Edith Nawakwi Quotes

I have said he doesn’t understand economics. He is a cattle economist.

You will also see planes begin to redirect to other countries for refueling because the the don’t want their engines to be damaged by contaminated Jet A1 fuel.

We are not in the race because I am a woman. I feel that among the candidates standing in Zambia, I think we possess the opportunity to do much better than my colleagues. I think for a long time in Zambia, the voters are saying that it’s an opportune time for a female candidate.

The third problem is that the hydro cracker is not able to take products which are contaminated. It will burn and you will find that Indeni has to shut down every week to prevent the hydro cracker from burning, even the pipes through which they are pumping this contaminated oil will begin to corrode so they have to continuously replace them or clean them. Ideally they should run uninterrupted for 3 months or 6 months if they have done prementenace work.

This is a big task which calls for more innovation. I am hoping the financing gaps will not force Africa to go back on its commitment to give its citizens a better future.

I have a lot to take away from this conference. The experiences are very fulfilling. I am particularly happy that Africa was more united at this conference, and some of the continent’s issues have been taken on board in the outcome document. Rio+20 is about making the world better in the next 20 years, and I believe that is possible.

You have a good opportunity of going to a beautiful school that we, the adults, did not have, and I want you to use this opportunity to move the country forward. I want you to move the country to a level that we have never been.

The second problem is that they will not get enough products even if you were to refine the remaining 115000 metric tons which is not yet processed. We are bound to have shortages and more price hikes of diesel and patrol because they will be taking out more heavy fuel oil than products. They will have huge stocks of heavy fuel oil. Maybe be out of 115000 metric tons even 50,000 metric tonnes will be heavy fuel oil were are they going to store it because most users have migrated from heavy fuel oil to electric fired boilers.

He doesn’t listen to God. He has power and he will do what he wants.

Zambian women have the same rights as men, and running for political office is not an exception. When I took over as minister of finance people had all sorts of negative questions because I was a woman... I was minister of finance during one of the most difficult phases in the history of our country, but I managed to contain the situation.

When women are in charge, they truly deliver.

Keep away from those activities because the beautiful and handsome men are either old age or they are not yet born because if a young man is of your age then they don’t have your aptitude. Boys grow slower than girls, so if you are 13 you are in a different world.

I bring to the political arena a voice of wisdom,” she says. “People should vote for me not because of my gender but because of what I am able to deliver to them.

He has no heart. If he has it doesn’t feel the people’s pain. The only heart he has is ‘how much will be in my pocket.

I come from an extremely disadvantaged background but said to myself that before I die I want to wear a Rolex watch, that I drive a V8 and I have managed to do those things.