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- ↑ zamobserver (2024-05-25). ""Where is my son Emmanuel Jay Jay Banda?"- Chief Mumbi of Petauke | The Zambian Observer" . Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ↑ "Emmanuel 'Jay Jay' Banda: Zambian MP in hospital after disappearance". BBC News. 2024-05-28. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
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