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Feston Kaupa
Minister of Defence; MP for Zomba Changalume
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- Minister of Defence
- Member of Parliament for Zomba Changalume
- Constituency
- Zomba Changalume
- District
- Zomba
- 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: Zomba Changalume
- Feston Kaupa DPP9,366 37.9%
- Bizwick Million Independent6,856 27.7%
- Mustafa Twabi Independent3,991 16.1%
- Jean Cheonga Chilemba Independent2,737 11.1%
- Milton Galeza Independent840 3.4%
Top 5 of 10 candidates.
Source: Malawi Electoral Commission
Feston Kaupa is Malawi’s Minister of Defence, appointed on 5 January 2026.
He joined the Cabinet on 30 October 2025 as Minister of Transport and Public Works. In the January 2026 reshuffle he moved to Defence, replacing Chimwemwe Chipungu, and Jappie Mhango took over Transport.
Feston Kaupa is the Member of Parliament for Zomba Changalume constituency in Zomba district, in Malawi’s Southern Region. He sits as a member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). In the 16 September 2025 general election Kaupa won the seat with 9,366 votes (37.9% of valid votes), ahead of Bizwick Million (Independent) with 6,856. 10 candidates stood.
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