In 1990, a low-ranking soldier, Lt. Mwamba Luchembe, and a handful of loyalists stormed ZNBC, declaring they had taken over the country and Kenneth Kaunda was no longer President. Luchembe cited the riots that had occurred a few months earlier, which left 27 people killed and over 100 wounded, as reason for the takeover. In […] The post The coup that never was: Luchembe’s bold bid to oust former Zambia Kaunda first appeared on The Zambian Observer .