“WHEREBY, YOU PARTICIPATED IN THE CHA CHA CHA MOVEMENT TO ADVANCE THE INDEPENDENCE IDEOLOGIES AGAINST THE COLONIAL MASTERS. IN MUKWALALA VILLAGE, SIKONGO DISTRICT, WESTERN PROVINCE, YOU HELD THE POSITION OF YOUTH MOBILISATION IN - CHARGE FROM AROUND 1955 UP TO THE TIME OF INDEPENDENCE, UNDER THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (ANC). YOU WERE AMONG THE MOST WANTED BY THE COLONIAL POLICE FORCE. AS A RESULT, YOU AND MANY OTHERS RESORTED TO LIVE A NOMADIC LIFE TO AVOID ARRESTS. YOU BRAVELY RESISTED COLONIAL OPPRESSION WITH YOUR COURAGEOUS STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE. IN THE 1960s YOU OCCASIONALLY ENCOUNTERED CONFRONTATIONS WITH THE COLONIAL POLICE AND YOU ALONG WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES SUSTAINED INJURIES. YOUR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE REGARDLESS OF THE RISKS INVOLVED IS INDEED WORTHY OF SPECIAL COMMENDATION.”
| Gender | Male |
| Province | Lusaka |
| District | Sikongo |
| Gazette No. | 1335 |
| Gazette Vol. | 130 |
| Gazette Date | 2025-10-22 00:00:00 |
| Posthumous | No |
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