Catherine Namugala

Catherine Namugala is a Zambian politician. She was the First Deputy Speaker of the Zambian Parliament until 2021. She was nominated to that position by President Edgar Lungu, on 18 September 2016. She is the former Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources in the Zambian Cabinet. She also served as the Member of Parliament (MP), representing Mafinga (previously known as Isoka East) in the Zambian Parliament from 2001 until 2016.

Quotes

• "If women are not bringing themselves out it’s very difficult for any organisation to go out looking for them."
• "So even the media when you cover women you tend to bring out more of the negative about women than the positive. And when you are covering men it’s like men have a right to be leaders."
• "The game as it is played is perceived to be a bit too rough for some women. And of course we don’t say that women must not allow themselves to be tested as leaders."
• "Women find it difficult to go out there and swim with all the good, bad, ugly. So they are more reserved. They are more of a gender that wants to be in a more safer place than the politics."
  • Zambian politics too dirty for women - Namugala by Maravi blog. July 12, 2010. Retrieved 7/11/2023.