PATRIOTIC Front (PF) Chairperson for Industries Frank Ng’ambi has said the prevailing high cost of living will force the people of Zambia to vote out the UPND Government in 2026.
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Mr. Ng’ambi, the immediate past Chifubu Member of Parliament, said hunger would unite the people and compel them to change Government in 2026.
Commenting on the UPND’s first two years in office, the former lawmaker described the first two years of the UPND regime in office as failure.
He said the people changed Government in 2021 with the hope that the New Dawn Government would improve their welfare.
Mr Ng’ambi said the cost of living for a family of five as measured by the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) for the month of July 2023 in Lusaka, stood at K9, 301.18 in comparison to the recorded figure of K9, 239.45 in June 2023, signifying an increase of K61.73.
The average cost of living across all towns monitored stood at K6, 752.91, reflecting an increase of K236.64 in comparison to June 2023.
“People change governments to better their living standards. Any government that fails to improve the living standards of its people is a failed Government and the people would want that Government replaced. Fundamentally as a member of the community I want to support something that will improve my quality of life. As long as growth and prosperity does not fall within the benchmark of any government for me it means it is a failed Government,” Mr. Ng’ambi said.
Mr. Ng’ambi cautioned UPND praise singers against misleading the Government with praises
“I am a very happy leader that this UPND Government will be booted out of office in 2026. Why do I say that? I know that hunger will unite the people of Zambia to vote out the UPND. For me the two years of UPND in government is a failure, this is a failed Government and urging the Zambian people especially those praise singers to stop praising this government because we go to the same shops, we board the same buses. But UPND Copperbelt Youth Chairman Wallen Hinyama has said the New Dawn government is making frantic efforts to lower the cost of living.
Mr. Hinyama said the UPND regime has performed well in the last two years it has been in office.
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