{"id":22686,"date":"2022-05-13T19:29:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T19:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/fix-the-local-economy-as-promised-prior-to-2021-elections-upnd-told"},"modified":"2022-05-13T19:54:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T19:54:59","slug":"fix-the-local-economy-as-promised-prior-to-2021-elections-upnd-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/fix-the-local-economy-as-promised-prior-to-2021-elections-upnd-told","title":{"rendered":"Fix the Local Economy as promised prior to 2021 Elections, UPND told"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Opposition Leadership Movement President Dr. Richard Silumbe has challenged the United Party for National Development (UPND) Government to fix the local economy as it promised prior to the August, 2021 General Elections.<\/p>\n

President Hakainde Hichilema and the ruling UPND promised to fix the local economy when in opposition starting with the local currency the Kwacha. Dr. Silumbe said the New Dawn Government should talk less and put up practical measures aimed at recovering, repairing and rebuilding the national economy.<\/p>\n

The Educationalist said the government should shift attention away from speeches at the ongoing Mining Indaba in Cape Town, South Africa, to fix the economy as promised during election campaigns.<\/p>\n

Dr. Silumbe said the people of Zambia want to see the government put in place policies that will benefit the youthful generation of the country. He charged that scores of the youths are not productive coupled with less jobs and inadequate business opportunities in all the 10 provinces.<\/p>\n

\u201cAway from the Mining Indaba speeches, the Government should fix the economy as promised. Talk less to recover, repair and rebuild the economy of Zambia by putting in place policies that will benefit the youthful generation of Zambia. Today, the Government is busy talking well. 90% of the youths are not productive with fewer jobs and no business opportunities in all the 10 provinces,\u201d Dr. Silumbe said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had heard: Bally will fix the economy. Economic recovery plan provincial expo until today, we seem not to find the answer to challenges facing our people. All these plans are not working as we are talking all the time with no action,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said the Leadership Movement was not seeing a better Zambia that has been envisioned for many years. Dr. Silumbe said the Leadership Movement is suggesting that Zambia holds a national indaba on economic recovery plans.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeadership Movement demand for a national indaba on Zambia\u2019s economic recovery plan. LM believes Zambia belongs to Zambians and only Zambians will develop Zambia. As Leaders, let\u2019s find local solutions to our problems. From the Leadership Movement-LM perspective, we are not seeing a better Zambia that we imagined, we need serious advocacy to have a Zambia that is sustainable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Dr. Silumbe added that Zambians should run mining companies and help the nation to fully benefit from its minerals. \u201cEnough is enough; Zambians should benefit from the mining sector and we need to run our mines,\u201d Dr. Silumbe added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Leadership Movement has announced that its leader Dr. Richard Silumbe, who is an educationalist, will this second term of 2022 extend his Education Support to 13 community schools in Lusaka, Kafue, Kabwe, Kapiri, Serenje, Mongu, Mkushi, Kitwe, Mazabuka, Choma, Monze Livingstone and Chipata.<\/p>\n

Dr. Silumbe has been supporting communities\u2019 schools, youths and women cooperatives in selected parts of the country that include Lusaka and Copperbelt Provinces.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeadership Movement-LM believes that every child everywhere, has a right to better education. A vast majority of Community schools are in poor state with school buildings that are falling apart, no clean running water, and basic materials such as desks, chalk, boards, teaching and learning materials etc,\u201d said party spokesperson Tatila Tatila.<\/p>\n

Mr. Tatila added:\u201dDr Silumbe dreams of Zambia were the poorest and most vulnerable children of Zambia to access quality education. As a party, we call on the Government to consider community schools in its CDF empowerment programs and we call on the Ministry of education to train community school volunteers in education more often through orientations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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