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==Honours== | ==Honours== | ||
In 1947, Rev. Mushindo was honoured by King George of England for his contribution to society. | In 1947, Rev. Mushindo was honoured by King George of England for his contribution to society. | ||
==Personal life== | |||
Rev Mushindo and his wife, Theresa Mwila Mushindo (died 1999), had two children. Their first child Kapolyo died in early childhood and their second born son, Patrick Mutale Mumba, born in August 1932, died in his adult life in 1983 and is survived by several children. | |||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
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The North Eastern Presbytery of the United Church of Zambia approved the construction of a memorial church at Malashi and the congregation that gathers there is known as the [[Paul Bwembya Mushindo Congregation]]. | The North Eastern Presbytery of the United Church of Zambia approved the construction of a memorial church at Malashi and the congregation that gathers there is known as the [[Paul Bwembya Mushindo Congregation]]. | ||
==Family and aftermath== | |||
===Patrick Mumba=== | |||
Rev Mushindo's son Patrick took Mumba, the clan name (Bena Mumba) of his father for his surname. Patrick completed his form six at [[Munali Secondary School]] in [[Lusaka]], then went to Durban in South Africa before going on to study medicine in Russia. He did not complete his studies as he returned to Zambia soon after independence in 1964. He became the first Principal Private Secretary of president [[Kenneth Kaunda]]. | |||
From State House, he was promoted to the rank of Director General for [[National Registration, Births, and Citizenship]]. He held this post until he left government service with the intentions of establishing a Museum in memory of his father’s life in 1972. | |||
Patrick’s first born son Mutale Mumba is a qualified doctor and is currently working for the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a Medical Officer for the Immunisation, Vaccines and Emergencies Program. | |||
Dr Mumba’s memory of his grandfather is ‘very hazy’ because he was only six years old when Rev Mushindo died, but Dr Mumba spent a lot of time with his late grandmother who shared a lot of her husband’s memories with their first grandson. | |||
Dr Mumba says his grandfather’s works inspired him to aim higher and that as a child he pestered his grandfather with a lot of questions. | |||
“I remember my grandmother telling me when I grew older, after grand dad had long died, that grandfather would occasionally complain about spending time with me when he was busy preparing sermons or doing some other important work in his study as I would not stop asking questions,” recounts Dr Mumba. | |||
He says his grandmother told him that his grandfather was such a devoted Christian that he did not find it difficult to give up the better paying teaching job to become a Minister of the Church of Scotland saying: Ifyo nde nonka mu milimo ya bu kafundisha fikapwa, lelo chebo chakwa Lesa chena tachakapwe pantu no uli munda akesa lyako. (The money I am receiving as a teacher will finish, but the word of God will never finish because even the unborn child will come and eat of it.) | |||
Dr Mumba says the stories his grandmother told him about his grandfather and the statements that he read in the Legislative Council records that were made by Rev Mushindo really make him proud of his grandfather. | |||
“Grandfather made his contribution to politics and early preparation towards independence. He sat in the African Legislative Council during the colonial era and reading some of the statements he made in the council made me feel really proud of him,” he says. | |||
Asked how he felt about the decision by President Michael Sata to build a university at Lubwa in memory and honour of his grandfather, Dr. Mumba had this to say: | |||
“I could not believe it at all. There are many people who made contributions to education, political and religious development in our country. | |||
“Some of the people may have quietly passed on as unsung heroes, so the recognition of my grandfather among the many gallant and equally patriotic sons and daughters of the soil who played significant roles in this regard is a great honour to our family. My family is truly indebted to President Michael Chilufya Sata and to the people of Zambia for this historic gesture,” Dr Mumba says. | |||
He added; “I know that Ms Mwila, my grandmother, would have been very delighted with this great honour that President Sata has kindly bestowed on our family – and I miss her.” | |||
Dr Mumba says his grandfather should be remembered together with the many other courageous sons and daughters who gave themselves in various ways to make Zambia what it is today, because, even if they were not acknowledged, they left a legacy that we must preserve for posterity. | |||
“The work of the people that came before us should inspire us, especially young people, to play our role and leave Zambia a better country for our children and all future generations,” Dr. Mumba says. | |||
President Sata is not the first President of Zambia to recognise the great works of the Rev Mushindo but President Chiluba recognised the Reverend by buying a house for Ms Mushindo in 1998. | |||
Ms Mushindo had cataracts and developed temporary blindness. One evening in 1998, at the family house at Lubwa Mission, she fell and broke her hip bone. | |||
She was, through the kind arrangement of Dr Jonathan Munkombwe flown from Chinsali to Lusaka by the Zambia Flying Doctor Service. | |||
When President Chiluba was informed about the accident, he arranged for her to undergo a hip bone replacement operation at the Italian hospital in Lusaka. | |||
Then after the operation, she was transferred to Maina Soko Military Hospital where a Dr Banda operated on her eyes and her sight was restored. | |||
Ms Mushindo spent many months recuperating in Lusaka and her nephew’s house. | |||
President Chiluba visited Ms Mushindo and during the visit, he learnt that the old lady would not be able to use a pit latrine at her Lubwa house because of the artificial hip bone. | |||
It was against this background that Dr Chiluba decided to buy a house for her in Chinsali Boma at a cost of K6 million. Ms Mushindo died in dignity in that house in 1999. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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*[http://www.times.co.zm/?p=26475 PAUL MUSHINDO’S GREAT LEGACY DESERVES PROPER RECOGNITION] [[Times of Zambia]], 8 July 2014 | *[http://www.times.co.zm/?p=26475 PAUL MUSHINDO’S GREAT LEGACY DESERVES PROPER RECOGNITION] [[Times of Zambia]], 8 July 2014 | ||
