[1] After primary and secondary school, he studied at the "St. Augustine National Philosophical Seminary" in Mpima, Zambia from 1991 until 1994 and then at the "St. Dominic Major Theological Seminary" in Lusaka from 1994 until 1998.
From 2006 until 2008, he studied at a religious institution in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
He worked in various roles while a priest of Ndola including: Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Solwezi on 23 March 2010.
[1] In May 2023, Bishop Kasonde celebrated thirteen years of episcopal service with the Catholic faithful in the Diocese of Solwezi.
At that time he was the President of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA), headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.