Benny Tetamashimba was a Zambia

Zambia

Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....

n Movement for Multiparty Democracy

Movement for Multiparty Democracy

The Movement for Multi-party Democracy is a political party in Zambia. Originally formed to oust the previous government, MMD controlled an absolute majority in parliament between 1991 and 2001, when its past leader, Frederick Chiluba was president of the country...

(MMD) politician

Politician

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 and had been a Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Solwezi central from 2001 to 2009 when he died. Hon Tetamashimba was a member of United Party for National Development

United Party for National Development

The United Party for National Development is a liberal political party in Zambia.At the 2001 legislative elections, held on 27 December 2001, the party won 23.3% of popular votes and 49 out of 159 seats...

 prior to joining the MMD.

Parliamentary participation

Benny Tetamashimba has been known to be active member of parliament both as a minister and as an MP. Tetamashimba has given a number of reports to the Zambian parliament.

Hospital and death

Tetamashimba was evacuated to South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

for specialist treatment on August 9, 2009. On September 3, 2009, It was reported that Tetamashimba had been Brought back to University teaching hospital of Zambia in critical condition. He was unable to speak. On september 5th, it was reported that Tetamashimba had died at 18:30hrs, GMT.