Chishimba Kambwili

Chishimba Kambwili (born 3 June 1969) is a former member of the National Assembly of Zambia for Roan Constituency (2006 - 2019) in Luanshya District.[1] He has also held several posts in the cabinet. He is the leader of the National Democratic Congress (Zambia).

Dr Chishimba Kambwili
Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services
In office
5 February 2016 – 8 November 2016
PresidentEdgar Lungu
Member of the National Assembly for Roan
Assumed office
28 September 2006
Preceded byCameron Pwele
Personal details
Born (1969-06-03) 3 June 1969
Copperbelt Province
NationalityZambian
Political partyPatriotic Front (2001– 2018)
MMD (1990–1996) NDC President(2018 - present)
Spouse(s)Carol Kambwili
Alma materUniversity of Hull

He was born in Luanshya where he subsequently completed his education. Kambwili is also National Youth Chairman for the Patriotic Front, which in September 2011 election became the ruling party in Zambia.

Kambwili was first appointed Minister of Foreign affairs however was then moved to Minister of Labour, then Minister of Sports and Youth and later Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services. He was also the spokesperson of the current PF government and PF party during his tenure.

In August 2015 Kambwili had threatened to fire Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation after the agency started protesting his MP practices and by October of the same year revoked the license of Lusaka's Radio Phoenix, after assuming that some of their staff were supporting United Party for National Development candidates because there was absence of callers-in one of the station's programs.[2]

In the 2016 election Kambwili retained his MP seat from Roan Constituency and continued to serve as the Minister of Information and Broadcasting services in Lungu's second cabinet.

On 8 November 2016 President Lungu fired Kambwili as Information Minister a few days after the president threatened to deal with corrupt officials in his Cabinet.[3]

In 2017 he was expelled from the party along with Mwenya Musenge for destabilization reports.[4]

In 2018 Chishimba Kambwili was accused of using abusive language toward Zambian police and soldiers.[5] On 23 March 2018 he was rushed to the University Teaching Hospital after collapsing[6] at the Woodlands Police Station[7] and was discharged from there a week later.[8] On 27 February 2019 his seat was declared vacant by the Speaker of the National Assembly.

On 30 June 2020, Kambwili called on opposition parties in Zambia to form a grand opposition alliance ahead of the 2021 Zambian general election, citing the example of the 2020 Malawian presidential election.[9]

In October 2020, Chishimba Kambwili was sentenced to prison for "forgery" by the Lusaka Court of First Instance. "In the first count, the convict was sentenced to 12 months and an additional 12 months for disseminating false documents," Magistrate David Simu Samba said in his judgment. Both sentences will be executed simultaneously. He was acquitted of a charge of giving false information to an official.

References
  1. "Chishimba Kambwili | National Assembly of Zambia". www.parliament.gov.zm. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  2. Arch Puddington; Jennifer Dunham; Elen Aghekyan; Bret Nelson; Sarah Repucci; Tyler Roylance, eds. (2017). Freedom in the World 2016: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 778. ISBN 978-1-4422-6152-5.
  3. "Zambia: Chishimba Kambwili distances himself from a Tonga story attributed to him". Lusaka Times. 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  4. "We are ready to face Kambwili in Roan-PF". Lusaka Times. 2017-07-23. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  5. "Soldiers warns Kambwili, you will walk naked in Roan Constituency". The Zambian Observer. 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  6. Delphine Zulu (2018-03-29). "Kambwili collapses". Times of Zambia. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  7. Mike Makasa (2018-03-23). "Kambwili Rushed To Hospital After Being Held Without Police Bond". Zambia Reports. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  8. "Kambwili discharged from UTH". Lusaka Times. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  9. https://www.lusakatimes.com/2020/06/30/287113/
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