The decision in May by an alliance of four leaders of splinter parties to join with UPND including Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) heavyweight Felix Mutati who served as Lungu's Finance Minister was an important endorsement for Hichilema (AC Vol 59 No 7 Into the valley of debt)...
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On 14 April an open letter from a group of distinguished Zambian economists – including President Edgar Lungu's former Finance Minister Felix Mutati – pleaded with the government to work with the IMF because 'the economy is on the verge of collapse' saying the budget is 'in disarray' and that the 'government needs to act now'...
She succeeded the political heavyweight and more independent-minded Felix Mutati who had tried to control the ruling party's borrowing spree (AC Vol 60 No 11 Margaret and the margarita)...
Initially appointed as a compliant successor to Felix Mutati who was sacked Mwanakatwe is not generally held to be the author of the country's financial misfortunes only a facilitator of them (AC Vol 57 No 25 Preparing for the worst)...
Former finance minister Felix Mutati now Minister for Works and Supply is among those who have blamed the government publicly for the liquidity crisis...
UnfinishedOne of Mwanakatwe's recent commitments was only to continue with government projects which were 80% complete although her predecessor Felix Mutati had also made this promise...
The guarantee was cancelled on 24 April by Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe completing a process set in motion by her predecessor Felix Mutati who was appalled by the arrangement and set about cancelling it as soon as he learned about it...
When former Finance Minister Felix Mutati announced the external debt as $7...
And unusually individual ministries are able to issue debt without consulting the Ministry of Finance – a practice that we hear the former Finance Minister Felix Mutati was trying to change...
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The former Finance Minister Felix Mutati whom Lungu replaced on 14 February with Commerce Trade and Industry Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe has told confidants that he was not aware of all the loans contracted during his tenure...