Chiluba’s death, which citizens first learnt of through Twitter, shocked the nation which only three years before, had buried a sitting president, Levy Mwanawasa who died in France after collapsing in Egypt while on international duty. 
Kifo cha Chiluba ambacho wananchi walikisikia kwanza kwa kupitia Twita, kililishtua taifa ambalo miaka mitatu tu kabla, lilimzika rais aliyekuwa madarakani, Levy Mwanawasa ambaye alifariki nchini Ufaransa baada ya kuzimia akiwa katika ziara ya kimataifa ya kikazi nchini Misri.