Serenje is approximately 191 km from Kapiri Mposhi on the Great North Road.

Though the area has rich soils and thick forests, economic development appears to have eluded this Zambian rural outpost.

The Lala people, like most ethnic groups in central and northern and northwestern parts of Zambia, are said to have descended from the Luba-Lunda Kingdom in present-day Congo DRC.

These are the chiefdoms of Muchinda, Muchinka, Chisomo, Serenje, Kabamba, Mailo, and Chibale.

[1] Serenje features a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cwa)[2] with distinct wet and dry seasons.