In 1975, he lost his place to Abraham Nkole but returned for the two legged World Cup qualifier against Uganda in February 1977. The following month, he was left out of the national team for failing to report to camp and his club revealed that he had been missing from Luanshya since featuring for Zambia against Uganda. It emerged in April that he had written to the club requesting a transfer. This was prompted by Roan's reluctance to give him chance to sit for his crafts training course at work which led to frustration. He then moved to Rokana United, and this led to the emergence of his understudy at Roan Vincent Chileshe who also took over at the national team. In 1980, Mwape's younger brother Kenny played in goal for Zambia giving the siblings a unique record. Mwape made a comeback when he captained a young Zambian team to the CECAFA tournament and the following year, he traveled to CAN 1982 as a reserve goalkeeper.