| Honorific-Prefix: | Honorable |
| Twaambo Mutinta | |
| Order: | Elected member of the National Assembly |
| Term Start: | 2021 |
| Constituency: | Itezhi-Tezhi |
| Children: | 3 |
| Birth Place: | Zambia |
| Birth Date: | 28 September 1983 |
| Birth Name: | Twaambo Elvis Mutinta |
| Party: | United Party for National Development |
Twaambo E. Mutinta (born 28 September 1983) is a Zambian politician and Member of Parliament for Itezhi-Tezhi. He was elected to parliament in August 2021.[1] [2] [3]
Mutinta was born in September 1983. He did his primary education at Green Acres Primary and his high school at Kalomo Secondary in Kalomo. He joined the then Zambian opposition United Party for National Development at a young age and was adopted to stand on its ticket in the national election of 2021. He won the election as MP of Itezhi Tezhi in August of that year.
Previsouly, he worked as a project manager at Oxfarm Zambia and taught at Uphill High School in Itezhi Tezhi district.
He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Adult Education, Diploma in Secondary Education from the University of Zambia and has a Masters Degree in Development Studies from the University of Lusaka.[4]
Mutinta joined the then opposition United Party for National Development at a young age. He went on to seek primary nominations to represent the party in the Itezhi Tezhi parliamentary election which he eventually won in August 2021.
Mutinta is the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Science and Technology since 2022. He has also been a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Housing and Local governance. He is currently serving as Co-Chairperson for the Zambian Parliamentary Caucus on Environment and Climate Change (ZPCECC) and climate champion in the Zambian Parliament. He is a vice chairperson for Zambian parliamentary caucas on children as well as the parliamentary caucas on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights.
In May 2023, he was among the Zambian MPs visiting Kenya for curriculum education benchmark.[5] In 2022, he spoke at the UN on the challenges and efforts Zambia is making in addressing population growth.
Mutinta is married with 3 children.