SP DESCRIBES HICHILEMA’S ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT AS RHETORIC
…..says it was disjointed with what is happening on the ground
MPULUNGU… Saturday September 13, 2025
The opposition Socialist Party (SP) has described President Hakainde Hichilema’s speech to Parliament yesterday as “rhetoric” and lacked realism.
SP Chief Presidential Advisor Brian Hapunda says the Head of State did not inspire confidence and hope for Zambians.
Mr. Hapunda claimed that the speech was full of self praise when what is obtaining on the ground is a different situation.
“As Socialist Party we want to describe the President’s address to Parliament as as nothing new and full of rhetorics. The President’s speech is disjointed with what is on the ground, it lacked reality, it’s not matching. The President’s lacked realism and lacked hope. It failed to give the people of Zambia hope as they know what they are going through today,” he told journalists in Mpulungu.
“We saw the President continue in his usual style of self praise that his government is delivering, that his government has stabilized the kwacha. This is not what is obtaining on the ground. It shows a disconnect with what is happening on the ground.”
Mr Hapunda stated that while the Head of State was boasting about stabilizing the kwacha, what is on the ground is a different situation.
“While the President is boasting that inflation has gone down, while he is boasting that his government has stabilized the kwacha, and that the economy is doing well, the picture on the ground shows a clearly different picture. Unemployment has continued to go up, load-shedding has continued to chock businesses and many businesses have actually closed because of load-shedding,” he added.
“We had hoped that he was going to give a clear solution to load-shedding and unemployment levels but nothing happened.”
Perhaps it is you Mr Brian Hapunda who is Disjointed from the speech….
On Power, we have hope as 760 – 1000 MW will be added to the grid by mid next year – these projects are happening on the ground….
The Power mix has not been done at this level since independence and HH7 must be commended…
The Debt restructuring is on Course as it is almost complete…. This Debt was incurred by your then Party – The PF….
If you go into the Hospitals, medicines are readily available – at least they are stocked 85% and above – a very high figure from what was obtaining under PF….
A record bumper harvest since Independence and FRA as at 31/08/2025 has bought more than 1.25m metric tonnes….
Government continues to employ….
The private sector us expanding….
Mines are on the Roll – they had literally shut down…
Roads are being done all over the country…
When were you last on the Lusaka – Ndola Road, you will be amazed at the progress made so far… By mid 2026, this may be a done deal…
The economy is growing at 5% + pa from -2%….
Don’t bury your head in the sand, like ok up and be part of the changing times as this will not be Achieved through SOCIALISM…
Of course there are some things that ain’t going well…
Corruption is still rampant and this must be curbed…
Overall, the Good out weigh the bad…
We are on course….