“WHEREBY, YOU BECAME THE SIXTH CHIEF MALAMA OF THE KUNDA SPEAKING PEOPLE IN MAMBWE DISTRICT AND HAVE BEEN ON THE THRONE FOR 53 YEARS FROM 6TH NOVEMBER, 1972 TO DATE. BORN ON 1ST JANUARY, 1938 IN MAMBWE DISTRICT, EASTERN PROVINCE, MAKING A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE WELFARE OF THE CHIEFDOM. BEFORE ASSUMING YOUR CHIEFTAINSHIP, YOU WERE VERY ACTIVE IN THE FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE. YOU FACED NUMEROUS ARRESTS BY THE COLONIAL REGIME BECAUSE OF FOSTERING LOCAL OPPOSITION AGAINST COLONIAL RULE AND MOUNTING FORMIDABLE INFLUENCE OVER THE YOUTHS. YOU HAVE INITIATED NUMEROUS DEVELOPMENTAL ENTITIES WITHIN YOUR CHIEFDOM IN THE EDUCATION, HEALTH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SECTORS. AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR REIGN, THERE WAS ONLY ONE PRIMARY SCHOOL, NAMELY CHILONGOZI. THROUGH YOUR INFLUENCE, TWO MORE SCHOOLS, MALANGA AND KALENGO WERE CONSTRUCTED. YOU LOBBIED GOVERNMENT TO UPGRADE CHILONGOZI PRIMARY SCHOOL INTO THE ONLY DAY SECONDARY SCHOOL. WHEREBY, YOU WERE THE FIRST CHIEF IN MAMBWE DISTRICT TO INTRODUCE COMMUNITY GAME SCOUTS AND PERMITTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF NYAMALUMA WILDLIFE GAME SCOUTS TRAINING COLLEGE. YOU ALSO ADVOCATED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO HEALTH FACILITIES NAMELY CHILONGOZI CLINIC AND NYAMALUMA HEALTH POST. YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR CHIEFDOM IN AREAS OF EDUCATION, HEALTH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION IS WORTHY OF SPECIAL COMMENDATION.”
| Gender | Male |
| Province | Lusaka |
| District | — |
| Gazette No. | 531 |
| Gazette Vol. | 64 |
| Gazette Date | 2025-05-23 00:00:00 |
| Posthumous | No |
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