Background
She was born in Isoka East Constituency, Isoka District in Zambia"s Northern Province, on January 2, 1964.
She was born in Isoka East Constituency, Isoka District in Zambia"s Northern Province, on January 2, 1964.
She is the former Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources in the Zambian Cabinet. Catherine Namugala served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002 until 2003. From 2003 until 2005, she served as the Deputy Minister for Community Development and Social Services.
In 2006, she was re-elected to parliament, representing Isoka East Constituency.
Also in 2006, she was appointed Minister of Community Development and Social Services. In recent years she created controversy on herself by saying that Doctor Guy Scott should not have been made Acting President of Zambia after the death of Michael Chilufya Sata because he is a white manitoba
Mistress Catherine Namugala is married.
Since then, she served as Deputy Minister in the Office of the Vice President, prior to being appointed to her present cabinet post in 2008 In February 2010, Catherine Namugala was awarded the African Tourism Minister Of The Year Award, beating six (6) contestants from Ghana, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
She belongs to the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), political party.
She is also the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament), representing Mafinga Constituency in the Zambian Parliament, since 2001.