MUMBA KAPUMPA SWORN IN AS AMBASSADOR TO SOUTH KOREA PRESIDENT Michael Sata has sworn in veteran lawyer Mumba Kapumpa as Ambassador to South Korea , while Salome Mwananshiku was sworn in as High Commissioner to Malawi. Mr Kapumpa was recently elevated to the position of State Counsel by President Michael Sata. Mr Kapumpa has been practising law since I was called to the bar in 1972. In a short speech, President Sata urged Mr Kapumpa and Ms Mwananshiku to execute their work diligently. “I was the first Zambian to go to South Korea, the people you are going to deal with are very intelligent, extra intelligent people and I expect you to be sober according to the constitution,” Mr Sata said. The Head of State added, “Mrs. Salome, you are going to Malawi, you have a very sensitive woman who is the President of Malawi, Joyce Banda, so as you have already, you see you are the one who has committed yourselves and not me that you are not revealing the constitution so if you are not revealing the constitution so which constitution are you people talking about?” President Sata concluded, “Zambia has a constitution which you people are taking oath and then somebody is talking about the constitution which constitution are you talking about? So I wish you well, thank you very much.” (Pictures by State House Press Office)
Posted on: Fri, 30 May 2014 13:06:53 +0000