Benny Tetamashimba was a

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Movement for Multiparty Democracy The Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) also known as New Hope MMD is a political party in Zambia. Originally formed to oust the previous government, MMD controlled an absolute majority in parliament between 1991 and 2001, when its past lead ...

(MMD)

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and had been a

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for Solwezi Central from 2001 to 2009 when he died. Tetamashimba was a member of

United Party for National Development The United Party for National Development (UPND) is a social liberal political party in Zambia, led by Hakainde Hichilema, the current president of the country. The party is an observer member of the Africa Liberal Network. History The UPND was ...

prior to joining the MMD.

Parliamentary participation

Benny Tetamashimba has been known to be active member of parliament both as a minister and as an MP. Tetamashimba has given a number of reports to the Zambian parliament.

Hospital and death

Tetamashimba was evacuated to

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for specialist treatment on August 9, 2009. On September 3, 2009, it was reported that Tetamashimba had been brought back to

University Teaching Hospital The University Teaching Hospital (UTH) formerly Lusaka hospital is the biggest public tertiary hospital in Lusaka, Zambia. It is the largest hospital with 1,655 beds. It is a teaching hospital and, as such, is used to train local medical student ...

of Zambia in critical condition and was unable to speak.“Tetamashimba Admitted in UTH Intensive Care Unit”
, MuviTv On September 5, it was reported that Tetamashimba had died at 18:30hrs, GMT.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tetamashimba, Benny 2009 deaths Members of the National Assembly of Zambia United Party for National Development politicians Movement for Multi-Party Democracy politicians 1955 births People from North-Western Province, Zambia