Simon Kapwepwe

ABOUT SIMON KAPWEPWE

Politician who was the first vice-president of Zambia from 1967 to 1970. He was a leader of the Zambian independence movement and was a founding member of the Northern Rhodesian African Congress.

He was a driver at the Public Works Department and a primary school teacher at Lubwa.

He was Vice President, while Kenneth Kaunda was the President of Zambia.

His parents raised him in the Chinsali district of the Northern Province of Northern Rhodesia.

He and Emilio Kibaki were both vice presidents of African countries.