 Nyorai mberi kwechikamu chino - Mwedzi mumwe chete mitambo yeMoscow isati yatanga, Kaumba akakuvara mumutambo wehushamwari neZimbabwe muLusaka izvo zvakaita kuti asapinda mumutambo uyu. Muna August 1981, Kaumba akarova zvibodzwa zvakakosha zvakaita kuti Zambia ikwanise kuenda kuCAN 1982mu 20 kukunda Morocco iyo yakapa Zambia 32 kukunda kwese. 