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Esther Jolobala
Second Deputy Speaker; MP for Machinga East
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- Second Deputy Speaker
- Member of Parliament for Machinga East
- Constituency
- Machinga East
- District
- Machinga
- Region
- Southern Region
- Party
- UDF United Democratic Front
- In Parliament
- Elected 16 September 2025
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2025 election result: Machinga East
- Esther Jolobala UDF15,766 57.6%
- Fezile Kadawati DPP8,098 29.6%
- Mustafa Pongolani UTM2,303 8.4%
- Innocent Mphaya PP397 1.4%
- Chancy Watson MCP345 1.3%
Top 5 of 7 candidates.
Source: Malawi Electoral Commission
Esther Jolobala is the Second Deputy Speaker of Malawi’s National Assembly for the 2025 to 2030 Parliament.
She was born in Nayuchi, Machinga district, the seventh of eleven children. She has represented Machinga East since 2014, first as an independent and then for the United Democratic Front (UDF). In 2019 she was re-elected with 23,363 votes. In 2024 she was the UDF’s spokesperson.
In Parliament she has pushed for better roads and more polling places in rural areas, and against the tax on internet services. She is a leading voice against attacks on people with albinism and in 2016 proposed a bill for tougher penalties. She belongs to the Malawi Parliamentary Women’s Caucus and in May 2026 called on voters to elect more women MPs.
Esther Jolobala is the Member of Parliament for Machinga East constituency in Machinga district, in Malawi’s Southern Region. She sits as a member of the UDF. In the 16 September 2025 general election Jolobala won the seat with 15,766 votes (57.6% of valid votes), ahead of Fezile Kadawati (DPP) with 8,098. 7 candidates stood.
