Zambia's Education Minister, David Mabumba has been fired after allegedly appearing in a viral sex video. 

Though President Edgar Lungu's spokesperson, Isaac Chipampe did not disclose the reason for Mabumba's dismissal, it however came after the sex tape of a man that looks like him went viral. The man was spotted in live WhatsApp video with a woman, naked and masturbating.

A  statement from the President Lungu's spokesman Isaac Chipampe partly read; 

"I have relieved Minister of General Education Hon David Mabumba of his duty with immediate effect. I have thanked him for the services he rendered to Government and wished him well in his future endeavours."

It added that Dr Dennis Wanchinga who is the minister of Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection will move to the Ministry of General Education in the same capacity.

The country's local media reported that the Minister is currently in quarantine over the Coronavirus pandemic.