Clement Sinyinda | |
Office4: | Deputy Minister of Education |
Term Start4: | 2007 |
Term End4: | 2011 |
Office5: | Member of the National Assembly for Senanga |
Term Start5: | 2006 |
Term End5: | 2011 |
Predecessor5: | Walusiku Situmbeko |
Successor5: | Likando Mufalali |
Birth Date: | 2 January 1952 |
Birth Place: | Situnda, Senanga District, Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia |
Party: | Movement for Multi-Party Democracy |
Profession: | Teacher, politician, and Barotseland independence activist |
Clement Wainyae Sinyinda (born 2 January 1952)[1] is a Zambian politician. He served as a member of the National Assembly for Senanga constituency between 2006 and 2011. He also held the post of Ngambela of the Barotse Royal Establishment, a Barotseland self-determination movement.[2]
Sinyinda was born in 1952 into a family from Situnda, a village in Senanga District.[3] He worked as a teacher before entering politics.[1] Prior to the 2006 general elections he was chosen as the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy candidate in the Senanga constituency and defeated the incumbent MP Walusiku Situmbeko with 70% of the vote and an 8,700 majority.[4] In October 2007 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Education.[5] He did not contest the 2011 general elections.
In January 2012, he was appointed Ngambela (Prime Minister) of Barotseland.[3] However, he resigned from the post in November, claiming he had not been supported by the Litunga (King of Barotseland), Lubosi II Imwiko.[6] In September 2013, he was arrested and charged with treason for allegedly supporting the secession of Western Province.[7] After spending three months in custody, he was released in December after the government abandoned the prosecution.[8]
He was elected the leader of the Barotse National Freedom Alliance in 2016.[9]