Mutinta Mazoka: Why I chose Dad’s party over my husband’s
Mutinta Mazoka - I always knew I wanted to be in politics. Mutinta says she likes to help people. Mutinta as a little girl. Anderson Mazoka with wife, Mutinta. She shares the same name with her daughter. THEY say blood is thicker than water, but Mutinta Mazoka insists she did not use the blood measure when she chose her father’s political party over her husband’s. WHEN it comes to choosing which political party ticket to stand on in the August elections, Mutinta Mazoka could write a book. Why not? Mutinta, who is aspiring to stand as member of Parliament for Munali Constituency under the United Party for National Development (UPND), found herself torn between two big names in her life, two political parties and two ideologies. The 43-year-old political scientist is Anderson Mazoka’s daughter, who founded the UPND over two decades ago, and she is also Socialist Party leader Fred M’membe’s wife. Now Dr M’membe is a socialist who idolised the former Venezuelan president Hugo C...