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In 1967, Mundia resigned from his position and the [[UNIP]] party to form his own political party, the [[United Party]] (UP). In 1968 he held a rally in [[Lusaka]]'s [[Matero]] township announcing his intention to contest in the [[1968 general elections]] and drum up support for his party. Police raided the rally and Mundia was detained along with other party officials including [[Adamson Mushala]] (who later led [[Adamson Mushala|his own rebellion against the Kaunda regime]]), [[Dickson Chikulo]] Henry Ndhlovu, and Julius Namakando. This was amidst growing tensions between his party and Kaunda's UNIP.






Mundia studied . He was a good orator who emerged as a strong critic of Kenneth Kaunda’s dictatorial tendencies.
In the Pre- Independence era Mundia is claimed to have entered the then Prime Minister Sir Roy Welensky’s house mysteriously.
It is said that in a rare bid to pressure the British colonial masters, Mundia magically entered Welensky’s house without the security guards noticing his entry. It is told that he was found seated in the Prime Minister’s lounge early in the morning!


After Zambia’s independence in 1964, Mundia served as the 1st Minister of Commerce Trade and Industry in Kenneth Kaunda’s first Cabinet.
He went on to resign and form his own Party by the name of UP in 1967. In 1968 Mundia under the United Party(UP) continued making historical post independence political strides against the United National Independence Party (UNIP), then under Kaunda, leading to his detention.
To be able to understand what transpired about the Mundia detention it is essential to retrace the history of May 29,1968 in Lusaka’s Matero Township then known as the hot bed of inter-party violence.
It was during this time that Mundia through a loudspeaker addressed hundreds of people about the intentions of the UP (United Party) to participate in the general elections.
As he outlined the strategy, he told the gathering that there was a plot to assassinate him by his political rivals.
And when he announced the names of UNIP members who wished to join the party, the meeting came under a hail of stones leading to the arrest of Mundia himself, Henry Ndhlovu, William Chipango, Dickson Chikulo, Julius Namakando and Adamson Mushala. Mundia nicknamed then as ‘Black Yesu’ for his habits of fasting to dramatise his protest and his compatriots were later acquitted in August 1968.
And when he announced the names of UNIP members who wished to join the party, the meeting came under a hail of stones leading to the arrest of Mundia himself, Henry Ndhlovu, William Chipango, Dickson Chikulo, Julius Namakando and Adamson Mushala. Mundia nicknamed then as ‘Black Yesu’ for his habits of fasting to dramatise his protest and his compatriots were later acquitted in August 1968.


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