Edith Nawakwi

Edith Zewelani Nawakwi (born c.  1959) is a Zambian politician and economist by profession. She is the first woman in Zambia to hold the post of Minister of Finance following her appointment in 1998 since Zambia's independence 33 years previously to that time. She was also the first woman to hold that post in the SADC region. She is the President of the Forum for Democracy and Development under which she ran for president at the 2016 general election.

Quotes

 * "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 have said he doesn’t understand economics. He is a cattle economist."
 * "He doesn’t listen to God. He has power and he will do what he wants."
 * President Hakainde Hichilema is a heartless extortionist-Edith Nawakwi by Chief Editor. February 23, 2023. Retrieved 7/11/2023.