Chanda featured twice at CAN 1982 as Zambia reached the semifinals. In April 1983, Zambia narrowly lost the first leg of CAN qualifying to Sudan 2-1 and in the second leg, attacked at will but could not get the single goal that they needed to progress to CAN 1984 and despite being their main threat upfront, Chanda was substituted in the second half for Ashols Melu. After the match, Sudanese coach Mohammed Abdin called the decision to substitute Chanda ‘an act of self-elimination’ as they regarded him as the most dangerous striker in the Zambian team.