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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/>
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/>


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.
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]] in the parliamentary election, which he lost. This marked the end of his political career.


After leaving politics 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.
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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.


 
==Business 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.
“Although there were strong reasons for nationalisation, it actually made me very unhappy because I knew that our country would decline from then on.”
Having left politics, Mr Changufu went into private business, joining Andrew Sardanis’ Chibote Group of Companies as vice-chairman apart from having shares in a family business Kingstons (Z). Interestingly, it is Mr Sardanis who presided over the nationalisation through the Mulungushi Reforms in his role as Industrial Development Corporation (INDECO) managing director. But to this day, Mr Sardanis stoutly defends the nationalisation policy saying it was necessary to give black Zambians a start in business which hitherto was foreign-dominated.
Having left politics, Mr Changufu went into private business, joining Andrew Sardanis’ Chibote Group of Companies as vice-chairman apart from having shares in a family business Kingstons (Z). Interestingly, it is Mr Sardanis who presided over the nationalisation through the Mulungushi Reforms in his role as Industrial Development Corporation (INDECO) managing director. But to this day, Mr Sardanis stoutly defends the nationalisation policy saying it was necessary to give black Zambians a start in business which hitherto was foreign-dominated.
Mr Changufu’s roots can be traced to Chief Mwamba’s area in Kasama where he was born in October 1927. That is where he started his school, going up to standard six after which he could not go to secondary school following the ban on his entire class from doing so by education authorities in the district after failing to do certain chores despite having written their exams.
Mr Changufu’s roots can be traced to Chief Mwamba’s area in Kasama where he was born in October 1927. That is where he started his school, going up to standard six after which he could not go to secondary school following the ban on his entire class from doing so by education authorities in the district after failing to do certain chores despite having written their exams.
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