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==Political career==
==Political career==
Other than being the mastermind of the Cha Cha Cha, Changufu, underwent training at the International Police Academy in Washington and was attached to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in the United States, was also in charge of intelligence gathering in UNIP with the main task being the recruitment of civil servants into the party in readiness for the imminent independence.


After Zambia got its independence in 1964, Changufu became the first Minister of State for defence.
With his training in security affairs, at independence, he was appointed [[:Category:Defense ministers|Minister of State for Defence and Security]] before being elevated to the position of [[:Category:Ministers of Information|Minister of Information and Postal Services]] in January 1965. He later served as [[:Category:Ministers of Home Affairs|Minister of Home Affairs]], twice in 1967 and between 1970 and 1973, and also at Labour and Health, and Power, Transport and Works.<ref name=dailymail/>


served as Minister of Labour and Social Services as well as Home Affairs Minister during the First Republican President Kenneth Kaunda’s reign.
In the 1973 elections, he was moved from his traditional constituency of [[Mansa]] which he had held since independence to go and stand in Kasama. He stood against his brother in-law, [[Joe Kapilikisha]], and lost. This marked the end of his political career.


After leaving politics Mr. Changufu served as Chairman of the Human Rights Commission at one time.
After leaving politics Changufu served as Chairman of the [[Human Rights Commission]] at one time.
 
Changufu joined the United National Independence Party and was in charge of its intelligence during the independence struggle.


==Masterminding the Cha Cha Cha Uprising==
==Masterminding the Cha Cha Cha Uprising==
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[[Lillian Burton|Four people]] were arrested, convicted and hanged in connection with the attack. Two other brothers who were connected to the attack were sent out of the country by UNIP and only returned home after qualifying as medical doctor and accountant. For Changufu, he saw the former men – [[Paikani Phiri]], [[Kaimana]], [[John Chanda]] and [[Ngebe]] – as heroes and not villains.
[[Lillian Burton|Four people]] were arrested, convicted and hanged in connection with the attack. Two other brothers who were connected to the attack were sent out of the country by UNIP and only returned home after qualifying as medical doctor and accountant. For Changufu, he saw the former men – [[Paikani Phiri]], [[Kaimana]], [[John Chanda]] and [[Ngebe]] – as heroes and not villains.


But other than being the mastermind of the Cha Cha Cha, Mr Changufu, who had undergone training at the International Police Academy in Washington and was attached to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in the United States, was also in charge of intelligence gathering in UNIP with the main task being the recruitment of civil servants into the party in readiness for independence which was on the horizon.
 
With his training in security affairs, at independence, he was appointed Minister of State for Defence and Security before being elevated to the position of Minister of Information and Postal Services in January 1965.
 
He was to later serve as Minister of Home Affairs, twice in 1967 and between 1970 and 1973, and also at Labour and Health, and Power Transport and Works.
 
In the 1973 elections, he was moved from his traditional constituency of Mansa which he had held since independence to go and stand in Kasama. He stood against his in-law, Joe Kapilikisha, and lost.
It marked the end of his political career.
“When I lost, the President wanted to keep me in Government with a view of making me a Member of the Central Committee but I slowly drifted away from politics… by the time I lost the parliamentary election, I had already become disillusioned with the course of Zambian politics,” he said in an interview.
“When I lost, the President wanted to keep me in Government with a view of making me a Member of the Central Committee but I slowly drifted away from politics… by the time I lost the parliamentary election, I had already become disillusioned with the course of Zambian politics,” he said in an interview.
“Although there were strong reasons for nationalisation, it actually made me very unhappy because I knew that our country would decline from then on.”
“Although there were strong reasons for nationalisation, it actually made me very unhappy because I knew that our country would decline from then on.”
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