Kabwata is a constituency of the

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. It covers the

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suburbs of Kabwata, Libala and Chilenje in

Lusaka District Lusaka District is a district of Zambia, located in Lusaka Province. The capital lies at Lusaka. As of the 2000 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 1,084,703 people. Constituencies Lusaka District is divided into seven constituenci ...

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. In September 2001, a by-election was held after incumbent MP

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was expelled from the ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) together with nine cabinet ministers. The by-election was contested by the MMD (who fielded Dominic Laban Nyirongo), the

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(who fielded Kamoyo Mwale) and the

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(who fielded Richard Kachingwe). The by-election was won by Kachingwe, although he was only a Member of Parliament for a few months as general elections were held on 27 December 2001.The Truth is Coming Out, Says Lt. Gen. Tembo
The Post, 7 September 2001

List of MPs

Election results

2001

2006

2011

References

{{Zambian constituencies Constituencies of the National Assembly of Zambia 1973 establishments in Zambia Constituencies established in 1973