Martha Mzomera Ngwira is a

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Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a centre to centre-left Taiwanese nationalist political party in Taiwan. As the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition, one of the two main political camps in Taiwan, the DPP is currently the ...

politician for Mzimba Hora. She became a member of the

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in 2019 and she was appointed to be the Deputy Minister of Education.

Life

Her husband

Christopher Ngwira Christopher Mzomera Ngwira is a Malawian politician and educator. He was the former Deputy Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development in Malawi, having been appointed to the position in early 2011 by the former president of Malawi, Bingu wa ...

was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau in 2018. He was not able to stand in the 2019 elections because the Supreme Court had declared him to be a bankrupt. In 2019

Henry Mumba Henry Mumba is a Malawian politician and educator. He was the former Deputy Minister of Information, Communications and Tourism in Malawi, having been appointed to the position in early 2004 by the former president of Malawi Bakili Muluzi. His ter ...

was chosen as the DPP candidate to represent Mzimba Hora but his name was withdrawn and Martha Mzomera Ngwira was chosen. However the electoral commission would not allow Mumba's name to be withdrawn so the DPP had more than one candidate, but they favoured Martha. She was elected and in December 2019 she joined a delegation led by the first lady, Gertrude Mutharika to China. Ngwira had already been appointed as the Deputy Minister of Education. She was concerned about the high number of girls who leave school to have babies or to get married. In October 2020, she and her son were in Mzimba magistrates court when her husband was sentenced to four years, with hard labour, for misappropriating public funds. He had awarded a contract to build some houses for teachers, but the contract was not his to award. Her husband was going to appeal the sentence but his bail was cancelled and he was taken away in handcuffs from the court. He was released in 2002 on appeal. The judge agreed with the conviction for forging bank document but the sentence was considered too harsh. Ngwira joined the

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that was led by

Roseby Gadama Roseby Gadama became the Malawian member of parliament for Zomda Thondwe in 2019. She is the chair of the Malawi Parliamentary Women's Caucus and she sits on the Public Accounts Committee. Life Gadama was born in Mulanje in eastern Malawi. She ...

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