Reflections from the Zambezi

The article below is adapted from a speech I gave during the funeral service of the late Kenneth Konayuma on 22 October 2021 at the Bread of Life Church International in Emmasdale, Lusaka. Early Years (1972-1979) It pleased God to bless the union of Josiah and Betty Konayuma with twins (Kenneth & Catherine) born on 21st June 1972 at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka. My earliest recollection of some notable events in Kenny's life is when the twins were almost two years old a snake slithered through where they sat in the garden where my mother was working. This event made my late mum very scared. In God's providence, the snake went away without harming any of them. Kenneth started his primary school in 1979 at the then Northmead Primary School (now Northemead Secondary School) in Lusaka. Mum had to spend a night on the queue for him and Catherine to get a Grade 1 place. That is how tough it was to be enrolled in grade 1 back then. I used to walk to school with Kenne...