Zambian politician
Friday Malwa
In office 2008–2011In office 2007–2008In office 2006–2007In office 2006–2011Preceded by John Mwaimba Succeeded by Lawrence Zimba
Born (1952-09-28 ) 28 September 1952 (age 72) Political party MMD , PF , UPND Profession Salesman
Chipepo Peter Friday Malwa (born 28 September 1952)[ 1] is a Zambian politician. He served as Member of the National Assembly for Kapiri Mposhi from 2006 until 2011.
Biography
Prior to entering politics, Malwa worked as a salesman.[ 1] He contested the Kapiri Mposhi seat as the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) candidate in the 2006 general elections and was elected with a majority of 18,000.[ 2] Following the elections he was appointed Deputy Minister of Energy and Water Development .[ 3] In 2007 he was moved to the Deputy Minister in the Office of the Vice-President .[ 4]
In 2008 Malwa became Deputy Minister of Community Development and Social Welfare .[ 5] However, he was not selected as the MMD candidate for Kapiri Mposhi for the 2011 general elections , later claiming this was because he had refused to bribe party officials.[ 6] In 2012 he left the MMD to join the Patriotic Front (PF).[ 6] He then moved to the United Party for National Development (UPND) in 2016 after failing to become the PF candidate in the 2016 general elections . However, after also failing to gain the UPND nomination for Kapiri Mposhi, he returned to the PF.[ 7]
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