[2] In the 2006 general elections Banda was the Patriotic Front candidate and defeated Muliokela (who was then Minister of Defence), becoming the constituency's MP.
[2] She was re-elected in the 2011,[2] after which she was appointed Deputy Minister Local Government, Housing, Early Education and Environmental Protection.
[3] The following year she became Deputy Minister in the newly created Ministry of Gender and Child Development.
In February 2015 she became Deputy Minister of Tourism and Arts after Edgar Lungu became president.
[5] Banda did not run in the 2016 general elections,[6] and was succeeded as Chililabombwe MP by the PF candidate Richard Musukwa.