Mwamba akagadzwa kuti ashande seGurukota rezvemitemo muhurumende yekutanga yeCongo yakazvimirira pasi peMutungamiri wePurezidhendi Patrice Lumumba. Hurumende yakagadzwa neParamende musi wa24 Chikumi 1960. Akakwikwidzana negurukota rezvemukati menyika Christophe Gbenye kuti asimbise masimba ake pamusoro peS Sûreté Nationale (mapurisa ekuchengetedza) kusvika Lumumba abatanidza mukuru wesangano kuhofisi yake. Musi wa 5 July mauto eCongo aiva muLéopoldville neThysville akapanduka, zvichikonzera dambudziko romunyika mavo
. Pana 8 July Dare reMakurukota rakaungana kuzokurukura kurongwazve kweuto. Vashumiri vanoverengeka vaida kuti Joseph-Désiré Mobutu ave Mutungamiriri Mukuru mutsva. Mwamba akafunga kuti akanga achiri muduku zvikuru uye akasarudza Victor Lundula nokuda kwebasa racho. Vakuru vakuru vacho pakupedzisira vakabvumirana, vachigamuchira kurumbidza kwaMwamba ndokuita Mobutu mukuru mukuru wemauto. Mazuva matatu gare gare Mwamba akarayira Procureur général kuti atange kuferefeta pamusoro pezviito zvemauto kurwisa vanhu vokuEurope mudunhu reKasai. Musi wa 28 Chikunguru akaitwa nhengo yekomiti yemakurukota yakagadzwa kuti ibatanidze zviito zvehurumende neavo vevakuru veUnited Nations. Mukuvamba kwaAugust akaenda kuNew York somumwe wenhume dzeCongo kuzokurukura neUN Security Council. Musi wa 5 Gunyana Mutungamiri Joseph Kasa-Vubu akadzinga Lumumba, Mwamba, nedzimwe nhengo dzinoverengeka dzehurumende kubva pachigaro.