Once upon a time, in the land of Zambia, there lived a fire brand politician called Kenneth Kaunda. He was the first president of that country. He was an interesting fellow. He was fond of shedding tears whenever he gave an emotional speech and also when a sad thing happened to him. His tear reservoir was not deep and that made his tears flow from the eyes with ease. For instance, in the eighties or seventies, he shed tears when he was addressing a conference of the All Africa Council of Churches in Lusaka. He did so because the topic he was to address touched on human rights abuses and he got carried away emotionally.
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