{"id":82504,"date":"2026-04-20T18:51:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/hon-jack-mwiimbu-begins-first-term-in-monze-east"},"modified":"2026-04-20T20:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:03:21","slug":"hon-jack-mwiimbu-begins-first-term-in-monze-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/hon-jack-mwiimbu-begins-first-term-in-monze-east","title":{"rendered":"Hon Jack Mwiimbu Begins First Term in Monze East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>INCUMBENT Monze Central Member of Parliament Jack Mwiimbu says he is \u201crelocating\u201d his political address to the newly created Monze East Constituency ahead of the August 13 general elections where the clock will reset to zero.<\/p>\n<p>Mwiimbu, who has occupied the Monze Central parliamentary seat since 2001, declared that since some people feel he has sat too comfortably in the constituency for too long, he will now test fresh political soil in Monze East.<\/p>\n<p>According to the long-serving lawmaker, contesting in the newly carved constituency would technically make it his first term there, despite already being one of the most familiar political faces in Southern Province.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince they say I have overstayed in Monze Central, I will contest in the newly created Monze East Constituency. In the new constituency it will be my first term,\u201d said Mwiimbu.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks come after Zambia\u2019s latest delimitation exercise, which created 70 new constituencies across the country and increased the total number from 156 to 226.<\/p>\n<p>Southern Province emerged among the biggest beneficiaries with nine new constituencies, pushing its total from 20 to 29.<\/p>\n<p>Among the additions is Monze East, which now gives Mwiimbu a fresh battlefield without having to move too far from home.<\/p>\n<p>Having served Monze Central for 25 years by the time elections arrive in August, the seasoned politician and current Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister now appears ready to begin a brand new first term.<\/p>\n<p>By George Musonda<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. INCUMBENT Monze Central Member of Parliament Jack Mwiimbu says he is \u201crelocating\u201d his political address to the newly created Monze East Constituency ahead of the August 13 general elections where the clock will reset to zero. Mwiimbu, who has occupied the Monze Central parliamentary seat since 2001, declared that since some people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":82502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-82504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hon Jack Mwiimbu Begins First Term in Monze East - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"INCUMBENT Monze Central Member of Parliament Jack Mwiimbu says he is \u201crelocating\u201d his political address to the newly cre ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/hon-jack-mwiimbu-begins-first-term-in-monze-east\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hon Jack Mwiimbu Begins First Term in Monze East\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"INCUMBENT Monze Central Member of Parliament Jack Mwiimbu says he is \u201crelocating\u201d his political address to the newly cre ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/hon-jack-mwiimbu-begins-first-term-in-monze-east\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-20T18:51:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-20T20:03:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2026\/04\/sm_1776711302.480254.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/hon-jack-mwiimbu-begins-first-term-in-monze-east#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/hon-jack-mwiimbu-begins-first-term-in-monze-east\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Hon Jack Mwiimbu Begins First Term in Monze East\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-20T18:51:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-20T20:03:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/hon-jack-mwiimbu-begins-first-term-in-monze-east\"},\"wordCount\":253,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/hon-jack-mwiimbu-begins-first-term-in-monze-east#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2026\/04\/sm_1776711302.480254.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/hon-jack-mwiimbu-begins-first-term-in-monze-east#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/hon-jack-mwiimbu-begins-first-term-in-monze-east\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/hon-jack-mwiimbu-begins-first-term-in-monze-east\",\"name\":\"Hon Jack Mwiimbu Begins First Term in Monze East - 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