By Staff Reporter
Former Member of Parliament for Neno West Constituency Reen Bessie Kachere has died.
In a statement from the son of the deceased, Edgar Kachere her says his mother has succumbed to diabetes.
Kachere was a human rights activists before joining politics.
She served as the former Minister of Gender, Child and Community Development and prior to the September 2011 cabinet reshuffle, she was the former Minister for Persons with Disabilities and the Elderly.
Funeral details will be announced later