WHERE ARE THE K100, K50 NEW NOTES, KALABA DEMANDS ANSWERS FROM BOZ
• Citizens First President Harry Kalaba challenges Government to update the nation on the status of the K100 and K50 notes
Lusaka – 18 May, 2025 – Citizens First (CF) wishes to challenge the Government through the Central Bank to update the nation on the status of the K100 and K50 notes which still remains undelivered three months after unveiling the new currency.
The nation will recall that on February, 11, 2025, Bank of Zambia Governor, Dr. Denny Kalyalya, announced the launch of new bank notes comprising K500, K200, K100, K50, K20, and K10.
However, to date, the Central Bank has failed to deliver the other two bank notes, raising questions about why the process to unveil the new notes was rushed when the authorities were fully aware that the other two notes would take long to be made available.
As Citizens First, we are particularly concerned with the information reaching us that the two notes in question, K100 and K50 may not be available until sometime in September of this year.
We therefore challenge the Central Bank to indicate the reasons for this unnecessary delay. In the same vein, the Bank of Zambia should also give definite timelines when the nation should expect the K100 and K50 notes to be in circulation.
Signed:
Harry Kalaba
President
Citizens First
First, the opposition didn’t welcome the new notes, even going to the extent of saying they were not going to use them. Now they’re demanding the delivery of the new K100 & K50 notes. Awe kwena.
Aini MOG, I remember that also!! These Clueless Spent Forces. I imagine if they win next year, they will follow the same developmental policies that the current Government is pursuing: CDF, Free Education, Alternative Energy Sources, etc….with, of course, a little bit of the usual “ubomba mwibala….”
They haven’t paid for them so suppliers are not delivering. Even the other denominations are very few in number as majority has not been delivered including the new coins which you can hardly find in any bank.
I don’t see any urgency about this matter because the old currency install legal tender until next year. The opposition is really running out of issues so early before August 2026.
This kind of politics will not win them votes. Can we have a manifesto that is spelling out your own road map, of how you will serve Zambia better? This idea of everyday saying or worrying what your competitor is doing is not helping you build on your 20,000 votes. You will reap the same again! Please wake up
Is this checks and balance?
Ba oopozishini
Chula’s ukusabaila nga balunshi pamafi. In one breath ati will not accept these new kwachas and anyone found using them, they’ll face disciplinary action. Now ati were are the new notes. All chula’s are doing is ukutomboka from one ranting to another ati eh checks and balances?!!!!!
Zambia already had K100 kwachas and K50 in seculation, so until ya jujuka ilimuseculation that’s when it will be necessary to pump in more.
More especially that those who were hiding it have offloaded it back in secculation, some 2 weeks ago I came across very new K50s but they were printed in 2015 and this made me believe that people have been keeping cash at home.
Mr. Kalaba there’s no hot issue here whether the K100 notes and K50 notes are here or not it does not matter, what is currently on the markert is being used and trading well, we have no shortage of currency. What we know is tnat, either today or tomorrow when these notes are ofloaded on the markert we will use them. NO VUNDU bwana.
Or are you with Seon Tembo in a hurry tp use them?. I remember your friend Seon Tembo telling Zambians not to use the new currency are you happy now and ready to use them or you are using them. No bwino bwino ba sir. Be credible and bring out real issues than petty things ba citizen first party prezida