HH Will Prioritise Job Creation And Youth Empowerment

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema will prioritise the goals of job creation and youth empowerment to mitigate Zambia’s poverty levels should his party form a government following next year’s elections. 

This is according to UPND aspiring candidate Ross Josphat Kasikili, who was addressing the party’s Chaisa ward leaders in Mandevu constituency on Tuesday. 

Mr Kasikili said that, as a social worker, he would lobby for a better essential services for the people of Mandevu.

“You are the people who keep the party alive on the ground. You know the problems that we have here in Chaisa. We have no running water and we have no flushable toilets. Chainda has no roads, even those that we have are typical shanty roads that run through the doors of people’s homes. People are not able to have food because they do not have jobs,” he said. 

Mr Kasikili went on to proclaim that the UPND is not a partisan party, and that Mr Hichilema embraces all Zambians regardless of their tribe, region or ethnic background.

“UPND is not a tribal party. It is a party for everyone regardless of one’s tribe. HH has sent us to encourage you our members at ward level that he wants to replace unemployment with jobs; poverty with a good life because here in Mandevu, one of the biggest challenges that we have is unemployment among our youths,” he said.

Discussing how Mr Hichilema hoped to rebuild Zambia’s job market, Mr Kasikili explained that the UPND government would set up state-run farms, in order to strengthen Zambia’s agriculture sector and to ensure a surplus of food for its citizens.