“WHEREBY, YOU ARE AN EMPLOYEE OF MINISTRY OF HEALTH DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICE, CHILUBI DISTRICT. YOU ARE ALSO A TRAINED COXSWAIN. BORN IN 1974, YOU HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF RESCUING MANY PEOPLE ON THE LAKE OF BANGWEULU. IN 2021, YOU RESCUED 90 PEOPLE FROM THE LAKE WHO HAD THEIR FISHING CAMPS CARRIED AWAY BY THE WATER WAVES. IN A SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCE, YOU ALSO RESCUED SIX (06) PEOPLE FROM THE LAKE. IN 2022, YOU RESCUED THREE (03) PEOPLE FROM THE LAKE WHO WERE FISHING BUT THEIR CANOE CAPSIZED DUE TO HEAVY WIND. WHEREBY, ON 31ST MARCH, 2023, IN CHILUBI DISTRICT MEMBERS OF THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, WERE TRAVELING FOR A YOUTH CAMP MEETING FROM KASHITA AREA TO CHISHI ISLAND. UNFORTUNATELY, THE BOAT THEY WERE TRAVELING IN CAPSIZED DUE TO HEAVY WATER WAVES AND 14 MEMBERS WERE FEARED DEAD WHILE THE OTHER 30 MEMBERS WERE RESCUED BY PERSONS WHO EXHIBITED BREVITY AND HEROIC ACTS TOWARDS MANKIND IN DARING CIRCUMSTANCES. YOU WERE PART OF THE RESCUING TEAM WHO MANAGED TO RESCUE FIVE (05) MEMBERS OF THE 30 WHO SURVIVED THE LAKE BANGWEULU BOAT DISASTER. YOU HAVE SO FAR MANAGED TO RESCUE A TOTAL OF 104 PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCES NEAR DEATH SITUATION ON THE LAKE. YOUR ACT OF BREVITY IN ENSURING YOU SAVE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO WERE DROWNING DESERVES A SPECIAL COMMENDATION.”
| Gender | Male |
| Province | — |
| District | — |
| Gazette No. | 679 |
| Gazette Vol. | — |
| Gazette Date | 2023-05-24 00:00:00 |
| Posthumous | No |
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