Honorable
Golden Mwila
Elected member of the National Assembly
In office
2021–2026
ConstituencyMufulira
Personal details
Born
Golden Mwila

(1974-12-17) 17 December 1974
Zambia
Political partyPatriotic Front
SpouseHilda Ngulube - Mwila
Children3

Golden Mwila (born 17 December 1974) is a Zambian Politician and Member of Parliament for Mufulira. He was elected to Parliament after the 2021 Zambian national elections.[1][2][3]

Early life

Mwila was born on 17 December 1974, at Chimwemwe Clinic in Kitwe on the Copperbelt Province of Zambia to Mr Golden Kampasa Mwila and Mrs Lafe Chisala Mwila. He was born in a family of Nine (9), seven boys and two girls.

He spent early years in Kitwe and Kawambwa (now known as Mwansabombwe) before moving to Mufulira District at the age of four.

Education

Mwila did his primary school at Buyantanshi Primary School in Mufulira. He did his grades 8 and 9 at Mufulira Secondary School and completed his high school at Hillcrest National Technical Secondary School.

In 1999, Mwila obtained a Barchelors degree from the Copperbelt University. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from Edinburgh Business School as well as a Law Degree from the University of Lusaka. He is a Chartered Accountant and fellow member of ACCA.[3]

Politics

Mwila was elected to the National Assembly of Zambia in August 2021. He is a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Sport, Youth and Child Matters. He is also a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Education, Science and Technology since September 2021.[4]

Mwila first had early interest in politics when Zambia returned to Multi Party political system at the beginning of 1990s. He participated in election monitoring in the 1996 General Elections.

After that, he had joined in student politics while studying at the Copperbelt University (CBU). In 1999, he won elections as a student leader in the Student Council and served as Treasurer.[5]

In 2006, he joined the Patriotic Front of Michael Sata In 2016, applied to contest for Mwansabombwe Parliamentary Constituency on the Patriotic Front party ticket but was not adopted by his party. The Party opted to adopt the incumbent Rogers Mwewa.

In 2021, he applied to contest for Mufulira Central Parliamentary Constituency on the Patriotic Front party ticket and was adopted. He won the elections held later that year in August 2021 defeating six other candidates. Currently, he Serves on two Parliamentary Committees on Youth, Sport & Child Matters and Education, Science & Technology in the National Assembly of Zambia.[6]

Personal life

Mwila is married and has three (3) children. He has a biography book titled; “The future my father lived”. He is a member of the United Church of Zambia (UCZ).

References

  1. ↑ "MUFULIRA NOW a GHOST TOWN….under PF people were able to support their families but things are difficult- Mufulira Central MP Hon Golden Mwila". 19 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Zambia : Stalled construction works of Mufulira District Hospital to resume soon". 22 April 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Golden Mwila | National Assembly of Zambia".
  4. ↑ Chisalu, Philip (March 4, 2022). "Mwambazi must recuse himself from chairing PAC, demands APNAC".
  5. ↑ https://diggers.news/local/2022/07/23/speaker-directs-mwiimbu-to-issue-statement-on-disruption-of-malanjis-donation-by-upnd-cadres/ News Diggers
  6. ↑ Chisalu, Philip (March 10, 2022). "Mwambazi must step down as PAC chair if he has interest in one of the summoned companies - Speaker".
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