Story Courtesy of Times Of Zambia

“Being a lawyer has always been my dream since childhood but my parents unwavering moral and financial support is what greatly influenced me in my career to actualise that dream. They have always valued my education more than anything and did everything within their means to see me become what I have always wanted to be,” Henry Soko.  

NIPA Alumni, Henry Soko scooped the best graduating student at Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (ZIALE) in the October 2020 Examinations.  

Henry Walaza Soko aged 25 is currently working as a Legal Assistant at a private law firm in Lusaka. Henry Was Born and bred in Chingola.

“My family life was quite interesting especially that I came from a humble background so I had experiences such as spending most of my holidays with family at the farm because my parents are small scale farmers. Due to the involvement of my family in many business ventures I had experiences such as selling what we called then as Ice blocks at Twatasha Market and later sold chicken and other farm produce at Chiwempala market,” he says.

Henry graduated at NIPA on the 27^th September, 2018 and was supposed to graduate at ZIALE on the 29^th January, 2021 but due to the rise of COVID19 cases the graduation has been postponed to a later date to be communicated.

Henry emphasises that ZIALE is passable and …it only requires a positive attitude with hard-work and discipline.

Thank you Henry for sticking to the values of Excellence*Probity like a postage stamp. 

“…The late President Levy Patrick Mwanawasa S.C he remains even in his death as one of my role models because he was an accomplished lawyer as evidenced by the several prestigious positions he held in his legal career inter-alia the position of Solicitor- General, Attorney-General and above all the dignified title of State Counsel….”says an elated Henry.