“We are all created by God to be Creative”
Mr James Ndambo, the MHT patron prior to the show undertook a six day visit to Ndola, Solwezi, Kabwe and Lusaka, Nega Nega and Monze. Mr Ndambo is based in Johannesburg, as chairman of Africa Union Holdings Limited, which has business interests in sub-Saharan Africa with associates in the Far East and Europe. Due to the nature of his job, Mr Ndambo was unable to visit family and friends based in Zambia for many years.
Therefore, he took advantage of the show hosting to see family members who have had bereavements for which he was unable to attend, with the exception of the visit to Lumwana mine in Solwezi which was private. During the visit in which his nucleus family, siblings and first cousins accompanied him, many fellowships took place. Of particular interest was the first fellowship on the night he touched down in Zambia, which was held at the Mukonkas in Lubuto west, Ndola. Mr Ndambo took time to show his personal guest and former Zambia Air force commander Major General Sandy Kayumba and family the room which he used to occupy in the Mukonkas home during his younger days.
The patron in his discourse started by inviting those that are poor to put up their hands and almost instantly nearly all the hands were up. He then followed by asking a series of questions: “who among us here has no eyes, no hands, no legs, and no mouth, please put your hand”. No single hand was raised. The patron told his audience that none is born poor but that each one finds he/herself in a position of poverty due to circumstances.
“We were all created by God to be creative, and therefore the creator endowed us with the capacity to think and be creative. Even in terms of education, one can be uneducated, but with time and effort one can educate himself or herself. One can be sick, but if one has the will to live, he can get better. To this effect, he invited his niece Isabel who he brought up as his own child and educated. He also referred to his brother Isaac Banda who was incapacitated with illness but because he had the will to live, today he is fit and successful and many people today want to associate with him. At the end of his speech, he pledged to contribute K500, 000,000.00 (ZAMBIAN KWACHA FIVE HUNDRED MILLION) almost US$100,000.
“I want you to elect a committee and set up a bank account to which some among you will be signatories. The idea is for you to come up with a project that should generate income and revolve so that you can become self sustaining as MHT Copperbelt.”
To this effect, a meeting to look into the composition of the committee took place on July 17 and a date was set for July 20 to elect the committee which went as follows:
Nominations:
1. Mrs Glenda Mumba
2. Mr Lee Musonda
3. Mr Kepson Muntanga
4. Mrs Edith Samba
5. Ms Winnie Mukonka
6. Mrs Faneli Jere
7. Mrs Alice Lufwino
8. Mr Clever Mweempe
Chairperson
Lee Musonda 5
Glenda Mumba 5
Chairman‘s deciding or casting vote picked from cup Glenda Mumba’s name
Secretary
Mrs Edith Samba 7
Mr Lee Musonda 0
Mr Clever Mweempe 2
Mr Kepson Muntanga 1
Treasurer
Kepson Muntanga 2
Mr Lee Musonda 6
Committee Members
Mr Kepson Muntanga 9
Winnie Mukonka 0
Faneli Jere 0
Chairman’s deciding or casting vote picked from cup Faneli Jere’s name
The patron made similar pledges including on his concluding visit to his home village Macha, Choma district.
