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Chiluba collapses

Chiluba collapses

LUSAKA – Ex-Zambian president Frederick Chiluba will remain in hospital for treatment and further medical tests after he collapsed at home on Thursday, an aide to Chiluba said.

Chiluba, 64, was due to appear before a team of Zambian doctors on Monday to determine whether he is fit enough for a corruption trial which stalled in May last year due to his ill health. Chiluba’s aide Emmanuel Mwamba said the former president’s condition had stabilised after he was rushed to the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka shortly after collapsing at his home on Thursday.”Dr Chiluba will remain in hospital until doctors advise when he should be discharged.However, his condition is now stable,” Mwamba told Reuters on Friday.Chiluba, who ruled Zambia between 1991 and 2001, has been restricted in his movements by Zambian authorities pending corruption cases against him.Authorities have allowed him to travel to South Africa where he has been receiving medical treatment since May 2006.Three weeks ago British judge Peter Smith said Chiluba must personally pay back $41 million of the $46 million he and 19 other former senior government officials are accused of siphoning from the Treasury.Nampa-ReutersChiluba’s aide Emmanuel Mwamba said the former president’s condition had stabilised after he was rushed to the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka shortly after collapsing at his home on Thursday.”Dr Chiluba will remain in hospital until doctors advise when he should be discharged.However, his condition is now stable,” Mwamba told Reuters on Friday.Chiluba, who ruled Zambia between 1991 and 2001, has been restricted in his movements by Zambian authorities pending corruption cases against him.Authorities have allowed him to travel to South Africa where he has been receiving medical treatment since May 2006.Three weeks ago British judge Peter Smith said Chiluba must personally pay back $41 million of the $46 million he and 19 other former senior government officials are accused of siphoning from the Treasury.Nampa-Reuters

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