Gabriel at Kalambo Falls In September to October 2007, I travelled to Mbala on duty. The purpose of the trip was to conduct training for small scale women miners in Mbala. This trip was organised by the Department of Vocational Education and Training in the Ministry of Science, Technology and Vocational Training. It was a follow-up of an earlier trip that was made in June to Northern Province which covered Kasama, Mbala, Mpulungu, Nakonde, Isoka, Chinsali and Mpika. The training was held for two weeks. During this time we stayed at Makungo Guest House. Mbala is 1050 kilometers from Lusaka. Mbala is Zambia's most northerly large town, occupying a strategic location close to the border with Tanzania and controlling the southern approaches to Lake Tanganyika, 40 km by road to the north-east, where the port of Mpulungu is located. Under the name Abercorn, Mbala was a key outpost in Britis...
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