Honorific-Prefix: | Honourable |
Benny Tetamashimba | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office: | Minister of Local Government and Housing |
Predecessor: | Sylvia Masebo |
Term Start: | 14 November 2008 |
Term End: | 5 September 2009 |
President: | Rupiah Banda |
Office2: | Deputy Minister for Works and Supply |
Term Start2: | 9 October 2006 |
Term End2: | 29 March 2008 |
Predecessor2: | Kennedy Shepande |
Successor2: | Mundia Ndalemei |
Constituency Mp4: | Solwezi Central |
Birth Date: | 27 July 1955 |
Birth Place: | Mulimbi village, Mumena, North-Western Province, Zambia |
Death Place: | University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia |
Nationality: | Zambian |
Party: | Movement for Multi-Party Democracy |
Residence: | Zambia |
Benny Tetamashimba was a Zambian Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) politician and had been a Member of Parliament for Solwezi Central from 2001 to 2009 when he died. Tetamashimba was a member of United Party for National Development prior to joining the MMD.
Benny Tetamashimba has been known to be active member of parliament both as a minister and as an MP. Tetamashimba has given a number of reports to the Zambian parliament.
Tetamashimba was evacuated to South Africa for specialist treatment on August 9, 2009.[1] On September 3, 2009, it was reported that Tetamashimba had been brought back to University Teaching Hospital of Zambia in critical condition and was unable to speak.[2] [3] On September 5, it was reported that Tetamashimba had died at 18:30hrs, GMT.