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- ↑ "Adventist Ambassador to Take on High Judicial Role". www.adventistliberty.org. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - 1 2 Anna (11 November 2010). "His Excellency Palan Mulonda". Washington Diplomat. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
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- ↑ "Ambassador from Zambia: Who Is Palan Mulonda?". AllGov. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
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