Former finance minister Alexander Chikwanda has been particularly concerned our sources say...
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The faction is predominantly Bemba and includes the influential former Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda Tourism Minister Ronald Chitotela and Chitimukulu Kanyanta Manga Henry Sosala the paramount chief of the Bemba the largest ethnic group in Zambia with about 20% of the population...
In September Lungu replaced Alexander Chikwanda 77 with Mutati previously at Trade and Commerce...
He will be able to exploit this when an International Monetary Fund team arrives for a week-long visit on 9 March in order to draw up an agreed programme with Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda...
Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda is taking a lot of flak for persisting with investment in infrastructure at a time of falling copper prices and electricity shortages which have reduced what little copper production there was...
Despite looming elections a sliding copper price critical power shortages the world's worst performing currency and record borrowing costs Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda has described his goal of almost halving the budget deficit by next year as 'reasonable'...
On 26 March President Edgar Lungu ordered Mines Minister Christopher Yaluma and Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda to make a change to the new mining taxes by 8 April...
Alexander Chikwanda stays on as Finance Minister a vital post amid the lingering confrontation between government and mining companies over the recently increased royalties...
All that remains is for the PF to decide between Kaseba and Lungu who is backed by the powerful Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda...
Sata's uncle and Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda is planning to throw his hat in the ring provided other candidates withdraw and back him as a compromise...
