He was a member of the National Assembly for Liuwa between 1991 and 1998, also holding several ministerial posts.
[1] Whilst at Secondary School he joined the Youth Brigade of the United National Independence Party.
He later served as Chief Tourist Officer and managing director of the Zambia National Tourist Bureau and earned a Diploma in Tourism Planning from the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom.
[1] After being re-elected to the National Assembly in the 1996 general elections, Mwanamwambwa was appointed Minister of Tourism.
In November 1998 he resigned from his cabinet post and gave up his seat in the National Assembly so that he could be elected Speaker.