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- ↑ Abel M Chambeshi National Assembly of Zambia
- ↑ 1996 parliamentary results in Central Province Archived 2015-07-14 at the Wayback Machine Electoral Commission of Zambia
- ↑ Appointment a challenge - Chambeshi Times of Zambia, 24 March 1999
- ↑ Chiluba reshuffles cabinet The Post, 31 December 1999
- ↑ Zambia's Chiluba reshuffles cabinet IOL, 11 February 2001
- ↑ 2001 parliamentary results Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Electoral Commission of Zambia
- ↑ It's a New Deal Cabinet Times of Zambia, 8 January 2002
- ↑ Zambia sacks 'underperforming' science minister Sci Dev Net, 21 January 2005