 years.

“The funeral programme will begin at the family residence, in Miramar, with the normal procedure of placing the coffin in the vehicle with reduced military honours in the direction of the Republic Square, in a slow march funeral procession that is expected to pass through some of the city’s streets,” a statement issued by Angola government officials, noted.