Talk:Felix Mutati

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Contradicting Information

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I have noticed that we have "contradicting information" in this article and a reader may wonder which set of information is correct.

You'll notice that in the infobox, it says Mutati was the Minister of Energy for a year starting December 2005, while the "Political Career" section says he was the minister of energy from somewhere within 2002 to somewhere within 2004. Which one is correct here?

You'll notice that in the infobox, it says Mutati was the Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry from December 2006 up to the 2011 general election (almost 5 years), while the "Political Career" section says that he was the minister of commerce, trade and industry from somewhere within 2004 up to the 2011 general election (7 years). Which one is correct here?

His positions as a "government minister" during the Patriotic Front (Edgar Lungu) presidency from September 2016 to November 2018 are correct in both the infobox and "Political Career" section. So, no corrections are needed here.

So, now, we need to remove the contradictions in the "Minister of Energy" and "Minister of Commerce" writing. For starters, I have found this citation, https://www.herald.co.zw/lungu-names-cabinet/, which shows the same information as what is written in the "Political Career" section of this article about his appointments before 2011.

Mutati's LinkedIn Profile (I think) seems to be the only place where I have seen information matching what is written in the Infobox but you know, social media is usually not a good place to refer to. So, we are more in favour of using the information from that Herald website I mentioned in the previous paragraph.

In concluding, that "December 2005 to September 2011" writing in the infobox under the "minister of commerce" heading will be changed to "2004 to September 2011" and that "December 2004 to December 2005" writing in the infobox under the "minister of energy" heading will be changed to "2002 to 2004", since these have both been verified using that one Herald website citation. Thanks. GeographicAccountant (talk) 13:26, 11 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

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Talk:Felix Mutati

Contradicting Information