“WHEREBY, DURING THE CHA CHA CHA UPRISING IN 1961, YOU AND OTHERS FORMED AN ACTION GROUP WHICH FOUGHT RUNNING BATTLES WITH THE COLONIAL POLICE. BORN IN 1936 IN MKUSHI DISTRICT OF CENTRAL PROVINCE, YOUR GROUP AIMED AT DESTABILIZING THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT. AS PART OF THE STRATEGIES TO DESTABILIZE THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT, A WOODEN BRIDGE WAS TORCHED. THIS AMONG MANY FACTORS, CONTRIBUTED TO NORTHERN RHODESIA ATTAINING ITS INDEPENDENCE. AFTER INDEPENDENCE IN 1965, YOU WERE ELECTED AS COUNCILOR FOR MKUSHI COUNCIL. YOU SERVED IN VARIOUS PORTFOLIOS: AS REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NORTHERN PROVINCE, CHINSALI; SENIOR EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR CULTURAL DEPARTMENT; MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR MKUSHI NORTH; DISTRICT GOVERNOR FOR KAPUTA IN NORTHERN PROVINCE; AND REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHIEFS NKOLE AND MUKONCHI. YOU ARE ONE OF THE FEW FREEDOM FIGHTERS THAT WERE IN THE FOREFRONT DURING THE INDEPENDENCE STRUGGLE IN MKUSHI DISTRICT. YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE AND SERVICE RENDERED TO THE COUNTRY IS INDEED WORTHY OF SPECIAL COMMENDATION.”
| Gender | Male |
| Province | Lusaka |
| District | Central |
| Gazette No. | 531 |
| Gazette Vol. | 64 |
| Gazette Date | 2025-05-23 00:00:00 |
| Posthumous | No |
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