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Chimwemwe Chipungu-Mazabuka-Nkhoma
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development; MP for Luchenza
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- Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development
- Member of Parliament for Luchenza
- Constituency
- Luchenza
- District
- Thyolo
- Region
- Southern Region
- Party
- DPP Democratic Progressive Party
- In Parliament
- Elected 16 September 2025
- In office since
- January 2026
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2025 election result: Luchenza
- Chimwemwe Chipungu-Mazabuka-Nkhoma DPP2,584 30.9%
- Juma Khamisa MCP2,524 30.2%
- Masauko Poverty White Independent1,615 19.3%
- Reuben Thomas Kazado Independent550 6.6%
- Phillip Nyoni Independent506 6.1%
Top 5 of 8 candidates.
Source: Malawi Electoral Commission
Chimwemwe Chipungu-Mazabuka-Nkhoma, known in government as Chimwemwe Chipungu, is Malawi’s Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, appointed in January 2026.
President Mutharika first made him Minister of Defence on 30 October 2025. In the reshuffle of 5 January 2026 he moved to Lands, taking over from Jappie Mhango, while Feston Kaupa took Defence.
At his first briefing in the new job he warned that the DPP would not protect anyone involved in land grabbing in Lilongwe, announced a national land audit to find idle land, and said government was paying about K20 billion a year to rent offices.
Chimwemwe Chipungu-Mazabuka-Nkhoma is the Member of Parliament for Luchenza constituency in Thyolo district, in Malawi’s Southern Region. He sits as a member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). In the 16 September 2025 general election Chipungu-Mazabuka-Nkhoma won the seat with 2,584 votes (30.9% of valid votes), ahead of Juma Khamisa (MCP) with 2,524. 8 candidates stood.
