Mutale Nalumango: Difference between revisions

'''Mutale Nalumango''' (born 01 January 1955)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mutale W K Nalumango {{!}} National Assembly of Zambia|url=https://www.parliament.gov.zm/node/4130|access-date=2021-05-21|website=www.parliament.gov.zm}}</ref> is a Zambian teacher by profession, politician and is currently the running mate for [[UPND]] president [[Hakainde Hichilema]] for the [[2021 Zambian general election|2021 general election]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-05-19|title=HH settles for Nalumango as running mate|url=https://diggers.news/local/2021/05/19/hh-settles-for-nalumango-as-running-mate/|access-date=2021-05-21|website=Zambia: News Diggers!|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-20|title=HH PICKS NALUMANGO AS THOUSANDS THRONG MULUNGUSHI TO ESCORT UPND LEADERS|url=https://dailynationzambia.com/2021/05/20/hh-picks-nalumango-as-thousands-throng-mulungushi-to-escort-upnd-leaders/|access-date=2021-05-21|website=Daily Nation|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-14|title=UPND ALLIANCE COLLAPSING AS HH BACK TRACKS, PICKS MUTALE NALUMANGO RUNNING MATE|url=https://dailynationzambia.com/2021/05/14/upnd-alliance-collapsing-as-hh-back-tracks-picks-mutale-nalumango-running-mate/|access-date=2021-05-21|website=Daily Nation|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mutale Nalumango Appointed UPND Vice President|url=https://www.openzambia.com/politics/2021/2/24/mutale-nalumango-appointed-upnd-vice-president|access-date=2021-05-21|website=Open Zambia|language=en-US}}</ref> She served as Secondary Schools’ Teachers Union of Zambia vice-president, before resigning to join politics in the year 2001.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=HH Confirms Nalumango As Running Mate|url=https://www.openzambia.com/politics/2021/5/20/hh-confirms-nalumango-as-running-mate|access-date=2021-05-21|website=Open Zambia|language=en-US}}</ref> She first became a Member of Parliament in 2001 under the [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy|Movement for Multiparty Democracy]] in [[Kaputa (constituency)|Kaputa Constituency]]. She has severed as deputy minister of information and deputy speaker in parliament<ref>{{Cite web|title=CPPCC vice chairman meets Zambian National Assembly deputy speaker|url=http://zm2.mofcom.gov.cn/article/bilateralvisits/201104/20110407500825.shtml|access-date=2021-05-21|website=zm2.mofcom.gov.cn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Editor|first=Online|title=Mutale Nalumango Former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Mutale Nalumango {{!}} Lusaka Voice|url=https://www.lusakavoice.com/2014/05/15/statement-on-satas-intimidation-of-media-houses-upnd/mutale-nalumango-former-deputy-speaker-of-the-national-assembly-mutale-nalumango/|access-date=2021-05-21|language=en-US}}</ref> in 2010 making her the first woman to hold that position.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chanda|first=Bwalya|date=2021-02-23|title=Mutale Nalumango appointed UPND Vice President|url=https://zambianews365.com/mutale-nalumango-appointed-upnd-vice-president/|access-date=2021-05-21|website=ZambiaNews365.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=HH Confirms Nalumango As Running Mate|url=https://www.openzambia.com/politics/2021/5/20/hh-confirms-nalumango-as-running-mate|access-date=2021-05-21|website=Open Zambia|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=March 14, 2020|title=Prudent but tough: Upclose with UPND’s Mutale Nalumango|url=http://www.daily-mail.co.zm/prudent-but-tough-upclose-with-upnds-mutale-nalumango/|url-status=live|access-date=May 21, 2021|website=Zambia Daily Mail}}</ref>

Mutale born in 1955 is a teacher by profession, She served as Secondary Schools’ Teachers Union of Zambia vice-president before joing politics in 2001 and was elected member of parliament for [[Kaputa (constituency)|Kaputa]] in 2001 under the MMD. She also served as information and broadcasting minister under the [[Levy Mwanawasa#First term as president|Levy Mwanawasa's goverment]]. As information and broadcasting minister her actions raised concerns on the press's freedom in Zambia was concerned after police raided Richard Sakala’s Omega TV following a letter written by then solicitor general Sunday Nkonde in which he stated that the TV station was operating illegally and needed to be shut down.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-09-21|title=Zambia : Richard Sakala wants his TV back|url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2010/09/21/richard-sakala-tv/|access-date=2021-05-21|website=LusakaTimes.com|language=en-GB}}</ref> In her second term as member of parliament for Kaputa in [[2006 Zambian general election|2006]] she stood for [[Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia|deputy spaker]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=How educated is your local MP?|url=http://www.zambian-economist.com/2010/02/how-educated-is-your-local-mp.html|access-date=2021-05-21}}</ref>of the [[National Assembly of Zambia]] and won unopposed for the position and became the first ever female to hold that position. After the [[2011 Zambian general election|2011 elections]] she lost her parliamentary seat to [[Maxas Ng'onga]] of [[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|PF]], she then joined the [[United Party for National Development|UPND]] where She was appointed the party’s national chairwoman in 2013, a position she held until February 2021 when she adpoted as the Vice President of the party.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Digest|first=Zambian|date=2021-05-19|title=Hichilema Unveils Mutale Nalumango As Running-Mate; Holds Huge Rally After Nominations|url=https://zambiandigest.com/2021/05/hichilema-unveils-mutale-nalumango-as-running-mate-holds-huge-rally-after-nominations/|access-date=2021-05-21|website=Zambian Digest|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=MUTALE NALUMANGO APPOINTED AS UPND VEEP|url=https://rcvoice.co.zm/news/mutale-nalumango-appointed-as-upnd-veep/|access-date=2021-05-21|website=Radio Christian Voice|language=en-US}}</ref>