ACTIONAID Country Director Faides Tembatemba says she believes the appointments to the Judiciary and ECZ were done on merit. She has, however, questioned the timing of the appointments at ECZ, adding that she doesn’t remember a time when a government appointed commissioners this late in an election year. Last Thursday, President Hakainde Hichilema announced appointments to the Judiciary and ECZ, subject to ratification by the National Assembly. Reacting to this in an interview recently, Tembatemba said the appointments were gender-balanced. “I’m congratulating all those who have been appointed, and I want to believe that all those who are appointed were appointed on merit. In particular, we are delighted as the women’s movement because, being a woman myself and being part...