[11][12][13] Sayifwanda was appointed as Gender Deputy Minister by Michael Sata of the Patriotic Front in 2011, but declined the role.
[14][15] In 2016, she defected from the Movement for Multiparty Democracy to the United Party for National Development with ten other MMD members of parliament.
[16] In 2019, Zambian police arrested Sayifwanda for allegedly inciting a tribal fight between the Lundas and Luvales during an Electoral Commission of Zambia delimitation.
[18] Sayifwanda's service at United Church of Zambia Trinity Congregation was widely attended by politicians from both her party and the opposition.
Some of the attendees included North-Western Province Minister Nathaniel Mubukwanu, UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema, and PF official Koshita Shengamo.