Dear Editor,
PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has unveiled Professor Nkandu Luo as his running mate for the forthcoming general elections due on August 12, 2021.
Prof. Nkandu Phoebe Luo was born on December 21, 1951.
She is a scientist with a PhD in Microbiology and served as Minister of Livestock and Fisheries. She has served as a member of Parliament for Mandevu and Munali constituencies. Over the years, she has served as Cabinet Minister in various portfolios including; Health, Local Government, Transport and Communications, Chiefs and Traditional Affairs, Higher Education, and Livestock.
She is a microbiologist who previously served as Head of Pathology and Microbiology at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka.
She has carried out extensive research and published her works in respected medical journals.
EMMANUEL MWAMBA.
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