Mutinta C. Mazoka

Mutinta Christine Mazoka is a Zambian politician. She was the member of the National Assembly of Zambia for Pemba Constituency from 2011 to 2021. Since 2021, she has served as a nominated member of the National Assembly.

Biography

Mutinta Christine Mazoka was born in 1949.
She was married to Anderson Mazoka, the founder of the United Party for National Development, who died in 2006. The couple met in 1975 and married the following year. They had three children: Mutinta, Pasina, and Anderson Jr.
Mazoka is a member of her late husband's UPND. She was elected in 2011 to represent the constituency of Pemba in the National Assembly of Zambia. She was the first woman to represent the district since the country's independence in 1964. In 2016, she was reelected to Zambia's parliament. She opted to leave office in 2021. However, later that year, newly elected President Hakainde Hichilema appointed Mazoka as one of eight nominated members of parliament.
She previously represented Zambia in the African Union's Pan-African Parliament.
Mazoka owns and operates a farm, and holds a certificate in agriculture.