 When a new team was assembled it was Bwalya and Kalusha that led the team, both of them scoring in a match against Morocco with Bwalya getting the winning goal with a 25-metre thunderbolt in 2-1 win.Bwalya was part of the team that reached the final of 1994 CAN in Tunisia and was a stand-in captain in Kalusha's absence as the team also qualified to the 1996 CAN in South Africa where they lost to Tunisia in the Semi-finals.At the 1996 Cup of Nations in South Africa, Bwalya was part of a Zambian team that won the bronze medal, scoring 15 goals in the process and demolishing Egypt 3-1 in a come from behind quarter-final victory.