[1] Mpanga was first elected in 2009 and she is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
[2] Mpanga represents Phalombe South in the National Assembly of Malawi.
[3] In 2024 she was an opposition MP when she was unanimously appointed to be a Parliamentary Service Commissioner.
[4] This was a sign of support as the same group had rejected fellow DPP nominated Lonnie Chijere Phiri for the same role.
[4] Mpanga had been identified by Parliament's First Deputy Madalitso Kazombo as a "respectable female parliamentarian" together with Lilian Patel and Roseby Gadama in September 2024.