John Mwaimba (born 30 March 1950)John Mwaimba
National Assembly of Zambia is a

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...

n politician. He served as Member of the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...

for

Kapiri Mposhi Kapiri Mposhi is a Zambian town, seat of the Kapiri Mposhi District, Central Province. Located north of Lusaka, it stands on the Great North Road and is significant for the railway connection between Zambia Railways line from Kitwe to Lusaka ...

from 2002 until 2006.

Biography

Prior to entering politics, Mwaimba was a businessman. He contested the Kapiri Mposhi seat as the National Lima Party candidate in the

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, but finished in third place. Prior to the 2001 general elections he was chosen as the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) candidate and was elected to the National Assembly with a majority of 3,761. Following the elections he was appointed Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services. However, he was sacked by President Levy Mwanawasa in 2003 after being accused of fraud. In June 2004 he was made Deputy Minister of Local Government and Housing. He was later moved to become Deputy Minister of Works and Supply in 2006. Mwaimba was not selected as the MMD candidate for the Kapiri Mposhi for the 2006 general elections.Candidates wanted
Africa Confidential, 23 June 2006

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mwaimba, John 1950 births Living people Zambian businesspeople Movement for Multi-Party Democracy politicians Members of the National Assembly of Zambia