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- ↑ The Parliament of Zambia: Public Parliamentary Handbook, 2004, p39
- ↑ Enoch Kavindele Archived 2018-03-19 at the Wayback Machine NorthWest Rail
- ↑ Jacqueline Audrey Kalley, Elna Schoeman & Lydia Eve Andor (1999) Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997, Greenwood Publishing Group, p700
- ↑ Copperbelt results in the 1991 general elections Archived 2015-07-14 at the Wayback Machine Electoral Commission of Zambia
- ↑ Daniel N. Posner (2005) Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa, Cambridge University Press, p232
- ↑ Copperbelt results in the 1996 general elections Archived 2015-07-14 at the Wayback Machine Electoral Commission of Zambia
- ↑ New Vice-President Tembo says: I feel great The Post, 3 December 1997
- ↑ Health Woes: Is Kavindele the Cure? Times of Zambia, 23 November 2000
- ↑ 2001 parliamentary election results Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Electoral Commission of Zambia
- ↑ Zambian leader survives sack bid BBC News, 14 August 2003
- ↑ MMD disowns Kavindele Lusaka Times, 16 November 2009
- ↑ 2006 parliamentary election results Archived 2018-04-17 at the Wayback Machine Electoral Commission of Zambia
- ↑ Minister to meet Kavindele Times of Zambia, 5 March 2018
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[n]No such post between 1973–1991. Replaced with Secretary General of Ruling Party and Prime Minister | ||