Francis Kapyanga

Francis Robert Kapyanga (born 19 September 1987) is a Zambian politician who serves as Member of Parliament for Mpika. He was elected to the position in August 2021.

Early career Kapyanga has served in the PF most of his career. He is the current Provincial Youth Chairman for Muchinga Province. Previously he served as Provincial Youth Information and publicity Secretary as well being a PF National Youth Committee Member. Parliamentary career Kapyanga is one of the most vocal opposition MPs in the Zambian Parliament. In 2023, a parliamentary video went viral after he went to parliament with a plastic portion of cooking oil to display the high cost of living of Zambians in the tenure of the United Party For National Development government. A year earlier, he mentioned that youths on the mining Copperbelt had planned protests against high costs of living.

He caused a stir in parliament in 2022 after saying there were muscular men in his consistency to help those using bananas. This was after a pornographic video of the Drug Enforcement Commission was leaked. Personal life Kapyanga lives in Mpika and he is married. His mother was Violet Mutale Kaluba a daughter of the first chief Mukungule in Mpika District from Chobela village who latter settled in Chishali.