| Chifita Matafwali | |
| Office: | Member of the National Assembly |
| Constituency: | Bangweulu |
| Term Start: | 2011 |
| Term End: | 20 May 2015 |
| Successor: | Anthony Kasandwe |
| Birth Date: | 28 November 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Samfya, Zambia |
| Death Place: | Pune, India |
| Party: | Patriotic Front |
Chifita Matafwali (28 November 1959 – 20 May 2015)[1] was a Zambian politician. He was a member of the National Assembly for the Bangweulu constituency for the Patriotic Front since the 2011 elections.[2]
Matafwali died at age 55 while undergoing, or shortly after, a kidney transplant in the Jehangir Hospital in Pune, India on 20 May 2015.[3] [4] Anthony Kasandwe of the Patriotic Front was elected as Matafwali's successor in June 2015.[5]
Matafwali was born on 28 November 1959 in Samfya. His father, Scott Matafwali, served as a member of the National Assembly for Bangweulu between 1970 and 1978.[6] Matafwali followed his primary and secondary education in Samfya. He later studied economics at the University of Zambia. After his period at university Matafwali worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers and Chibote Investments until 2001 and subsequently as a consultant.[6]
In 2001 elections Matafwali unsuccessfully ran as a candidate of the Zambia Republican Party for the Bangweulu constituency.[6]
Matafwali was married and had four children.[2] [6]