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==Political career== | ==Political career== | ||
Other than being the mastermind of the Cha Cha Cha, Changufu, underwent training at the International Police Academy in Washington and was attached to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in the United States, was also in charge of intelligence gathering in UNIP with the main task being the recruitment of civil servants into the party in readiness for the imminent independence. | |||
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. | |||
After leaving politics | After leaving politics Changufu served as Chairman of the [[Human Rights Commission]] at one time. | ||
==Masterminding the Cha Cha Cha Uprising== | ==Masterminding the Cha Cha Cha Uprising== | ||
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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. | ||
“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. | “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.” | “Although there were strong reasons for nationalisation, it actually made me very unhappy because I knew that our country would decline from then on.” | ||
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