KASHINGA TELLS GOVT TO EXECUTE POLICIES THAT FAVOUR CITIZENS
Socialist Party Copperbelt spokesperson Reagan Kashinga says 2024 may be another tough year for Zambians if the Government does not implement policies that favour citizens.
Mr. Kashinga charged that 2023 was a difficult year for many Zambians as the cost of living went up due to high prices of commodities such as mealie meal, fuel and electricity.
He bemoaned the removal of street vendors, weakening of the Kwacha and the delay to find investors for Konkola Copper Mines and Mopani Mine in 2023.
“Fellow Zambians as we begin the New Year 2024, allow me to look back at the ended year 2023. I am very sure that all well meaning Zambians will agree with me that 2023 was a difficult year. Many suffering Zambians struggled to access basic needs such as food, shelter and water. In 2023, we witnessed the skyrocketing of prices for essential commodities such as mealie meal, fuel and electricity thereby pushing the cost of living to unprecedented high levels. This is a year we want to quickly forget because it pushed many Zambians into misery. We saw little efforts from the Government regarding policy change to lower the cost of living. The cost of fertilizer remained high with a 50 KG bag fetching nearly One Thousand Kwacha (K1, 000),” Mr. Kashinga said.
He added:”It is in 2023, when we witnessed the violent removal of our people, the vendors from streets without regard for human dignity. In case the UPND government is not aware, the removal of vendors worsened unemployment levels and sent many families into suffering. Government policies must be seen benefiting citizens and not just friends of the Government, especially foreigners.”
Mr. Kashinga reiterated his call on the Government to revive Mopani and KCM.
“In the mining sector, we saw declined Copper production coupled with delay to revive Mopani Copper Mines and Konkola Copper Mines. As usual on this matter, the UPND Government has proved to be full of empty words without action. The pronouncements that the state has found investors for Mopani and KCM are vague because nothing has changed about the two sleeping mining giants. In 2024, the people of Zambia want action not fake promises associated with the New Dawn Government,” he said.
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