He wrote:
We joined thousands of mourners in Kalumbila today, to put to rest His Royal Highness, the late Senior Chief Musele of the Lunda people of North Western Province.
We expressed our deepest sorrow and sadness at the untimely death of the Senior Chief at a time he had accelerated his development agenda for the people of his Chiefdom and the rest of the Zambian people. The death has broad implications because Senior Chief Musele had a deep passion in serving not only his subjects but all Zambians in all areas including matters of the environment.
We advised the Royal Establishment to ensure that there should be no dispute in the succession process by strictly following the family tree. We further implored them that, that would be the only way the development agenda left by the late Royal Highness would not be interrupted.
We urged the people to mourn the late Senior Chief with utmost love and respect by ensuring they are peaceful and orderly in all they do.
Hakainde Hichilema,
President of the Republic of Zambia