MAINZA MATHIAS CHONA—ZAMBIA’S FIRST REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN!
MAINZA MATHIAS CHONA—ZAMBIA’S FIRST REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN! In Zambian politics, where some politicians would rather have their parties collapse than surrender the presidency, Chona did something almost unimaginable: he became UNIP’s first president and voluntarily stepped aside for Kenneth Kaunda! Born Sikaye Chingula Namukamba on 21 January 1930 at Nampeyo, near Monze, […] The post MAINZA MATHIAS CHONA—ZAMBIA’S FIRST REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN! first appeared on The Zambian Observer .