Nkandu Luo

Nkandu Phoebe Luo (born 21 December 1951) is a Zambian microbiologist and politician who was a vice presidential candidate for the Patriotic Front in the August 2021 election.

She is a microbiologist who previously served as Head of Pathology and Microbiology at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka and has carried out extensive research into HIV/AIDS.

[6] Luo created a network of thirty national AIDS advocacy groups and founded non-profit organisation Tasintha,[7] which seeks to free Zambia from commercial sex-work and HIV/AIDS.

On October 20, 2019, she threatened to cancel the memorandum of understanding with the Zambia Cooperative Federation (ZCF) for the construction of an agricultural industrial park in Chipata worth 1billion.

She spends her free time with her close family and also delivers lectures to students on various platforms on various subjects.