John Mwaimba | |
Office: | Deputy Minister of Works and Supply |
Term Start: | 2006 |
Term End: | 2006 |
Office2: | Deputy Minister of Local Government and Housing |
Term Start2: | 2004 |
Term End2: | 2006 |
Predecessor2: | Guston Sichilima |
Office3: | Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services |
Term Start3: | 2002 |
Term End3: | 2003 |
Office4: | Member of the National Assembly for Kapiri Mposhi |
Term Start4: | 2002 |
Term End4: | 2006 |
Predecessor4: | Macdonald Nkabika |
Successor4: | Friday Malwa |
Birth Date: | 30 March 1950 |
Party: | Movement for Multi-Party Democracy |
Profession: | Businessman |
John Mwaimba (born 30 March 1950)[1] is a Zambian politician. He served as Member of the National Assembly for Kapiri Mposhi from 2002 until 2006.
Prior to entering politics, Mwaimba was a businessman.[1] He contested the Kapiri Mposhi seat as the National Lima Party candidate in the 1996 general elections, but finished in third place.[2] Prior to the 2001 general elections he was chosen as the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) candidate and was elected to the National Assembly with a majority of 3,761.[3] Following the elections he was appointed Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services. However, he was sacked by President Levy Mwanawasa in 2003 after being accused of fraud.[4] In June 2004 he was made Deputy Minister of Local Government and Housing.[5] He was later moved to become Deputy Minister of Works and Supply in 2006.
Mwaimba was not selected as the MMD candidate for the Kapiri Mposhi for the 2006 general elections.[6]