“WHEREBY, YOU BECAME ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN YOUTH ACTIVITIES FROM 1958 TO 1964 WHEN ZAMBIA BECAME INDEPENDENCE, YOU WERE EXPELLED FROM CHIZONGWE SECONDARY SCHOOL IN 1959 DUE TO YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE. YOU PERSEVERED EVEN AFTER BEING BARRED FROM ATTENDING SCHOOLS IN RHODESIA AND NYASALAND. AS A RESULT OF YOUR EXPULSION, YOU WERE FORCED TO COMPLETE YOUR EDUCATION THROUGH CORRESPONDENCE. WHEREBY, YOU CONTINUED HELPING FREEDOM FIGHTER BY MOBILISING TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS (CHAIRS, TABLES, FOOD) TO ENABLE THEM ATTEND RALLIES AND MEETINGS. YOU ALSO USED YOUR HOME TO HOST SECRET MEETINGS FOR FREEDOM FIGHTERS TO GET RID OF THE FEDERATION OF RHODESIA AND NYASALAND. YOU CONTRIBUTED FUNDS TO THE STRUGGLE WHEN YOU WORKED AS A BOTANIST FROM RHODES LIVINGSTONE MUSEUM AND RHODESIA RAILWAYS FROM 1960 TO 1963. YOU WERE THE FIRST AFRICAN TO BREAK WHITE COLOUR BAR FOR RHODESIA RAILWAYS IN 1963 IN KABWE. WHEREBY, YOU ALSO ASSISTED THE ZANU-PF FREEDOM FIGHTERS CROSS ZAMBEZI RIVER AT KAZUNGULA PONTOON AND PARTICIPATED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF UNIP GENERAL CONFERENCE SHELTERS AT MULUNGUSHI ROCK. YOUR CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE IS WORTHY OF 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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