The United Party for National Development (UPND) is a liberal political party in Zambia,led by Hakainde Hichilema,the current president of the country. The party is an observer member of the Africa Liberal Network.
Lusaka Province is one of the ten provinces of Zambia. Its capital is Lusaka,which is also the national capital. It is the smallest province in Zambia,with an area of 21,896 km2. Lusaka is also Zambia's most populated and most densely populated province,with a population of 3,079,964 and density of 140 persons per km2 as of 2022. It is the most urban province,with the most doctors and fewest malaria-related incidents. The province is bordered by Zimbabwe and Mozambique,and separated by the Lower Zambezi National Park.
Misisi Compound is a shanty town or komboni located in Lusaka,Zambia. In 2008,it was estimated to have 10,000 inhabitants. Plans for redevelopment were announced by President Edgar Lungu in 2019.
Maureen Mwanawasa is a legal practitioner and was once a First Lady of Zambia from 2002 to 2008. She is also a member of the Association of Women Lawyers in the United Kingdom,a serving council member of Law Association of Zambia Women’s Rights Committee,and is the current Vice Chairperson for the Habitat for Humanity,Zambia Board. She is the current Patron of Breakthrough Cancer Trust and the Child Care &Adoption Society of Zambia.
Margaret Mhango Mwanakatwe is a Zambian politician who was the Minister of Finance from 14 February 2018 to 14 July 2019. She worked previously as a businesswoman,accountant,and bank executive. She was the director for business development in Anglophone Africa at the United Bank for Africa at the bank's headquarters in Lagos,Nigeria. In this role,she supervised business development in Cameroon,the Democratic Republic of the Congo,Ghana,Kenya,Liberia,Mozambique,Tanzania,Uganda,and Zambia. Before that,she served as the managing director and chief executive officer of the United Bank for Africa Uganda Limited from March 2009 until May 2011.
Presidential elections were held in Zambia on 20 January 2015 to elect a president to serve the remainder of the term of President Michael Sata,following his death on 28 October 2014.
Christine Kaseba is a Zambian physician,surgeon and politician who served as the First Lady of Zambia from September 2011 until her husband's death in October 2014. She is the widow of former President Michael Sata,who died in office on October 28,2014. Kaseba made an unsuccessful bid for President of Zambia in the January 2015 special presidential election to succeed her husband. She was appointed Zambian Ambassador to France on April 16,2018.
Edgar Chagwa Lungu is a Zambian politician who served as the sixth president of Zambia from 26 January 2015 to 24 August 2021. Under President Michael Sata,Lungu served as Minister of Justice and Minister of Defence. Following Sata's death in October 2014,Lungu was adopted as the candidate of the Patriotic Front in a Convention of the Patriotic Front in Kabwe,for the January 2015 presidential by-election,which was to determine who would serve out the remainder of Sata's term. In the election,he narrowly defeated opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema and took office on 25 January 2015.
Catherine Phiri is a Zambian professional boxer. She held the WBC female bantamweight title from 2016 to 2017 and challenged twice for the WBC female super-bantamweight title in 2017 and 2019.
Esther Phiri is a Former World Female Boxing Champion Zambian boxer. Esther was stripped of her title after her retirement. Esther is the first female Zambian boxer to get international recognition and accolades. She became world champion after defeating Belinda Laracuente.
Charlotte Harland Scott is a British-born Zambian economic and social development specialist who served as the First Lady of Zambia from October 2014 to January 2015 during the tenure of her husband,interim President Guy Scott. She had previously served as the Chief of Social Policy and Economic Analysis,Planning Monitoring and Evaluation for UNICEF Zambia from 2007 until 2012. In 2016,Scott contested the Lusaka Central seat in the National Assembly during the general election.
Jean Kapata is a Zambian politician and former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources.
Brenda Muntemba was a Zambian diplomat who was serving as the Zambian High Commissioner to Kenya at the time of her death. She had also served as the Commissioner of Police,Southern Province and Chief Program Officer at UNESCO in Zambia. She was a school teacher between 1993 and 1995 at Leopards Hill High School and was also a part-time radio presenter for Radio Phoenix and Christian Voice. Muntemba authored and published four motivational books,under Langmead and Baker;OFF DUTY (2011) In Retrospect (2013),Secrets Unveiled (2015) and The Architect (2018).
Senior Chieftainess Nkomeshya Mukamambo II is the chieftainship of the Soli people of Chongwe District in Lusaka Province. She has been a chieftainess in the area since 1976. She is the second female Nkomeshya since 19th century Mukamambo I who is mythologized as having spiritual powers that allowed her to change her physical form and veil her people to protect them from enemies.
Jessie Chisi is a Zambian film director and screenwriter.
Sydney Mushanga is a Zambian politician. He currently serves as Member of the National Assembly for Bwacha,as well as the Minister for Central Province.
Chisamba District is a district of Central Province,Zambia. It covers a total surface area of 5,526 sq.km and is known for its agricultural activities with over 32,000 small scale farming families and 256 commercial farmers,the majority of whom are white Zambians. It shares borders with Lusaka,Chongwe,Chibombo,Kabwe,Kapiri Mposhi and Luano Districts. The District has a total population of 103,983 of which 51,955 are females and 52,028 are males.
Between Rings:The Esther Phiri Story is a documentary film co-written and co-directed by Zambian filmmaker Jessie Chisi,and Finnish director Salla Sorri. The film is about Esther Phiri,Chisi's cousin,who left her education and prospect of marriage to embark on a boxing career,and became seven-time world welterweight champion.
Patricia Mulasikwanda is a Zambian politician who served as Minister of Sports,Youth,and Child Development and later Minister of Gender and Women in Development. She served as the Mulobezi member of Parliament from July 2015 to August 2016.
