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OPINION
The Diary Of A Man Who
Once Ran The Union…
When the KUSCCO MD got arrested..
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Lead consultant at Triangular Link Services. He has previously served as the Manag-
ing Director at KUSCCO LTD (1974-1981) and the CEO at ICPAK (1993-1994).
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the country was in 1974 to
attend a seminar organized by also in Zambia and on this occasion that Credit Union Seminar at St. Xavier –
ACCOSCA in Zambia. My second
experience in Zambia was I tasted the enjoyment of being a tourist. University in Nova Scotia Province.
equally interesting. I had once more visited
the country to attend a seminar by ACOSCA. We were as a group taken to the famous After the seminar, WOCCU extended
The participants from Kenya included Mr. Victoria Falls the source of River Zambezi my visit to Toronto-Ontario Province
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Mr. Wamalwa and Dr. Ligabo. an extremely beautiful scenery. which organized lunch for us. I poured
Zambia was in a state of emergency Zambians call the falls “Mosh-O-tunya” the soup from my mug on the table
necessitated by military attacks from
South Africa and Southern Rhodesia. After thunder that smokes. and also embarrassed myself as I did
attending seminar sessions the whole day,
the four of us went out to stroll on the It was while in Zambia and on this same not know how to use Chinese chop
streets of Lusaka city and refresh ourselves occasion that I had the rare privilege sticks.
within what turned out to be curfew hours.
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to be arrested and taken to Lusaka Central
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3GD@QQDRSHMFONKHBDN?BDQ with Jaramogi Oginga Odinga. This was at Liberia to attend ACCOSCA Biennial
handed us to the OCS after reporting our
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local language and as usual with police,
he did not state the facts as they were. after visiting his daughter in Zimbabwe. to Ghana the home country of Mr.
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that the language he used to report the He was the Chairman of Cotton and Lint Bert Queinoo the Executive Director
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made it possible for me to follow nearly Marketing Board at the time. The old man of ACCOSCA at the time. Our host
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his amusement,that the report was untrue. was so humble in his approach with a took us to Ghana Institute of Public
soft voice. He had a sharp mind. He could CLHMHRSQ@SHNM&(/ @MC?M@KKX
remember the two occasions he visited our to the University of Achimota for
village in 1962 when he was Vice chairman KTMBG
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of KANU and in 1968 when he was the appetizing. As a Luhya I was expecting
chairman of KPU. We stoned him on both ugali and chicken which I had missed
occasions, he joked and said that we were for some time.
not the ones who stoned him; it was the There was nothing, in their place I saw
devil in us. well fried tortoises and snails.
1976 is also the year I visited Canada and I lost appetite for the rest of the day.
USA courtesy of ACCOSCA and WOCCU.
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