Thu, 15 Feb 2018 08:05:15 +0000
…replaces Mutati with Mwanakatwe in cabinet reshuffles
By BENNIE MUNDANDO and KALOBWE BWALYA
PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has fired Minister of Water Development and Environmental Protection, Lloyd Kaziya, and has moved Finance Minister Felix Mutati to the Ministry of Works and Supply.
In reshuffles announced by special assistant to the President for press and public relations Amos Chanda yesterday, Mr. Kaziya has been replaced by Minister of General Education Dennis Wanchinga while Mr. Mutati has been replaced by Minister of Commerce, Margaret Mwanakatwe.
Other cabinet ministers moved are Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya who is now Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services taking over from Kampamba Mulenga who has been moved to the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, replacing Michael Katambo who has become the Minister of Agriculture.
The reshuffles have also seen the elevation of Patriotic Front parliamentary Chief Whip Richard Musukwa as new Minister of Mines, taking over from Christopher Yaluma who has been moved to the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry.
President Lungu has also swapped Copperbelt Minister, Bowman Lusambo, with his Lusaka counterpart Japhen Mwakalombe while Western Province Minister Nathaniel Mubukwanu has also been swapped with his North-Western Province counterpart, Richard Kapita.
