“AND YOU ARE A ZAMBIAN HIP HOP RECORDING ARTIST AND POET FROM NDOLA POPULARLY KNOWN AS “PILATO”. YOU PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN YOUR ADVOCACY AGAINST CORRUPT PRACTICES. YOUR ADVOCACY WAS PURSUED THEIR CIVIL SOCIETY MOVEMENT CALLED ACTION FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. YOU ARE A PRACTICAL VISIONARY PERSON IS DRIVEN BY THE BELIEF THAT “A WORLD FREE OF POVERTY, INEQUALITIES AND INJUSTICES IS POSSIBLE FOR ALL.” YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED LACK, FEAR, OPPRESSION, UNFAIRNESS AND WERE DETERMINED TO CHAMPION AND COURAGEOUSLY FIGHT ALL FORMS OF INJUSTICES. YOU PLAYED AN INSIGNIFICANT ROLE IN FIGHTING AGAINST CORRUPTION AND INEQUALITIES TO AN EXTENT THAT YOU WERE IMPRISONED. IN 2011, YOUR SONG “BUFI” (LIES) WAS BANNED ON PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS BECAUSE IT WAS FELT THE SONG WAS A THREAT TO PUBLIC PEACE. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT YOU CONTINUED TO DISPLAY COURAGE AND BRAVERY IN CHAMPIONING YOUR FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION AND INJUSTICES IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER. WHEREBY, YOUR BRAVERY, FOCUS AND RESILIENCE IN THE RULE OF LAW INSPIRED THE MASSES WHO WERE INSPIRED BY YOUR ACTIONS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE LAW. YOU FEARED NO ONE WHO INFRINGED ON YOUR RIGHT TO SPEAK OUT AND YOU NEVER WAVERED. YOU ARE INDEED A ROLE MODEL WHERE FEARLESSNESS IS CONCERNED. YOUR FIGHT AGAINST INJUSTICES AND CORRUPTION THROUGH YOUR MESSAGES ARE WORTHY OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION.”
| Gender | Male |
| Province | — |
| District | — |
| Gazette No. | 1546 |
| Gazette Vol. | — |
| Gazette Date | 2022-10-25 00:00:00 |
| Posthumous | No |
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