As an activist, he served as the chairperson for the Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC).
He is also the former director for the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (HCRR), a network of Church Institutions, Human Rights NGOs and the Law Society of Malawi that serves to work together in areas of human rights, advocacy and information sharing.
[1][2] HRCC and Mwakasungula was one of the primary organizers of the July 20th, 2011 Malawian protests.
[3] He has been a critical opponent of the Bingu wa Mutharika administration, likening it to Robert Mugabe's Administration of Zimbabwe, "We are almost Zimbabwe, both in the economy and in political governance.
"[4] Mwakasungula has mentioned that he was arrested and detained in Lilongwe on the day of the protests and later released.