Maureen Mwanawasa: Difference between revisions

From Chalo Chatu, Zambia online encyclopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
← Older edit
Icem4k (talk | contribs)
Administrators, Interface administrators, Suppressors, Administrators, upwizcampeditors
0 edits
No edit summary
 
(10 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
'''Maureen Mwanawasa''' is the widow of former Zambian president [[Levy Mwanawasa]] and former [[First Lady of Zambia]].
{{Infobox First Lady
| name                = Maureen Mwanawasa
| image              = Maureen Mwanawasa.jpg
| order              = 3rd [[First Lady of Zambia]]
| term_label          = In role
| term_start          = 2 January 2002
| term_end            = 19 August 2008
| predecessor        = [[Vera Tembo]]
| successor          = [[Thandiwe Banda]]
| president          = [[Levy Mwanawasa]]
| occupation          = [[Legal practitioner]]
| birth_name          =
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1963|4|28|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Kabwe]], [[Northern Rhodesia]] (now Zambia)
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|2024|8|13|1963|4|28|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Lusaka]], Zambia
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Levy Mwanawasa]]|1987|2008|end=d.}}
| children            = Chipokota Mayamba <br/> Matola Levy Jr. <br/> Lubona <br/> Ntembe
| party              = [[United Party for National Development|UPND]]
| alma_mater          = [[University of Zambia]] <br/> [[Edith Cowan University]]
| caption            = Mwanawasa in 2007
}}
[[Image:Laura Bush with Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa and First Lady Maureen Mwanawasa.jpg|thumb|250px|right|First Lady Maureen Mwanawasa with husband, President [[Levy Mwanawasa]], and [[First Lady of the United States]] [[Laura Bush]] in June 2007.]]


==Career and politics==
'''Maureen Mwanawasa''' (''[[née]]'' '''Kakubo'''; 28 April 1963 – 13 August 2024) was a Zambian legal practitioner who was [[First Lady of Zambia|first lady]] from 2002 to 2008. She was also a member of the Association of Women Lawyers in the United Kingdom,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Maureen Mwanawasa |url=https://www.weforum.org/people/maureen-mwanawasa/ |access-date=18 February 2023 |website=World Economic Forum |language=en}}</ref> a serving council member of [[Law Association of Zambia]] Women’s Rights Committee,<ref name=":0" /> and the vice chairperson for the [[Habitat for Humanity]], Zambia Board.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Establish housing fund' – Zambia Daily Mail |url=http://www.daily-mail.co.zm/establish-housing-fund/ |access-date=18 February 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref> She was the patron of Breakthrough Cancer Trust and the Child Care & Adoption Society of Zambia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Times of Zambia {{!}} RB: Selfless till the end |url=https://www.times.co.zm/?p=115999 |access-date=18 February 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=27 October 2006 |title=Zambia: Justice Lewanika's Wife Put to Rest |work=allafrica.com |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200610270509.html |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=24 October 2005 |title=Tanzania's First Lady Contributes to Chilenje Transit Home |work=allafrica.com |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200510240822.html |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref>
As early as 2006, Mwanawasa was seen as a potential candidate for president of the country,<ref>[http://zambianchronicle.com/?p=315|title=How The G Factor May Help The MMD Should Maureen Mwanawasa Run|last=Mumba|first=Brainwave R.] November 26, 2007</ref> but following her husband's death she did not file as a potential candidate to represent her husband's party in the [[Zambian presidential election, 2008|election]]. She, however, did suddenly clash against [[Michael Sata]] of the [[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|Patriotic Front]] when he came to pay respects to her at her husband's funeral, resulting in Sata being forced off the premises.<ref>[http://zambianchronicle.com/?p=1339|title=First lady chases Sata from funeral …|last=Shacinda|first=Shapi]August 26, 2008 The Zambian Chronicle (source: Reuters) </ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7582398.stm|title=Zambia's mourning turns political] BBC News 4 November 2010</ref>


She is the immediate past president of the Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS, and founded the Maureen Mwanawasa Community Initiative (MMCI) in 2002. She was also the joint owner of Mwanawasa & Company, her husband's law firm, until he entered into politics and left his private practice.
== Biography ==
Maureen Kakubo Mwanawasa was born in Kabwe, in the Central Province of Zambia on 28 April 1963, to Jeniya Lupumpaula Chilunga Kakubo and Lupumpaula Buluwayo Kakubo. She was the eighth born in a family of 10 children (including a set of twins), 6 boys and 4 girls.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}


==Personal life==
She started her school in 1970 at the age of seven at Raphael Kombe Primary School in Chimanimani Township in Kabwe.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} In 1976 she was accepted to go to St. Mary's Secondary School in Maramba, Livingstone, Southern Province of Zambia where she did her secondary school form 1 to form 5 which she completed in 1981.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} Mwanawasa was an active member is FOMAGA which is an alumni Association of St. Mary's in Livingstone.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
Maureen was a Jehovah's Witness , but in 2001 she was excommunicated for being actively involved in politics<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/200112180439.html "Zambia: Jehovah's Witnesses Excommunicate Maureen Mwanawasa"], allafrica.com, 2001-12-18.</ref>.


Maureen was married to the late former president of Zambia [[Levy Mwanawasa]] and has 7 Childrens.
Mwanawasa met her future husband,  [[Levy Mwanawasa]] in Kabwe where they went on to get married on 7 May 1987. The couple have 4 children together, 3 girls and 1 boy.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}


== References ==
She campaigned with her husband during his 2001 elections when running for the presidency of Zambia and won the elections held on 27 December 2001 and took office on 2 January 2002.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
 
As early as 2006, Mwanawasa was seen as a potential candidate for president of the country,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zambianchronicle.com/?p=315|title=How The G Factor May Help The MMD Should Maureen Mwanawasa Run|last=Mumba|first=Brainwave R.|date=26 November 2007|publisher=The Zambian Chronicle|access-date=4 November 2010}}</ref> but following her husband's death she did not file as a potential candidate to represent her husband's party in the [[2008 Zambian presidential election|election]]. She, however, did suddenly clash against [[Michael Sata]] of the [[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|Patriotic Front]] when he came to pay respects to her at her husband's funeral, resulting in Sata being forced off the premises.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://zambianchronicle.com/?p=1339|title=First lady chases Sata from funeral …|last=Shacinda|first=Shapi|date=26 August 2008|publisher=The Zambian Chronicle (source: Reuters)|access-date=4 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201150212/http://zambianchronicle.com/?p=1339|archive-date=1 December 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7582398.stm|title=Zambia's mourning turns political|date=26 August 2008|work=[[BBC Online]]|publisher=BBC News|access-date=4 November 2010}}</ref>
 
Mwanawasa was the past president of the [[Organisation of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS]] and founder of the Maureen Mwanawasa Community Initiative (MMCI) in 2002. She was also the joint owner of Mwanawasa & Company, her husband's law firm, until he entered into politics and left his private practice.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
 
She was awarded the International Hope Award by World Vision in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/people/maureen-mwanawasa|title=Maureen Mwanawasa}}</ref>
 
Mwanawasa was a [[Jehovah's Witness]], but in 2001 she was excommunicated for being actively involved in politics.<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/200112180439.html "Zambia: Jehovah's Witnesses Excommunicate Maureen Mwanawasa"], allafrica.com, 18 December 2001.</ref> She was a Baptist Christian.
 
==Political career==
In May 2016, Mwanawasa announced her candidacy for Executive [[Mayor]] of [[Lusaka]] under the sponsorship of the [[United Party for National Development]] (UPND) in the [[2016 Zambian general election|2016 general election]] held on 11 August 2016. Mwanawasa, who filed her nomination papers on 30 May 2016, received the endorsements of former [[President of Zambia|president]] and [[Vice President of Zambia|vice president]] [[Guy Scott]], as well as former MPs [[Sylvia Masebo]] and [[Obvious Mwaliteta]].<ref name=lt1/> She pledged to curb the city's [[cholera]] outbreaks and water shortages if elected.<ref name=lt1>{{cite news|title=Maureen Mwanawasa vows to tackle cholera as she vies for Lusaka Mayoral post  |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2016/05/30/maureen-mwanawasa-vows-tackle-cholera-vies-lusaka-mayoral-post/ |work=[[Lusaka Times]] |date=30 May 2016 |access-date=21 August 2016}}</ref> Mwanawasa also promised to clean up the city's chronic garbage and litter problems by creating a now garbage collection system, saying "Everywhere you look around in Lusaka, there is garbage and this should change starting this week when we form government. There is no way our beautiful city can be floating on garbage...The levels of indiscriminate disposal of garbage in Lusaka city are alarming. When you are on the streets of Lusaka, you look west you see garbage, you look east you see garbage, you look north, it’s garbage, you look south it’s garbage. This is unacceptable. Would you like it if your house was filled with garbage and there is bad odour all around? The answer is no. We need to maintain our hygiene and stay healthy and fit. It is our duty to keep our city clean not only for us, but also for the people visiting our city and also for the future generations."<ref name=lt2/>
 
Mwanawasa placed second in the Lusaka mayoral election on 11 August, losing to the [[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|Patriotic Front]] (PF) candidate, [[Wilson Chisala Kalumba|Wilson Kalumba.]]<ref name=lt2>{{cite news|title=Former First Lady Maureen Mwanawasa loses in her bid to become Mayor of Lusaka  |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2016/08/16/former-first-lady-maureen-mwanawasa-loses-bid-become-mayor-lusaka/ |work=[[Lusaka Times]] |date=16 August 2016 |access-date=21 August 2016}}</ref> Kalumba won the election with 270,161 votes, while Mwanawasa came in second place with 150,807 votes.<ref name=lt2/>
 
==Personal life and death==
Maureen Mwanawasa was the widow of former [[President of Zambia|president]] [[Levy Mwanawasa]], who [[died in office]] in 2008, and was a mother of four including [[Chipokota Mwanawasa]], a lawyer and businessman.
 
Mwanawasa died of a short illness at Maina Soko Medical Centre in [[Lusaka]], on 13 August 2024, at the age of 61.<ref>[https://diggers.news/local/2024/08/13/maureen-mwanawasa-dies/ Maureen Mwanawasa dies]</ref>
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


{{DEFAULTSORT: Maureen Mwanawasa}}
{{commons category}}
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
{{First Ladies of Zambia}}
[[Category:Living people]]
 
[[Category:First Ladies of Zambia]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mwanawasa, Maureen}}
[[Category:Zambian women in politics]]
[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:2024 deaths]]
[[Category:First ladies of Zambia]]
[[Category:Movement for Multi-Party Democracy politicians]]
[[Category:Movement for Multi-Party Democracy politicians]]
[[Category:People disfellowshipped by the Jehovah's Witnesses]]
[[Category:People of Zambia]]

Latest revision as of 08:39, 8 October 2024

Maureen Mwanawasa
Mwanawasa in 2007
Office
Term start 2 January 2002
Term end 19 August 2008
Predecessor Vera Tembo
Successor Thandiwe Banda
Nationality
Political party UPND
Residence
Occupation Legal practitioner


First Lady Maureen Mwanawasa with husband, President Levy Mwanawasa, and First Lady of the United States Laura Bush in June 2007.

Maureen Mwanawasa (née Kakubo; 28 April 1963 – 13 August 2024) was a Zambian legal practitioner who was first lady from 2002 to 2008. She was also a member of the Association of Women Lawyers in the United Kingdom,[1] a serving council member of Law Association of Zambia Women’s Rights Committee,[1] and the vice chairperson for the Habitat for Humanity, Zambia Board.[2] She was the patron of Breakthrough Cancer Trust and the Child Care & Adoption Society of Zambia.[3][4][5]

Biography

Maureen Kakubo Mwanawasa was born in Kabwe, in the Central Province of Zambia on 28 April 1963, to Jeniya Lupumpaula Chilunga Kakubo and Lupumpaula Buluwayo Kakubo. She was the eighth born in a family of 10 children (including a set of twins), 6 boys and 4 girls.[citation needed]

She started her school in 1970 at the age of seven at Raphael Kombe Primary School in Chimanimani Township in Kabwe.[citation needed] In 1976 she was accepted to go to St. Mary's Secondary School in Maramba, Livingstone, Southern Province of Zambia where she did her secondary school form 1 to form 5 which she completed in 1981.[citation needed] Mwanawasa was an active member is FOMAGA which is an alumni Association of St. Mary's in Livingstone.[citation needed]

Mwanawasa met her future husband, Levy Mwanawasa in Kabwe where they went on to get married on 7 May 1987. The couple have 4 children together, 3 girls and 1 boy.[citation needed]

She campaigned with her husband during his 2001 elections when running for the presidency of Zambia and won the elections held on 27 December 2001 and took office on 2 January 2002.[citation needed]

As early as 2006, Mwanawasa was seen as a potential candidate for president of the country,[6] but following her husband's death she did not file as a potential candidate to represent her husband's party in the election. She, however, did suddenly clash against Michael Sata of the Patriotic Front when he came to pay respects to her at her husband's funeral, resulting in Sata being forced off the premises.[7][8]

Mwanawasa was the past president of the Organisation of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS and founder of the Maureen Mwanawasa Community Initiative (MMCI) in 2002. She was also the joint owner of Mwanawasa & Company, her husband's law firm, until he entered into politics and left his private practice.[citation needed]

She was awarded the International Hope Award by World Vision in 2006.[9]

Mwanawasa was a Jehovah's Witness, but in 2001 she was excommunicated for being actively involved in politics.[10] She was a Baptist Christian.

Political career

In May 2016, Mwanawasa announced her candidacy for Executive Mayor of Lusaka under the sponsorship of the United Party for National Development (UPND) in the 2016 general election held on 11 August 2016. Mwanawasa, who filed her nomination papers on 30 May 2016, received the endorsements of former president and vice president Guy Scott, as well as former MPs Sylvia Masebo and Obvious Mwaliteta.[11] She pledged to curb the city's cholera outbreaks and water shortages if elected.[11] Mwanawasa also promised to clean up the city's chronic garbage and litter problems by creating a now garbage collection system, saying "Everywhere you look around in Lusaka, there is garbage and this should change starting this week when we form government. There is no way our beautiful city can be floating on garbage...The levels of indiscriminate disposal of garbage in Lusaka city are alarming. When you are on the streets of Lusaka, you look west you see garbage, you look east you see garbage, you look north, it’s garbage, you look south it’s garbage. This is unacceptable. Would you like it if your house was filled with garbage and there is bad odour all around? The answer is no. We need to maintain our hygiene and stay healthy and fit. It is our duty to keep our city clean not only for us, but also for the people visiting our city and also for the future generations."[12]

Mwanawasa placed second in the Lusaka mayoral election on 11 August, losing to the Patriotic Front (PF) candidate, Wilson Kalumba.[12] Kalumba won the election with 270,161 votes, while Mwanawasa came in second place with 150,807 votes.[12]

Personal life and death

Maureen Mwanawasa was the widow of former president Levy Mwanawasa, who died in office in 2008, and was a mother of four including Chipokota Mwanawasa, a lawyer and businessman.

Mwanawasa died of a short illness at Maina Soko Medical Centre in Lusaka, on 13 August 2024, at the age of 61.[13]

References

Template:Commons category

<templatestyles src="Hlist/styles.css"></templatestyles><templatestyles src="Module:Navbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1 at line 4515: attempt to index field 'date_names' (a nil value).
  2. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1 at line 4515: attempt to index field 'date_names' (a nil value).
  3. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1 at line 4515: attempt to index field 'date_names' (a nil value).
  4. ↑ allafrica.com. 27 October 2006. URL. Accessed 18 February 2023.
  5. ↑ allafrica.com. 24 October 2005. URL. Accessed 18 February 2023.
  6. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1 at line 4515: attempt to index field 'date_names' (a nil value).
  7. ↑ Shapi Shacinda. "First lady chases Sata from funeral …". 26 August 2008. URL • Archived 1 December 2010 • (dead). Accessed 4 November 2010.
  8. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1 at line 4515: attempt to index field 'date_names' (a nil value).
  9. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1 at line 4515: attempt to index field 'date_names' (a nil value).
  10. ↑ "Zambia: Jehovah's Witnesses Excommunicate Maureen Mwanawasa", allafrica.com, 18 December 2001.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Lusaka Times. 30 May 2016. URL. Accessed 21 August 2016.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Lusaka Times. 16 August 2016. URL. Accessed 21 August 2016.
  13. ↑ Maureen Mwanawasa dies
Retrieved from "http://www.chalochatu.org/index.php?title=Maureen_Mwanawasa&oldid=29266"