HH blames poor leadership for high cost of living

United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema has attributed the high cost of living in the country to poor leadership.

Mr Hichilema in a statement points out that mealie meal prices, fuel prices, the cost electricity and other essential commodities are beyond the reach of most Zambians.

Mr Hichilema says the UPND remains committed to addressing these artificial challenges caused by poor leadership.

He notes that the cost of living for majority Zambians is way beyond people’s earnings, even worse for majority council workers that have not been paid for many months now, civil servants that have to grapple with the wage freeze, youths that are jobless partly due to the rise in the retirement age, and farmers that have not been paid and failed to plant for this season.

Mr Hichilema says it is unacceptable that the majority of Zambians should continue wallowing in abject poverty in a country that is endowed with huge natural resources simply because of having a leadership that has no vision.

He states that the UPND and its alliance partners remain committed to the miners they promised small-scale mining licences instead of being labeled thieves in their own country.