Brian Mushimba

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Brian C. Mushimba is an engineer who formerly served in the cabinet of the Zambian government under President Edgar Lungu's rule. Before entering public service in 2016, he studied, graduated and practiced engineering in the United States, Europe and around Africa with increasing responsibilities to become a Regional Director and CEO In the electricity sector.^[1]

Prior to being appointed into cabinet, Mushimba was asked to stand and won the elections to become a member of Parliament for Kankoyo Constituency in Mufulira District.^[2] Mushimba's priorities as a member of Parliament have been around improving access to education, Healthcare and employment opportunities for his constituency. At a national level, and drawing on his vast energy background, he has focused on Energy issues in supporting government's agenda for increased energy security with market friendly energy policies.^{[citation needed]}

Through his foundation, he launched a "Mushimba Academic Scholarship" in 2017/2018 to take back to school all vulnerable kids in the district he represented that had dropped out of school due to lack of financial sponsorship, many of them due to being orphaned. In its first year, the scholarship sponsored 130 students at a cost of K236,000 ($24,000). Further, recognizing the challenge of putting three meals on the table per day in the district, Mushimba started a farmer input support program that in its first year supported local farmers with farming inputs from fertilizers to seeds totaling k130,000 ($13,000); all these programs were funded from personal funds from Mushimba.^[2]