PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema finally unveiled his 30-member Cabinet and 10 provincial ministers this week, after Parliament approved the expansion from 25 to 30. For two months, the debate was about the delay. When it was announced that the Head of State had proposed to increase the number of Cabinet ministers to 30, the assumption was that he was taking time to meticulously find five new faces to replace those who had lost their seats. Others said he wanted to reward new alliance partners. Not many were debating who would be dropped, especially not former ministers who had won their parliamentary seats in the August polls. It was taken for granted that ministers who had won and defended the administration would...