FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UPND Applauds President Hichilema’s Successful State Visit to China
September 7, 2024
The United Party for National Development (UPND) is pleased to highlight the significance of President Hakainde Hichilema’s recent visit to China, which promises to bring positive outcomes for Zambia. This visit marks 60 years of strong bilateral relations between Zambia and China, a friendship that began with our founding father, Dr. Kenneth Kaunda, and Chairman Mao Zedong, and continues to thrive under the leadership of President Hichilema and President Xi Jinping.
China has been a steadfast ally to Zambia, consistently offering support during times of crisis. This enduring partnership exemplifies true friendship, and we are deeply appreciative of China’s continued commitment to our nation’s development. As a party dedicated to fostering international relations, UPND is particularly pleased with the recent engagements in the energy, mining, and agriculture sectors.
Zambia has faced significant challenges in recent years, particularly in the energy sector, due to El Niño-induced droughts that have also impacted agriculture. The Chinese government’s gesture to assist Zambia in diversifying its energy mix is a welcomed development. This support will be instrumental in addressing our energy deficit and ensuring the sustainable growth of our economy.
Historically, China has partnered with Zambia on critical projects, such as the Tazama Pipeline, which played a vital role during a crisis in accessing seaports. This partnership is being revived, along with other initiatives like the revitalization of Mulungushi Textiles, further demonstrating China’s commitment to Zambia’s economic development.
We also recognize and appreciate the signing of various Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) between Zambia and China across multiple sectors during this year’s Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). These agreements will pave the way for enhanced collaboration and mutual benefit, strengthening the ties between our two nations.
As UPND, we remain committed to promoting party-to-party relations and ensuring that Zambia continues to benefit from this enduring friendship. We look forward to witnessing the positive impact of these engagements on the lives of the Zambian people.
For further information, please contact:
Ms. Stenah Shampile
UPND International Relations Chairperson
Shouldn’t the applause come from Zambians as a whole,rather than from the firm??
This party of UPND is exhibiting a lot of naivities and at each point they are very easy to see through for their discriminatory rendancies. The president himself has been trying very hard to pretend to be inclusive by speaking broken Bemba. He has told his ministers not to speak, in case they let out their prejudices. Foolish Tonga party.
Analyser, try to hide your bitterness, jealous and hatred, what is it to you if HH speaks broken Bemba? Lungu used to speak broken Tonga and no one bothered. Know it that whether UPND is a foolish Tonga party or not, it’s the one ruling with HH as the President of the Republic of Zambia, the majority Zambians gave him the mandate to govern the country and are happy, only haters like you are seeing discriminatory tendencies.
Correction, it’s only UPND people who are happy!!!
YES UPND party members are happy because the problem we are going thru if we were still in PF I can assure you even you PF Supporters were going to give up supporting.
Look at it this way: Electricity- What can UPND do at this stage. Kariba dam is low. Zimbabwe is also in 18hrs loadshedding.
In a normal thought, the alternative sources of power would have been constructed by either MMD or PF these projects take long 3-4 years so don’t blame UPND which is just 3 years and I can see them doing what MMD and PF should have done in terms energy long time ago! e.g. The Solar Fields under construction, Maamba Energy project, Pipe line from Dar, Thermal stand by at all critical institutions…etc, these projects are not ABRACADABRA, they would have been standing by now had MMD/PF administration vision focused on them!…but alas ZERO then to day you are blaming a very fresh government. HH is doing what MMD/PF would have done wait for 2025 since these projects are long term.
Mealie Meal price Efforts – As members We see the NEW Thousands of hectors for ZNS across the Country producing a lot of maize grain 365 days, ZNS industrial Hammer mills to be installed in each Province or in collaboration with existing millers and this arrangement is already in place we see price of mealie meal stabilize. The Unfortunate thing is that some opposing forces re-pack ZNS mealie meal in different branded bags and re-sell @ 3 to 4x higher.
UPND members are seeing this side of success story which you visualize as failure. But wait when the current remedial measures mature, your chorus of UPND failure is going to be stale.
Be prepared for UPND as your government and HH as your President even beyond 2026 like it or not. Surely can these current Alliance jokers lead Zambia to what you expect? Those who think so definitely something is wrong with their reasoning.
The problem is your dreams are more ‘refined’ than your Opposition Alliances brains put together… believe me.