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Other people were also arrested and trialed in connection with the failed coup which included high profile figures such as the first Republican President Dr [[Kenneth Kaunda]], Princess [[Nakatindi Wina]] and opposition leader [[Dean Mung’omba]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/62768.stm |title=AFRICA | Nine more charged with treason in Zambia |publisher=BBC News |date=1998-03-06 |accessdate=2015-06-19}}</ref> | Other people were also arrested and trialed in connection with the failed coup which included high profile figures such as the first Republican President Dr [[Kenneth Kaunda]], Princess [[Nakatindi Wina]] and opposition leader [[Dean Mung’omba]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/62768.stm |title=AFRICA | Nine more charged with treason in Zambia |publisher=BBC News |date=1998-03-06 |accessdate=2015-06-19}}</ref> | ||
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Captain Solo received a presidential pardon after serving 13 years imprisonment by the then third Republican President [[Rupiah Banda]] on 28 December 2010. Then President Levy Mwanawasa had also exercised mercy on him by commuting his death sentence to a 20-year jail term. Solo said although he had walked back to freedom, he was economically bound and depended on a certain pastor for shelter, food and clothing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ukzambians.co.uk/home/2011/03/13/tough-life-zambian-prison-capt-solo/ |title=Tough life after Zambian prison – Capt Solo |publisher=Ukzambians |date=2011-03-13 |accessdate=2015-06-19}}</ref> | Captain Solo received a presidential pardon after serving 13 years imprisonment by the then third Republican President [[Rupiah Banda]] on 28 December 2010. Then President Levy Mwanawasa had also exercised mercy on him by commuting his death sentence to a 20-year jail term. Solo said although he had walked back to freedom, he was economically bound and depended on a certain pastor for shelter, food and clothing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ukzambians.co.uk/home/2011/03/13/tough-life-zambian-prison-capt-solo/ |title=Tough life after Zambian prison – Capt Solo |publisher=Ukzambians |date=2011-03-13 |accessdate=2015-06-19}}</ref> | ||
In 2011, he visited former president Chiluba's [[Kabulonga]] residence to seek for forgiveness over the coup plot. | |||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
