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'''Mwamba Luchembe''' ('''Lieutenant Christopher Mwamba Luchembe'''), born in 1960 is a former [[Zambia Army]] Lieutenant who at the age of 30 attempted a coup d’état during the one-party state era of Dr [[Kenneth Kaunda]] in 1990. His action came at a time when Zambians needed change of government and had risen against Kaunda's rule. | {{featured article}} | ||
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'''Mwamba Luchembe''' ('''Lieutenant Christopher Mwamba Luchembe'''), (born in 1960) is a former [[Zambia Army]] Lieutenant who at the age of 30 attempted a coup d’état during the one-party state era of Dr [[Kenneth Kaunda]] in 1990. His action came at a time when Zambians needed change of government and had risen against Kaunda's rule. | |||
On July 1, 1990 Luchembe managed to | ==Coup attempt== | ||
On July 1, 1990 Luchembe managed to make his way into the [[ZNBC|Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation]] (ZNBC) radio studios where he announced that the Zambia Army had taken over Government and he cited [[1990 food riots|food riots]] of the previous week as reasons for his action because about 27 people had died while more than 100 were wounded. | |||
Although Luchembe's action can be described as a failed coup attempt against president Kaunda, it certainly weakened his political power which was already shaky after three days of rioting.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/01/world/failed-zambia-coup-weakens-leader.html</ref> | |||
==Arrest== | |||
Luchembe was captured by soldiers and was escorted from ZNBC radio studios and taken to the outskirts of the capital, [[Lusaka]]. "I wanted to take over the government but Kaunda's puppets are stopping me," he said, pointing to the soldiers surrounding him. "These are Kaunda's puppets."<ref>http://articles.latimes.com/1990-06-30/news/mn-628_1_state-radio</ref> | |||
Luchembe was arrested and retired. He now lives in Lusaka’s [[Kabwata]] township. | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[1990 riots]] | |||
*[[1997 coup d'état attempt]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:People of Zambia]] | ||
[[Category:Zambian politicians]] | [[Category:Zambian politicians]] |