Ireen Mambala

Ireen Mambala is an independent Malawian politician. She was elected to the National Assembly to represent Balaka South in 2019 and a similar constituency in 2025.

Life Mambala was born in the rural area of Balaka District.

She stood as an independent in the Balaka South Constituency in 2019 and she was elected.

Mambala encourages others to feel empowered. She runs a project called "Give Me Books Not Husband or Wife".

The Rivi Rivi River which feeds the Shire River goes through her constituency. When it floods it damages crops and cuts off nearby communities. The community of Utale is known as Utale 1 and Utale 2 and when the river floods then children do not go to school. Those who were homeless due to the floods came mainly from Nkaya, Nsamala, Phimbi and Mpilisi. The homeless stayed in churches and schools but this could only be temporary as schools needed to teach. Fifty boxes of charity relief did arrive for the homeless who were obliged to live with friends.

She was a candidate in the Balaka Mulunguzi constituency and she had a narrow victory taking just over 30% on the votes. The percentage of women in parliament saw a small increase in 2025 and she was part of that. She was one of the successful independent women candidates that also included Madalitso Baloyi, Hope Tionge, Rhita Sanga, Khadija Chunga, Amina Kajiya, Abigail Shariff and Phoebe Chikaonda.