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'''Omelo Mumba''' (died 3 March 1963<ref name=dailymail>[https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=9218 Recalling Omelo Mumba, Zambia Daily Mail, 24 October 2014]</ref>) was a freedom fighter who fought for a black majority government in pre-independence era of [[Zambia]]. He was appointed Regional Secretary for [[Kenneth Kaunda|Kenneth Kaunda's]] [[United National Independence Party]] in [[Eastern Province]] of the country and he was an avid campaigner for the party.<ref name=zambianeye>[http://zambianeye.com/archives/10324 HEROES AND UNITY DAYS: BUT NO HEROES, NO UNITY!, Zambian Eye, 1 July 2016]</ref>  
'''Omelo Mumba''' (died 3 March 1963<ref name=dailymail>[https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=9218 Recalling Omelo Mumba, Zambia Daily Mail, 24 October 2014]</ref>) was a freedom fighter who fought for a black majority government in pre-independence era of [[Zambia]]. He was appointed Regional Secretary for [[Kenneth Kaunda|Kenneth Kaunda's]] [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP) in [[Eastern Province]] of the country and he was an avid campaigner for the party.<ref name=zambianeye>[http://zambianeye.com/archives/10324 HEROES AND UNITY DAYS: BUT NO HEROES, NO UNITY!, Zambian Eye, 1 July 2016]</ref>  


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Mumba was married to Dona Mumba.<ref name=zambianeye/>
Mumba was married to [[Veronica Mumba]], who was also a [[freedom fighter]] and a member of the Central Committee in the [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP). She died on 22 August 2019 in [[Lusaka]] aged 92.


==Legacy==
==Legacy==
[[File:Omelo Mumba Road - Lusaka.jpg|thumb|right|Omelo Mumba Road in [[Lusaka]]'s [[Rhodes Park]] area]]
[[File:Omelo Mumba Road - Lusaka.jpg|thumb|right|Omelo Mumba Road in [[Lusaka]]'s [[Rhodes Park]] area. Google Maps]]
There is a school in Katete, a 745m road in [[Lusaka]]'s [[Rhodes Park]] and a house at Nyika Hotel in Petauke named after Omelo Mumba.<ref name=dailymail/>
There is a school in Katete, a 745m road in [[Lusaka]]'s [[Rhodes Park]] and a house at Nyika Hotel in Petauke named after Omelo Mumba.<ref name=dailymail/> Omelo Mumba Road in 745m long and stretches from [[Great East Road]] to [[Parirenyetwa Road]] in Lusaka. [[Omelo Mumba School]] in [[Katete]], [[Eastern Province]] is also used as a polling station in during elections.
 
==See also==
*[[UNIP]]
*[[Eastern Province]]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 19:48, 23 August 2019

Omelo Mumba (died 3 March 1963[1]) was a freedom fighter who fought for a black majority government in pre-independence era of Zambia. He was appointed Regional Secretary for Kenneth Kaunda's United National Independence Party (UNIP) in Eastern Province of the country and he was an avid campaigner for the party.[2]

Personal life

Mumba was married to Veronica Mumba, who was also a freedom fighter and a member of the Central Committee in the United National Independence Party (UNIP). She died on 22 August 2019 in Lusaka aged 92.

Legacy

Omelo Mumba Road in Lusaka's Rhodes Park area. Google Maps

There is a school in Katete, a 745m road in Lusaka's Rhodes Park and a house at Nyika Hotel in Petauke named after Omelo Mumba.[1] Omelo Mumba Road in 745m long and stretches from Great East Road to Parirenyetwa Road in Lusaka. Omelo Mumba School in Katete, Eastern Province is also used as a polling station in during elections.

See also

References

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