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- ↑ Peter Marvin William Daka National Assembly of Zambia
- ↑ 2001 parliamentary election results Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Electoral Commission of Zambia
- ↑ Zambia Human Rights Report 2002 Kubatana
- ↑ Levison Mumba Petitions Msanzala By-Election The Post, 12 December 2003
- ↑ Politics in Development Had Been Ignored - Daka The Post, 18 May 2005
- ↑ 2006 parliamentary election results Archived 2018-04-17 at the Wayback Machine Electoral Commission of Zambia
- ↑ New Zambian cabinet appointed by President Levy Mwanawasa on 9 October 2006 SARDC, October 2006
- ↑ Zambian president reshuffles his cabinet IOL, 23 April 2007
- ↑ RB moves Chituwo, Daka to other ministries Zambia Watchdog, 28 September 2010
- ↑ 2011 parliamentary election results Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Electoral Commission of Zambia
- ↑ Patriotic Front wins Msanzala Zambian Watchdog, 17 February 2012
- ↑ Candidate results for Msanzala Electoral Commission of Zambia
- ↑ ConCourt upholds Peter Daka election Daily Mail, 12 January 2017