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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 | 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== | ||
{{Reflist}} | |||
[[Category:People of Zambia]] | [[Category:People of Zambia]] | ||
[[Category:1963 deaths]] | |||
[[Category:Politicians]] | [[Category:Politicians]] | ||
[[Category:Freedom fighters]] | |||
