Sakwiba sikota biography for kids

Kapelwa Sikota (1928–2006) was the first Zambian registered nurse, in the 1950s when her country was still the British protectorate of Northern Rhodesia. She trained and qualified in South Africa where nursing education was available before it was developed in Zambia.

Her qualifications were not fully recognised at home until independence in 1964 when she was appointed to senior nursing posts. By 1970 she was Chief Nursing Officer in the Ministry of Health. In 2011 she was honoured posthumously by the Zambian Association of University Women.

Personal life

Kapelwa Mwanang'umbi Sikota was born in Mongu District in Barotseland on 7 July 1928.

Her father died when she was young.

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As a girl she was in hospital in Mongu and realised there was not a single Zambian woman nurse on the staff, not even for maternity work. According to a magazine this inspired her to become a nurse herself. She married Aggrey Mulala Sikota, a politically active "African medic Edgar Lungu’s Opposition Alliance Appoints Sakwiba Sikota As ...

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