Hakainde Hichilema: “We have created over a million jobs in the public and private sectors. The numbers are there.”

“There will be no sacred cows in the fight against corruption. None at all,”

“This House now has more female members than ever before. Numbers don’t lie,”

“No matter how good-hearted we are, we cannot share poverty. We have to generate value. Then we can redistribute that value,”

The electoral victory will allow Hichilema, whose government has faced backlash for diminishing press freedom, to continue with his plans for electricity expansion and critical minerals mining.