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*'''2023 July 20''' - [[Senior Chief Inyambo Yeta]] of the [[Lozi people]] of [[Sesheke district|Sesheke]], [[Mwandi district|Mwandi]] and [[Mulobezi district|Mulobezi]] districts dies at the [[Maina Soko Military Hospital]] in [[Lusaka]]<ref>[https://www.znbc.co.zm/news/senior-chief-inyambo-yeta-dies/ Senior Chief Inyambo Yeta Dies], 21 July 2023, [[ZNBC]]</ref> | |||
*'''2023 March 31''' - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visits Zambia | *'''2023 March 31''' - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visits Zambia | ||
*'''2022 Dec 29''' - [[Katele Kalumba]] and three others sentenced to five years imprisonment for corrupt practices. Chief Justice Mumba Malila upheld the five years jail term earlier imposed on the four by the LUSAKA Magistrate Court in 2010. Their conviction arose from the payment of US$20 million made to US security companies Systems Innovation and Wilbain Incorporation involving US$20 million during the time Kalumba served as finance minister in the [[MMD]] under the leadership of second republican president late [[Frederick Chiluba]].<ref>[https://www.znbc.co.zm/news/ex-minister-kalumbathree-others-jailed-for-corruption/ Ex Minister Kalumba,Three Others Jailed For Corruption], 29 December 2022, [[ZNBC]]</ref> | *'''2022 Dec 29''' - [[Katele Kalumba]] and three others sentenced to five years imprisonment for corrupt practices. Chief Justice Mumba Malila upheld the five years jail term earlier imposed on the four by the LUSAKA Magistrate Court in 2010. Their conviction arose from the payment of US$20 million made to US security companies Systems Innovation and Wilbain Incorporation involving US$20 million during the time Kalumba served as finance minister in the [[MMD]] under the leadership of second republican president late [[Frederick Chiluba]].<ref>[https://www.znbc.co.zm/news/ex-minister-kalumbathree-others-jailed-for-corruption/ Ex Minister Kalumba,Three Others Jailed For Corruption], 29 December 2022, [[ZNBC]]</ref> | ||
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*'''1993 Apr 27''' - The [[Zambia national football team]] perishes in the [[1993 Zambia national football team air disaster|1993 air crash disaster in Gabon]] as the team was flying to the FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Senegal in Dakar. The crash left all on board dead. | *'''1993 Apr 27''' - The [[Zambia national football team]] perishes in the [[1993 Zambia national football team air disaster|1993 air crash disaster in Gabon]] as the team was flying to the FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Senegal in Dakar. The crash left all on board dead. | ||
*'''1993 March 4''' - President [[Frederick Chiluba]] declared a state of emergency, alleging the existence of a plot to overthrow the government by illegal means. The plot, known as the "[[Zero Option Plan]]" was said to have been devised by members of the previous ruling party [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP), with support from the governments of Iraq and Iran. | *'''1993 March 4''' - President [[Frederick Chiluba]] declared a state of emergency, alleging the existence of a plot to overthrow the government by illegal means. The plot, known as the "[[Zero Option Plan]]" was said to have been devised by members of the previous ruling party [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP), with support from the governments of Iraq and Iran. | ||
*'''1993''' - Government establishes [[The Human Rights Commission]]. | |||
*'''1991''' - [[Kenneth Kaunda]] was voted out of office. President [[Frederick Chiluba]] and the [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy]] (MMD) won in the first multi-party elections. | *'''1991''' - [[Kenneth Kaunda]] was voted out of office. President [[Frederick Chiluba]] and the [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy]] (MMD) won in the first multi-party elections. | ||
*'''1991''' - Xu Jianxue arrived in Zambia and began a civil-engineering and construction firm with his 4 brothers. Some 300 Chinese lived in Zambia at this time. By 2006 the number was estimated at 3,000. | *'''1991''' - Xu Jianxue arrived in Zambia and began a civil-engineering and construction firm with his 4 brothers. Some 300 Chinese lived in Zambia at this time. By 2006 the number was estimated at 3,000. | ||
