Sean Enoch Tembo (born 30 March 1980) is a Zambian politician, certified accountant and President of the Patriots For Economic Progress political party. He participated in the 2021 presidential elections where he came out number thirteen out of sixteen candidates with a total of 1,813 votes representing 0.04%.

Early life and career

Tembo was born in 1980 in

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's Jabu Village in the Eastern Province of Zambia. He attended his primary school in

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at Chitukuko Primary School and his junior secondary education in Lusaka at Kabulonga School and completed his senior secondary school education in 1997 at

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in Livingstone. He is a holder of a bachelor's degree in Accountancy obtained from the

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He is also a holder of a master's degree in Business Administration obtained from

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. He is the founder of Enosyst Associates, an audit & business advisory services firm. He has also served as Assistant Superintendent of the Zambia Police Service. Tembo is currently the president of the Patriots for Economic Progress (PEP) political party. As the PEP president, Sean Tembo decided to join the Opposition Alliance in 2018 and was appointed as the spokesperson of the alliance. However, on 11 July 2019, Tembo decided that his party should leave the alliance due to disagreements. As the PEP president, Sean Tembo decided to join the United Kwacha Alliance (UKA), an alliance of political parties, in May 2024. He then joined the

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in September 2024 and was appointed as the spokesperson of the alliance. Due to the United Kwacha Alliance (UKA) not being in support of a political party belonging to more than one alliance, it was decided that Tembo and his party (PEP) are no-longer part of UKA.

Personal life

Tembo is married to Lorrita Kabwe, a Consultant Cardiologist at the

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