By NATION REPORTERWHEN Vice President Inonge Mutukwa Wina announced that she would not recontest her position on the Edgar Lungu ticket slated for August 12 this year due to age, reactions were mixed.Some analysts felt the 80-year-old assertive matriarch should have stayed on considering the fact that 2021 is President Lungu´s constitutionally last term in office, therefore there was no need to change the winning team.But after weighing her reasons, many pundits agreed that “it´s best to leave while the audience applauds.”The question then remained, “who fills in the huge boots” of this political juggernaut, Wina who fought side by side with her husband Arthur for the freedom of Zambia from colonialists, giving more than half her life to national service?Many were called to the table, after soul-searching President Edgar Lungu surprised the nation once again by choosing one strong woman to replace another one.On May 17, President Lungu halted the guessing by officially stating […]
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