{"id":77894,"date":"2026-07-19T14:29:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T14:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/nchelenge-rallies-support-hichilemas-2026-bid"},"modified":"2026-07-19T14:33:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T14:33:29","slug":"nchelenge-rallies-support-hichilemas-2026-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/nchelenge-rallies-support-hichilemas-2026-bid","title":{"rendered":"Nchelenge Rallies Support Hichilema&#8217;s 2026 Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>A large crowd of Nchelenge residents has expressed support for President Hakainde Hichilema, saying they are ready to give him a second mandate in the August 13 General Election, citing the development they say has taken place in the district<\/p>\n<p>Residents randomly interviewed by Zambian Watch News said the UPND administration has significantly increased the Social Cash Transfer for elderly beneficiaries from K200 under the previous PF government to K800.<\/p>\n<p>They also praised the government for interventions during periods of hunger, saying many families benefited from mealie meal distribution, cash assistance, the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), Cash for Work programmes and other empowerment initiatives that have improved livelihoods in Nchelenge.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the residents, President Hichilema thanked the people of Nchelenge for their support and reaffirmed his government\u2019s commitment to delivering more development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you, the people of Nchelenge District in Luapula Province. We are One Zambia, One Nation and One People. We will continue delivering for you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The President pledged to improve the road network, create more jobs and unlock business opportunities through tourism and the fishing industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are resolved to work on roads, create more jobs and open up more business opportunities through enhanced tourism activities. Fishing will be supported as that is part of our agriculture programme,\u201d President Hichilema said.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the residents to vote for him and the UPND in the August 13 elections to enable the government to continue implementing its development agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome August 13, go and vote for us so that together we can continue delivering development. Twatotela sana ba Nchelenge,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Malawi<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. A large crowd of Nchelenge residents has expressed support for President Hakainde Hichilema, saying they are ready to give him a second mandate in the August 13 General Election, citing the development they say has taken place in the district Residents randomly interviewed by Zambian Watch News said the UPND administration has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":77893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[234],"class_list":["post-77894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-malawi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nchelenge Rallies Support Hichilema&#039;s 2026 Bid - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A large crowd of Nchelenge residents has expressed support for President Hakainde Hichilema, saying they are ready to gi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/nchelenge-rallies-support-hichilemas-2026-bid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nchelenge Rallies Support Hichilema&#039;s 2026 Bid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A large crowd of Nchelenge residents has expressed support for President Hakainde Hichilema, saying they are ready to gi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/nchelenge-rallies-support-hichilemas-2026-bid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-19T14:29:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-19T14:33:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2026\/07\/sm_1784471594.177762.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"333\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/nchelenge-rallies-support-hichilemas-2026-bid#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/nchelenge-rallies-support-hichilemas-2026-bid\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nchelenge Rallies Support Hichilema&#8217;s 2026 Bid\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-19T14:29:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-19T14:33:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/nchelenge-rallies-support-hichilemas-2026-bid\"},\"wordCount\":279,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/nchelenge-rallies-support-hichilemas-2026-bid#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2026\/07\/sm_1784471594.177762.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Malawi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/nchelenge-rallies-support-hichilemas-2026-bid#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/nchelenge-rallies-support-hichilemas-2026-bid\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/nchelenge-rallies-support-hichilemas-2026-bid\",\"name\":\"Nchelenge Rallies Support Hichilema's 2026 Bid - 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