To me personally, he remains the father, mentor, comrade in arms and my leader. We must to say thank you to them and trust that our history will grant him his proper place and a chord him his deserved distinction as one of the Founding Fathers and leaders of our nation. Let me also recognise in a very, very special way, the present in our midst of senior statesman of our region and the continent. Led by the president ial candidate of zambia, he remains the only living member of the foundational front line stage party which is anonymous with the decolonisation process in our region. Synonymous. We honour him as indeed we remember all his collea g u es as indeed we remember all his colleagues now departed. The statesman who are with us today show a story of success. May i repeat that. Show a story of succession which speaks well of our continent. It isa which speaks well of our continent. It is a narrative that must to get bolder and bolder. As generations hand over to succeed than once.