“WHEREBY, YOU ARE AN EMPLOYEE OF MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS, DEPARTMENT OF MARITIME INLAND AND WATERWAYS, BANGWEULU WATER TRANSPORT, SAMFYA DISTRICT. YOU ARE A BOAT CAPTAIN. 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. BECAUSE OF YOUR BRAVE AND QUICK ACTION DESPITE VERY DANGEROUS CIRCUMSTANCES AT THE TIME, FIVE (05) LIVES WERE SAVED AT THE LAKE BANGWEULU BOAT DISASTER. YOUR ACT OF BREVITY IN ENSURING THAT YOU SAVED PEOPLE FROM DROWNING DESERVES A 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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