Zambia’s 2nd Female but 14th Vice President Dr. Witner Kapembwa Mutale-Nalumango at International Conference of Great Lakes Region Ministers of Defence Extraordinary Meeting, Livingstone, Southern Province Saturday, January 10, 2026
Captions 1-(0180)-Vice President Dr. W.K. Mutale Nalumango with Minister of Defence, Ambrose Lufuma and Vice Prime-Minister, Minister of Defence of the DRC and Chairperson of the ICGLR Committee of Defence Ministers, Guy Kabombo Muadiamvita in Livingstone during the extraordinary meeting of International Conference of Great lakes Region Ministers of Defence yesterday. Saturday, January 10, 2026. Picture by ROYD SIBAJENE ZANIS. 2-(2012)-Vice President Dr. W.K. Mutale Nalumango flanked by Minister of Defence, Ambrose Lufuma confers with Vice Prime-Minister, Minister of Defence of the DRC and Chairperson of the ICGLR Committee of Defence Ministers, Guy Kabombo Muadiamvita in Livingstone during the extraordinary meeting of International Conference of Great lakes Region Ministers of Defence yesterday. Saturday, January 10, 2026. Picture by ROYD SIBAJENE ZANIS. 3-(4836)-Minister of Defence, Ambrose Lufuma introduces Vice President Dr. W.K. Mutale Nalumango Members of ICGLR Committee during the extraordinary meeting of International Conference of Great lakes Region Ministers of Defence in Livingstone yesterday. Saturday, January 10, 2026. Picture by ROYD SIBAJENE ZANIS. 4-(4810)-Vice President Dr. W.K. Mutale Nalumango flanked by Minister of Defence, Ambrose Lufuma interact with Zambia Army Commander, Lt General. Geoffrey Zyeele shortly before the officially opening of the extraordinary meeting of International Conference of Great lakes Region Ministers of Defence in Livingstone yesterday. Saturday, January 10, 2026. Picture by ROYD SIBAJENE ZANIS. 5-(3299)-Vice President Dr. W.K. Mutale Nalumango interact Minister of Defence, Ambrose Lufuma during the extraordinary meeting of International Conference of Great lakes Region Ministers of Defence in Livingstone yesterday. Saturday, January 10, 2026. Picture by ROYD SIBAJENE ZANIS.
Zambia’s 2nd Female but 14th Vice President Dr. Witner Kapembwa Mutale-Nalumango at International Conference of Great Lakes Region Ministers of Defence Extraordinary Meeting, Livingstone, Southern Province Saturday, January 10, 2026
Mutale Nalumango
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Mutale Nalumango
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Nalumango in 2020
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| 14th Vice President of Zambia | |
| Assumed office 24 August 2021 |
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| President | Hakainde Hichilema |
| Preceded by | Inonge Wina |
| Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia | |
| In office 2006–2011 |
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| President | Levy Mwanawasa Rupiah Banda |
| Speaker | Amusaa Mwanamwambwa |
| Member of the National Assembly of Zambia | |
| In office 27 December 2001 – 20 September 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Bupe |
| Succeeded by | Maxas Ng’onga |
| Constituency | Kaputa |
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| Born | 1 January 1955
Kaputa, Zambia
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| Party | MMD (2001-2013) UPND (2013-present) |
| Spouse | Max Lubinda Nalumango |
| Alma mater | Cavendish University Zambia |
Career
Under the Levy Mwanawasa’s first term as President, Nalumango served in several positions, including as the Labour and Social Security minister and Information and Broadcasting Services minister.
As Information and Broadcasting Services minister, her actions raised concerns on press freedom in Zambia 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.
After being re-elected as member of parliament for Kaputa in 2006, she stood for deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia and won unopposed, becoming the first female to hold that position.
At the 2011 elections she lost her parliamentary seat to Maxas Ng’onga of the Patriotic Front.
She then decided to join the United Party for National Development where she was appointed the party’s national chairwoman in 2013, a position she held until February 2021 when she became the vice president of the party.
At the 2021 general election, she became the Vice President of Zambia after the UPND won the presidential election,[1][10] becoming only the second woman after her predecessor (Inonge Wina) to hold the position.
