"This smacks of the deepest scam were our people have put money in their pockets and left the country to be injured. In another country the Minister of Energy and all involved would have been fired by now that is why am saying that this should be led on the door step of the Minister of Defence (the President). He is aware of what has happened, they are shrouding it in ‘we are investigating’ what is there to investigate? All of us have the reports and we all know what is happening at indeni."
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Edith Nawakwi
Edith Zewelani Nawakwi (24 June 1959 – 7 April 2025) was a Zambian politician and economist by profession. She was the first woman in Zambia to hold the post of Minister of Finance following her appointment in 1998. She was also the first woman to hold that post in the SADC region. She was the President of the Forum for Democracy and Development under which she ran for president at the 2016 general election.
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