“WHEREBY, YOU HAVE FIFTY-TWO (52) YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE MEDIA SECTOR, DATING FROM 1970 AND THREE YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE, FROM 2012 TO 2015. BORN ON 16TH JUNE, 1952 IN LUANSHYA, COPPERBELT PROVINCE, YOU ARE A VETERAN JOURNALIST AMONG YOUR PEERS. UPON COMPLETION OF YOUR EDUCATION IN 1970, YOU BECAME AN ANNOUNCER AND PRODUCER AT THE ZAMBIA NATIONAL BROADCASTING SERVICE AND ROSE TO THE POSITION OF PRODUCER DIRECTOR. YOU OBTAINED A CERTIFICATE IN RADIO PRODUCTION, IN THE NETHERLANDS IN 1981, HIGHER DIPLOMA IN MASS COMMUNICATION FROM LONDON IN 1984. YOU ALSO SERVED AS A CORRESPONDENT FOR BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION (BBC) AND RADIO DEUTSCHE WELLE. WHEREBY, IN 1991, YOU BECAME DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMES AT THE ZAMBIA NATIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION (ZNBC) UNTIL YOUR APPOINTMENT INTO THE FOREIGN SERVICE AS AMBASSADOR, WHEN YOU WERE POSTED TO ITALY UP TO 2015. YOU HAVE BEEN A PIONEER IN THE MEDIA SECTOR. NOTABLE IN YOUR WORK, IS THE CO-CREATION OF THE PROGRAMME CALLED “LET THE PEOPLE TALK” WHICH YOU STARTED 27 YEARS AGO. THE PROGRAMME IS STILL RUNNING TO DATE. WHILE AT ZNBC, YOU INITIATED THE PROGRAMME CALLED “FRANK TALK” IN 1980. FRANK TALK RAN FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND HAS SINCE RESUMED AIRING ON ZNBC. YOUR DEDICATION TO DUTY, PATRIOTISM AND CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS JOURNALISM IS INDEED WORTHY OF SPECIAL COMMENDATION.”
| Gender | Male |
| Province | — |
| District | — |
| Gazette No. | 1546 |
| Gazette Vol. | — |
| Gazette Date | 2022-10-25 00:00:00 |
| Posthumous | No |
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