“WHEREBY ON 29TH AUGUST, 2025, YOU SAVED LIVES OF FIFTY-SEVEN (57) PASSENGERS ON A POWER TOOLS BUS YOU WERE DRIVING FROM LUSAKA TO KITWE. UPON REACHING CHAISA COMPOUND ALONG GREAT NORTH ROAD AROUND 04:00HOURS, YOU NOTED A STRANGE SMELL AS WELL AS SMOKE ON THE BUS COMING FROM THE ENGINE. YOU IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE BUS AT CHAISA BUS STOP TO INSPECT THE FAULT AND EVACUATED ALL THE FIFTY-SEVEN PASSENGERS TO SAFETY. IN ANTICIPATION OF A POSSIBLE FIRE AND RESULTING DAMAGE TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES SUCH AS FILLING STATIONS, BUILDINGS AND OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES, YOU DECIDED TO DRIVE THE BUS OUT OF THE AREA TO A MUCH SAFER PLACE. UNFORTUNATELY, FIRE ERUPTED DUE TO A SUSPECTED MECHANICAL FAULT. YOU CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE BUS WHILE IT WAS BURNING AND EVENTUALLY DISEMBARKED AFTER BRINGING IT TO A STOP BEFORE IT BURST INTO FLAMES. BY EVACUATING THE FIFTY-SEVEN PASSENGERS AND REMOVING THE BUS FROM A HIGH-RISK LOCATION, YOU DEMONSTRATED REMARKABLE COURAGE AND PRESENCE OF MIND UNDER LIFE-THREATENING CIRCUMSTANCES. YOUR HEROIC ACTION IN SAVING LIVES AND PROPERTY DESPITE THE HIGH RISKS INVOLVED IS WORTHY OF0 COMMENDATION.”
| Gender | Male |
| Province | Lusaka |
| District | — |
| Gazette No. | 1335 |
| Gazette Vol. | 130 |
| Gazette Date | 2025-10-22 00:00:00 |
| Posthumous | No |
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