Golden Mwila

Mwila was born on 17 December 1974, at Chimwemwe Clinic in Kitwe on the Copperbelt Province of Zambia to Mr Golden Kampasa Mwila and Mrs Lafe Chisala Mwila. He was born in a family of Nine (9), seven boys and two girls.

He spent early years in Kitwe and Kawambwa (now known as Mwansabombwe) before moving to Mufulira District at the age of four.

Mwila did his primary school at Buyantanshi Primary School in Mufulira. He did his grades 8 and 9 at Mufulira Secondary School and completed his high school at Hillcrest National Technical Secondary School.

In 1999, Mwila obtained a Barchelors degree from the Copperbelt University. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from Edinburgh Business School as well as a Law Degree from the University of Lusaka. He is a Chartered Accountant and fellow member of ACCA.[3]

Mwila was elected to the National Assembly of Zambia in August 2021. He is a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Sport, Youth and Child Matters. He is also a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Education, Science and Technology since September 2021.[4]

Mwila first had early interest in politics when Zambia returned to Multi Party political system at the beginning of 1990s. He participated in election monitoring in the 1996 General Elections.

After that, he had joined in student politics while studying at the Copperbelt University (CBU). In 1999, he won elections as a student leader in the Student Council and served as Treasurer.[5]

In 2006, he joined the Patriotic Front of Michael Sata In 2016, applied to contest for Mwansabombwe Parliamentary Constituency on the Patriotic Front party ticket but was not adopted by his party. The Party opted to adopt the incumbent Rogers Mwewa.

In 2021, he applied to contest for Mufulira Central Parliamentary Constituency on the Patriotic Front party ticket and was adopted. He won the elections held later that year in August 2021 defeating six other candidates. Currently, he Serves on two Parliamentary Committees on Youth, Sport & Child Matters and Education, Science & Technology in the National Assembly of Zambia.[6]

Mwila is married and has three (3) children. He has a biography book titled; “The future my father lived”. He is a member of the United Church of Zambia (UCZ).