Hakainde Hichilema: “From today onwards, you will be getting paid immediately you supply your produce to FRA.”

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.

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

“Without patriotism, there can be no national development. Without peace, there can be no sustained progress. And without unity, there can be no shared future,”

“In the last five years, we have stabilised our economy. Our focus in this term is to improve living standards,”