Mundia Sikatana: Difference between revisions

In 2002, Siktana was appointed as the agriculture minister. He and his government faced widescale media condemnation for banning genetically modified maize donations during a widescale famine in 2002.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s726176.htm|title=Zambia rejects GMO maize|last=Sara|first=Sally|date=13 November 2002|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (transcript from ''PM'')|accessdate=5 February 2013}}</ref> Upon the re-election of President [[Levy Mwanawasa]] in 2006, Sikatana was appointed foreign minister on 9 August 2006. On 22 August 2007, the former ally of Mwanawasa was fired as foreign minister with Mwanawasa citing Sikatana's declining health.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/news/8207/zambian-minister-fired-over-zim-.html|title=Zambian minister fired over Zimbabwe crisis|date=30 August 2007|publisher=[[The Zimbabwean]]|accessdate=5 February 2013}}</ref> However, on 3 September, Siktana refuted that claim, citing instead his reputation as an anti-Mugabe politician and [[Levy Mwanawasa|Mwanawasa]]'s better relationship with Mugabe following his appointment as head of the Southern African Development Community.