He served as Member of the National Assembly for two different constituencies between 1996 and 2006 and was Deputy Minister for Copperbelt Province between 1997 and 2006.
[2] Mulanda had also become involved in politics after becoming one of the founder members of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD),[3] and was elected secretary of the party's Meshi branch, before becoming chair of the party in Ndola District in 1994, a role he held until 2006.
Mulanda went on to win the seat to become MP for Chifubu and retained his position as Deputy Minister for Copperbelt Province.
[2] He subsequently became Vice-President of the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum,[5] and served as Chair of the National Assembly Budget Estimates Committee.
[6] He did not contest the 2006 general elections, which saw the Chifubu seat won by Benson Bwalya of the Patriotic Front.