Chanda Katotobwe

Chanda Augustine Katotobwe is a Zambian politician and Member of Parliament for Luapula constituency in Lunga District of Luapula Province. He was elected to the position under the Patriotic Front Party in August 2021.^[1][2]

Katotobwe holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Engineering in Construction Management. He is married and has four children. He is a Christian by faith and a devout member of the Catholic Church.^[3]

Katotobwe's interest in politics was inspired by his father, Augustine Bernard Chanda Katotobwe, who was an elected Member of Parliament and later Minister of State in the United National Independence Party (UNIP) government of Zambia's founding president, Dr. Kenneth Kaunda. Katotobwe competed for the Luapula constituency seat in the 2021 general election and the same parliamentary seat was held by his late father from 1985 until 1991, when UNIP lost elections.^[4]

In the Zambian Parliament, Katotobwe serves as a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy, Water Development and Tourism. He also serves as a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Media and Information Communication Technology. He is the Chairperson of the Zambia-Angola Parliamentary Friendship and the Chairperson of the African Parliamentary Network on Illicit Financial Flows and Taxation Zambia Caucus. Katotobwe is also a member of the Zambia-Cuba Parliamentary Friendship, the Zambia-China Parliamentary Friendship, the Zambia-Russia Parliamentary Friendship and the Zambia- Algeria Parliamentary Friendship.^[5][6]