“WHEREBY, YOU JOINED THE CENTRAL AFRICAN BROADCASTING STATION IN 1950 AS A BROADCASTER AND ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS UP TO THE POST OF PERMANENT SECRETARY, IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING SERVICES. BORN ON 2ND MARCH, 1931 IN MONGU DISTRICT, WESTERN PROVINCE YOU WERE THE FIRST AFRICAN FROM NORTHERN RHODESIA TO TRAIN AT THE BRITISH BROADCASTING COOPERATION (BBC) IN LONDON. YOU WERE LATER APPOINTED AMBASSADOR AT THE EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA IN ROME, ITALY IN 1975 AND LATER ACCREDITED TO SWITZERLAND, TURKEY AND MALTA, ON A NON-RESIDENTIAL BASIS. DUE TO YOUR HARD WORK AS A DIPLOMAT, YOU WERE CONFERRED WITH AN HONORARY ACADEMICIAN CERTIFICATE OF THE WORLD CONFEDERATION FOR THE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND PRESS WHILE SERVING IN ITALY IN 1978. IN 1980, YOU WERE APPOINTED PERMANENT SECRETARY OF THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING SERVICES AND THEREAFTER YOU SERVED AS PERMANENT SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF YOUTH AND SPORT AND ALSO CABINET OFFICE IN 1983. WHEREBY, YOU ALSO SERVED AS PERMANENT SECRETARY FOR CENTRAL PROVINCE IN 1985 AND WERE KEY IN THE PROGRAMME OF DECENTRALISATION. YOU RETIRED IN 1985 FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE AND WERE LATER RECALLED INTO SERVICE IN 1989 BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA AT THE TIME, THE LATE DR. KENNETH DAVID KAUNDA. IN 1990 YOU WERE CONFERRED WITH THE ‘KNIGHT OF GRAND CROSS DELL” ORDINE PIANO, AN ORDER WHICH WAS INSTITUTED BY POPE PIUS IX AND THE SAME WAS KNIGHTED BY THE HOLY FATHER POPE JOHN PAUL THE SECOND. IN THE SAME YEAR 1990, YOU WERE SENT TO DIPLOMATIC SERVICE IN LONDON WHERE YOU SERVED UNTIL 1992. YOUR DISTIGUISHED SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY IS WORTHY OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION.”
| Gender | Male |
| Province | — |
| District | — |
| Gazette No. | 679 |
| Gazette Vol. | — |
| Gazette Date | 2023-05-24 00:00:00 |
| Posthumous | No |
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