"Encouraging people to become employers is one of the key elements to the growth of the private sector and the fostering of the entrepreneurial spirit."

"Women have been disadvantaged for a long time. My appeal to women is, they should come forward and show case their talents and skills."

"By the time you land at the airport, you cannot believe this the country that has risen from the ashes."

"We understood that it’s really the drive and the will in the people that matters if you are going to have things done correctly."

"A Minister of Higher Education should be able to understand that the cost of getting someone to become a lecturer is much higher."

"It was unbefitting of Mutale to bring unverified information on the floor of the House, before admonishing him."

"In addition, you are expected to know that the information which you bring to the house must be factual and verifiable. I trust that you will reflect seriously on your conduct and in future desist from conduct unbefitting of a member of this August House."

"The committee noted that Mr Mutale was a first offender and decided to exercise leniency. Accordingly, the committee recommended that he be admonished. Honorable members, the Speaker applied his mind to this matter and endorsed the committee’s recommendation that he should be admonished. I now proceed to admonish you. Mr R Mutale as recommended by the committee on privileges, absenses and support services, the House is extremely displeased with your conduct of making an allegation which you failed to substantiate against a fellow member of parliament on the flier if the house. Your statement had the potential to tarnish the reputation of Dr S. Musokotwane amongst his peers and the public at large."

"Women find it difficult to go out there and swim with all the good, bad, ugly. So they are more reserved. They are more of a gender that wants to be in a more safer place than the politics."

"The game as it is played is perceived to be a bit too rough for some women. And of course we don’t say that women must not allow themselves to be tested as leaders."

"So even the media when you cover women you tend to bring out more of the negative about women than the positive. And when you are covering men it’s like men have a right to be leaders."