User:Jacob Simbaya

Born on 8th May, 1991 in the city of Chipata of the Eastern province of the Republic of Zambia, Jacob Simbaya is a Zambian who has beaten all odds to become Zambia's most admired law enforcer working as a police officer in the Zambia Police Service. EARLY LIFE Jacob is the third born in the family of six born from John Simbaya(nee) and Monica Mbuzi. His parents were small scale peasant farmers who later shifted to Chama District from Chipata District where they had initially settied.He was later enrolled at a local primary school called Mundalanga Primary where he rose in academic performance amongst his peers and was the best performing pupil during his upper primary examination. In 2007, he qualified for Junior Secondary at Chassa Secondary School, which is the one of the best secondary schools in Eastern province and Zambia. Due to financial constraints, his parents did not manage to take him to this prestigious secondary school and opted to keep him at the same Primary School which was recently upgraded to a Basic School. Jacob kept shining academic wise and sat for his Junior Secondary Examination were he was the best performing pupil amongst his cohort having beaten the school record in the score. He was later selected to go and attend Chizongwe Boys Technical School in the Eastern province. His parents were still unable to sponsor him to a technical secondary school and his dream of achieving secondary education was only made possible by the Department Social Welfare who came on board and sponsored his secondary education at Chama Boarding Secondary School until he graduated in 2011. POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP Jacob had fallen in love with politics at a tender age having gotten inspiration from his mother who was an influential political activist. He played a major role in school politics having advocated for freedom of expression amongst pupils at his primary school. It was during his political activism that the school administration at Mundalanga Basic School later appointed him as school headboy in 2008, the position which he later held at Chama Boarding Secondary School in the year 2011. He later became an active political follower having heavily advocated for a change of government from the MMD leadership to the rising Patriotic Front under the leadership of Mr. Michael Chilufya Sata. When the Patriotic Front later won the general election in September, 2011, Jacob was seen celebrating the victory at a school hall with his fellow pupils.