Margret Safatiya Mbeba was 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. She served as a member of the

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

Biography

A member of the

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(UNIP), Mbeba contested the Kazimuli constituency in the January 1964 general elections as the UNIP candidate. She was elected to the Legislative Council, one of the three women elected alongside

Ester Banda Ester Banda was a Zambian politician. She served as a member of the National Assembly of Zambia, National Assembly for Roan (constituency), Roan from 1964 to 1968 and was jointly one of the first elected female MPs in Zambia. Biography A member ...

and

Nakatindi Yeta Nganga Nakatindi Yeta Nganga (1922–1972)Wim van Binsbergen (1987Chiefs and the state in independent ZambiaJournal of Legal Pluralism was a Lozi aristocrat and Zambian politician. Jointly one of the first women elected to the National Assembly, she w ...

.Mbuyo Nalumango and Monde Sifuniso (1998) ''Woman power in politics'', Zambia Women Writers Association, p48 At independence later in 1964, the Legislative Council became the National Assembly. She lost her seat in the 1968 elections.

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