Peter Marvin William Daka (born 3 November 1960)Peter Marvin William Daka National Assembly of Zambia is a Zambian politician. He served as a Member of the National Assembly for Msanzala from 2003 to 2021.
Biography In the 2001 general elections, Daka contested the Msanzala seat as the Heritage Party candidate, finishing fourth with 21% of the vote, whilst Levison Mumba of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) was elected.2001 parliamentary election results Electoral Commission of Zambia However, the results were annulled by the High Court after being petitioned by Daka.Zambia Human Rights Report 2002 Kubatana Mumba was subsequently dropped by the MMD, with Daka chosen as the new MMD candidate. In the subsequent by-election, Daka defeated Mumba (who ran as the United Party for National Development candidate) and was elected to the National Assembly.Levison Mumba Petitions Msanzala By-Election The Post, 12 December 2003 During his first term in office he became a member of the Pan-African Parliament.Politics in Development Had Been Ignored - Daka The Post, 18 May 2005.In 2005 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Science and Technology by President Levy Mwanawasa.
Daka was re-elected in the 2006 general elections with a majority of 2,537.2006 parliamentary election results Electoral Commission of Zambia Following the elections he was appointed Minister of Transport and Communications.New Zambian cabinet appointed by President Levy Mwanawasa on 9 October 2006 SARDC, October 2006 In 2007 he became Minister of Science, Technology and Vocational Training.Zambian president reshuffles his cabinet IOL, 23 April 2007 He was moved to Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives in 2009, before being reappointed Minister of Science, Technology and Vocational Training in 2010. Zambia Watchdog, 28 September 2010
The 2011 general elections saw Daka lose his seat to Joseph Lungu, an independent candidate.2011 parliamentary election results Electoral Commission of Zambia After Lungu joined the Patriotic Front, Daka contested the subsequent by-election in 2012 but was defeated again. Zambian Watchdog, 17 February 2012
Prior to the 2016 general elections, Daka was adopted as the Patriotic Front candidate. He was subsequently elected to the National Assembly with a 3,963 vote majority.Candidate results for Msanzala Electoral Commission of Zambia Following the elections, losing candidate Margaret Zulu challenged Daka's election in court. However, the challenge was rejected.ConCourt upholds Peter Daka election Daily Mail, 12 January 2017
Peter Daka is currently married to Priscilla Chikwama Daka. He has seven children: Monica Daka, Peter Daka Junior, Vanessa Daka, Russell Daka, Thangu Daka, Wesley Daka and Valerio Daka. He is a member of the Anglican Cathedral church.
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