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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
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 | 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 Mwanawasa's better relationship with Mugabe following his appointment as head of the Southern African Development Community. | ||
He trained as a lawyer and during the one party rule by the first president [[Kenneth Kaunda]], Sikatana championed the cause for justice and the respect of human rights.<ref name=TimesObit/> | He trained as a lawyer and during the one party rule by the first president [[Kenneth Kaunda]], Sikatana championed the cause for justice and the respect of human rights.<ref name=TimesObit/> |
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