Benjamin Mwila

Benjamin Yoram Mwila (* September 17, 1943; † August 17, 2013 in South Africa) was a politician in Zambia.

Benjamin Mwila was an uncle of former Zambian President Frederick Chiluba. His politically significant time was therefore also connected with whose reign. He was responsible for the finances of the Investment Holdings, held the shares of 40 joint-stock companies. 1968 to 1969 he was secretary of the indeco. Mwila, also called Grand Master, was defense minister under President Frederick Chiluba from 1991 to 1997 at this time., He also sat as a Member of Luanshya for the Movement for Multiparty Democracy in the National Assembly of Zambia.

On 3 March 1999 it and the Zambian Vice President Christon Tembo of Angola to the United Nations to support the UNITA with weapons by the Zambia Intelligence and Security Services ( ZISS ) was in retrospect accused. In addition, could refuel in Zambia on the border, for which Foreign Minister Keli Walubita was responsible UNITA. The assassination of the Zambian Finance Minister Ronald Penza would in this context of weapons trafficking and drug smuggling. Zambesi Lodge is not only the center of the diamond trade, but there is also the runway for the supply of weapons have been developed.

Mwila was excluded in 2001 from the MMD after he declared to run for election in Zambia in 2001 as a presidential candidate. He stepped to the Zambia Republic Party and achieved 4.92 percent of the vote. For the election in Zambia in 2006 he united with the Electoral Alliance National Democratic Focus ( NDF), which he chaired.