Nothing and no one will stop me now. I believe that Zambia will only be saved by a woman and that Zambia is ready for a woman president. As soon as t… - Edith Nawakwi
" "Nothing and no one will stop me now. I believe that Zambia will only be saved by a woman and that Zambia is ready for a woman president. As soon as the men heard I was contesting, they all panicked. I will work and deliver like I delivered when I was minister of finance. The current leadership belongs to the liberation struggle era. We need leadership for the 21st century!
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About 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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I was minister of finance at a time when Zambia was at its lowest. I remember there was a day when I was required to effect payment for half a million dollars and the government did not have any money. We had to borrow from one of our commercial banks. We were trying to liberalise the economy but we had no income in the country. I was privileged to be one of those who managed to push through the structural adjustment programme.
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