“WHEREBY, MR. CHIPUNGU SERVED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR FROM 1946 TO 1947 AND JOINED POLITICS IN 1950. FROM 1955 TO 1956 HE WAS SENT TO CHINSALI BY THE ZAMBIA AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS FOR PARTY MOBILIZATION. THE PARTY BECAME POPULAR IN THE AREA AND AS A RESULT, A SCHOOL AND A VILLAGE WERE NAMED AFTER HIM. DURING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN 1959, MR. CHIPUNGU WAS ARRESTED AND DETAINED ALONG WITH OTHER FREEDOM FIGHTERS. BEFORE HIS RELEASE HE WAS SENT TO MUKOBEKO MAXIMUM PRISON IN KABWE, CENTRAL PROVINCE WHERE HE WAS KEPT FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS. WHILE IN PRISON, HE BECAME PARTIALLY BLIND DUE TO THE TORTURE INFLICTED ON HIM BY THE COLONIAL POLICE. WHEREBY, MR. CHIPUNGU WAS LATER TRANSFERRED TO MILIMA PRISON AFTER WHICH HE WAS RELEASED. IN 1964 AFTER BEING SENT TO LUWINGU, HE BECAME THE UNITED NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE PARTY (UNIP) REGIONAL SECRETARY. IN 1966 HE WAS APPOINTED TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE AS ASSISTANT DISTRICT SECRETARY FOR KAOMA. HE ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS TO THE POSITION OF SENIOR DISTRICT SECRETARY AND RETIRED IN 1979 IN MUFULIRA, COPPERBELT PROVINCE. HE DIED IN 1986. MR. CHIPUNGU’S CONTRIBUTION AND DEDICATED TOWARDS THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE IS WORTHY OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION.”
| Gender | Male |
| Province | — |
| District | — |
| Gazette No. | 1546 |
| Gazette Vol. | — |
| Gazette Date | 2022-10-21 00:00:00 |
| Posthumous | Yes |
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