Kwankwa had initially missed out on a seat to the National Assembly as the party only managed to garner two seats in last week's elections.
The UDM dropped from the 1% of the votes it received in 2014, which gave them four seats, to 0.45% this time around. The legislature informed the UDM's secretary general, Bongani Msomi, on Thursday that Kwankwa's nomination as a member of the National Assembly, to fill the seat that became vacant due to Gaehler's unavailability, had been approved.
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