TONSE ALLIANCE BLAMES UPND FOR RISING COST OF LIVING, CALLS FOR CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP
By: Sun FM TV Reporter
The opposition Tonse Alliance has criticized the United Party for National Development for allegedly failing to present a tangible plan to curb the rising cost of living, which they claim has doubled in the past years of UPND’s leadership.
Alliance spokesperson Sean Tembo asserts that living expenses have surged from K5,200 in 2021 to K11,950 in 2025, leaving many Zambians struggling.
He further condemned the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout package, arguing that it has failed to improve the economy or citizens’ livelihoods.
Mr. Tembo contends that the economic crisis can only be resolved through new leadership capable of inspiring hope and driving meaningful change.
What a poor way of thinking.
Mr Zero Tembo, offer practical solutions and not just criticism .Tell us how Tonse will;
1.Reduce cost of living
2. avoid bail outs from IMF.Remember KK tried and later went back begging
3.Create employment
4.Give us new leadership that will be capable of inspiring hope and driving meaningful change.
And tell us when are you going to answer charges in Botswana for fraud?
How does a change of leadership change automatically translate into a lower cost of living? The ones pushing for change have not outlined how they will achieve this goal outside of stealing and robbing from the national treasury.
We may not be in the PF era anymore. But any right thinking person will know that had we continued with PF, Zambia would have been a living hell.
In the last few years of PF’s reigns, we had cosmetic commodity prices because PF could failed to pay for the fuel to OMCs and the suppliers of maize. They were paying suppliers of different commodities BOZ bonds and TB’s, among many other scandals.
Let’s not talk about the flooding of different currencies due to theft of loans. Further, PF had no clue no how to manage the huge debt they accrued.
Post 2021, all these issues would have dawned on them and I choose not to image what would have become of this nation.
Let’s not even go to thuggery, tribalism/regionalism, etc.