“WHEREBY, YOU HAVE BEEN AN EDUCATOR SINCE 1972 WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, CHILD ADVOCACY, GENDER EQUALITY, PEACE BUILDING, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND DIPLOMACY. BORN ON 10TH JULY, 1943, YOU ARE THE FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER FOR NIKE FOUNDATION. YOU PIONEERED CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEMS FOR UNDERAGE WORKERS, WHICH WERE INCORPORATED IN NIKE’S LABOUR COMPLIANCE STANDARDS. YOU WERE APPOINTED BY THE AFRICAN UNION HEADS OF STATE AND BECAME THE FIRST ZAMBIAN TO CHAIR THE AFRICA PEER REVIEW MECHANISM PANEL OF EMINENT PERSONS. YOU ARE THE FIRST FEMALE AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. UNDER YOUR TENURE, YOUR OFFICE OBTAINED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$350M) THROUGH THE MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT UNDER THE PRESIDENT BUSH INITIATIVE. ZAMBIA WAS ALSO GRANTED ELEVEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($11M) FOR WOMEN AND JUSTICE TO IMPROVE THE WAITING SHELTERS. YOU ALSO SERVED AS AMBASSADOR TO BELGIUM BETWEEN 2010 AND 2012. WHEREBY, DURING YOUR SERVICE IN WASHINGTON DC, YOU WERE VOTED FOR AS THE AMBASSADOR OF THE YEAR. YOU WERE ALSO MENTIONED AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AMBASSADORS IN WASHINGTON DC. YOU SERVED AS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FROM 1991 TO 2001. YOU WERE THE FIRST WOMAN TO HEAD A POLITICAL PARTY AND RUN FOR PRESIDENTIAL POSITION IN 2001. YOUR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH DIPLOMACY AND ADVOCACY IS INDEED WORTHY OF SPECIAL COMMENDATION.”
| Gender | Female |
| Province | Lusaka |
| District | — |
| Gazette No. | 531 |
| Gazette Vol. | 64 |
| Gazette Date | 2025-05-23 00:00:00 |
| Posthumous | No |
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