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President Hakainde Hichilema urged to consider appointing young women to his cabinet

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Young Women in Action (YWA) has called on President Hakainde Hichilema to consider appointing young women to his cabinet.

YWA Director Harriet Chibuta said President Hichilema should heed to his promise, and appoint his cabinet based on qualifications and not on tribal, gender or ethnical grounds.

Ms Chibuta said her organization is anxious to see the composition of the cabinet, adding that those being appointed are the leaders who will spearhead development.

She added that qualified young women are also capable of contributing to the development of the country if given a chance, hence the emphasis before the cabinet is formed.

Speaking in an interview in Lusaka yesterday, Ms Chibuta stated that the organization is looking forward to seeing a government that is inclusive.

“In his inaugural speech, the President mentioned that the cabinet will be based on qualifications and not tribal, ethnicity or gender factors. We want to see young women with qualifications being considered take up such responsibilities,” she said.

Meanwhile, Ms Chibuta also congratulated the President for winning the August 12 general elections.

10 COMMENTS

  1. great to go with it but the young should exhibit exceptional scholarly prowess. no job-on-training. Governance is no nature of noise signals.

  2. Where are these womens organisations leading to elections …they are quietly eating the donor funds they receive. Now they want to come out as if they are doing any work!!

  3. The problem I’ve seen with a majority of highly qualified and intelligent young Zambian women and men is their thinking also highly clouded by religion.
    The individuals that re going to members of cabinet need to be very objective.

  4. That f00I is busy appointing bembas and easterners because he thinks he needs them to stay in power. Look how f00Iish and sad the t.0.ngas who voted him in look.

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  5. Kikikikiki you’ve been duped….don’t even dream about it…his first appointments were old men on their late 60s…..kikikikikikiki Dunana reverse remix reloaded

  6. This is all wrong, let him appoint competent young men and young women with competency, not just young women. Look at the past conduct of some young women Police commissioners like Charity Katanga. It should be young women with competency, capacity, intellect and integrity and not just young women, even for men the same standard must apply

  7. Oh, sorry. Our president must be reminded about that? It hasn’t dawned on him that women must have 40% social and political representation. Aside, youths and the differently abled are also waiting on this long queue.

  8. He started with the Old ones…… For Veep we thought young and Vibrant Masebo would get it. The Job went to our grand mother.
    For Minister of Finance….. the job went to our uncle…….
    Only the job of the loud speaker has gone for the young so far.
    As for the youth??? Keep waiting for your jobs as male nurses, teachers, etc.

  9. Aside from all the asinine insults that perverse these columns especially towards women, we need to pause, reflect and identify what needs to be rectified so as to prudently move forward under this new govt. In my opinion the President ought to convene a council of experts from relevant fields to assess, propose and recommend effective ways to STIMULATE the stagnant economy. Our vision can’t always be mired in IMF, World Bank, and the Chinese. Copper may be integral to our economy but so can other sectors such as Tourism. We could promote and widen the scope of Tourism as most countries do. Countries like South Africa, Kenya, Egypt , or even Oceanics like Seychelles are no different from us. Except they prioritize the industry with great infrastructure ,promotions abroad and great…

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