Peter Kaumba

In 1971, Kaumba joined an amateur team called UBZ which was sponsored by the United Bus Company of Zambia. He also played for Zambia Schools while at Kitwe Boys. In 1975, he joined Mindola United and played a key role in the team's Division II championship victory the following season, which secured their promotion to Division I. He was the club's top scorer, netting 39 goals. After Mindola United was relegated following one season in the top division, he transferred to Power Dynamos in 1977, where he made an impact with the FAZ Division III champions. He helped Dynamos gain promotion to the First Division when they won the title, spending only one season in Division II. He won his first piece of silverware in a 7–6 penalty shoot-out Independence Cup win over Ndola United in October 1979. The following year, Alex Chola joined Dynamos. Dynamos, who were dubbed "a baby born with teeth," retained the Independence Cup with a 2–0 victory over Green Buffaloes. In the second minute of the game, Kaumba scored the first goal, but had to withdraw with a dislocated arm five minutes into the second half. Despite being an attacking midfielder, Kaumba was a prolific goal-scorer. He could switch to the right wing when needed. Nicknamed '’Abaleya'’ – a popular call by Copperbelt mini-bus conductors to lure customers which means 'those who are going'. In 1982, Dynamos played in the African Cup Winners Cup. They reached the final, where they lost to the Egyptian club Arab Contractors. Kaumba…

Kaumba was called up to the Zambia national team by Brian Tiler, and scored a last-minute goal in a CAN qualifier against Malawi on 15 April 1979 in Blantyre, leading to a 2–0 victory. A month before the Moscow Olympic Games, he suffered an injury in a friendly match against Zimbabwe in Lusaka which made him miss the tournament. In August 1981, he scored a crucial goal that qualified Zambia to CAN 1982 in a 2–0 victory over Morocco which gave Zambia a 3–2 aggregate victory. He was Zambia's highest scoring player at the tournament, scoring three goals, one fewer than the tournament's top scorer, Ghana's George Alhassan. He was chosen among the eleven best players of the tournament by a panel of African Sports journalists who covered the tournament. Later that year, Kaumba struck twice when Zambia beat Egypt 5–3 in Cairo to win the CAF Silver Jubilee tournament. He scored against Egypt again in an Olympic Games qualifier in Lusaka on 9 October 1983 in a 1–0 win with a late goal off Chola's free-kick although Zambia lost the return leg 2–0 in Cairo. Kaumba quit football when his career was curtailed by a serious knee injury late in 1984 and took up coaching.

When Kaumba's career ended, he concentrated on working for ZCCM Power Division in the Accounts Section until he was appointed assistant coach to Alex Chola at Dynamos in 1988, a position he held until 1989 when he was given the task of heading youth football at the club. In 1994, the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) attached him to the U-20 national team as assistant coach. When Dynamos coach Webby Chilufya was fired at the end of the 1996 season, the team's management hired Kaumba to lead the club as head coach. Appointed in early 1997, he led Dynamos to the league title after leading the table from the first day of the season to the last. The following year, he was relieved of his duties just four months after winning the league when Dynamos players reportedly revolted when they were left out of the home ownership empowerment scheme at ZCCM Power Division and management accused him of inciting the players. He continued in his role as U-20 assistant coach and was part of Zambia's coaching bench at both the African Junior championship and the World Youth Cup in 1999 under Patrick Phiri. When Green Buffaloes were faced with relegation following their return to the top flight in 1999, they hired him to replace George Chikokola and he managed to stave off relegation. In 2000, he guided Buffaloes to the final of the Mosi Cup which they lost to Nkana 7–6 on post-match penalties. He also led Buffaloes to a 6th-place finish. The following season, Kaumba was replaced with Guston…

Kaumba was born in Kitwe, Zambia, where his father, White Kaumba, worked as a miner. He supported Rhokana United (now Nkana FC) as a boy and his hero was Godfrey 'Ucar' Chitalu. He attended Wusakile and Misheshi primary schools and completed his secondary education at Kitwe Boys Secondary School, graduating in 1976. He played as a left winger and occasional goalkeeper during the formative years of his career.