from ARNOLD MULENGA in Lusaka, Zambia
Zambia Bureau
LUSAKA, (CAJ News) – ZAMBIANS will on August 13 renew President Hakainde Hichilema’s mandate to govern for another five-year term.
That is according to Spuki Mulemwa, Western Province Presidential Campaign Team Media Coordinator for the ruling United Party for National Development (UPND).
UPND has been in power since 2021.
“We say so given his exemplary performance in the first five-year term in office,” Mulemwa said of Hichilema.
The official noted Hichilema had reintroduced the free education policy, which had seen 2,6 million children, who were previously out of school as a result of their parents’ or guardians’ inability to afford school fees, return to school.
Mulemwa said children’s absenteeism had also significantly reduced as a result of the School Feeding Programme, which is part of the flagship free education policy.
Further, the enhanced and expanded-in-scope Constituency Development Fund (CDF) had significantly transformed lives and left visible developmental infrastructure across the country, particularly in rural areas, including Western Province.
“It is indeed not a secret that the Republican President’s inclusive developmental agenda has taken unprecedented development closer to the people via devolution, as this resonates well with the ruling UPND’s manifesto,” Mulemwa said.
– CAJ News