Ester Banda was a

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n politician. She served as a member of the

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for Roan from 1964 to 1968 and was jointly one of the first elected female MPs in Zambia.

Biography

A member of the

United National Independence Party The United National Independence Party (UNIP) is a political party in Zambia. It governed the country from 1964 to 1991 under the socialist presidency of Kenneth Kaunda, and was the sole legal party in the country between 1973 and 1990. On 4 A ...

(UNIP), Banda was appointed Under-Secretary of the Women's Brigade, having rallied support for the party in Ndola. In the 1964 Northern Rhodesian general election, January 1964 general elections, Banda contested the Roan constituency as the UNIP candidate, and was elected to the Legislative Council, one of the three women elected alongside Margret Mbeba and Nakatindi Yeta Nganga. At independence later in 1964, the Legislative Council became the National Assembly. She lost her seat in the 1968 Zambian general election, 1968 elections and later served as a district governor and UNIP's provincial secretary in Copperbelt Province.''Sub-Saharan Africa Report'', Issues 2457–2463, p22

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