Mathew Mulanda

Mathew Sampa Mulanda (15 March 1938 – 24 February 2014) was a Zambian politician. He served as Member of the National Assembly for two different constituencies between 1996 and 2006 and was Deputy Minister for Copperbelt Province between 1997 and 2006.

Biography Born in 1938, Mulanda attended primary school in Kasama before attending Munali Secondary School in Lusaka between 1956 and 1960. He then attended Ithaca College in the United States from 1961 until 1964, earning a diploma in chemistry. and served as Chair of the National Assembly Budget Estimates Committee. He did not contest the 2006 general elections, which saw the Chifubu seat won by Benson Bwalya of the Patriotic Front.

In 2007 Mulanda left the MMD to join the Patriotic Front. Although he later became a member of the party's central committee, he returned to the MMD in 2010.

Mulanda died in Ndola Central Hospital from complications related to diabetes in February 2014 and was buried at Kansenshi Cemetery in Ndola. He had eight children.