PRESS STATEMENT CALLING THE NEW ADMINISTRATION TO SET THE WHEELS OF COMPREHENSIVE REFORMS TURNING

It is gratifying to learn that President Hakainde Hichilema is getting down to work to deliver on promises and expectations. HH and his team has an arduous task to fix a shrinking economy and put it on a growth trajectory. Expectations from the Zambian people who turned out to vote en masse amid widespread poverty, high youth unemployment, and general economic decline as evidenced from the high cost of living and unstainable external debt, are too high. HH and his administration are expected to implement economic reforms that will put Zambia on a more sustainable fiscal footing, liquidate foreign debt, and secure a bailout loan package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Citizens, particularly, the jobless youths and women are eager to see.. Read more