NGOCC Board Chairperson Grace Sinkamba says she is happy that the ruling party has admitted that it made the mistake of not picking more females at the adoption stage. Sinkamba has, however, wondered why President Hakainde Hichilema did not appoint Princess Kasune as Information Minister to beef up the number of women in Cabinet following Chushi Kasanda’s dismissal. Last week, UPND Deputy Secretary General Gertrude Imenda said President Hichilema did not have many options in terms of women whom he could appoint to Cabinet because the ruling party did not do a good job at the adoption stage. And Imenda said the CSOs which were making noise about gender parity issues now should have been vocal during adoptions because it...

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