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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Banda served in government as Minister of Housing and Social Development in the first Cabinet that was sworn-in in January of | Banda served in government as Minister of Housing and Social Development in the first Cabinet that was sworn-in in January of 1965 under [[Kenneth Kaunda|Kenneth Kaunda's]] [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP).<ref>"U.N.I.P. Cabinet Sworn In: "Racial" Seats Must Go: Mr. Kaunda", East Africa and Rhodesia, 30 January 1964, p449</ref>. He was later transferred to the Ministry of Transport and Works in 1966. He also served in the Ministry of Youth Co-operatives and Social Development before he was appointed Copperbelt minister.<ref name=lt/> During the one-party state, Banda also served as Member of Parliament for [[Mandevu]] and [[Lundazi]] Central constituencies. | ||
In 1995, he parted company with Dr Kaunda when he vehemently opposed the former president’s move to come back to active politics. | In 1995, he parted company with Dr Kaunda when he vehemently opposed the former president’s move to come back to active politics. | ||
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[[Category:People of Zambia]] | [[Category:People of Zambia]] | ||
